Develop "Life Skills" Necessary for Economic Success

1. • Money skills, budgeting, taxes, insurance, buying houses and cars, time management

Provide Information Technology Skills

1. • Business courses that teach word processing, spreadsheet, database management, and digital and Internet skills can help you get a higher-level position with a better salary.

Expand Your Educational Opportunities

1. • Courses make subjects relevant and provide hands-on learning experiences.

Develop Marketable Skills and Habits to Apply to Any Career

1. • Feel a sense of accomplishment and self-assurance boosting confidence and other employable skills

Acquire International Business Knowledge

1. • Provide you with knowledge of the international marketplace and economic systems

Encourage Creativity and Entrepreneurial Thinking

1. • Prepare you to work in a small business and/or start your own business

Broaden Your Lifelong Work and Study Options

1. • Giving you options to go to work, college, or both

Help Pay for College

1. • Help obtain employment to finance your education

Pretest Career Interests Before Going to College

1. • Accounting, Business Management, Communication, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Information Technology, International Business, Marketing, Personal Finance

Provide Two Educational Options in One—College Prep and Career Prep

1. • Programs include academic subjects needed to meet entrance requirements for colleges and universities and also entry-level job requirements