State Education Department

Career Development and Occupational Studies Learning Standards

  • Standard 1: Career Development
    Students will be knowledgeable about the world of work, explore career options, and relates personal skills, aptitudes, and abilities to future career decisions.
    • Key Idea 1 - Students will learn about the changing nature of the workplace, the value of work to society, and the connection of work to the achievement of personal goals.
    • Key Idea 1 - Alternate - Students will learn about the nature of the workplace, the value of work ethic, and the connection of work to the achievement of personal goals.

 

  • Standard 2: Integrated Learning
    Students will demonstrate how academic knowledge and skills are applied in the workplace and other settings.
    • Key Idea 1 - Integrated learning encourages students to use essential academic concepts, facts, and procedures in applications related to life skills and the world of work. This approach allows students to see the usefulness of the concepts that they are being asked to learn and to understand their potential application in the world of work.
    • Key Idea 1 - Alternate - Integrated learning encourages students to use essential academic concepts, facts, and procedures in applications related to life skills and the world of work. This approach allows students to see the usefulness of what they are being taught and to understand their potential application in the world of work.


  • Standard 3a: Universal Foundation Skills
    Students will demonstrate mastery of the foundation skills and competencies essential for success in the workplace.
    • Basic Skills
      • Key Idea 1 - Basic skills include the ability to read, write, listen,and speak as well as perform arithmetical and mathematical functions.
      • Key Idea 1 - Alternate - Basic skills include the ability to read, write, listen, clearly communicate and perform arithmetical skills on a simple functional level.
    • Thinking Skills
      • Key Idea 2 - Thinking skills lead to problem solving,experimenting, and focused observation and allow the application of knowledge to new and unfamiliar situations.
      • Key Idea 2 - Alternate - Thinking skills lead to problem solving and allow the application of knowledge to new and unfamiliar situations.
    • Personal Qualities
      • Key Idea 3 - Personal qualities generally include competence in self-management and the ability to plan, organize, and take independent action.
      • Key Idea 3 - Alternate - Personal qualities include appropriate daily living skills, social skills and positive behaviors for success in the workplace.
        Interpersonal Skills
      • Key Idea 4 - Positive interpersonal qualities lead to teamwork and cooperation in large and small groups in family, social, and work situations.
    • Technology
      • Key Idea 5 - Technology is the process and product of human skill and ingenuity in designing and creating things from available resources to satisfy personal and societal needs and wants.
        Managing Information
      • Key Idea 6 - Information management focuses on the ability to access and use information obtained from other people, community resources, and computer networks.
      • Key Idea 6 - Alternate - Information management focuses on the ability to access and use information obtained from other people, community resources and media.
        Managing Resources
      • Key Idea 7 - Using resources includes the application of financial and human factors, and the elements of time and materials to successfully carry out a planned activity.
      • Key Idea 7 - Alternate - Resources used for success in the workplace may include money, personnel, time and/or materials to carry out a planned activity.
        System
      • Key Idea 8 - Systems skills include the understanding of and ability to work within natural and constructed systems.
      • Key Idea 8 - Alternate - Systems are designed to achieve specific results and produce outputs such as products, structures, services, energy or other systems.


  • Standard 3b: Career Majors
    Students who choose a career major will acquire the career specific technical knowledge/skills necessary to progress toward gainful employment, career advancement, and success in postsecondary programs.