Practicum in Business Management
Practicum in Business Management is designed to give students supervised practical application of previously studied knowledge and skills. Practicum experiences occur in a paid or unpaid arrangement and a variety of locations appropriate to the nature and level of experience. Students implement personal and interpersonal skills to strengthen individual performance in the workplace and in society and to make a successful transition to the workforce or postsecondary education. Students apply technical skills to address business applications of emerging technologies.
This binder does not contain all lesson plans for this course. This content can be used with any textbook or instructional materials. If locally adapted, make sure all TEKS are covered.
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Scope and Sequence
Scope and Sequence: Practicum in Business Management
CTE TEKS - Implemented 2017-2018, adopted in 2015
Practicum in Business Management course scope and sequence within the Business Management and Administration Career Cluster® summarizes the content to be taught, and one possible order for teaching the units of instruction. A brief description of each unit and the corresponding TEKS are included. This scope and sequence may be adapted or adopted by the local education agency.
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Programs of Study: Business Management and Administration
Based on the House Bill 5 Foundation High School Program, the Program of Studies within the Business Management and Administration Career Cluster provide helpful information, including the core courses and career-related electives in high school that will help prepare students for their career goals. These documents are designed for students, but can also be used by administrators, counselors, teachers, business and industry representatives, and parents.
Section 1: Pre-Practicum
Lesson Plan: Business Management Practicum
This introductory unit will assist teachers and students to gain an overview of the schedules and forms that will be used throughout a successful Business course as well as a variety of lessons and activities to help guide students through a successful program.
Section 1: Pre-Practicum
Lesson Plan: General Housekeeping Forms in Business
In this lesson, students will learn to demonstrate characteristics necessary to be a successful student in the Business Management and Administration program.
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Lesson Plan: Training Station Orientation
Practicum in Business Management is designed to give students supervised practical application of previously studied knowledge and skills. Practicum experiences occur in a paid or unpaid arrangement and a variety of locations appropriate to the nature and level of experience.
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Lesson Plan: Career Exploration Using O*NET
This lesson in the Business Practicum course uses the online O*Net system to guide student through a series of activities to explore business occupations and develop a personal resume, cover sheet and appropriate letter of resignation.
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Lesson Plan: Word Processing
This lesson will help students prepare to enter the workforce by demonstrating word-processing skills in the form of business letters, job acceptance letters, memorandums, business memos, price lists, and business reports.
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Lesson Plan: Professional Standards
This lesson is an introduction to professional standards expected in the workplace environment. This lesson encourages students to understand how to look and behave professionally in the workplace.
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Lesson Plan: Management and Interpersonal Skills
Upon completion of this lesson, students will defend the purpose of management as it relates to efficient operation of a business. Lessons also address the team and interpersonal skills required for success in business and management.
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Lesson Plan: Risk Management
In this lesson, students will learn the importance of using new technology safely and responsibly, as well as purchasing the supplies and equipment necessary for maintaining a safe work environment.
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Lesson Plan: Ethics in Business
In this lesson, students will learn about ethics, analyze actions for ethical dilemmas, and write a personal code of ethics for business and personal use.
View ResourceSection 1: Pre-Practicum
Lesson Plan: Advanced Technical Skills in Business
This lesson is designed to assist students in developing technological proficiencies in word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations to create effective business-related documents, as well as in developing effective webpages.
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Lesson Plan: Professional Communications in Business
This lesson provides students with specific practice, so that they can utilize professional communication skills while participating in the business management practicum experience.
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Lesson Plan: Critical Thinking/Workflow
In this lesson, students will explore the four phases of a project and explain why procrastination should be avoided. Students will also practice project management skills.
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Lesson Plan: Business Math in Retail
This lesson helps students learn how to calculate discounts and markups as part of this retail math lesson.
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Lesson Plan: Leadership
Effective leadership is an essential key to any business success. A leader can be a CEO of an organization or a first-year employee who leads his/her team to success behind the scenes. Great leaders lead through inspiration, persuasion and personal connections. This lesson will help you understand the leadership qualities you possess, as well determine the successful characteristics necessary in business leaders today.
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Lesson Plan: Personal Management
In this lesson, students will complete goal setting activities and develop a mentor and mentee partnership.
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Lesson Plan: Project Management
This lesson provides students with and overview of project management and a project for students to practice project management skills.
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Lesson Plan: Human Relations
In this lesson, students will apply previously learned skills such as, teamwork, interpersonal, communication and human relations, for working effectively in the workplace.
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Lesson Plan: Scholarships for Post Secondary
In this lesson, students will investigate scholarship resources and receive assistance in applying for scholarship funding.
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Review the scope and sequence document. One or more lesson plans are currently not available.
One or more lesson plans are currently not available. Review the scope and sequence document, TEKS, and available lesson plans, to determine which additional lesson plans to locally develop.
You can download the optional blank lesson plan template provided here, to locally develop a new lesson plan, consistent with the others provided in the Texas CTE Resource Center.
If after developing a new lesson plan, you would like the TEA to consider adding it to the resource library for colleague teachers to also use in the future, attach the lesson plan and any supplemental instructional materials through the form here, for consideration. If published, we will attribute the materials to you.
View ResourceSection 2: TEKS Checklist Components for Practicum in Business Management
Lesson Plan: Business Management Practicum
This introductory unit will assist teachers and students to gain an overview of the schedules and forms that will be used throughout a successful Business course as well as a variety of lessons and activities to help guide students through a successful program.
Section 2: TEKS Checklist Components for Practicum in Business Management
Lesson Plan: General Housekeeping Forms in Business
In this lesson, students will learn to demonstrate characteristics necessary to be a successful student in the Business Management and Administration program.
View ResourceSection 2: TEKS Checklist Components for Practicum in Business Management
Lesson Plan: Training Station Orientation
Practicum in Business Management is designed to give students supervised practical application of previously studied knowledge and skills. Practicum experiences occur in a paid or unpaid arrangement and a variety of locations appropriate to the nature and level of experience.
View ResourceSection 2: TEKS Checklist Components for Practicum in Business Management
Lesson Plan: Career Exploration Using O*NET
This lesson in the Business Practicum course uses the online O*Net system to guide student through a series of activities to explore business occupations and develop a personal resume, cover sheet and appropriate letter of resignation.
View ResourceSection 2: TEKS Checklist Components for Practicum in Business Management
Lesson Plan: Word Processing
This lesson will help students prepare to enter the workforce by demonstrating word-processing skills in the form of business letters, job acceptance letters, memorandums, business memos, price lists, and business reports.
View ResourceSection 2: TEKS Checklist Components for Practicum in Business Management
Lesson Plan: Professional Standards
This lesson is an introduction to professional standards expected in the workplace environment. This lesson encourages students to understand how to look and behave professionally in the workplace.
View ResourceSection 2: TEKS Checklist Components for Practicum in Business Management
Lesson Plan: Management and Interpersonal Skills
Upon completion of this lesson, students will defend the purpose of management as it relates to efficient operation of a business. Lessons also address the team and interpersonal skills required for success in business and management.
View ResourceSection 2: TEKS Checklist Components for Practicum in Business Management
Lesson Plan: Risk Management
In this lesson, students will learn the importance of using new technology safely and responsibly, as well as purchasing the supplies and equipment necessary for maintaining a safe work environment.
View ResourceSection 2: TEKS Checklist Components for Practicum in Business Management
Lesson Plan: Ethics in Business
In this lesson, students will learn about ethics, analyze actions for ethical dilemmas, and write a personal code of ethics for business and personal use.
View ResourceSection 2: TEKS Checklist Components for Practicum in Business Management
Lesson Plan: Advanced Technical Skills in Business
This lesson is designed to assist students in developing technological proficiencies in word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations to create effective business-related documents, as well as in developing effective webpages.
View ResourceSection 2: TEKS Checklist Components for Practicum in Business Management
Lesson Plan: Professional Communications in Business
This lesson provides students with specific practice, so that they can utilize professional communication skills while participating in the business management practicum experience.
View ResourceSection 2: TEKS Checklist Components for Practicum in Business Management
Lesson Plan: Critical Thinking/Workflow
In this lesson, students will explore the four phases of a project and explain why procrastination should be avoided. Students will also practice project management skills.
View ResourceSection 2: TEKS Checklist Components for Practicum in Business Management
Lesson Plan: Banking and Financial Skills
Students will learn about banking and finance in the context of managing a business. Topics include petty cash, handling cash, bank deposits, reconciliation, purchasing and maintaining supplies and equipment, and managing vendor relationships.
View ResourceSection 2: TEKS Checklist Components for Practicum in Business Management
Lesson Plan: Business Math in Retail
This lesson helps students learn how to calculate discounts and markups as part of this retail math lesson.
View ResourceSection 2: TEKS Checklist Components for Practicum in Business Management
Lesson Plan: Leadership
Effective leadership is an essential key to any business success. A leader can be a CEO of an organization or a first-year employee who leads his/her team to success behind the scenes. Great leaders lead through inspiration, persuasion and personal connections. This lesson will help you understand the leadership qualities you possess, as well determine the successful characteristics necessary in business leaders today.
View ResourceSection 2: TEKS Checklist Components for Practicum in Business Management
Lesson Plan: Personal Management
In this lesson, students will complete goal setting activities and develop a mentor and mentee partnership.
View ResourceSection 2: TEKS Checklist Components for Practicum in Business Management
Lesson Plan: Project Management
This lesson provides students with and overview of project management and a project for students to practice project management skills.
View ResourceSection 2: TEKS Checklist Components for Practicum in Business Management
Lesson Plan: Human Relations
In this lesson, students will apply previously learned skills such as, teamwork, interpersonal, communication and human relations, for working effectively in the workplace.
View ResourceSection 2: TEKS Checklist Components for Practicum in Business Management
Lesson Plan: Scholarships for Post Secondary
In this lesson, students will investigate scholarship resources and receive assistance in applying for scholarship funding.
View ResourceSection 2: TEKS Checklist Components for Practicum in Business Management
Review the scope and sequence document. One or more lesson plans are currently not available.
One or more lesson plans are currently not available. Review the scope and sequence document, TEKS, and available lesson plans, to determine which additional lesson plans to locally develop.
You can download the optional blank lesson plan template provided here, to locally develop a new lesson plan, consistent with the others provided in the Texas CTE Resource Center.
If after developing a new lesson plan, you would like the TEA to consider adding it to the resource library for colleague teachers to also use in the future, attach the lesson plan and any supplemental instructional materials through the form here, for consideration. If published, we will attribute the materials to you.
View ResourceSection 3: Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving: Practicum Check-In 1
Lesson Plan: Training Station Orientation
Practicum in Business Management is designed to give students supervised practical application of previously studied knowledge and skills. Practicum experiences occur in a paid or unpaid arrangement and a variety of locations appropriate to the nature and level of experience.
View ResourceSection 3: Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving: Practicum Check-In 1
Lesson Plan: Scholarships for Post Secondary
In this lesson, students will investigate scholarship resources and receive assistance in applying for scholarship funding.
View ResourceSection 3: Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving: Practicum Check-In 1
Review the scope and sequence document. One or more lesson plans are currently not available.
One or more lesson plans are currently not available. Review the scope and sequence document, TEKS, and available lesson plans, to determine which additional lesson plans to locally develop.
You can download the optional blank lesson plan template provided here, to locally develop a new lesson plan, consistent with the others provided in the Texas CTE Resource Center.
If after developing a new lesson plan, you would like the TEA to consider adding it to the resource library for colleague teachers to also use in the future, attach the lesson plan and any supplemental instructional materials through the form here, for consideration. If published, we will attribute the materials to you.
View ResourceSection 4: Check List Progress and CTSO Activities Practicum: Check-In 2
Lesson Plan: Training Station Orientation
Practicum in Business Management is designed to give students supervised practical application of previously studied knowledge and skills. Practicum experiences occur in a paid or unpaid arrangement and a variety of locations appropriate to the nature and level of experience.
View ResourceSection 4: Check List Progress and CTSO Activities Practicum: Check-In 2
Lesson Plan: Career Exploration Using O*NET
This lesson in the Business Practicum course uses the online O*Net system to guide student through a series of activities to explore business occupations and develop a personal resume, cover sheet and appropriate letter of resignation.
View ResourceSection 4: Check List Progress and CTSO Activities Practicum: Check-In 2
Lesson Plan: Management and Interpersonal Skills
Upon completion of this lesson, students will defend the purpose of management as it relates to efficient operation of a business. Lessons also address the team and interpersonal skills required for success in business and management.
View ResourceSection 4: Check List Progress and CTSO Activities Practicum: Check-In 2
Lesson Plan: Ethics in Business
In this lesson, students will learn about ethics, analyze actions for ethical dilemmas, and write a personal code of ethics for business and personal use.
View ResourceSection 4: Check List Progress and CTSO Activities Practicum: Check-In 2
Lesson Plan: Leadership
Effective leadership is an essential key to any business success. A leader can be a CEO of an organization or a first-year employee who leads his/her team to success behind the scenes. Great leaders lead through inspiration, persuasion and personal connections. This lesson will help you understand the leadership qualities you possess, as well determine the successful characteristics necessary in business leaders today.
View ResourceSection 4: Check List Progress and CTSO Activities Practicum: Check-In 2
Lesson Plan: Project Management
This lesson provides students with and overview of project management and a project for students to practice project management skills.
View ResourceSection 4: Check List Progress and CTSO Activities Practicum: Check-In 2
Lesson Plan: Scholarships for Post Secondary
In this lesson, students will investigate scholarship resources and receive assistance in applying for scholarship funding.
View ResourceSection 4: Check List Progress and CTSO Activities Practicum: Check-In 2
Review the scope and sequence document. One or more lesson plans are currently not available.
One or more lesson plans are currently not available. Review the scope and sequence document, TEKS, and available lesson plans, to determine which additional lesson plans to locally develop.
You can download the optional blank lesson plan template provided here, to locally develop a new lesson plan, consistent with the others provided in the Texas CTE Resource Center.
If after developing a new lesson plan, you would like the TEA to consider adding it to the resource library for colleague teachers to also use in the future, attach the lesson plan and any supplemental instructional materials through the form here, for consideration. If published, we will attribute the materials to you.
View ResourceSection 5: Careers, Competencies, and Credentialing Requirements
Lesson Plan: Training Station Orientation
Practicum in Business Management is designed to give students supervised practical application of previously studied knowledge and skills. Practicum experiences occur in a paid or unpaid arrangement and a variety of locations appropriate to the nature and level of experience.
View ResourceSection 5: Careers, Competencies, and Credentialing Requirements
Lesson Plan: History of Office Managers
This lesson will provide students, an understanding of the role of the office manager and how that role has developed over the period of time in history.
View ResourceSection 5: Careers, Competencies, and Credentialing Requirements
Lesson Plan: Career Exploration Using O*NET
This lesson in the Business Practicum course uses the online O*Net system to guide student through a series of activities to explore business occupations and develop a personal resume, cover sheet and appropriate letter of resignation.
View ResourceSection 5: Careers, Competencies, and Credentialing Requirements
Lesson Plan: Professional Standards
This lesson is an introduction to professional standards expected in the workplace environment. This lesson encourages students to understand how to look and behave professionally in the workplace.
View ResourceSection 5: Careers, Competencies, and Credentialing Requirements
Lesson Plan: Personal Management
In this lesson, students will complete goal setting activities and develop a mentor and mentee partnership.
View ResourceSection 5: Careers, Competencies, and Credentialing Requirements
Lesson Plan: Scholarships for Post Secondary
In this lesson, students will investigate scholarship resources and receive assistance in applying for scholarship funding.
View ResourceSection 5: Careers, Competencies, and Credentialing Requirements
Review the scope and sequence document. One or more lesson plans are currently not available.
One or more lesson plans are currently not available. Review the scope and sequence document, TEKS, and available lesson plans, to determine which additional lesson plans to locally develop.
You can download the optional blank lesson plan template provided here, to locally develop a new lesson plan, consistent with the others provided in the Texas CTE Resource Center.
If after developing a new lesson plan, you would like the TEA to consider adding it to the resource library for colleague teachers to also use in the future, attach the lesson plan and any supplemental instructional materials through the form here, for consideration. If published, we will attribute the materials to you.
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