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This article discusses the use of Career Essentials as a delivery method for CFM (Career and Financial Management) in CTE programs, including the modules and skills covered. It also highlights the alignment with the SkillsUSA framework and the advantages of using Career Essential Foundations curriculum.
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Career Essentials as a Delivery method for CFM LISA ROMEISER Cheryl Winstel
Career and Financial Management • Required component in all approved CTE programs of study • May be delivered as a stand alone course or embedded in CTE programs of study • One-half (.5) unit of CTE stand alone course does not count as one of the three required CTE units for an approved CTE program of study • CFM must be delivered by a certified CTE teacher
CFM CurriculumFramework • Career Management modules 1-8 • Financial Management modules 1-8 • CTE programs of study do not need to deliver all of the CFM modules to meet the one-half unit requirement
Career ManagementModules • Career Development • Options Beyond High School • The Job Search Process • Workplace Regulations • Career Readiness Skills • Lifelong Learning • Leadership and Ethics • Business Communications & Technological Innovations
Financial ManagementModules • Budgeting • Money Management • Credit & Loans • Interest • Investing • Consumer Options and Protections • Insurance • Taxes
SkillsUSA Career Essentials • Career Readiness Curriculum can be used to meet the CFM standards • Curriculum is customizable to all CTE content areas • Prepares students to excel in the workplace and as leaders in their communities • Aligns with the SkillsUSA framework where students develop personal, workplace and technical skills
SkillsUSA FrameworkPersonal Skills • Integrity • Work Ethic • Professionalism • Responsibility • Adaptability/Flexibility • Self-Motivated • Essential values, personality traits and personal characteristics for success in life
SkillsUSA Framework Workplace Skills • Communication • Decision Making • Teamwork • Multi-Cultural Sensitivity and Awareness • Planning, Organizing and Management • Leadership • Essential attitudes and abilities for success in the workplace
SkillsUSA FrameworkTechnical Skills Grounded in Academics • Computer and Technology Literacy • Job Specific Skills • Safety and Health • Service Orientation • Professional Development • Essential knowledge and competencies for success on the job
Career Readiness Curriculum National Connections • National Association of State Directors of CTE Consortium Career Clusters Framework • Partnership for 21st Century Skills • Employability Skills Framework, US DOE • Industry Competency Models, Employment and Training Administration, US DOL
The all inclusive curriculum includes 29 user friendly lesson plans that cover all 17 Essential Elements and is based on Common Core State Standards along with seven other national employability initiatives. • It is a direct crosswalk with the CFM State Frameworks. • Reassure teachers that it is not more work! • A complete resource that can be used to fulfill the CFM credit. • Easy to use format for all CTE teachers to integrate into the classroom. Flows into any CTE course easily! • The Curriculum is a free, member benefit as part of SkillsUSA professional membership dues (digital download) • . Career Essential Foundations Curriculum
Career Essential Foundations Advantages • 100% customizable • Flexible lessons – can be used in totality or in parts • Enhances current classroom lessons • Uses strategies from practical classroom experience • Incorporates other SkillsUSA resources
Career Essential Foundations – Lesson Structure • Resources/Materials • Goals – related to Framework and • Standards • Common Core Standard Link • Students will understand that… • Essential Questions • Students will know… • Students will be able to…
Career Essential Foundations– Lesson Structure • Assessment Evidence-Performance and other tasks • Key Terms • Differentiation
Career Essentials Foundation– Lesson Structure • Lesson plan – in timed segments • Bell Ringer • Interest Approach • Objectives • Understandings • Review/ Closure • End of the Year Evidence – Portfolio • Resources • Hand Outs
Career Essentials Foundation – Lesson Structure Multi-Use! • Extended Learning Applications • Classroom • SkillsUSA • Workplace • References • Each lesson comes with a Power Point Presentation
Career Essential Foundations– Added Value Components • Engages all types of learners • Incorporates sound research-based education practices • Reinforces employability vocabulary • Assesses student learning • Integrates academic and employability standards • Correlates to employer demand • Creates career and life ready students • Offers practical application of leadership and employability skills • Develops the whole student
Contact Information • Cheryl Winstel Cheryl.Winstel@nysed.gov • Lisa Romeiser lromeiser@aol.com