Missouri Business Education

Missouri Business Education in Missouri  435 Business Programs  1,350 Business Teachers  130,580 Business Students  428 FBLA Chapters  15,937 FBLA Members  25 PBL Chapters  369 PBL Members

Philosophy of Business Education Business education facilitates learning in a student-directed environment based upon learning for and about business. Learners are guided in many ways as they develop skills necessary to be effective consumers, citizens, workers, and business leaders. Learners customize their learning by selecting projects based on personal and career interests; and working independently or in teams, they use a wide range of technology to solve unstructured problems.

Business Education Philosophy (Cont.) All of these opportunities support learners’ desires for independence and creativity, as well as their need to collaborate. They continue their career exploration and demonstrate their career skills through work experience and student organizations.

Goals for Graduates  Function as economically literate citizens through the development of personal consumer economic skills, knowledge of social and government responsibility, and an understanding of business operation.  Demonstrate interpersonal, teamwork, and leadership skills necessary to function in multicultural business settings.  Select and apply tools of technology as they relate to personal and business decision-making.

Goals for Graduates (Continued)  Manage data from all of the functional areas of business needed to make wise management decisions.  Communicate effectively as writers, listeners, and speakers in social and business settings.  Develop career awareness and related skills to make viable career choices and become employable in a variety of business careers.

Approved Courses  COMPUTER APPLICATIONS  E-BUSINESS  GRAPHIC ARTS/DESKTOP PUBLISHING  NETWORK ADMINISTRATION  COMPUTER PROGRAMMING  MULTIMEDIA  DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS  WEB DESIGN  CAREER PATHWAYS FOR THE TEACHING PROFESSION

Approved Courses (continued)  BUSINESS MANAGEMENT/LEADERSHIP  ENTREPRENEURSHIP  BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS  BUSINESS LAW  SUPERVISED BUSINESS EXPERIENCE  INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS  0BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES  ACCOUNTING I  ACCOUNTING II  BUSINESS ECONOMICS

Competency Profiles and Sample Curriculum  Competency Profiles for all courses  _be_competencies.htm _be_competencies.htm  Sample Model Curriculum  _curriculum_resources.htm _curriculum_resources.htm  K-14 Scope and Sequence Keyboarding/Computer Applications

Career Clusters 6 Career Paths 16 Career Clusters 81 Career Pathways Skill and Knowledge Statements

Career Clusters Framework

Supervised Business Experience  On-the Job Training that is an extension of the business education classroom.

Six Common Standards  Program Management and Planning  Curriculum  Instruction  Professional Development  Career and Technical Student Organizations  Instructional Facilities and Equipment

Career and Technical Student Organizations  FBLA  2 nd Largest state chapter in nation  National Treasurer Michael Miller

Career and Technical Student Organization (Continued)  Phi Beta Lambda  8 th Largest State Chapter in the nation  National North Central Region Vice President

CTSO Conferences  FBLA and PBL Fall Leadership Conferences  FBLA and PBL State Leadership Conferences (2763 attendance)  Officer Training Conferences  Funtastic Days  National Leadership Conferences

CTSO Competitive Events  57 Competitive Events  Chapter  Individual and Team  Written, performance, role play, skill  Missouri consistently receives the 2 nd highest number of top 10 awards at NLC

Integration of Business and Marketing Education  Goals  In professional development activities utilize commonalities while providing content specific sessions  Encourage input from teachers at regular strategic planning meetings  Keep curriculum up-to-date with changes in industry and technology

Integration Goals (continued)  Encourage post-secondary institutions to offer dual certification of teachers  Inform teachers in the field of DESE staff responsibilities and contact information

Areas of Integration  Mentoring Meetings  Mentors and protégés matched by content area  Summer Conference  Tours  Roundtable/Carousels

Areas of Separation  Teacher Organizations  MBEA  MCEA  Student Organizations  DECA/Delta Epsilon Chi  FBLA/Phi Beta Lambda

Future Integration  Certification ????  Questions