Content Area: Career Education and Consumer, Family, and Life Skills

 

Index: 9.2D Grade 12 CPI 1

 

Standard: 9.2 - Consumer, Family, and Life Skills

 

Strand: D - Character Development and Ethics

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 - The student will analyze how character influences work performance.

 

Grade: 12

 

Sample Activities:

 

·       Statistics indicate that drugs have an impact on worker productivity and safety. As CEO, develop a program focusing on the reduction of substance abuse in the workplace.

 

·       An individual wants to select a career pathway….in an area of interest for future employment and postsecondary and lifelong learning.

 

·       The behavior of sports stars and movie personalities has been called into question. Develop a system for identifying and promoting positive role models in the community.

 

·       Interview a personnel director for a company or office.  What things cause an employee to be fired?  How frequent do the infractions have to be?  How is being fired from one job viewed by future employers.

 

·       Debate the topic, "It is OK to date a fellow employee or the boss."

 

·       Review Codes of Ethics for several different business agencies.  How are the items similar or different?

 

·        Character Education Portfolio

 

·        Ethics in the Workplace