Business Technology Education

1. Business Technology Education Cluster: Business Management & Administration Program of Study: Administrative & Information Support

2. Keyboarding (9 weeks) • Learn the touch system on a computerized keyboard • Letters, numbers, and symbols • Malleability standards: • Proper formatting • Grammar • Punctuation • Capitalization • Spelling • Content • Proofreading and editing

3. Document Formatting (9 weeks) • Continuation of Keyboarding course • Malleability standards applied in: • Memorandums • Business Letters • Forms (Agendas, itineraries, etc.) • Invoices • Tables • Reports

4. Document Layout & Design (9 weeks) • Emphasis is on: • Production of business applications • Design and layout of business documents • Speed and accuracy • Apply concepts, capabilities, procedures, and legal responsibilities of word and information processing • Simulated business projects used

5. Spreadsheet Applications (9 weeks) • Use of electronic worksheets • Performs business calculations • Applications: • Writing formulas • Analyzing data • Charting data • Managing data

6. eBusiness Communications • Students will choose appropriate tools when using the Internet for research for written and oral business communications • Emphasis will be on: • Electronic research • Ethics • Business report writing • Business correspondence • Enhancement of oral presentations with electronic media

7. Administrative Management • Capstone course • Concepts learned: • Information processing systems • Problem solving • Team-building • Time management • Cost/budgeting • Professional leadership • Ethical and legal issues • Mathematics and communications

8. Agricultural Education Cluster: Food & Natural Resources

9. Programs of Study • Animal Systems • Power, Structures and Technical Systems • Environmental and Natural Resources Systems • Principles of Ag Sciences • Advanced Principles of Ag Sciences • Livestock Management* • Principles of Ag Sciences • Ag Mechanics and Maintenance • Ag Power and Equipment • Principles of Ag Engineering* • Principles of Ag Sciences • Forestry Management • Wildlife Management * *Possible 3 hour dual credit/enrollment -TTU

10. Principles of Ag Sciences • Develops the basic theories and principles involved in: • Animal science • Agribusiness • Agricultural mechanics • Natural resource management

11. Advanced Principles of Ag Sciences • Challenge students to plan for one of the five career clusters in agriculture • Concepts taught include: • Livestock • Shop standards

12. Ag Mechanics and Maintenance • Prepares students for operational procedures for a shop or home environment • Learn basic skills in the following areas: • Welding • Electricity • Land measurement • Plumbing

13. Ag Power and Equipment • Includes basic information and laboratory activities on: • Small engines • Tractors and agricultural equipment maintenance • Repair and overhaul • Standards address: • Electrical motors • Hydraulic systems • Fuel-powered engines

14. Forestry Management • Designed to develop student knowledge of forestry technology • Students will develop skills in producing, harvesting, marketing, and developing forestry products and public utilization

15. Livestock Management • Provides knowledge and skills needed for successful work (entry-level to management) in the livestock industry • Concepts learned: • Animal nutrition • Animal systems • Reproduction and genetics • Management practices

16. Wildlife Management and Recreation • Emphasizes awareness of conservation and preservation management practices • Concepts learned: • Wildlife and fish identification • Management practices • knowledge of lakes, rivers, state parks, and wildlife management areas

17. Principles of Ag Engineering • Concepts include: • Metal fabrication and agricultural structures • Hot/cold metal work • Cost and material computation • Electrical wiring • Engine service and repair • Blueprint reading • Drawing and selection of appropriate materials for projects