Pennsylvania Content Standards – Mifflin County Benchmarks

Career Education and Work

13.1.11 Career Awareness and Planning

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A.	Analyze career options based on student interests, abilities, aptitudes and accomplishments.	Analyze career options based on student interests, abilities, aptitudes and accomplishments.
B.	Analyze how the changing male/female roles relate to career choice.
C.		Evaluate opportunities for career preparation.
D.	Justify the selection of a career.	Justify the selection of a career.	Justify the selection of a career.
E.	Evaluate all opportunities for the transition from secondary to postsecondary education, training or work.	Evaluate all opportunities for the transition from secondary to postsecondary education, training or work.
F.	Evaluate individual career plan using decision-making skills.	Evaluate individual career plan using decision-making skills.	Evaluate individual career plan using decision-making skills.
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13.2.11 Career Acquisition (Getting a Job)

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A.			Know and demonstrate industry acceptable job interviewing techniques.
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E.			Evaluate prepared career acquisition documents based upon industry acceptable practices.
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13.3.11 Career Retention (Keeping a Job)

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A.	Analyze work habits needed to advance within a career.
B.		Evaluate conflict resolution skills.
C.	Evaluate team member roles to describe and illustrate active listening techniques.
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13.4.11 Entrepreneurship

Approved by Mifflin County School Board: April 24, 2003