High School Business Education Program

[Audio] Welcome! I am Hannah Johnson, and I am the business education teacher, future business leaders of America Advisor and Work base learning coordinator at Jenkins County High School.

[Audio] At Jenkins County High School, we offer the business and technology pathway. There are three courses in the Business & Technology pathway: introduction to business & technology, business & technology and business communications..

[Audio] In the introduction class we discuss a range of topics, like digital citizenship, business professionalism, business organizations, entrepreneurship and small business management. The last 9 weeks of class heavily involve teaching Microsoft Office skills and having students certify as a Microsoft Office Specialist in Word..

[Audio] Students in the introduction to business class take the knowledge and skills taught during the small business management unit to develop their own business plans and business model using shoe boxes..

[Audio] In business and technology, we discuss topics like research and copy right, computer systems, management and leadership styles, and we talk a lot about marketing, how to market, and how to use the marketing mix to create a brand and style. The last 9 weeks of class heavily involve teaching Microsoft Office skills and having students certify as a Microsoft Office Specialist in Excel..

[Audio] In business communications we focus a lot of our energy on communicating in the workforce. We talk about appropriate verbal, nonverbal, written and electronic forms of communication. We discuss active listening rather than passive listening and paralanguage; students learn that its not about what you say but how you say it. Because this is the final course in the business pathway, we home in on career prep and job readiness, building resumes, creating cover letters, job exploration and things of the sort. We also dive into topics like presenting, public speaking and using presentation software. The last 9 weeks of class heavily involve teaching Microsoft Office skills and having students certify as a Microsoft Office Specialist in PowerPoint..

[Audio] F-B-L-A is a business centered career and technical student organization. F-B-L-A stands for future business leaders of America..

[Audio] F-B-L-A focuses on developing business and leadership skills through competitive events, conferences, and community service. The objective of F-B-L-A is to develop the business leadership skills of students and prepare them for successful careers in business and management. Our goals include fostering leadership qualities and abilities through active participation and project management, equip students with practical skills and knowledge required for success in business and related fields, encourage students to engage in community service and contribute positively to society, provide opportunities for students to showcase their skills in various business-related competitions at local, state, and national levels..

[Audio] Community service activities include writing Christmas cards to nursing home residents, participating in read across America week in which F-B-L-A students read to our elementary students, and raising money for march of dimes and blue jeans for babies, both charities to help fund the care of premature infants..

[Audio] We build membership for F-B-L-A by hosting a rush week in August and we celebrate our members and teachers during F-B-L-A week in February..

[Audio] Work based learning is a capstone program for all career, technical and agriculture education classes and student organizations. General knowledge of the field is taught in each C-T-A-E course, along with employability skills necessary for success in the workforce, This general knowledge is enforced and further developed through student organizations like F-F-A--, F-C-C-L-A and F-B-L-A-. Students are then enrolled in the work base learning program to apply their understanding in a real-world, immersive, experience..

[Audio] Students are typically placed in one of two categories, employability skill development or cooperative. Again, work base learning is a capstone program so student placement should relate to their pathway, which would also relate to their future career goals. If their job placement relates to their pathway and career goal, they are categorized as cooperative and their placement is the capstone of student's career, technical and agricultural education. However, we are a small city with slim opportunities and we end up seeing a greater number of E-S-D placement, of employability skill development which just means that the student's job does not align with their career goal or the pathway they took in high school, but they are still able to use their placement to develop employability skill with real-world application. Students are observed on two occasions during the semester by the work base learning coordinator. Job site supervisors conduct evaluations based on job skills and general employability skills. This data is collected to determine a student's strengths and weaknesses and ensure students are making the most of their job placement and learning opportunities..

[Audio] Business partners are any business that employees a students through the work base learning program. McDonalds, Brinson's insurance. Rounds, Rethunk Junk by Laura and Savannah Pizza Company are just a few of our many partners..

[Audio] Industry partners are any business or industry that partners to provided learning experiences for our students in the work base learning program. They may send a guest speaker, provide a tour of their business or industry, or have participated in mock interviews and have interviewed students in a simulated hiring process..

[Audio] We have toured a number of industries, including MI Metals, Scotbilt homes and the Savannah Hilton Head international airport..

[Audio] That's what's up with business education. Thank you!.