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K–12 Standards

Career Discovery Grade 7

Other Georgia Career Development sets

Students will identify and evaluate work ethics and behavior characteristics needed for success in a career and in life.  MSCD7-1

  • A

    Demonstrate the importance of positive work ethics in relation to success (Appearance, attendance, attitude, character, communication, cooperation, productivity, organizational skills, respect, and teamwork). MSCD7-1a

  • B

    Identify examples of appropriate and inappropriate personal behaviors in specific school, social, and work situations. MSCD7-1b

  • C

    Assess the consequences of positive and negative work ethic choices. MSCD7-1c

  • D

    Perform activities that will develop effective communication and decisions making skills. MSCD7-1d

  • E

    Explore group dynamics and interpersonal skills in order to foster teamwork. MSCD7-1e

Students will investigate Georgia’s Career Program Concentrations that align with their personal assessments and identify possible career pathways.MSCD7-2

  • A

    Identify and analyze Georgia’s career/program concentrations: (1)Agriculture; (2) Architecture, Construction, Communications & Transportation: (3) Arts & Humanities; (4) Business & Computer Science; (5) Engineering & Technology; (6) Family & Consumer Sciences; (7) Healthcare Science; (8) Government & Public Safety; (9) Marketing, Sales & Services, (10) Education & Teaching, and (11) Culinary Arts. MSCD7-2a

  • B

    Identify career pathways that align with program concentrations.MSCD7-2b

  • C

    Discover and coordinate personal abilities, interests, and personality traits with career concentrations and pathways. MSCD7-2c

  • D

    Gather information from multiple resources based on current, unbiased, and accurate research related to self-selected career pathway options. MSCD7-2d

  • E

    Evaluate employability skills, academic proficiencies, and personal qualities needed for success in self-selected pathway. MSCD7-2e

  • F

    Examine employment outlook/demand in self-selected pathway.  MSCD7-2f

Students will understand the importance of attaining educational achievement and performance levels needed to reach personal and career goals. MSCD7-3

  • A

    Describe study skills and learning habits and styles that promote educational achievement and performance. MSCD7-3a

  • B

    Recognize correlation between personal educational achievement/performance and workplace success or failure. MSCD7-3b

  • C

    Identify and examine existing pathways, course offerings and graduation requirements at local high school(s).MSCD7-3c

  • D

    Examine post-secondary options linked to pathway specific occupations. MSCD7-3d

  • E

    Identify individual career and educational goals. MSCD7-3e

  • F

    Demonstrate the decision making process while creating, analyzing, and managing a career plan that promotes attainment of specific career goals (Peach State Pathways: Education and Career Plan). MSCD7-3f

 Students will recognize the impact of societal issues on their ability to function effectively in a diverse and changing world. MSCD7-4

  • A

    Recognize and assess the impact of life roles (Personal, leisure, community, learner, family, and work).  MSCD7-4a

  • B

    Recognize the need for respect, openness, and acceptance of all human diversity. MSCD7-4b

  • C

    Describe how stereotypes, bias, and discrimination may affect and limit career choices. MSCD7-4c

  • D

    Examine the positive benefits and outcomes of non-traditional careers. MSCD7-4d

  • E

    Recognize that changes in technology, society, and economy require updated knowledge and skills throughout life. MSCD7-4e

Students will enhance reading in all curriculum areas CTAEMRC-1:

  • A

     Reading in all curriculum areasCTAEMRC-1:a

  • B

     Discussing books.CTAEMRC-1:b

  • C

     Building vocabulary knowledge. CTAEMRC-1:c

  • D

     Establishing context. CTAEMRC-1:d

The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres. The student produces technical writing (business correspondence: memoranda, emails, letters of inquiry, letters of complaint, instructions and procedures, lab reports, slide presentations)CTAEW-1

  • A

    Creates or follows an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context. CTAEW-1a

  • B

    Excludes extraneous and inappropriate information. CTAEW-1b

  • C

    Follows an organizational pattern appropriate to the type of composition.CTAEW-1c

  • D

    Applies rules of Standard English. CTAEW-1d

The student uses research and technology to support writing. CTAEW-2

  • A

    Identifies topics, asks and evaluates questions, and develops ideas leading to inquiry, investigation, and research. CTAEW-2a

  • B

    Uses organizational features of electronic text (e.g., bulletin boards, databases, keyword searches, e-mail addresses) to locate relevant information.CTAEW-2b

  • C

    Includes researched information in different types of products (e.g., compositions, multimedia presentations, graphic organizers, projects, etc.). CTAEW-2c

  • D

    Uses appropriate structures to ensure coherence (e.g., transition elements). CTAEW-2d

  • E

    Supports statements and claims with anecdotes, descriptions, facts and statistics, and specific examples. CTAEW-2e

  • F

    Gives credit for both quoted and paraphrased information in a bibliography by using a consistent and sanctioned format and methodology for citations. CTAEW-2f

The student consistently uses the writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. CTAEW-3

  • A

    Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully. CTAEW-3a

  • B

    Uses strategies of note taking, outlining, and summarizing to impose structure on composition drafts.  CTAEW-3b

  • C

    Edits writing to improve word choice after checking the precision of the vocabulary.  CTAEW-3c

 Understands concepts and processes associated with successful entrepreneurial performance. MKT-EN-1

  • A

    Define entrepreneurship.MKT-EN-1a

  • B

    Identify and analyze characteristics of a successful entrepreneur. MKT-EN-1b

  • C

    Identify the reasons for planning in entrepreneurial businesses. MKT-EN-1c

  • D

    Discuss the entrepreneurial discovery processes. MKT-EN-1d

  • E

    Assess global trends and opportunities. MKT-EN-1e

  • F

    Determine opportunities for business creation. MKT-EN-1f

  • G

    Generate ideas for business.  MKT-EN-1g

  • H

    Determine feasibility of ideasMKT-EN-1h

  • I

    Determine the major reasons for business failure. MKT-EN-1i

Explain the fundamental concepts of business ownership. MKT-EN-2

  • A

    Determine the relationship of competition to our private, free enterprise system. MKT-EN-2a

  • B

    Explain the effects of competition on buyers and sellers.MKT-EN-2b

  • C

    Identify the common types of business ownership.MKT-EN-2c

  • D

    Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of each type of ownership. MKT-EN-2d

  • E

    Explain relevant government regulations relating to the operation of a business. MKT-EN-2e

  • F

    Discuss the types of risks that businesses encounter. MKT-EN-2f

  • G

    Explain how businesses deal with the various types of risks. MKT-EN-2g

  • H

    Identify the market segment for the business. MKT-EN-2h

  • I

    Formulate a marketing mix designed to reach a specific market segment. MKT-EN-2i

  • J

    Utilize the marketing functions to determine the competitive advantage of the proposed business. MKT-EN-2j

Technical Skills: Learners achieve technical content skills necessary to pursue the full range of careers for all pathways in the program concentration.  CTAE-FS-1

  • 11

    Technical Skills: Learners achieve technical content skills necessary to pursue the full range of careers for all pathways in the program concentration.  CTAE-FS-1

Academic Foundations: Learners achieve state academic standards at or above grade level.  CTAE-FS-2

  • 12

    Academic Foundations: Learners achieve state academic standards at or above grade level.  CTAE-FS-2

Communications: Learners use various communication skills in expressing and interpreting information. CTAE-FS-3

  • 13

    Communications: Learners use various communication skills in expressing and interpreting information. CTAE-FS-3

Problem Solving and Critical Thinking: Learners define and solve problems, and use problem-solving and improvement methods and tools. CTAE-FS-4

  • 14

    Problem Solving and Critical Thinking: Learners define and solve problems, and use problem-solving and improvement methods and tools. CTAE-FS-4

Information Technology Applications: Learners use multiple information technology devices to access, organize, process, transmit, and communicate information. CTAE-FS-5

  • 15

    Information Technology Applications: Learners use multiple information technology devices to access, organize, process, transmit, and communicate information. CTAE-FS-5

Systems: Learners understand a variety of organizational structures and functions. CTAE-FS-6

  • 16

    Systems: Learners understand a variety of organizational structures and functions. CTAE-FS-6

Safety, Health and Environment: Learners employ safety, health and environmental management systems in corporations and comprehend their importance to organizational performance and regulatory compliance. CTAE-FS-7

  • 17

    Safety, Health and Environment: Learners employ safety, health and environmental management systems in corporations and comprehend their importance to organizational performance and regulatory compliance. CTAE-FS-7

Leadership and Teamwork: Learners apply leadership and teamwork skills in collaborating with others to accomplish organizational goals and objectives.  CTAE-FS-8

  • 18

    Leadership and Teamwork: Learners apply leadership and teamwork skills in collaborating with others to accomplish organizational goals and objectives.  CTAE-FS-8

 Ethics and Legal Responsibilities: Learners commit to work ethics, behavior, and legal responsibilities in the workplace.  CTAE-FS-9

  • 19

     Ethics and Legal Responsibilities: Learners commit to work ethics, behavior, and legal responsibilities in the workplace.  CTAE-FS-9

Career Development: Learners plan and manage academic-career plans and employment relations.  CTAE-FS-10

  • 20

    Career Development: Learners plan and manage academic-career plans and employment relations.  CTAE-FS-10

Entrepreneurship: Learners demonstrate understanding of concepts, processes, and behaviors associated with successful entrepreneurial performance. CTAE-FS-11

  • 21

    Entrepreneurship: Learners demonstrate understanding of concepts, processes, and behaviors associated with successful entrepreneurial performance. CTAE-FS-11

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 7
Where can I read the official document?
Georgia Standards

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