The competent teacher has in-depth understanding of content area knowledge that includes central concepts, methods of inquiry, structures of the disciplines, and content area literacy. The teacher creates meaningful learning experiences for each student based upon interactions among content area and pedagogical knowledge, and evidence-based practice.
Business Education - Accounting I
Unit Lesson Plans
These lesson plans demonstrate knowledge of Accounting I with reference to the basic accounting equation and introduces the concept of revenue. They support the NEBA – National Standards for Business Education – Computation - VI. Problem-Solving - Use mathematical procedures to analyze and solve business problems. Accounting is mainly basic math functions of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. This is evident with the accounting equation of Assets = Liabilities + Equity and understanding the meaning of each term. In accounting it is important to understand the specific vocabulary which supports the ELA standard CC.11-12.L.6 – Vocabulary Acquisition & Use - Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. My qualifications for teaching Accounting I to high school students is supported by my 27 years of working in corporate accounting and finance. I have worked with on annual audits with CPAs, executed journal entries and performed reconciliations. In addition, I have explained accounting concepts to non-financial associates in simple terms so they understand how to read their applicable revenue statements. I am excited to bring my experience to the future business men and women.
Introduction to Business - Business Law
This lesson plan artifact demonstrates content knowledge for Business Law, specifically civil law. This was a lesson plan used on 11/19/2021 where students are introduced to new law terms and an actual civil lawsuit using these terms that was from 1992. The case shows real world applicable use of the terms and how civil law applies within the business world. In this case, a corporation was the defendant in the civil lawsuit and makes the connection as to the importance of law knowledge within the business world.
As stated in this standard, "The teacher creates meaningful learning experiences for each student based upon interactions among content area and pedagogical knowledge, and evidence-based practice." This lesson provides varied learning experience of the business law concepts through the use of verbal discussion, student note packets to write term definitions and the viewing and listening of the civil lawsuit case summary. The video provides various information and key points as to the facts of the case coming from the plaintiff, defendant's attorney, news media and plaintiff attorneys. After the video, we discussed key points about the case and reactions to the verdict. We noted how media still has the impact to change the story and go viral in a pre-social media, global economy. This noted the importance of researching information for yourself from noteworthy sources and using judgement when making decisions or forming opinions.
This lesson taught the students to look at the full picture and find the facts themselves from credible sources. We also learned the vocabulary related to civil lawsuits and how they differ from a criminal lawsuit. The civil lawsuits convey the importance to the business world and why business employ attorneys because most of their lawsuits are civil in nature where they argue points of law over torts. I relearned vocabulary that I have not used in my 27 years of corporate experience as I mainly read contracts to determine revenue recognition and collection issues. This gave me a new perspective on past contracts I read during my corporate career. I know there were instances I was reviewing our past revenue recognition, calculations and payment collections to provide for our attorneys in a legal settlement or review. These are all examples that I can bring to my classroom to demonstrate how what they learn here is used in the business environment.