BUSINESS EDUCATION “Teaching Skills for Success”

 
Meet our Team Members: 

Mrs. Colleen Bonnel
Cooperative Education Coordinator, Investment & Financial Management
Mr. Josh Kozar
Principles of Business Management, Investment & Financial Management and FBLA Advisor
Mrs. Joan Rogers
Computer Utilization Keyboarding and Word Processing and Department Chairperson
Mr. Richard Bintliff
Computer Utilization, Entrepreneurship & E-Commerce, Computer Applications & Concepts

Our Mission Statement:

Business Education is offered to all students of McDonough High School to prepare them for entry-level employment and to prepare all participating students to become intelligent consumers of business services and goods.

The development of proper attitudes, habits and ideals that will promote wholesome and successful relationships in business vocations and in personal life is a primary objective in the business education program.

Business Courses
(available to all students at McDonough High School)

COMPUTER UTILIZATION AND KEYBOARDING/WORD PROCESSING

This course provides students with the keyboarding skills necessary for the efficient use of a microcomputer.  Students will become proficient in the use of the touch method while learning to use word processing software.

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS AND CONCEPTS

This course continues to develop professional level skills necessary to use computers as tools to increase productivity in a variety of subject areas and careers.  Instruction will include units on advanced word processing skills, desktop publishing concepts, spreadsheets and charting, databases, presentation graphics, using the Internet as a research tool, and basic web page creation.

COOPERATIVE EDUCATION

The Cooperative Education program provides work-based learning for students.  It is a cooperative enterprise between local business establishments and the high school.  Businesses provide part-time employment and training during school hours, and the school provides a qualified teacher/coordinator that supervises the work and directs the student’s studies.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP & E-COMMERCE

This course provides students the opportunity to learn what it is like to be an entrepreneur.  Students will be guided through the steps of starting and managing their own business.  Students will research a variety of influences related to starting a business venture and develop a business plan to open a new business of their own choosing.

INVESTMENT AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

This course teaches the concepts of personal and business financial management.  Students study topics such as establishing and prioritizing financial goals, understanding the cost of using credit, savings and investments, retirement plans, consumer rights, and protections of assets.  Students will gain hands-on experience with investments in the stock market by participating in a mock investment game.

SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING

Students are provided with organized learning experiences in marketing, management, sales and merchandising.  The course teaches core content applicable to all sport/event/recreation marketers, as well as content unique to each industry.  Students will be given opportunities to practice the use of technological business tools in performing activities involving the functions and processes of marketing.

FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA

FBLA gives students the opportunity to learn about the business community as they prepare to become a part of it by developing vocational competencies.  Projects include professional, civic, service, financial and social awareness activities.  Since competition is recognized as a major part of the free enterprise system, FBLA sponsors a National Leadership Conference each year, which begins with competition at the local, regional, and state levels.

Business Education – preparing our students for a better tomorrow!