Welcome to Business Essentials
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Business Essentials Syllabus
BE Course Description: Business Essentials is a foundation course (no prerequisite) for the Small Business Development Career Pathway that is worth 1 credit. It is also ideal for students enrolled in any Pathway who plan to own and operate their own businesses. The course will help students build a strong knowledge base and develop management skills as they study forms of business ownership, functions of management, budgeting and finance, technology, communications, legislation, leadership and teamwork, marketing, and economics. Mastery of these standards through project-based learning and leadership development activities of the student organization, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), will help students obtain a competitive edge in the global marketplace.
Future Business Leaders of America
Internet Usage in Class Setting: In order to enhance student learning, students will use the Internet daily as a resource tool for this class. While in a Business and Computer Science lab, students will comply with all Coffee County Schools guidelines. Failure to follow county mandated guidelines would result in punishment that ranges from loss of privileges to administrative referral. All students and parents are required to sign acknowledgement of Internet guidelines prior to a student using the Internet.
Grading: Progress reports are issued each 4 ½ weeks. Parent and student signature is required on all progress reports. Parents are encouraged to sign up for Parent Portal to access to view student grades. Formal report cards will be sent out at the 9-week mark and at the end of the semester. There will be a mid-term exam counting 10% of the grade and a final exam counting 15% of the grade. Only the final exam can be exempted.
Grading Scale | |
Daily Work
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60%
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Tests, Cumulative Projects
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40%
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Final Exam
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15%
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Make-up and Incomplete Assignments: Students are given 3 days after an absence to complete all assignments. Make-up work must be completed before or after school. It is the student's responsibility to collect missed assignments. If a student does not complete an assignment during class time, the student should initiate before or after school arrangements with the teacher to finish BEFORE THE DUE DATE of the assignment. All work must be completed prior to the end of each 4 ½ week grading period.
Tardy Policy: Students are expected to be in their assigned seat when the tardy bell rings. Students who are tardy will be disciplined according to school tardy policy.
Attendance: Students are expected to be in class daily. If students are absent, students are to use the class blog for daily activities and assignments that is posted on the Internet each day at the following address http://coffeehighbusiness.blogspot.com When absent, students are expected to check the blog to see what assignments were missed.
Materials and Supplies: Students are provided network space to save course work for class projects. Students should bring the following the following supplies to class:
- Notebook with notebook paper
- School-issued student agenda & ID
- Writing utensil (pencil or pen)
Classroom Guidelines and Expectations: To be successful in class, students should follow these guidelines:
- Students should give 100% to each assignment and project.
- Student should respect themselves, the teacher, and the equipment at all time in the lab.
- Upon entering class, students should check course calendar for class activities.
- Be in assigned seat when the tardy bell rings.
- Listen—follow directions the first time.
- No adjustments or changes should be made on any computer part.
- Know and practice emergency procedures and safety rules.
- Students are expected to participate in ALL class activities.
- Students are expected to create their own work. No cheating is allowed in this class. No copying of students files. No editing other student files to be your own. No plagiarism of any work from other students or the Internet will be tolerated in class. Appropriate discipline for violation of school rule will be followed in this course.
- Bring needed materials to class every day—including course notebook, agenda, and writing utensil.
- Students should not listen to music, watch videos, or play internet games on the computer while in class unless part of class assignment.
- Students should hand in assignments on time.
- If student needs additional time to completed assignments and projects, arrangements should be made to come in before or after school to complete class work.
14. You will receive 3 bathroom passes each 9 weeks. In the event you need more; they are available in 15-minute detention increments. This may be served before/after school. The 15-minute detention increment must be served before you are issued another bathroom pass. If you skip detention, you will be written up on a referral. The exception to this rule is: “You have a doctor’s excuse on file for a medical problem.”
If a problem with computer is found because of failure to follow rules, student will be sent immediately to an administrator for disciplinary action. Malicious damage will result in the student having to pay for all costs incurred in the repair of the equipment.
Positive reinforcement: Praise, Email, Tickets, Awards, etc. are issued to the student as means of positive reinforcement. If the student chooses NOT to follow the discipline plan, the following steps will be taken:
1st offense: Verbal warning 2nd offense: Teacher & student discussion and/or parent notification
3rd offense: Administrative referral Severe clause: Immediately referred to Administrator
3rd offense: Administrative referral Severe clause: Immediately referred to Administrator
All items are subject to change without proper notification.
Business and Computer Science
Computer Lab Rules and Classroom Procedures
Computer Lab Rules
- There will be no open or unopened food or drink allowed in the computer lab at any time. Any food or drink seen by the teacher will be placed in the trash. EXCEPTION: water in its original container.
- Obscene, profane or vulgar language, hitting someone, mocking someone, destroying property, cheating and bad manners WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AT ANY TIME.
- Students may not play any type of computer games during class without permission from teacher.
- Electronic devices, including cell phones, pagers, Ipods, mp3 players, games, etc, shall not be visible or used at any time during class.
- Students may not alter, remove, mistreat any of the technology equipment in the classroom.
Classroom Procedures
Entering the classroom:
- Students will enter the classroom, sit in assigned seat, and check course blog for assignment upon entering the classroom.
- Students will place belongings, including book bags and purses, underneath their workstations and out of the aisles, at all times. Only class-related items should be on top of the workstation.
During Class:
- Students will only print with permission to the designated printer.
- Students will turn in work to the designated area at the end of class.
- Students are responsible for missed assignments and will need to check the online course blog for the missed assignments, locate handouts if needed, and turn in missing work within three (3) school days.
- Always log off the computer before you leave at the end of the period.
- You are NEVER to log in as anyone other than yourself.
- You are not to use flash drives, or other external devices unless given permission by the instructor.
- Students will not be permitted to leave the classroom for any reason during the first and last 10 minutes of class.
- Students who need to leave the classroom for any reason must use their agenda for a hall pass with the location of where they are going, the current time, and signature by the teacher in addition to signing out with the Attendance Clerk.
- Students will remain seated at all times unless given permission to be out of seat.
- Students will raise hand when he or she needs assistance and wait for teacher to come to them.
End of Class
- Students will log off the computer prior to leaving.
- Students will pick up trash around workstation and put in trash can on the way out the door.
- Students will push in chairs prior to leaving.
Internet Privileges
Using the Internet in the classroom is a privilege. At anytime, this privilege may be taken away if it is misused.
Ways to lose your Internet privileges really fast . . .
- using any type of chat room, instant messaging, texting or message board;
- going on email;
- playing games
- constantly being on a site that does not relate to what we are doing;
- misusing or not taking care of your computer equipment
- overriding security settings or other types of hacking
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