The student will identify, organize, plan and allocate resources.

ü       Time – will select goal-relevant activities, rank them, allocate  time, and prepare and follow schedules

ü       Finances – will prepare and use budgets, make forecasts, keep records, and make adjustments to meet objectives

ü       Material and facilities – will acquire, store, allocate, and use materials and space efficiently

ü       Human resources – will assess skills and distribute work accordingly, evaluate performance and provide feedback to others

Through the arts, the student will develop competencies necessary for effective communication and teamwork toward a common goal.

ü       Teaching new skills to others – will communicate ideas and demonstrate skills using effective language.

ü       Service to consumers – will strive to satisfy consumer needs and expectations

ü       Leadership – will communicates ideas that support a point, persuade and meet others head-on, responsibly challenge existing procedures and policies

ü       Cooperation – will work toward agreements involving exchange of resources and resolve divergent interests peacefully.

ü       Tolerance of diversity – will work well with people from diverse backgrounds, with different values and worldviews. 

In this subject area, the student will acquire, manage and evaluate information and its systems.

ü       Acquires and evaluates information – will make proper use of information technology.

ü       Organizes and maintains information – will demonstrate internal organization through the external organization of information.

ü       Interprets and communicates information – will apply logic, language, perception, and use previous experience to correctly interpret and share information.

ü       Uses computers to process information – will use computer technology as a tool, rather than a toy.

The appropriate use of communication technology will serve to demonstrate that the student understands complex interrelationships (i.e. Organizational Skills, Task Analysis)

ü       Understands systems – will demonstrate how social, organizational, and technological systems work and operate successfully with them.

ü       Monitors and corrects performance – will distinguish trends, predict impacts on system operations, diagnose deviations in systems performance and correct malfunctions.

ü       Designs and improves systems – will develop alternative systems to improve performance and suggest modifications to existing systems.

The student will work with a variety of visual arts and technology.

ü       Technology Selection – will choose procedures, tools, or equipment including computers and related technologies for a project presentation.

ü       Application of technology to task – will demonstrate understanding of intent and proper procedures needed to combine and operate equipment and present a project to a target audience.

ü       Repair and maintenance of equipment – will prevent, identify, or solve problems with equipment, including computers and other technologies.

English

(4 credits)

Will write with fluency, thematic maturity and clarity. and demonstrate knowledge and appreciation of culture and anthropological developments expressed through literature.

Reading - Will locate, understand, and interpret written information in prose and formal documents

ü       Reading and Writing for Social Communication                            

Writing – will communicate thoughts, ideas, information, and messages; will create such documents as letters, manuals, reports, and flow charts; and will write for pleasure and beauty, such as stories and poetry.

ü       Composition and US Literature               

ü       Thematic Writing and World Literature

ü       Research Writing and Public Speaking

Human Development 

(Cont’d)

Integrity & Moral Judgment – will choose ethical courses of action

ü       Ethics

Sociability – will demonstrate understanding, friendliness, adaptability, empathy, and politeness in group settings

ü       Daily Living Skills

Responsibility – will exert a high level of effort and persevere towards goal attainment

Self-management – will assess self accurately, set personal goals, monitor progress, and exhibit self-control

ü       Adaptive Physical Education

Self-esteem – will believe in own self-worth and maintain a positive view of self 

ü       Health Issues

Multicultural Worldview – will see self through the eyes of others and attempt to communicate with people of other contexts using their language and cultural symbols

ü       Spanish I

ü       Spanish II

ü       Semiotics