Prerequisites: None
Recommended Grade Level: 9-10
Required Assessment: None
Graduation Requirement: No
Credit: 1
EPSO: No
Course Description: Introduction to Teaching as a Profession is a foundational course in the Teaching as a Profession program of study for students interested in learning more about becoming a teacher, school counselor, trainer, librarian, or speech-language pathologist.
Course Content: Upon completion of this course, proficient students will gain knowledge in the history of education in the United States, careers in education, and the influence of human development on learning. Artifacts will be created for inclusion in a portfolio, which will continue throughout the full sequence of courses.
Scope & Sequence:
Textbook: None
Aligned Student Organization: Skills USA or FCCLA
Prerequisites: None
Recommended Grade Level: 10
Required Assessment: None
Graduation Requirement: No
Credit: 1
EPSO: No
Course Description: Teaching as a Profession I (TAP I) is an intermediate course for students interested in learning more about becoming a teacher, school counselor, trainer, librarian, or speech-language pathologist. This course covers the components of instruction, teaching strategies, types of assessments, student learning, special populations, and educational technology. Students will conduct observations of educators at work and create artifacts for a course portfolio, which will continue with them throughout the program of study.
Course Content: . Upon completion of this course, proficient students will have a fundamental understanding of instructional strategies needed for becoming an educator.
Scope & Sequence:
Textbook: None
Aligned Student Organization: Skills USA or FCCLA
Prerequisites: None
Recommended Grade Level: 11-12
Required Assessment: None
Graduation Requirement: No
Credit: 1
EPSO: No
Course Description: Teaching as a Profession II (TAP II) is an applied-knowledge course for students interested in learning more about becoming a teacher, school counselor, trainer, librarian, or speech-language pathologist. This course covers classroom management, concepts of higher order thinking, scaffolding instruction, and strategies of effective classroom planning. Students in this course will demonstrate their skills in laboratory settings while building a course portfolio of work, which will carry with them throughout the program of study.
Course Content: Upon completion of this course, proficient students will be prepared to take the capstone TAP III course and further their studies at the postsecondary level.
Scope & Sequence:
Textbook: None
Aligned Student Organization: Skills USA or FCCLA
Prerequisites: All levels of Teaching as a Profession
Recommended Grade Level: 11-12
Required Assessment: None
Graduation Requirement: No
Credit: 1
EPSO: Yes
Course Description: Work-Based Learning: Career Practicum is a capstone course intended to provide students with opportunities to apply the skills and knowledge learned in previous CTE and general education courses within a professional work environment. The course allows students to earn high school credit for select models of work-based learning, which allow students to interact with industry professionals in order to extend and deepen classroom work and support the development of postsecondary and career readiness knowledge and skills. Career Practicum activities may take one of two forms:
1) Workplace-Based: Students participate in individual work-based learning experiences in professional settings when they meet the hours required for full time course equivalent. These experiences include registered apprenticeships, cooperative education (co-op), and internships.
2) Classroom-Based: Students are immersed in a classroom-based experience where they learn through targeted industry involvement that may take the form of industrydriven project-based learning, school-based enterprise, and virtual enterprise. This model should incorporate industry engagement through activities like tours, informational interviewing, job shadows, community service projects, and technical mentoring to achieve learning standards at professional-level expectations.
Course Content: Upon completion of the practicum, students will be prepared for postsecondary and career opportunities aligned with their interests and demonstrate professional-quality employability skills relevant to their chosen career paths.
Scope & Sequence:
Textbook: None
Aligned Student Organization: Skills USA or FCCLA