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Students in the Accounting pathway learn the fundamentals of maintaining business records, preparing financial statements, and managing money. The accounting classes students take will enable them to understand the flow of business, analyze business transactions, recognize and use forms and reports, and properly record transactions.
Students in the Accounting pathway learn the fundamentals of maintaining business records, preparing financial statements, and managing money. The accounting classes students take will enable them to understand the flow of business, analyze business transactions, recognize and use forms and reports, and properly record transactions.
Pathway Highlights
Pathway Highlights
Within the CTE Accounting and Entrepreneurship programs of study, we have begun the process of implementing an exciting and engaging Virtual Enterprise curriculum that transforms classrooms into student-centered and operated virtual enterprises.
Through Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), ten CTE Accounting and Entrepreneurship students from South Shore, Sullivan, and Taft placed in the top ten (within their content areas) against other students in the state in 2020.
Pathway Courses and Assessments
Pathway Courses and Assessments
Element of High-Quality CTE: Assessment
Element of High-Quality CTE: Assessment
This element addresses the types and quality of assessments used in the program of study, including the types of knowledge and skills that should be assessed, and assessments that lead to recognized postsecondary credentials.
Formative and summative assessments are integrated throughout the program of study to validate student learning gains, including both classroom/school-based and standardized, third-party assessments, as appropriate.
Assessments are aligned to program standards and curriculum and appropriate to students’ current level of knowledge and skill attainment.
Assessments are valid, reliable and developed or chosen in accordance with relevant quality standards.
The program of study incorporates multiple forms of assessment, including performance-based assessment where students must demonstrate the application of their knowledge and skills.
Assessments within the program of study provide objective information on student attainment of industry-validated technical knowledge and skills.
Assessments within the program of study provide objective information on student attainment of academic knowledge and skills.
Assessments within the program of study provide objective information on student attainment of employability knowledge and skills.
The program of study prepares students for assessments that lead to recognized postsecondary credentials, as available and appropriate.
Element of High-Quality CTE: Sequencing and Articulation
Element of High-Quality CTE: Sequencing and Articulation
This element addresses the key components of the definition of a program of study and the articulation, coordination and collaboration that support programs of study, career pathways and accelerated learning.
The program of study includes a sequence of courses and/or competencies across secondary and postsecondary education that incorporates technical, academic and employability knowledge and skills.
The program of study starts with broad foundational knowledge and skills and progresses in specificity to build students’ depth of knowledge and skills.
Content and standards within the program of study are non-duplicative and vertically aligned to prepare students to transition seamlessly to the next level of education.
The program of study sequence leads to one or more recognized postsecondary credentials, including industry certifications, licenses, apprenticeship certificates, postsecondary certificates and degrees.
The program of study allows for multiple entry and exit points that incorporate recognized postsecondary credentials.
Students in the program of study have opportunities to earn credit that articulates to the next level of education, such as through dual or concurrent enrollment programs or stackable credentials.
Secondary and postsecondary CTE staff collaborate regularly on course sequencing, vertical alignment and opportunities for credit transfer agreements.
The program of study is coordinated with broader career pathways systems, as defined in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, as appropriate and available.
Business Academy I
Business Academy I
Sophomore Orientation (ORN) Course
Course Codes: 701101R / 701102R
REACH Assessment: 21st Century Skills II
Certification: Internet Core Computing Certification (IC3) Global Standard 6 (GS6) *Effective 2021/2022
Accounting I
Accounting I
Junior Training (TRN) Course
Course Codes: 702101R / 702102R
REACH Assessment: Accounting
Certification: Microsoft Excel 2016
*Effective 2021/2022
Accounting II
Accounting II
Senior Advanced Training (ATR) Course
Course Codes: 728201R / 728202R
Precision Exam: N/A in 2020/2021
Certification: QuickBooks
College Credit By Examination (CBE) Earned for Industry Certifications
College Credit By Examination (CBE) Earned for Industry Certifications
The American Council on Education (ACE) “connects workplace learning with colleges and universities by helping students gain access to academic credit for formal training taken outside traditional degree programs.” Through ACE, students can earn articulation credit at more than 400 participating colleges and universities. The credits that students can earn for certifications in this pathway are as follows:
Business Academy I - IC3 GS6 - Levels 1-3
In the lower-division baccalaureate degree category, one semester hour in information technology.
Accounting I - Excel 2016
In the lower-division baccalaureate/associate degree category, one semester hour in computer applications or information technology.
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