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High School Vocational Studies
Open Response Question #1
Academic Expectation 2.38: Students demonstrate
skills such as interviewing, writing resumes, and completing
applications that are needed to be accepted into college or other
postsecondary training or to get a job.
Organizing Standard: Special skills are needed as
post-secondary opportunities are sought.
Throughout your life, you will be exposed to several
employment opportunities. Understanding that employment packages
(salaries, benefit packages, and retirement benefits) will be
increasingly important, analyze the following two employment
packages below.
Select a package you would choose for yourself with
no dependents. Give three reasons that support why one employment
package is better than the other.
Package 1:
Annual Salary: $27,500 for 250 working
days/year
Vacation: 10 days paid vacation days
yearly
Sick Days: Sick days are not given.
Employees must make up the time.
Health Insurance: Paid by Employer = $275/month for
a single person with no dependents
Dental Insurance: Employee pays $7.00/month for a
single person with no dependents. (Does not include braces)
Retirement: No retirement Benefits
Package 2:
Annual Salary: $12.50/hour based upon 40 hours/week
Vacation: 10 days paid vacation days yearly
Sick Days: 7 days paid yearly
Health Insurance: Paid by Employer = $275/month for
a single person with no dependents.
Dental Insurance: Paid by Employer = $5.00/month for
a single person with no dependents. (Does not include braces)
Retirement: 50% of hourly pay based on retirement at
age 65 and/or 30 years of consecutive service.
Kind of
Question: Single Dimension
Format: Analysis
High School
Vocational Studies
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Open Response
#1
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· Student
selects a package.
· Student
elaborates on three relevant reasons why one package is
better than the other. Student may suggest a
career/occupation that offers these benefits.
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· Student
selects a package.
· Student
gives three relevant reasons why one package is better
than the other.
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· Students
selects a package, but only partially understands the
problem.
· An
appropriate recommendation is made with two supporting
factors that may or may not be relevant;
· Or the
student provides reasons and factors with no clear choice
being made.
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· The
student chooses a package and provides only one reason for
their choice.
· Or
supporting reasons are irrelevant.
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· Package
may or may not have been chosen.
· No
supporting reasons are given and no explanation is
apparent.
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High School Vocational Studies
Open Response Question #2
Academic Expectation 2.37: Students demonstrate
skills and work habits that lead to success in future schooling and
work.
Organizing Standard: Positive and negative work
habits impact success.
As an employer of a local insurance office, you are
in need of a part-time office assistant. You have decided to write a
letter to the high school counselor requesting student applicants.
The job duties for this position include: answering the telephone,
filing documents, data entry, using email for internal and external
office communications, and following directions from superiors. The
hours for this position are Monday through Friday 3:00 p.m. – 6:00
p.m.
Using a business letter format, identify three
specific skills and three work habits needed to complete the duties
for successful employment. In the body of the letter, explain why
each skill you selected is important to the job.
Teachers :
The
business letter format is not required for open response questions.
Open response questions are designed to assess content knowledge. On
the other hand, on-demand questions are designed to assess the
quality of student writing (i.e there are four formats for on-demand
questions: editorial, letter, written speech, and feature article).
Although this question appears to overlap between the two types of
questions, content knowledge is the primary focus. The vocational
studies content being assessed is the six-parts of the letter. Note:
Even though the students are
asked to write a letter, students are scored on the correct usage of
the components of the letter—not the quality of the
letter.
Kind of Question: Two or more independent components
Format: Description
High School Vocational Studies
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Open
Response #2
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· The
student demonstrates the correct format for a business
letter using all six parts of a letter (Date, Inside
Address, Salutation, Body, Complimentary Closing, and
Signature Line).
· The letter
will include more than three skills and more than
three positive work habits/ethics with an explanation of
the importance of each skill and each work habit/ethic to
the vacancy.
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· The
student demonstrates the correct format for a business
letter using all six parts of a letter (Date, Inside
Address, Salutation, Body, Complimentary Closing, and
Signature Line).
· The letter
will include three skills and three positive work
habits/ethics with an explanation of their importance to
the position.
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· The
student has some parts of the letter formatted with less
than three skills and work habits/ethics,
· Or
the student gives work/habits and skills necessary but not
presented in the business letter format,
· Or elaboration
is given for fewer than three skills and/or fewer than
three work habits/ethics.
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· Partial
business letter format is apparent and contains at least
one skill and/or one work habit/ethic.
· No
supporting reasons are given.
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· No effort
is made to format a letter.
· Elaboration
of required skills and work habits/ethics is not apparent.
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High School Vocational Studies
Open Response Question #3
Academic Expectation 2.36: Students use strategies
for choosing and preparing for a career.
Organizing Standard: Many factors need to be
considered when selecting and preparing for employment or a career
path.
Each high school student should have an Individual
Graduation Plan (IGP). The IGP provides an outline of your course
schedule, career goals and interests. Based on the information
contained in your IGP, re-examine your career choice. If you believe
that you are still on "target", explain why the career you
have chosen is still the best for you. Using your past performance
and experience, give three reasons why this is so. However, if you
find that the career you had chosen on the IGP is "not"
your best choice anymore, analyze the information that you have
available and make an alternative plan for a new career goal.
Explain your new choice by listing three past performances and
experiences that support your new selection.
Kind of Question: Student Choice
Format: Evaluation
High School Vocational Studies
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Open Response
#3
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· The
student identifies their current/new career choice by
referring to information contained in their Individual
Graduation Plan.
· The
student demonstrates a clear understanding of their
career choice and explains how past and present academic
performances and personal experiences integrate with
this career choice.
· The
student supports this decision with at least three
related reasons.
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· The
student identifies their current/new career choice by
referring to information contained in their Individual
Graduation Plan.
· The
student demonstrates a fair understanding of their
career choice and relates some academic performances and
personal experiences integrate with this career choice.
· The
student supports this decision with two or three related
reasons.
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· The
student identifies a career choice by referring to their
Individual Graduation Plan.
· Their
career choice is not supported by their academic
performances and/or personal experiences,
· Or a
proposed plan for the future may be evident without
clarity on what career decision is being made,
· Or the
student’s academic experiences and personal
experiences do not support the career choice.
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· The
student identifies a career choice. No reference to the
Individual Graduation Plan is evident,
· Or their
career choice is not supported by their academic and
personal performance.
· A
proposed plan for the future is not included.
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· The
student does not identify an appropriate career choice
from information contained in their Individual
Graduation Plan.
· The
answer is not relevant to the question.
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