A - Interpersonal Skills

• apply positive interpersonal skills to class and community situations

B - Management Skills

• apply management skills to everyday lives

C - Employability Skills

• explore employability and educational options

D - Literacy Standards

• demonstrate appropriate literacy skills including reading, writing, speaking, and listening within the expectations of the coursework
• demonstrate course required skills and knowledge acquired from a variety of literacy resources
• summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in a text by paraphrasing them, verbally or in writing, in simpler but still accurate terms
• apply literacy competencies by completing a multistep procedure while precisely following written or oral instructions
• demonstrate appropriate use of relevant, industry-related vocabulary, key terms, and symbols

A - Employability Skills

• demonstrate employability skills required by business and industry

B - Personal and Career Success

• identify and explain key traits for personal and career success

C - Personal Finance

• explain the principles of effective personal money management

D - Academic Success

• identify and practice habits that lead to academic success

E - Leadership

• identify, define, and apply good followership and leadership

F - Health

• describe the impacts of healthy habits and how they impact personal success

G - Personal Fitness

• describe and practice elements of physical fitness

H - Citizenship

• demonstrate an understanding of citizenship within the United States

I - Communication

• demonstrate literacy skills by reading, writing, speaking, and listening

J - Drill

• identify, define, and demonstrate basic drill movements

K - JLC Uniform

• identify and demonstrate proper wear of the JLC uniform

A - Characteristics of Science

• discuss the importance of curiosity, honesty, openness, and skepticism in science and exhibit these traits in efforts to understand how the world works
• design and conduct scientific investigations
• use standard safety practices for all classroom laboratory and field investigations
• use technology to collect, observe, measure, and organize data
• use valid critical assumptions to draw conclusions
• apply computation and estimation skills necessary for analyzing data and developing conclusions
• communicate scientific investigations and information clearly

B - Academic Knowledge

• define biotechnology and explain its application in society
• describe the ethical, moral, and legal issues in the modern world of biotechnology
• describe the types of careers available in biotechnology
• explain how basic chemistry concepts affect living organisms
• analyze basic skills/technologies necessary to be successful in the biotechnology workplace
• describe how biotechnology products are introduced and marketed

C - Literacy Standards

• cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of technical texts
• determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions
• follow precisely a multistep procedure when performing technical tasks
• determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific technical context
• analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to an understanding of the topic
• analyze the author's purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text
• integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table)
• distinguish among facts, reasoned judgment based on research findings, and speculation in a text
• compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same topic
• read and comprehend technical texts in the grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently by the end of grade 8
• write arguments focused on discipline-specific content
• write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events or technical processes
• produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience
• develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience
• use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently
• conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration
• gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation
• draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis reflection, and research
• write routinely over extended time frames (time for reflection and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline- specific tasks, purposes, and audiences

A - Employability Skills

• demonstrate employability skills required by business and industry

B - Careers in Public Safety

• explore and evaluate careers in legal services, corrections, private security, and protective services

C - Civil, Criminal, and Juvenile Law

• explain constitutional standards as applied to the proper criminal procedure

D - Careers in the Legal Profession

• compare and contrast the roles and responsibilities of criminal attorneys and the paralegals who work for them as those roles relate to a criminal trial

E - The Trial Process

• analyze the trial process to include the opening statements, presentation of evidence, testimony of witnesses and the closing arguments

F - The Court System

• identify the various court systems and explain the various sentencing options

G - The Corrections System

• discuss the history of corrections in America

H - Protective Services

• compare and contrast the role of protective services within the criminal justice system

I - Student Organizations

• explore how related student organizations are integral parts of career and technology education courses through leadership development, school and community service projects, entrepreneurship development, and competitive events

A - Introduction to Peer Leadership

• describe the role, functions, and characteristics of a peer leader
• adhere to established ground rules and the National Peer Helping Association ethical guidelines

B - Relationships

• explore and apply the fundamental characteristics of facilitative relationships and communication skills
• identify and demonstrate interpersonal skills necessary to maintain positive peer relationships

C - Problem-Solving

• demonstrate an understanding of problem-solving and/or mediation techniques
• identify methods of conflict/anger management

D - Impact of Biases

• explore the concepts of prejudice and discrimination and their impact on peer relationships

E - Group Dynamics

• identify elements of group interaction
• utilize elements of successful group interactions by participating in a variety of roles within group settings
• participate in assigned targeted groups within the school community

F - Peer Pressure

• define positive and negative aspects of peer pressure
• indicate a variety of alternatives to negative peer pressure

G - Personal Goals

• explore how personal responsibility relates to long and short range life and career goals

H - Peer Tutoring

• establish roles, responsibilities, and procedures related to peer tutoring including effective study habits, test-taking skills, and time management

I - Intervention Strategies

• demonstrate knowledge and skills of peer leadership intervention strategies in a variety of settings

J - Projects

• utilize knowledge and understanding gained through individual and/or group projects

A - Employability Skills

• demonstrate employability skills required by business and industry

B - Safety and Tools

• demonstrate proper safety techniques and tool usage in the engineering and technology laboratory

C - Inventions and Innovation

• investigate inventions and innovations and their impact in society

D - Engineering Design Process 

• demonstrate an understanding of the engineering design process through various problem-solving activities
• invent and/or innovate a technological product or system that addresses a societal need using the engineering design process

E - Student Organizations

• explore how related career and technology student organizations are integral parts of career and technology education courses; develop leadership, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills through participation in co-curricular activities associated with the Technology Student Association (TSA)