For Ohio Family and Consumer Science Teachers

Tees for You and Me - Advanced Communication and Relationships Inquiry Unit

Unit Description

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FCS Standards and Academic Connections

Implementing the Unit

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Assessment

Ohio FCS Standards and Academic Connections

Standard: Design a Career Blueprint

Benchmark D. Develop interpersonal skills essential in the workplace.

Descriptors:

  1. Assess diverse workplace experiences resulting from gender, age, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and religion.
  2. Explore how differences impact productivity and workplace interactions.
  3. Develop team interpersonal and problem-solving skills to enhance productivity.
  4. Develop essential workplace skills for effective communication, namely:
    a. Create presentations to develop concepts;
    b. Develop writing skills to synthesize and convey concepts to a group;
    c. Hone the ability to find answers;
    d. Direct work projects
  5. Develop essential workplace skills for conflict resolution, namely:
    a. Listening and responding skills (e.g., supporting, probing, understanding);
    b. Ethics of relationships (e.g., assuming others’ perspectives, civility, manners, etiquette);
    c. Sensitivity to cultural differences;
    d. Interpersonal skills (e.g., assuming others’ perspectives, determine reasons for positions, find mutual gain, manage anger and stress).

Correlated Mathematics Academic Content Benchmarks

  • Construct convincing arguments based on analysis of data and interpretation of graphs. (Data Analysis and Probability F, 8-10)
  • Apply mathematical knowledge and skills routinely in other content areas and practical situations. (Mathematical Processes B, 8-10)
  • Locate and interpret mathematical information accurately, and communicate ideas, processes and solutions in a complete and easily understood manner. (Mathematical Processes H, 8-10)

Correlated Social Studies Academic Content Benchmarks

  • Analyze how scarcity of productive resources affects supply, demand, inflation and economic choices. (Economics A, 11-12)
  • Explain the use of a budget in making personal economic decisions and planning for the future. (Economics E, 11-12)
  • Critique data and information to determine the adequacy of support for conclusions. (Social Studies Skills and Methods B, 11-12)

Standard: Design a Career Blueprint

Benchmark F. Develop workplace communication skills to promote self.

Descriptors:

  1. Propose skills to monitor and develop positive work image.
  2. Point out work achievements.
  3. Predict ways to continue to learn, network, and contribute in the workplace.
  4. Describe self-confidence, loyalty, and self-assuredness, as they contribute to a positive work climate.
  5. Develop personal attributes that lead to effective, reliable employees (e.g., meeting deadlines, punctuality, self-initiative, accountability).

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