Good Morning and Welcome!Room 43TMr. Acton

 Please find your desk on the

seating chart in the front of the room.

What Is Career Preparation?

• Ten weeks

• Introduction to business

• Work expectations

• Guest speakers

• Four units

Unit 1 – Applications/Interviews

Job Applications, Interviews, Thank You Letters, Things You

Should Know, Handshake, Grooming, Attire, Professional

Language, Application Tests, Future Learning Options

Unit 2 – Career Exploration

Having Vision, Exploring Career Clusters, Expanding The

Scope, What We Get From A Career Besides Money, WHS

Computer Systems (Q, WHS Homepage, Mr. Acton’s website,

Naviance)

Unit 3 – Money

Grants, Annuities, Interest, W-4, Overtime, FICA, Medicare,

Perqs, Banking, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Online Purchases,

Rent, Mortgage, Bankruptcy, Investments, W-2, 1040,

Budgeting, Retirement

Unit 4 – Law

Work Permits, Discrimination, Harassment, FMLA, OSHA

Approximate Final Grades

  Points Percent

Homework 100 40%

Quizzes 100 40%

Thank You’s 50 20%

Total 250 100%

Approximate Final Grades

Homework

Quizzes

Thank You's

Homework Assignments

Assigned every class day

Sometimes completed in class

If not, then finish the assignment at home

On each assignment: name & HW number

Due each Wednesday in class

Homework Assignments

Almost all assignments – including tonight’s – are posted on

www.WHSActon.weebly.com!