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Benchmark | Outcome | Connections to ICC
ACADEMIC:  Standard A:  Students will acquire the attitudes, knowledge, and sills that contribute to effective learning in school and across the life span.
Improve Academic Self-Concept | Articulate feelings of competence and confidence as a learner
 | Display a positive interest in learning
 | Take pride in work and in achievement
 | Accept mistakes as essential to the learning process
 | Identify attitudes and behaviors which lead to successful learning
Acquire Skills for Improving Learning | Apply time management and task management skills
 | Demonstrate how effort and persistence positively affect learning
 | Use communication skills to know when and how to ask for help when needed
 | Apply knowledge of learning styles to positively influence school performance
Achieve School Success | Take responsibility for their actions
 | Demonstrate the ability to work independently, as well as the ability to work cooperatively with other students
 | Develop a broad range of interests and abilities
 | Demonstrate dependability, productivity and initiative
 | Share knowledge
ACADEMIC:  Standard B:  Students will complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose from a wide range of substantial postsecondary options, including college.
Improve Learning | Demonstrate the motivation to achieve individual potential
 | Learn and apply critical thinking skills
 | Apply the study skills necessary for academic success at each level
 | Seek information and support from faculty, staff, family, and peers
 | Organize and apply academic information from a variety of sources
 | Use knowledge of learning styles to positively influence school performance
 | Become self-directed and independent learners
Plan to achieve Goals | Establish challenging academic goals in elementary, middle/junior high and high school
 | Use assessment results in educational planning
 | Develop and implement an annual plan of study to maximize academic ability and achievement
 | Apply knowledge of aptitudes and interests to goal setting
 | Use problem-solving and decision-making skills to assess progress toward educational goals
 | Understand the relationship between classroom performance and success in school
 | Identify post-secondary options consistent with interests, achievement, aptitude and abilities
ACADEMIC:  Standard C:  Students will understand the relationship of academics to the world of work, and to life at home and in the community.
Relate School to Life Experiences | Demonstrate the ability to balance school, studies, extracurricular activities, leisure time and family life
 | Seek co-curricular and community experiences to enhance the school experience
 | Understand the relationship between learning and work
 | Demonstrate an understanding of the value of lifelong learning as essential to seeking, obtaining, and maintaining life goals
 | Understand that school success is the preparation to make the transition from student to community member
 | Understand how school success and academic achievement enhance future career and vocational opportunities
CAREER:  Standard A:  Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.
Develop Career Awareness | Develop skills to locate, evaluate, and interpret career information
 | Learn about the variety of traditional and non-traditional occupations
 | Develop an awareness of personal abilities, skills, interests, and motivations
 | Learn how to interact and work cooperatively in teams
 | Learn to make decisions
 | Learn how to set goals
 | Understand the importance of planning
 | Pursue and develop competency in areas of interest
 | Develop hobbies and vocational interests
 | Balance between work and leisure time
Develop Employment Readiness | Acquire employability skills such as working on a team, problem-solving and organizational skills
 | Apply job readiness skills to seek employment opportunities
 | Demonstrate knowledge about the changing workplace
 | Learn about the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees
 | Learn to respect individual uniqueness in the workplace
 | Learn how to write a resume
 | Develop a positive attitude toward work and learning
 | Understand the importance of responsibility, dependability, punctuality, integrity and effort in the workplace
 | Utilize time- and task-management skills
CAREER:  Standard B:  Students will employ strategies to achieve future career goals with success and satisfaction.
Acquire Career Information | Apply decision-making skills to career planning, course selection, and career transitions
 | Identify personal skills, interests, and abilities and relate them to current career choices
 | Demonstrate knowledge of the career planning process
 | Know the various ways which occupations can be classified
 | Use research and information resources to obtain career information
 | Learn to use the internet to access career planning information
 | Describe traditional and non-traditional occupations and how these relate to career choice
 | Understand how changing economic and societal needs influence employment trends and future training
Identify Career Goals | Demonstrate awareness of the education and training needed to achieve career goals
 | Assess and modify their educational plan to support career goals
 | Use employability and job readiness skills in internship, mentoring, shadowing and/or other world of work experiences
 | Select course work that is related to career interests
 | Maintain a career planning portfolio
Career Development:  Standard C: Students will understand the relationship between personal qualities, education, training, and the world of work.
[NAME] to Achieve Career Goals | Understand the relationship between educational achievement and career success
 | Explain how work can help to achieve personal success and satisfaction
 | Identify personal preferences and interests which influence career choices and success
 | Understand that the changing workplace requires lifelong learning and acquiring new skills
 | Describe the effect of work on lifestyles
 | Understand the importance of equity and access in career choice
 | Understand that work is an important and satisfying means of personal expression
[NAME] to Achieve Career Goals | Demonstrate how interests, abilities, and achievement relate to achieving personal, social, educational and career goals.
 | Learn how to use conflict management skills with peers and adults
 | Learn to work cooperatively with others as a team member
 | Apply academic and employment readiness skills in work-based learning situations such as internships, shadowing, and/or mentoring experiences
Personal/Social Development:  Standard A: Students will acquire the knowledge, attitudes, ad interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others.
[NAME] | Develop a positive attitude toward self as a unique and worthy person
 | Identify values, attitudes and beliefs
 | Learn the goal setting process
 | Understand change as a part of growth
 | Identify and express feelings
 | Distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate behaviors
 | Recognize personal boundaries, rights and privacy needs
 | Understand the need for self-control and how to practice it
 | Demonstrate cooperative behavior in groups
 | Identify personal strengths and assets
 | Identify and discuss changing personal and social roles
 | Identify and recognize changing family roles
Acquire Interpersonal Skills | Recognize that everyone has rights and responsibilities
 | Respect alternative points of view
 | Recognize, accept, respect and appreciate individual differences
 | Recognize, accept and appreciate ethnic and cultural diversity
 | Recognize and respect differences in various family configurations
 | Use effective communication skills
 | Know that communication involves speaking, listening, and nonverbal behavior
 | Learn how to make and keep friends
Personal/Social Development:  Standard B: Students will make decisions, set goals, and take necessary action to achieve goals.
Self-Knowledge Applications | Use a decision-making and problem-solving model
 | Understand consequences of decisions and choices
 | Identify alternative solutions to a problem
 | Develop effective coping skills for dealing with problems
 | Demonstrate when, where, and how to seek help for solving problems and making decisions
 | Know how to apply conflict resolution skills
 | Demonstrate a respect and appreciation for individual and cultural differences
 | Know when peer pressure is influencing a decision
 | Identify long- and short-term goals
 | Identify alternative ways of achieving goals
 | Use persistence and perseverance in acquiring knowledge and skills
 | Develop an action plan to set and achieve realistic goals
Personal/Social Development:  Standard C: Students will understand safety and survival skills.
Acquire Personal Safety Skills | Demonstrate knowledge of personal information (i.e., telephone number, home address, emergency contact)
 | Learn about the relationship between rules, laws, safety, and the protection of an individual’s rights
 | Learn the difference between appropriate and inappropriate physical contact
 | Demonstrate the ability to assert boundaries, rights, and personal privacy
 | Differentiate between situations requiring peer support and situations requiring adult professional help
 | Identify resource people in the school and community, and know how to seek their help
 | Apply effective problem-solving and decision-making skills to make safe and healthy choices
 | Learn about the emotional and physical dangers of substance use and abuse
 | Learn how to cope with peer pressure
 | Learn techniques for managing stress and conflict
 | Learn coping skills for managing life events