Syllabus

Consumer Education

This course covers concepts including management of personal business affairs, including consumer law, checking and banking services, credit, loans, installment buying, budgeting, housing, informed and skillful buying, consumer protection, and the role business and government play in our economy. Emphasis is placed on developing personal economic decision-making competence.

Work Study/Vocational Awareness

This course is a work experience program in which the students receive instruction about the world of work, its opportunities and responsibilities. This course combines learning experience gained through regularly scheduled supervised employment in the community and Education-to-Career oriented in-school instruction. The program includes on-the-job training, development of a career plan, career testing, and career and educational exploration. The teacher will assist the student in finding approved employment.

Resource

This program provides resource support for students taking general education classes. A typical class consists of a low student to teacher ratio. Resource teachers maintain contact with their students' general education teachers and case managers to be certain that students are successfully completing their coursework.