Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 10 - EDUCATION › Chapter 10.58 - PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM STANDARDS › Subchapter 10.58.5 - Teaching Areas: Specific Standards › Rule 10.58.505 - BUSINESS EDUCATION

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
(1) The program
				requires that successful candidates:
(a)
				create, analyze, revise, and implement business education curricula that
				communicates the challenges and opportunities for students in a global economy
				and the impact of evolving demographic trends, international competition, and
				technological innovation within subject matter in diverse learning
				environments;
(b) develop
				partnerships with members of the educational, business, and other communities
				to improve programs, develop new programs, ensure a curriculum based on real
				world experience, and provide students access to advanced learning
				opportunities including development of career pathways and work-based learning
				experiences;
(c) demonstrate the
				development of personal and leadership competencies (including, but not limited
				to, citizenship, personal development, goal setting, and
				collaboration);
(d) demonstrate and
				apply ethical professional practice based on the principles of business
				education and career and technical education through civic engagement,
				advocacy, and active participation in professional development and professional
				growth activities;
(e) integrate
				professional student-directed organizations into the curriculum to provide an
				environment in which students grow professionally, personally, and socially;
				involve the business and professional community; and recognize the organization
				provides opportunities for personal growth and leadership
				development;
(f) identify and
				demonstrate appropriate technology tools to enhance academic, business, and
				personal decision making, including, but not limited to, current and emerging
				devices, input technologies, operating systems, applications, digital media,
				and web development and design;
(g)
				demonstrate effective communication skills to facilitate learning, incorporate
				quality standards in all forms of communications, and recognize that business
				communication is founded on respect, fairness, and honesty;
(h) determine the nature and extent of the
				information needed, access needed information effectively and efficiently, and
				evaluate information and its sources critically;
(i) demonstrate ethical and social
				responsibility related to all elements of business and the legal framework for
				personal, business, and social interactions;
(j) promote student access and use a variety
				of resources to gather information, present personal data, and explore
				educational and career opportunities in business and related occupational
				fields;
(k) demonstrate the
				importance of employment communications to career success including, but not
				limited to, resume, application letter, application forms and online
				application system, follow-up letter, electronic database employment search
				engines, interview techniques, and the skills needed to successfully obtain and
				maintain employment;
(l) assess
				students' personal skills, abilities, and aptitude for a career; use career
				resources to explore opportunities in business, develop workplace expectations,
				assist students in transitioning from school to work, and other information
				necessary for students to make informed career choices;
(m) demonstrate effective techniques for
				managing employees, personnel relations, and the budgeting of time and
				resources;
(n) apply marketing
				concepts through responsible marketing practices, including usage of marketing
				technologies and management fundamentals;
(o) organize, manage, and synthesize
				information to make wise business decisions;
(p) demonstrate techniques for business
				problem solving and critical thinking skills needed to function as citizens,
				consumers, workers, managers, business owners, and directors of their own
				economic futures;
(q) apply
				interpersonal, teamwork, and leadership skills necessary to function with
				professionalism in multicultural business and social settings;
(r) develop an understanding of legal
				principles and systems, and how law impacts commerce, society, regulations, and
				participation in the global business environment;
(s) demonstrate an awareness of the
				interrelatedness of policies and economic practices on other nations, including
				interactions with sovereign tribal nations, and an understanding of the global
				business environment, including the connection among social, cultural,
				political, legal, economic, ethical, and technological systems;
(t) demonstrate and apply principles of
				economics, free enterprise, and global economies;
(u) demonstrate and apply the basic concepts
				of personal finance skills, social and government responsibility, and business
				practices;
(v) demonstrate the role
				of entrepreneurship in economies and the process of starting and maintaining a
				business;
(w) demonstrate
				accounting procedures and application of generally accepted accounting
				principles, accounting tools, strategies, and systems to maintain, monitor,
				control, and plan the use of financial resources;
(x) demonstrate the ability to use technology
				as a tool for facilitating business functions, coordinate information
				technology instruction in business education and across the curriculum, and
				explain the value of information technology and the potential impact it may
				have on students' lives;
(y)
				demonstrate understanding of professional behavior by respecting intellectual
				property, personal privacy, and information security;
(z) develop students' ability to analyze,
				synthesize, evaluate, and apply technologies to solve problems, increase
				productivity, and improve quality of life; and
(aa) demonstrate the different functional
				areas of business as interrelated parts rather than distinct and separate
				entities.