Transcript Career & Technical Education Practical Arts

Deptford Twp. High School
Career & Technical Education
(Practical Arts)
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Career and Technical Education supports and
guides all students, whether you need or want to go
straight to work following graduation, or you
already know that you are headed for college.
Educators, guidance counselors and parents can
use CTE to help all young people plan ahead. CTE
is a way to help all students plan ahead, for college
or industry.
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Excerpts from Bob Regan’s
“Why Career & Technical Education Should Be a Priority for the U.S.”
“To win the future, the United States needs a well-educated workforce that will drive
tomorrow’s innovation. We need students who graduate ready to take skilled positions in
high-growth sectors of the economy. At all levels, businesses need employees that are
more creative, more technical, and more connected than ever. This means that technical
literacy is no longer “nice to have,” but a requirement for success.
By placing so much emphasis on testing, the curriculum became centered around those
tests. Since students’ day-to-day lives are vastly different from what they see on
standardized tests, they have little context for the content they are asked to learn. The
result: 21st century skills involving creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and
communication are devalued or absent from classrooms.
CTE gives students 21st Century skills in creativity, critical thinking, and communications.
In February of 2011, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said that “CTE has an
enormous, if often overlooked impact on students, school systems, and our ability to
prosper as a nation.” He called for educators to focus on preparing all students for college
and career.
CTE has proven successful at engaging students in learning by putting subject content
into a real-world context.”
(Regan, Bob, 2011. Why Career & Technical Education Should Be a Priority for the U.S. [OPINION] . Retrieved from
http://mashable.com/2011/05/10/cte-education-america/ )
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DTHS
CTE - Practical Arts Department
is comprised of:
Business Education
Computer Technology
Family & Consumer Science
Industrial Technology Education
DTHS Vocational-Technical Education
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Why Take Business Education Courses?
• Most popular college major ( Princeton Review reports Business Administration/Management
as the most popular college major http://www.princetonreview.com/college/top-tenmajors.aspx?uidbadge=%07 )
Business Education
• Plentiful and lucrative career opportunities
• May find yourself in need of the business skills and principles as you move
up in company hierarchy; becoming a supervisor, manager, director
• Develop skills and competencies that promote personal and financial
responsibility/literacy related to financial planning, savings, investment,
credit and debit management. etc in the global economy.
• Makes one a more competent, contributing employee, better grasping
how an organization runs
• May plan to own your own business
• Provides a well-rounded education
• Keeps you current with technology
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Business Education
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Accounting
• learn the “language of business.”
Develop an understanding of a
respected and lucrative career that
can open many doors in industry.
Learn how to analyze, record and
report business transactions to
determine the financial position of a
company. Manual and computerized
simulations are used to provide
realistic applications and establish an
office environment.
– -The high school offers: Accounting I,
College Accounting-Honors, and
Accounting II-CP
Business Education
Personal Finance, Economics &
Business Literacy
• Develop good financial habits for
life! Learn strategies to become a
millionaire! Intriguing activities
and realistic simulations will keep
it fun and interesting. Examine
careers, banking, stocks, taxes,
insurance, wills, credit and
savings as a step towards your
independence, personal
success and becoming a
responsible member of our
society.
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Business Education
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Business Management
• Become an entrepreneur! Create
your own business! Construct a
business plan and market your
new venture while learning the
principles of business,
management and leadership that
will serve you well in any
profession. Computer and
hands-on projects allow you to
apply what your learn.
Business Education
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Business Law
• Assume the role of a
lawyer, judge, court
employee, witness or juror
during a gripping mocktrial. An exciting discovery
of the American legal
system, personal, and
business laws will provide
the ideal balance of
understanding, personal
success and exploration of
career opportunities
within the legal system.
Business Education
Microsoft Office Applications
• Learn in detail the most popular
office software that
professionals and businesses
pay thousands to learn on their
own. Lessons and activities will
explore Microsoft Word, Excel,
PowerPoint and Access in
simulate real-life business
settings. Get an advantage on
skills that are invaluable for
college and marketable in
industry.
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Business Education
Advanced Business Practice Firm
The Business Practice Firm (BPF) is a simulated
business run in a virtual economy which promotes
collaboration with other simulated businesses on
a local, national, and global level. Students
engage in meaningful learning through student
driven activities that involve real-life tasks
incorporating communication, conflict
management, problem-solving and decision
making skills, as well as utilizing technology tools
necessary in today’s society and business.
Through these tasks, students develop an
understanding of management objectives and
organizational structures necessary to run a
business.
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Computer Technology
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Why Take Computer Technology
Courses?
The courses offered in Computer Technology
allow the students to acquire the ability to
operate a computer, to understand what a
computer is, how it works, and the many
ways in which it can be used. Through these
courses, students will gain skills and
knowledge that will help them through the
rest of their lives.
INFORMATION OF NOTE
There currently exists in the United States a
shortage of qualified computer programmers
and computer software specialists. The
Computer Technology Department is
committed to providing
Computer Technology
Java Script for the Web Advanced
JavaScript is the scripting language of the Web.
JavaScript is used in Web pages to add
functionality, validate forms, detect browsers,
and much more. This course provides the
students with a basic knowledge of JavaScript
programming concepts along with the syntax
to implement them. The difference between
Java and JavaScript is explained as well as the
differences between JavaScript and VB Script.
An overview of the JavaScript components of
attributes, variables, expressions, control
structures, operators, codes, functions objects,
properties, methods, events, event handlers,
frames and arrays will be presented. Procedure
to implement JavaScript as part of a web
browser in order to provide enhanced user
interfaces and dynamic websites will also be
dealt.
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Computer Technology
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Creative Web Pages
Current software will be
used to design and create
layouts and Web pages.
The goal of this course is
to enable students to
create web pages with
headers, hyperlinks,
various lists, tables,
images, frame pages,
shared borders and other
web page components.
Computer Technology
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Desktop Publishing
This is a semester course in which students
will create a variety of projects such as
booklets, tri-folds, business cards, invitations
and newsletters, etc. Students will begin the
course using Microsoft Publisher and advance
to Adobe PageMaker. Graphic and page layout
skills will be taught. Tools such as a scanner
and digital camera will be used.
Computer Technology
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Multimedia Presentations
This is a semester course that will provide an
incremental series of lessons that will get
students up and running with the Microsoft
PowerPoint presentation software. Students
will be able to create multimedia
presentations that include text, graphics,
sound and video. Students will also learn to
use a scanner and digital camera.
Family and Consumer Science
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Why Take Family and
Consumer Science Courses?
The curriculum in Family and
Consumer Science Education
provides learning situations and
experience to enable students to
acquire the fundamental skills
needed to function in society, and in
practical out-of-work situations.
Family and Consumer Science
Education is a branch of the Practical
Arts department.
Family and Consumer Science
Child Development & Family Living
Are you interested in learning how
one’s life is shaped by heredity,
environment, and experiences? If
so, then this course is for you. This
course will help the young adult
plan for the future. The student will
become familiar with the physical
and emotional development of
children. Topics to be explored
include: considerations before
pregnancy, prenatal development,
contemporary roles of men and
women, problem situations for
children, careers related to child
care, and parenting skills. Students
will not only understand children
better but themselves as well.
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Family and Consumer Science
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Cooking and Nutrition
This semester-long class
introduces students to diet
training, meal planning and
basic food preparation. Do you
know how to diet properly? Are
most meals very nutritional?
Can snack foods be nutritional
instead of fattening? Enjoy
meal planning, food
preparation, budgeting the
food dollar and much more in
this class.
Family and Consumer Science
Gourmet and International Cooking
Tingle your taste buds! Come
explore the customs of families in
foreign countries and see how
they prepare and serve their
meals. Experience the fun of
preparing and tasting the foods
of faraway places.
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Family and Consumer Science
Early Childhood/Elementary Teacher
Assistant Program
This course is for students interested in a career in
education. Students in The Early Childhood/Elementary
Teacher Assistant Course will be placed in a supervised
classroom in a public early childhood/elementary school
(two marking periods at Central Early Childhood Center and
two marking periods at Good Intent School). Students will
be transported to the school to work under the direction of
a certified teacher. Students will develop an understanding
of teaching and learning styles. Students will develop skills
in lesson planning, the use of multiple instructional
strategies, and assessment of learners. Through classroom
observation and hands-on experience, students will develop
classroom management skills and their own philosophy of
teaching. This course is an excellent transition into the
teaching profession.
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Family and Consumer Science
Senior Instructional Leadership
Thinking of becoming a teacher? Excel in a
particular subject? Enter into an instructional
leadership agreement with a certified high
school teacher to work under their direction
within their classroom. Students who choose
this option will serve as a peer tutor for
students who need help in a particular
subject. Serving as a peer tutor will enable
instructional leaders to begin to develop an
understanding of teaching and learning styles
as well as their own philosophy of teaching.
This course is an excellent transition into the
teaching profession.
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Industrial Technology Education
Why Take Industrial Technology
Courses?
Industrial Technology Education seeks to provide the student with material
manipulation and drafting experiences. The student learns cooperative work
skills and safe working procedures. They also gain knowledge of material
goods and structures, their value and comparable worth. Industrial Technology
Education is supported by general subject matter learning, which includes
math and reading in the scientific and technical language of industry. The
Industrial Technology Education student will be able to solve problems related
to general material manipulation, design and construction. Through these
programs students will develop skills and knowledge that will make them
more productive workers and better consumers.
PROGRAM OF STUDIES
The Industrial Technology Education department is divided into three major
areas: woodworking, drafting, and engineering. Woodworking starts with the
basic use of hand tools and concludes with the use of electric power
equipment to complete a variety of projects. Drafting consists of designing,
measuring, dimensioning and creating the final blueprint detail drawings.
Engineering includes courses in design, presentation, and robotics.
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Industrial Technology Education
Basic Computer Drafting
This is a semester course open to all students.
It provides students with a general level of
drafting skills, problem solving skills, file
management and technical vocabulary related
to drafting, as well as computer literacy.
Topics will include drawing single views of an
object, multiple views of an object, isometric
drawing and annotating drawings using
AutoCAD software, so PC use and computer
literacy will also be part of the course as well
as mathematics related to the drafting
industry. Students will be required to submit a
specific number of drawings per quarter.
Evaluation will be based upon computer use,
drawings incorporating drafting concepts,
class participation, homework, quizzes,
projects, notebooks and a final exam.
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Industrial Technology Education
Basic Drafting
The study of fundamental drafting techniques
and skills related to the field of drafting
introduced and reinforced through the use of
drawing instruments and print reading.
Students will apply basic drafting skills
necessary for advanced studies in the drafting
area as well as serving the needs of the
student who desires only a basic program in
drafting. It will expose students to a variety of
drafting skills which are necessary for more
advanced studies in this area. Units include
the use and care of instruments, reading
architect scales, sketching of objects,
lettering, single views, orthographic
projection, isometrics and basic dimensioning.
Students will be exposed to careers related to
the drafting industry. Assignments required
for the course will primarily be drawings
specific to each unit covered. Evaluation
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Industrial Technology Education
Introduction to Engineering
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Engineering is using your creativity and innovation based
on a good technical background to solve challenges that
make our world a better place. This “intro” course will
help you understand how mathematics, sciences, and
computing capability can be used to solve problems. In
this year long course students will have the opportunity to
work on projects that are relevant to the many facets of
engineering including electrical, mechanical, and
computer topics. This course will help you understand
what you will be equipped to do if you major in electrical
engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering,
computer engineering, or computer science. In addition to
the use of parametric design software, the course also
hones the students’ skills in design portfolio development
and the applications of public speaking for oral defense of
their solution selection. During the span of two semesters
students will also receive computer experience that
includes electronic research and information portfolios.
Drexel University will assign 3 transfer credits for DHS
students who have successfully completed the Engineering
Related Technology Program and who are admitted to
Drexel University’s Engineering Technology major.
Industrial Technology Education
Introduction to Woodworking
Technology
Would you enjoy putting your creative talents to good use in
warm natural wood? Well, here is your chance. Design and
construct many things you’ve wanted to do, but didn’t have
the time or place. Learn the basic ideas for completing many
wooden products and enjoying the rewarding feelings of using
them afterwards.
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Industrial Technology Education
Woodworking Technology
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Do you know furniture styles and different
types of woods? Here’s a chance to learn
basic cabinet construction for use around the
home. Design, use of tools and machine and
wood joinery are just a few areas that will be
covered. Learn the basic skills of cabinet
making that may save you money in the
future.
Industrial Technology Education
Robotics
This course is designed to assist students in the following
areas: continued career exploration for technology related
employment opportunities, application of computer
programming skills with computer controlled devices,
introduction of robotics technology and robot project
construction, identification of high tech skills needed for
today’s changing workplace, and to develop the team work
concept to problem solving.
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DTHS Vocational-Technical Education
Why Take Vocational-Technical
Education Courses?
The Vocational-Technical Education curriculum provides the basic educational
skills and knowledge needed to function in the world of work and society in
general. It provides learning situations and experiences to enable the student
to acquire the basic skills needed in a skilled or semi-skilled trade. VocationalTechnical Education is a branch of the Practical Arts department.
PROGRAM OF STUDIES
Vocational-Technical Education is offered to give the student an opportunity to
develop entry- level skills for employment in a specific trade or occupation.
Instruction is given to Deptford Township students either at Deptford
Township High School or at the Gloucester County Institute of Technology.
Courses at Deptford Township High School include Landscaping, Broadcasting
and TV Production, and School to Careers.
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DTHS Vocational-Technical Education
Introduction to Broadcasting &
TV Production
Students will be introduced to all aspects of
the broadcasting field. They will be exposed
to public speaking skills needed for this field;
establish and meet deadlines; learn the basic
art of videotaping; and design basic
storyboards for projects. A goal of the class
will be to produce a daily news program to be
aired throughout the school.
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Broadcasting & TV Production
This course will expand the skills taught
in Introduction to Broadcasting and TV
Production. Students will be exposed to
script writing for various production
types, in-depth storyboards, explore
various broadcasting careers, and learn
skills to record various school events.
Students will be required to record
various school activities. Students will
develop independent projects such as
music videos, highlight videos and
promotional material for the school
district. A monthly program reviewing
the school district activities could be
aired on a local cable channel.
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Landscaping
This course is designed to provide students
with a basic background in the landscape
industry. All students will learn basic
landscaping techniques. Students will learn
methods of landscape maintenance and
establishment of new landscapes. All students
will learn basic botany, horticulture
techniques, greenhouse management, turf
management, tree care and plant production.
Students will also learn methods of patio and
fish pond construction. Students will be
instructed in the use and operation of
agriculture machinery and implements.
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DTHS Vocational-Technical Education
School to Careers
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One-year School to Careers (STC) is a
vocational education course which provides
an opportunity for 12th grade students to gain
industrial and/or trade experience in skilled or
semi-skilled occupations through school
supervised on-the-job training. The course is
divided into two (2) parts: 1) Related
information class which is held each week;
and 2) On-the-job training. (A minimum of 15
hours per week/not to exceed 40 hours per
week).