La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § LXVII-107

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section LXVII-107 - Business Education Framework Development and Structure

A. Realizing the need to incorporate national standards into Louisiana's Business Education curriculum, a team of secondary and postsecondary business educators was assembled. The team was assigned the task of creating a framework of standards and benchmarks that would be used as a guide for developing curriculum at the local level. Business and industry representatives and middle school educators reviewed the document. This curriculum framework document is the result of that process.

B. In addition to standards and benchmarks for Business Education, the framework appendix includes elements critical to the success of every vocational business curriculum: foundation skills; a model for lifelong learning; SCANS workplace skills; school-to-work opportunities; vocational student organization information; and a list of resources. Every effort was made to provide a curriculum framework document that would be a useful tool for developing curriculum in Business Education.

C. As a result of examining the national standards and current Business Education course offerings, team members established five career majors in the Business career cluster. Developing career majors within a career cluster assists students in moving toward career goals. This framework provides standards-what students should know and be able to do when they complete a career major. It allows local systems to develop a unique curriculum based on available resources and the needs of the local community.

D. The five career majors for the business career cluster are:

1. accounting;

2. administrative support;

3. business administration and management;

4. economics/finance;

5. information systems.

E. Although the five career majors represent a diverse body of knowledge and skills, there are certain concepts that should be included in each standard. These concepts are defined as strands and should be interwoven throughout the Business Education curriculum. The concepts identified as strands are:

1. career development;

2. communication;

3. computation;

4. international business;

5. interrelationships of business and academics;

6. technology;

7. work ethics and professionalism.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § LXVII-107

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 30:985 (May 2004).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. l7:6.