FCS Curriculum

Jewel Kneifl
FCS 314
Course: Careers 9th-12th

Unit Title/Description Assessment Standard Taught

● Students will explore how lifestyle choices influence
career decisions
Students will identify, research and evaluate career and
employment options and then use the information to create a
career plan.
Students will learn how to explore job leads, apply for a
job, and develop
Conflict Scenario Questions FCS.CAR.1
Students will identify the value of lifelong
learning and self-assessment.
Students will describe how skills, interests, and
desired lifestyle may shape career plans.
Students will identify workplace trends such as
the global economy, changing technology,
diversity, and teamwork.
Students will identify reasons people work.
Students will use the decision-making process to
choose a possible career.
Students will determine individual values,
interests, aptitudes, and abilities.
Students will recognize individual personality
and learning styles and match them to career
choices
Students will evaluate career possibilities. FCS.CAR.2
Students will develop key questions to ask when
researching and assessing careers.
Students will conduct an interview with a
professional in a career field of interest.
Students will record the interview using
podcasting, iMovie, or Powerpoint.
Students will determine the education and
training needed to reach career goals.
Students will define networking and explain why FCS.CAR.3
it is an effective way to develop job leads.
Students will demonstrate using Internet to find
career opportunities.
Students will complete a job application and
write a resume and cover letter and post in their
portfolio.
Students will develop answers to interview
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Jewel Kneifl
FCS 314
Course: Careers 9th-12th

questions and further prepare for the interview

Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
● Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
Business, Marketing, and Management
● Marketing
● Hospitality and Tourism
● Business Management and Administration
● Finance
● Entrepreneurship
Communication and Information Systems
● Arts, A/V Technology and Communications
● Information Technology
Health Sciences
● Health Sciences
Human Sciences
● Government and Public Administration
● Human Services
● Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
● Education and Training
Skilled and Technical Sciences
by conducting and recording a practice
interviews within teams.
Students will critique the interview after
downloading and reviewing the interview with
team members.
Students will research and experience what Ag 1.3, 3.2
Careers are.
Students will be taking field trips to different food
service and factory plants.
Students will then choose this pathway for an
internship with mock interviews and resume
Students will research 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 3.2
business/marketing/management jobs.
Students will be taking field trips to different
offices and businesses
Students will then choose this pathway for an
internship with mock interviews and resume
Students will research communication jobs. 1.2, 1.3, 3.2
Students will be taking field trips to different
communication sources such as radio and
television sets.
Students will then choose this pathway for an
internship with mock interviews and resume
Students will research health sciences jobs. 1.3, 3.2
Students will be taking notes over different guest
speakers.
Students will then choose this pathway for an
internship with mock interviews and resume.
Students will research human services and their 1.3, 3.2
jobs.
Students will be taking notes over different guest
speakers and participating in field trips.
Students will then choose this pathway for an
internship with mock interviews and resume
Students will research technical sciences and 1.3, 3.2
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Jewel Kneifl
FCS 314
Course: Careers 9th-12th

● Energy and Engineering the jobs.

● Manufacturing Students will be taking notes over different guest
● Architecture and Construction speakers and participating in field trips.
● Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics Students will then choose this pathway for an
internship with mock interviews and resume
Career Plan Students will choose their top career choice out 3.1
● Top Career Choice of the researched careers throughout the
● Plan for high school classes semester.
Students will create an individualized HS and
college plan for their chosen career pathway
Final Test