Information Technology Education -
LEVEL 1: Keyboarding and Basic Word Processing; Digital Literacy - So you can text and tweet without looking, but how are you with typing emails and research papers/reports? This course is designed to teach students the touch method of typing at a rate of 30 WPM or greater. Basic word processing and formatting skills are also a part of the curriculum to support students in being able to communicate in our global society.
Business Education -
Exploring Business Procedures & Leadership
This course exposes students to proper etiquette, communication, leadership and teambuilding practices to excel as a professional. Proper methods of searching for, gaining and maintaining employment are also explored. Work-based learning activities like service learning projects and hands-on leadership workshops offer authentic experiences for students to gain skills.
Exploring Business Activities & Careers
This course exposes students to five of the business pathways they can pursue: finance, Information Technology (IT), business management, marketing, & small business management/entrepreneurship. Soft skills, career exploration activities, and business concepts are taught through a combination of traditional lessons and hands-on work based learning activities.
Exploring Business & Entrepreneurship
This course is comprised of two instructional modules designed to provide project-based instruction to explore the nature of business in an international economy and the concept of entrepreneurship. The two modules covered are principles of business and concepts of entrepreneurship. Emphasis is on using the computer while exploring the nature of business with problem solving and critical thinking skills. Students also participate in Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) competitive events, community service, and leadership activities. These activities provide students the opportunity to apply essential standards and workplace readiness skills through authentic experiences. Language arts and mathematics are reinforced.
Career Development Education
Level 1: Exploring Personal Characteristics and Careers
What do you want to do when you enter the working world? This class will help you begin to find out by exploring different careers and their educational pathways. Students will further explore their interests, values, personality & skills and match them with a variety of career possibilities. Students will also develop an understanding of the skills needed to be a successful employee. Hands on "soft-skills" workshops and a Create a College project based approach are integrated to help students develop these skills through real-world connections.
Family & Consumer Sciences
Exploring Relationships & Childcare
Students learn about interpersonal relationships by understanding themselves, their families, and ways to communicate. Students also become familiar with the stages of development and the care of young children as they pursue Red Cross Babysitter Certification.
Exploring Nutrition & Wellness
Students explore nutritional food choices, kitchen basics, meal planning and preparation techniques. Students participate in hands on labs to develop their food service, food safety and sanitation skills. Careers and introductory curriculum related to the Culinary Arts and Hospitality industries are explored. NC EfoodHandler Certification may be offered with successful completion of this course
Exploring Relationships & Childcare
Students learn about interpersonal relationships by understanding themselves, their families, and ways to communicate. Students also become familiar with the stages of development and the care of young children as they pursue Red Cross Babysitter Certification.
Exploring Apparel & Interior Design
Students explore factors influencing clothing choices, basic clothing construction techniques, the function of marketing clothing. Students also learn interior design through investigation of basic design principles, sustainable action and managing a living space.
LEVEL 1: Keyboarding and Basic Word Processing; Digital Literacy - So you can text and tweet without looking, but how are you with typing emails and research papers/reports? This course is designed to teach students the touch method of typing at a rate of 30 WPM or greater. Basic word processing and formatting skills are also a part of the curriculum to support students in being able to communicate in our global society.
Business Education -
Exploring Business Procedures & Leadership
This course exposes students to proper etiquette, communication, leadership and teambuilding practices to excel as a professional. Proper methods of searching for, gaining and maintaining employment are also explored. Work-based learning activities like service learning projects and hands-on leadership workshops offer authentic experiences for students to gain skills.
Exploring Business Activities & Careers
This course exposes students to five of the business pathways they can pursue: finance, Information Technology (IT), business management, marketing, & small business management/entrepreneurship. Soft skills, career exploration activities, and business concepts are taught through a combination of traditional lessons and hands-on work based learning activities.
Exploring Business & Entrepreneurship
This course is comprised of two instructional modules designed to provide project-based instruction to explore the nature of business in an international economy and the concept of entrepreneurship. The two modules covered are principles of business and concepts of entrepreneurship. Emphasis is on using the computer while exploring the nature of business with problem solving and critical thinking skills. Students also participate in Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) competitive events, community service, and leadership activities. These activities provide students the opportunity to apply essential standards and workplace readiness skills through authentic experiences. Language arts and mathematics are reinforced.
Career Development Education
Level 1: Exploring Personal Characteristics and Careers
What do you want to do when you enter the working world? This class will help you begin to find out by exploring different careers and their educational pathways. Students will further explore their interests, values, personality & skills and match them with a variety of career possibilities. Students will also develop an understanding of the skills needed to be a successful employee. Hands on "soft-skills" workshops and a Create a College project based approach are integrated to help students develop these skills through real-world connections.
Family & Consumer Sciences
Exploring Relationships & Childcare
Students learn about interpersonal relationships by understanding themselves, their families, and ways to communicate. Students also become familiar with the stages of development and the care of young children as they pursue Red Cross Babysitter Certification.
Exploring Nutrition & Wellness
Students explore nutritional food choices, kitchen basics, meal planning and preparation techniques. Students participate in hands on labs to develop their food service, food safety and sanitation skills. Careers and introductory curriculum related to the Culinary Arts and Hospitality industries are explored. NC EfoodHandler Certification may be offered with successful completion of this course
Exploring Relationships & Childcare
Students learn about interpersonal relationships by understanding themselves, their families, and ways to communicate. Students also become familiar with the stages of development and the care of young children as they pursue Red Cross Babysitter Certification.
Exploring Apparel & Interior Design
Students explore factors influencing clothing choices, basic clothing construction techniques, the function of marketing clothing. Students also learn interior design through investigation of basic design principles, sustainable action and managing a living space.