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BUSINESS VENTURE
In this class, students work on teamwork skills by forming a business group
and producing a product. Each group works on market research, analyzing data
from the research, choosing a product, designing the product, advertising
the product and selling it. Each member has one of the following jobs in the
group, CEO, CFO, Secretary, Quality Control or Information Technologist.
They work together to produce a quality product |
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KEYBOARDING
Students learn the basic keys during the first semester and during the
second semester they learn basic word processing for documents such as
letters, memos, cover sheet, and reports. Throughout the year the students
learn and use proofreading skills as well. |
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CAREER INVESTIGATIONS
In this class endeavors to provide experiences for students to learn about
themselves and identify careers of interest to them. They work in
cooperative groups to learn teamwork skills and prepare a career portfolio
presentation about the careers in which they have an interest. They also
study job acquisition skills such as preparing an application and resume,
interview questions, and interviewing skills. The semester culminates in a
mock job interview where students are given the opportunity to practice the
job acquisition skills. |
