Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 389 - Examinations, Courses, Standards and Diplomas › PREKINDERGARTEN, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL › Instruction: Sixth Through Eighth Grades › Section 389.393 - Eighth grade: Home and career skills

Current through June 11, 2024
A course of study in home and career skills must include
				  instruction designed to teach the pupil by the completion of the eighth grade
				  to:
1. Describe how decisions are
				made.
2. Describe how different
				types of decisions differ with regard to frequency, level and complexity when
				given the opportunity to analyze typical activities of teenagers.
3. Explain how human needs, wants, values,
				goals and standards affect decision making when given a variety of life
				situations.
4. Apply the principles
				of making decisions to given life situations.
5. Apply the process of solving problems to a
				given life situation and select a solution from a group of
				alternatives.
6. Demonstrate how
				human and nonhuman resources can be used to accomplish a given task.
7. Apply the principles of management to
				demonstrate the interchangeable nature of resources.
8. Demonstrate the interrelationship among
				the skills of decision making, problem solving and management.
9. Relate self concept and factors which
				affect its formation and development to the pupil's own situation.
10. Recognize that personal judgments of
				others are affected by appearance, behavior and gender.
11. Establish a goal for personal
				improvement.
12. Identify and
				resolve concerns common to adolescents.
13. Apply the skills of decision making,
				problem solving and management to attain a goal established for personal
				improvement.
14. Develop a plan to
				manage personal time that incorporates personal values, standards and
				goals.
15. Analyze the influence of
				peers and "significant others" on personal development.
16. Analyze the influence of the family on
				personal development.
17. Develop
				communication skills used in interpersonal relationships.
18. Recognize the adolescent's role in
				providing for the needs of others who are dependent upon him or her.
19. Analyze how roles and responsibilities
				change in relation to personal development.
20. Identify the factors that influence the
				practices of the consumer.
21.
				Identify the rights and responsibilities of the consumer and the alternative
				choices that a consumer possesses regarding money, nutrition, wardrobe and the
				management of his or her personal environment.
22. Demonstrate skills related to comparative
				shopping.
23. Apply the principles
				of managing money to a personal spending plan.
24. Evaluate safe, efficient and profitable
				methods of saving money to manage personal resources.
25. Apply procedures that will protect
				personal money and avoid unnecessary risks.
26. Describe the significance of the
				cultural, social, psychological, biological, economic, political, global and
				leisure conditions which affect a person's choice of food.
27. Evaluate dietary patterns to meet
				nutritional needs.
28. Apply the
				skills of decision making, problem solving and management to purchasing food
				and preparing meals.
29. Plan a
				wardrobe and accessories based on personal wants, values and
				finances.
30. Demonstrate care and
				maintenance of a personal wardrobe and accessories.
31. Describe the human need for personal
				privacy and the respect for the property of others.
32. Apply the skills of decision making,
				problem solving and management in selecting, using and maintaining living
				accommodations.
33. Identify the
				reasons for working, using descriptions of different work
				environments.
34. Identify
				characteristics of workers that contribute to individual and group
				success.
35. Predict the effects of
				technology and the changing roles of society on work and workers in the 21st
				century.
36. Apply the skills of
				decision making, problem solving and management to planning a career.
37. Determine alternative career interests
				and the suitability of entrepreneurship as a career choice.
38. Analyze factors that lead to the success
				of a small enterprise.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				  Education, 1-26-90, eff. 9-1-92-Substituted in revision for NAC
				  389.442
NRS 385.080,
					 385.110