Real life experiences Throughout the curriculum, the following program goals should be evident:
Career Development
Students will be able to plan, enter and advance in a business career or obtain necessary competencies for post-secondary training in business careers.
Leadership Development
Students will be able to demonstrate positive attitudes, work habits and interpersonal and organizational skills necessary for successful business employment.
Communications
Students will be able to demonstrate effective business communication skills.
Computational processing
Students will be able to use computational skills to solve business problems.
Information Processing
Students will be able to perform tasks using a variety of software applications.
Business Systems and Procedures
Students will be able to exhibit knowledge of and perform tasks involved in business systems and procedures.
Business and Economic Principles
Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the private enterprise system and its effect on entrepreneurs, producers and consumers.
Technology
Students will be exposed to and use the latest technology available in order to compete in our technological society.
Curriculum in the business department places strong emphasis on teaching students contemporary business applications of the 21st Century. The curriculum offers a mix of Integrated Business Applications and Strategies for every student so that they will be equipped with self-worth and poise along with vital skills for immediate employment and life-long learning as the are continually immersed in new technology and applications with real life experiences through office simulations as well as a partnership with the local business community so that their transferable skills and business strengths will be maximized for employment opportunities now and in the future.
Planning your business course selections:
| Career Development/Pre-M.O.U.S. Certification | Financial Services | Entrepreneurship |
| Introduction to Integrated Business Applications Integrated Business Applications I Integrated Business Applications II Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Excel Multimedia/Web Page Design Oral Communications Internet Research School to Career
| Accounting I Accounting II Accounting III International/Global
Market Place Business Law Economics/Investments Microsoft Excel Financial Life Skills Insurance Education School to Career
| Business Management & Entrepreneurship International Business/Global Market Place Oral Communication Financial Life Skills Business Law Economics/Investments Accounting I Multimedia/Web Page Design School to Career Insurance Education YTE Program
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General Principles
Integrated Business Applications is recommended for all students in the 9th grade. For those students who are planning to enter business related field, Integrated Business Applications is recommended to be part of their 9th and 10th grade programs. Student should build career plans upon a program which includes Integrated Business Applications, Finance, Entrepreneurship, Accounting, and Microsoft Office strands and take courses that are sequenced so students who plan to enter college for business administration, management, banking or accounting these courses are structured to enhance their admission into those schools as well as maximize their potential for immediate marketable skills in industry. These courses will also develop a knowledge of e-commerce to engage students in active problem solving that connects them to other learners, experts and repertoires and major trends in demographics, technological capabilities and global economics and employment and recognize the increase in diversity of the workforce with regard to ethnicity, gender and special needs.
Career Possibilities
Business courses allow students to obtain marketable skills, which in turn lay a foundation for positions in the business field immediately after high school graduation. Additionally, these courses provide a strong foundation for more rigorous study of business concepts and principles in college. When a student thinks of a business career, he/she may plan to be an accountant, CPA, legal/medical/technical/executive secretary, receptionist, word processor, telecommunications operator, computer technician, computer operator, or business administrator.
Introduction to Integrated Business Applications, School to Career
International Business/Global Market Place, Economics/Investments
Business Law, Internet Research
Business Management & Entrepreneurship, Oral Communication
Financial Life Skills, Multimedia/Web Page Design I
Insurance Education, YTE Program
Integrated Business Applications I, Integrated Business Applications II
Accounting I, Accounting II, Accounting III
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint
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Grants:
Regional Employment Board: Connecting Activities Grant
Work-based Learning Plan
Connecting Activities Grant: Career Place, Woburn, MA,
Tufts University: K-12 Engineering Educational Outreach Grant
New Initiatives for the School Year
- Development of a Course syllabus for all Business and Terchnology Education courses.
- Development of Curriculum Maps by Quarters for all Business and Technology Education courses.
Websites:
- Action Verbs by Skills Categories
- Common Interviewing Questions
- Hot Tips on Resume Writing
- Mapping Your Future
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Resume Tutor
- Salary Expert
Welcome to Malden Public School?s
Career Education Interactive Site.
These interactive tools are available to all classroom teachers in the Malden Public Schools K-12. As you can see below, the information has been categorized by grade levels K-4, 5-8 and 9-12. Teachers are welcome to use these interactive tools in their classroom to enhance the overall career education experience for all students.
Click on appropriate grade level for classroom use.
Career Awareness K-4
Career Exploration 5-8
Career Preparation 9-12
The Career Education Interactive Site was designed by: Diane Bjorkman - Data Services - dataservices@comcast.net
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Vocational Technology Education Department
Vocational Technology Department Faculty
- Robert McCarthy, Director
- Christopher Bazzinotti
- Jeffrey Murphy
A Philosophy of Vocational and Technology Education Technology is the application of organized knowledge and problem-solving techniques. It consists of inventions and other creative developments for producing physical objects and performing services. Technology uses resources, tools, machines, processes and systems to satisfy the material needs and desires of people. It includes the process of design, engineering, invention, research, experimentation, development, production, and control. The development and application of technology have occurred primarily in industry, our major economic institution.
Technology and industry have provided both benefits and problems for our society, culture, and environment. Future technological developments must maximize the benefits and minimize the problems. These are the insights that activities in Technology Education are intended to address.
Vocational/ Technology Education Department Courses
- Automotive Technology - Transportation
- Computer Aided Design (CAD)
- Graphic Communications Technology
- Technology Education I - Exploratory
- Technology Education II - Exploratory
- Technology Education IV- Advanced
- Woodworking-Construction
- Woodworking Technology - Construction
