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Frequently Asked Questions Q. What courses count toward the Career Education and Consumer, Family, and Life Skills five-credit graduation requirement? A. For students entering the ninth grade in the fall of 2004, look at the following to identify courses that count toward this graduation requirement.
Q. How are structured learning experiences included in the graduation requirement? A. Structured learning experiences (includes parent, business, student, and school approved student training plans) within a district related to a chosen career cluster and with documented supervision of the student by school certified personnel that includes assessments related to the individual student training plan can count toward this graduation requirement. All structured learning experiences must comply with state and federal child labor laws. There must be written board of education approval of credits awarded for structured learning experiences. For further information, see documents at http://www.nj.gov/njded/voc/sle/. Q. Can credits be counted towards multiple graduation requirements? A. There cannot be any duplication of credits under this graduation requirement with any other content area graduation requirement. In other words, a student taking a journalism course taught in the English department could not count the course under Career Education and Consumer, Family, and Life Skills as a graduation requirement. Journalism taught through the English department would meet the language arts literacy requirement not the Career Education and Consumer, Family and Life Skills graduation requirement. Interdisciplinary instruction designed to fulfill the requirements of multiple subject areas falls under "Option Two" of the graduation requirements (N.J.A.C. 6A-8:5.1-lii). Q. How can integrated instruction be counted towards the Career Education and Consumer, Family, and Life Skills graduation requirement? A. Although the narrative on the Career Education and Consumer, Family, and Life Skills standards indicates integration of indicators, only courses related to career, vocational and occupational areas at the high school level that last at least one semester can be counted towards this graduation requirement. Integrated use of computers and career information into a math, science, language arts literacy, social studies, comprehensive health and physical education, or world language course cannot count towards this high school graduation requirement. This does not mean that integration is discouraged within the school. Integrated projects are highly encouraged as an effective teaching and learning strategy to develop real-world skills. Q. Can ROTC be counted as part of the five credit graduation requirement for Career Education and Consumer, Family, and Life Skills? Yes, if students are enrolled in coursework for a full year that
consists of a sequence of courses of instruction that includes
standards and indicators for 9.1 and 9.2, and students receive
credit for the course/s. The curriculum needs to emphasize military
fields under the government and public administration career cluster
and include teamwork and leadership skills as well as employability
skills.
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