Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part LXVII - Bulletin 1977-Business Education Content Standards Curriculum Framework for Louisiana › Chapter 7 - Definitions › Section LXVII-701 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
Academic Cross-Reference
-a reference to
				  related academic content standards.
Applied Academics
-a method of teaching in
				  which the instructor presents subject matter in a way that relates a particular
				  academic discipline to personal workforce application.
Approved Program
-a Business Education
				  program that offers at least four of the recommended courses for a career
				  major, two of which must be at the competency level.
Articulation
-t he process of linking two or
				  more educational systems to produce a smooth flow of students from one
				  institution to another without experiencing delays, duplication of courses, or
				  loss of credit.
Assessment
-a process through which evidence
				  is gathered in a range of content areas to determine both a student's
				  understanding and ability to apply that understanding.
Benchmark
-a broad statement of expected
				  skills and knowledge that is used as a reference to develop curriculum and
				  assess student progress.
Career Clusters
-b road categories of
				  occupations that form the basis for initial career exploration and
				  discovery.
Career Major
-a specific course of study
				  within a broader career cluster (Ex: Accounting within the Business career
				  cluster).
Career Path
-a plan of study that will
				  enable a student upon graduation, to be employed or enter a postsecondary
				  school with a continuation of skills or course work already started at the high
				  school level.
Career Plan
-a student's written plan for
				  career and educational goals while in secondary school and beyond.
Competency Course
-a required course in a
				  career major.
Content Standard
-a description of what a
				  student should know and be able to do through subject matter, knowledge,
				  proficiencies, etc. gained as a result of their education.
Cooperative Learning
-an instructional
				  strategy used in many applied academic courses that involves learning in the
				  context of sharing, responding, and communicating with other learners.
Curriculum Framework
-an outline of broad
				  goals and standards of a system of education.
Focus Statement
-a statement describing the
				  importance of a career major.
Foundation Skills
-processes that are common
				  to all areas and levels of education and are intended to suggest methods and
				  objectives of instructional strategies.
High Schools that Work
-a process model
				  developed by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) that focuses on
				  applied learning, integration of academic and vocational content, and
				  school-to-work transitions.
Integrated
-refers to combining elements
				  across the strands within a particular content area or framework.
Interdisciplinary
-combining elements across
				  content areas in the curriculum.
Lifelong Learning
-the concept of continued
				  education and training, formal or informal, throughout one's career.
Portfolios
-personalized, sequential career
				  planning journal designed to guide students through career development
				  interests and aptitudes as they progress through school and beyond; including
				  examples of student skill mastery.
Related Elective Course
-an additional
				  course offered to complement and enhance opportunities within a career
				  major.
School-Based Learning
-program of
				  instruction based on career majors, designed to meet high academic and
				  occupational skill standards, which involves counseling and career exploration,
				  and periodic evaluation of academic strengths and weaknesses.
School-to-Work Transition
-a system that
				  enables students to identify and navigate paths to productive and progressively
				  more rewarding roles in the workplace that encompasses three components:
				  school-based learning; connecting activities; and work-based learning.
Skill Standard
-the identification of the
				  knowledge, skill, and level of ability needed to satisfactorily perform a given
				  job.
Strands
-concepts common to all content
				  areas; strands are interrelated and should be integrated rather than taught in
				  isolation.
Tech Prep
-a sequence of study beginning in
				  high school and continuing through at least two years of postsecondary
				  occupational education to prepare students for high skilled jobs that require
				  more than a high school diploma.
Vocational Completer
-a student who
				  successfully completes four courses in a career major (two must be competency
				  courses and two must be selected from the competency courses and/or identified
				  related electives).
Work-Based Learning
-integration of
				  theoretical instruction with a planned program of job training or experiences,
				  paid work experience, workplace mentoring, instruction in general workplace
				  competencies, and updating elements that will engage student interest, develop
				  positive work attitudes, and prepare youth for high-skill, high-wage
				  careers.
Workplace Mentor
-an employee at the
				  workplace who possesses the skills to be mastered by a student, and who
				  instructs the student, critiques the student's performance, challenges the
				  student to perform well, and works in consultation with classroom teachers and
				  the employer.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with R.S. l7:6.