Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 130 - TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION › Subchapter D - BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION › Section 130.144 - Extended Practicum in Business Management (One Credit), Adopted 2015

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General requirements. This course is
				  recommended for students in Grades 11 and 12. The practicum course is a paid or
				  unpaid capstone experience for students participating in a coherent sequence of
				  career and technical education courses in the Business Management and
				  Administration Career Cluster. Recommended prerequisites: Touch System Data
				  Entry and Business Management or Business Information Management II.
				  Corequisite: Practicum in Business Management. This course must be taken
				  concurrently with Practicum in Business Management and may not be taken as a
				  stand-alone course. Students shall be awarded one credit for successful
				  completion of this course. A student may repeat this course once for credit
				  provided that the student is experiencing different aspects of the industry and
				  demonstrating proficiency in additional and more advanced knowledge and
				  skills.
(b) Introduction.
(1) Career and technical education
				  instruction provides content aligned with challenging academic standards and
				  relevant technical knowledge and skills for students to further their education
				  and succeed in current or emerging professions.
(2) The Business Management and
				  Administration Career Cluster focuses on careers in planning, organizing,
				  directing, and evaluating business functions essential to efficient and
				  productive business operations.
(3)
				  Extended Practicum in Business Management is designed to give students
				  supervised practical application of previously studied knowledge and skills.
				  Practicum experiences occur in a paid or unpaid arrangement and a variety of
				  locations appropriate to the nature and level of experience. Students implement
				  personal and interpersonal skills to strengthen individual performance in the
				  workplace and in society and to make a successful transition to the workforce
				  or postsecondary education. Students apply technical skills to address business
				  applications of emerging technologies. Students develop a foundation in the
				  economic, financial, technological, international, social, and ethical aspects
				  of business to become competent consumers, employees, and entrepreneurs.
				  Students enhance reading, writing, computing, communication, and reasoning
				  skills and apply them to the business environment. Students incorporate a broad
				  base of knowledge that includes the legal, managerial, marketing, financial,
				  ethical, and international dimensions of business to make appropriate business
				  decisions.
(4) Students are
				  encouraged to participate in extended learning experiences such as career and
				  technical student organizations and other leadership or extracurricular
				  organizations.
(5) Statements that
				  contain the word "including" reference content that must be mastered, while
				  those containing the phrase "such as" are intended as possible illustrative
				  examples.