Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part LXVII - Bulletin 1977-Business Education Content Standards Curriculum Framework for Louisiana › Chapter 3 - Standards and Benchmarks › Section LXVII-301 - Introduction

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Standards and
				benchmarks provide a framework for local curriculum development. A school
				district's physical facilities, available equipment, resources, and community
				and business support are only a few of the factors that make the system unique
				and determine the curriculum offered.
B. In using this framework to develop
				curriculum, a
standard
is the major outcome of a course and
benchmarks
are the goals for obtaining that outcome. Local
				systems will select the career majors to be offered, the courses offered in
				these majors, and create the objectives and activities that teachers will use
				to direct their instruction to reach the benchmarks for the selected courses.
				This procedure will allow local systems to structure curriculum to meet the
				needs of their students, schools, and communities while remaining consistent
				with the overall framework for the entire state.
C. Local systems will use the career majors
				as a guide to select the courses that will be offered for each major. Not all
				career majors or all courses listed with the major in this framework must be
				offered locally. Employment opportunities and postsecondary education
				availability in the local area should be considered as curriculum is
				developed.
D. To be identified as a
				vocational completer, a student must successfully complete four courses in the
				career major, two of which must be competency courses. The other two courses
				must be selected from the competency courses and/or related elective courses
				identified in the career major.
E.
				Business Education programs shall provide opportunities for business education
				students to receive instruction in one or more career majors. A career major
				consists of at least four of the courses recommended for the major. Two of the
				courses must be at the competency level. High schools with two or less
				full-time teachers may offer required courses on an alternating basis in order
				to meet the requirements for program approval. An approved vocational program
				at the junior high level (grades 7-8) shall include a minimum of three classes
				in Business Education or Exploratory Business.
F. The first semester of Keyboarding is
				considered a foundation skill for each career major. Touch typing skill,
				keyboard layout, and business formats should be taught at the junior high
				(grades 6-8) level if possible, to allow time for concentration on competency
				courses in a career major. If students have not completed Keyboarding and
				Keyboarding Applications upon entering high school, these should be the first
				business courses taken.
G. The
				Business Education content standards and the five career majors are described
				in detail beginning on page 16. Each of the five career majors are defined by
				required competency courses and related elective courses, a focus statement
				that describes its importance and uniqueness, and examples of employment
				options available to the student upon the successful completion of the career
				major. (Page ii in the Appendix provides a matrix for easy reference to the
				career majors and recommended courses.)
H. Following each career major are the
				content standards that relate to that major. The standards identify what
				students should know and be able to do. In the column beside each standard are
				benchmarks that identify specific skills and knowledge and serve as points of
				reference to gauge student progress toward achievement of standards. Benchmarks
				set the direction of instruction. An asterisk (*) identifies benchmarks that
				encourage critical thinking.
I.
				Cross-references to academic content standards reinforce the integration of
				academic and business skills. English Language Arts, Mathematics, Social
				Studies, and Science academic standards are cross-referenced in the third
				column beside each Business Education standard. The referenced academic
				standards are listed in full in the appendix. Codes used in the table to
				identify the academic standards are given below:
1. Codes for Referenced Academic Standards
ELA = English Language Arts
Standard number is given, then benchmark number
Mathematics
Strand letter is given, then benchmark number
N - Number and Number Relations Strand
A - Algebra Strand
M - Measurement Strand
G - Geometry Strand
D - Data, Discrete Math, and Probability Strand
P - Patterns, Relations, and Functions Strand
Social Studies
Strand letter is given, then benchmark letter and
				  number
G - Geography Strand
C - Civics Strand
E - Economics Strand
H - History Strand
Science
Strand letter is given, then benchmark letter and
				  number
SI - Science As Inquiry Strand
PS - Physical Science Strand
LS - Life Science Strand
SE - Science and the Environment Strand