Career and Life Planning (Grade 9-12) First Semester ; Introductory Prerequisite
Career and Life Planning is a semester class, offered only first-semester. The class teaches students that
to be successful on your own is key to being a successful person in life. Career and Life Planning covers
skills needed to be on your own. Making a budget, borrowing money, credit cards, consumer rights,
insurance and investing money are a few of the topics covered in the Consumer Unit. In the Housing Unit
the student will make decisions about housing and the laws involved in renting and owning. Students will
also study about setting up an apartment. Providing safe and nutritious foods will be covered in the Foods
Unit. The students will prepare a breakfast, lunch, dinner, and an appetizer. Completing job applications,
making resumes, cover letters, follow-up letters, and interviewing are all parts of the Careers unit. The
students will look at education after high school such as Vo-tech schools, Community Colleges, and
Universities. The students will have a chance to look at military options, as well. The students will study
how to fund post-high school educations through scholarships, grants, and free rides. A great class to
take to start a high school year as a freshman and take as a senior to prepare for life as a Graduate after
your senior year.
Child Development (Grades 9-12) Second Semester
Child Development is a semester course offered second semesters, understanding the job of parenting and careers working with children. As students study roles and responsibilities of parenting they see the importance of planning parenthood. Students will analyze factors that impact human growth and development as they study pregnancy. They will look at social, emotional, physical and intellectual development of an infant, toddler, and preschoolers. Communication, leadership skills will improve during the class preschool, increasing ones employability skills as well as life skills are part of this class.
Human Growth and Development (Grade 9-12) Second Semester
Human Growth and Development is a semester course offered second semester only. This class provides
students with knowledge about the physical, intellectual, emotional, and social growth and development
of children. This course content will provide an overview of life stages from prenatal and birth processes
and fundamentals of children’s milestone development during the early years. Communication, leadership
skills will improve during the placement in a preschool, increasing one’s employability skills working with
children as well as life skills. This is a great class for students wanting to go into education and working
with children as a career.
Careers Working With Children (Grades 10-12) Full Year
This course will provide fundamental knowledge of the subject matter in the Teaching and Training
pathway. It will provide students with the necessary background on career exploration, maintaining a
career, instructional strategies, utilizing technology to develop professional skills and resources, history of
education, the importance of being a positive role model, and the special legal and ethical considerations
for working with children. Conflict resolution strategies will be examined in the context of diversity, law,
best practices, and ethics of education: as well as learn to prepare and teach lessons for specific grades
and subject areas. The students will weekly gain experience in the classroom with children. This is a
great class to prepare you for a career as an Educator.
Teaching Internship (Grades 11-12) Full Year
Students will complete a different internship each nine weeks where they are placed in the classroom
every day. They observe, do Para work, and teach during the internship, developing and executing the
lesson plans under a classroom teacher’s guidance. In the student’s senior year, they have the
opportunity to complete a PARA educator training to be a certified PARA on the day of their high school
graduation. This class will help students start a career as a PARA or continue to college to be an educator
in the classroom.