Grade 7 CTE SOL Standards

Communicating on the Job

Developing an Academic and Career Plan

Discovering More about Yourself

Exploring Career Plan Options and Possible Destinations

Compare the concepts of work, job, and career.

Describe education and career terms.

Explore the 17 career clusters.

Explore career pathways and occupations of interest.

Investigate a career of interest.

Identify opportunities for education/training to prepare for a career.

Explain the cost of education and/or training.

Identify personal assets.

Examine personal assets in light of one�s responsibilities as a family member, student, or community member.

Complete a career interest assessment.

Relate your skills, interests, talents, and values to a career.

Identify short-term and long-term goals.

Research options associated with courses in your school division and regional center related to career interests.

Review a decision-making process to course options.

Review the student Academic and Career Plan Portfolio.

Draft an Academic and Career Plan.

Describe self-advocacy strategies. (optional)

Communicate verbally and nonverbally in a professional manner. (Optional)

Demonstrate telephone etiquette.(Optional)

Compose written professional communication (e.g., emails, letters). (Optional)

Describe the importance of active listening skills. (Optional)

Troubleshoot workplace problems, issues, or conflicts to find a solution. (Optional)

Describe the importance of inviting and responding to constructive feedback. (Optional)

Provide constructive praise and criticism. (Optional)

Respond to praise or criticism. (Optional)

Demonstrate public speaking skills (e.g., large group, small group). (Optional)

Describe the privacy issues related to online communication media.

Identify privacy policies and issues related to employees using or misusing online communication media.

Demonstrating Personal Qualities and Abilities

Demonstrate creativity and innovation.

Demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving.

Demonstrate initiative and self-direction.

Demonstrate integrity.

Demonstrate work ethic.

Solving Ethical and Security Problems Relating to Technology

Identify security issues related to hardware, software, and data.

Explore problems involving integrity, courtesy, and confidentiality related to information and communications systems.

Identify the effect of regulations such as copyright and licensing agreements in computer software applications.

Solving Problems Relating to Computer Maintenance

Identify safety precautions associated with computer use.

Describe the care necessary for internal and external storage devices.

Describe methods of preventing the spread of computer viruses.

Using Presentations to Solve Problems

Identify presentation applications.

Identify the components of an effective presentation.

Build a multimedia presentation.

Apply a multimedia presentation to solve a problem.

Demonstrating Interpersonal Skills

Demonstrate conflict-resolution skills.

Demonstrate listening and speaking skills.

Demonstrate respect for diversity.

Demonstrate customer service skills.

Collaborate with team members.

Demonstrating Professional Competencies

Demonstrate big-picture thinking.

Demonstrate professionalism.

Demonstrate reading and writing skills.

Demonstrate workplace safety.

Demonstrate career- and life-management skills.

Demonstrate continuous learning and adaptability.

Manage time and resources.

Demonstrate information-literacy skills.

Demonstrate an understanding of information security.

Maintain working knowledge of current information-technology (IT) systems.

Demonstrate proficiency with technologies, tools, and machines common to a specific occupation.

Apply mathematical skills to job-specific tasks.

Addressing Elements of Student Life

Identify the purposes and goals of the student organization.

Explain the benefits and responsibilities of membership in the student organization as a student and in professional/civic organizations as an adult.

Demonstrate leadership skills through participation in student organization activities, such as meetings, programs, and projects.

Identify Internet safety issues and procedures for complying with acceptable use standards.

Exploring Work-Based Learning

Identify the types of work-based learning (WBL) opportunities.

(Optional) Reflect on lessons learned during the WBL experience.

Explore career opportunities related to the WBL experience.

(Optional) Participate in a WBL experience, when appropriate.

Using Word Processing Software to Solve Problems

Format existing documents.

Describe the writing process.

(Optional) Create documents.

Using Spreadsheet Software to Solve Problems

Identify the structure of a spreadsheet.

Input data and formulas.

Edit data within the spreadsheet.

Create graphs and charts to visually represent data.

Apply spreadsheet skills to solve a problem.

Using Database Software to Solve Problems

Identify the structure of a database.

Create a database by defining fields and designing formats.

Apply database skills to solve a problem.

Using Technologies to Solve Problems

Identify emerging technologies available to solve specified problems.

Identify local and worldwide network communication systems.

Use electronic search strategies to retrieve and evaluate relevant electronic information.

(Optional) Analyze a problem to determine the technological options needed for a solution.

(Optional) Apply technological skills to solve a communications problem.

Explore coding skills to solve real-world problems.

Developing Leadership Skills

Exploring Career, Community, and Family Connections(Optimal)

Developing Education and Early Childhood Concepts(Optional)

Developing Textile, Fashion, and Apparel Concepts (Optional)

Using Consumer and Family Resources

Demonstrating Nutrition and Wellness

Maintaining Living Environments (Personal Environments) (Optional)

Exploring Family Relationships(Optional)

Demonstrating Interpersonal Relationships

Understanding Human Development

Describe the developmental characteristics of early adolescence.

Identify factors and conditions that influence individual and family development.

Describe factors that influence the development of self-esteem, self-concept, and personality.

Demonstrate examples of caring, respectful, and responsible behaviors.

Demonstrate characteristics of positive relationships.

Create strategies for handling peer pressure.

Use communication skills that express feelings, needs, and ideas.

Explain the consequences of positive and negative behaviors in communication.

Set goals for individuals and families.

Demonstrate social etiquette.

Define family.

Describe the function of the family.

Explain ways an individual can strengthen the family unit.

Demonstrate ways to conserve natural resources within the family.

Maintain a clean and safe environment.

Organize personal space.

Demonstrate workplace etiquette.

List management strategies for balancing family, school/work, and extracurricular activities.

Demonstrate ways to be a responsible citizen.

Identify career clusters and pathways that lead to Family and Consumer Science careers.

Explore entrepreneurship opportunities for adolescents.

Explain the essential nutrients.

Demonstrate nutrition and wellness practices that enhance well-being.

Identify common food allergies.

Demonstrate food safety and sanitation practices.

Demonstrate kitchen safety.

Identify food preparation terms and equipment.

Perform sequential steps in all aspects of food preparation.

Plan a nutritious family meal.

Demonstrate dining etiquette.

Apply steps in a problem-solving/decision-making model.

Manage personal resources.

Evaluate forms and techniques of advertising.

Analyze personal saving and spending habits.

Identify consumer rights and responsibilities.

Identify consumer resources.

Demonstrate clothing maintenance techniques.

Describe factors affecting clothing choices.

Create an apparel/textile product.

Demonstrate basic measurement and fitting techniques.

Describe responsible behaviors in caring for children.

Identify the stages of early childhood development.

Identify developmentally appropriate and nutritious snacks for children.

Evaluate age-appropriate activities for children.

Use the FCCLA planning process.

Complete a national FCCLA program project and/or a state-level competitive event.

Identifying the Contexts of Technology and Engineering

Examining Systems (Optional)

Using the Engineering Design Process

Designing Solutions

Examining Resources of Technology

Investigating the Effects of Technology

Introducing Technology

Define technology.

Identify historical examples of technology.

Identify how technologies have emerged through the use of engineering.

Research careers and the technologies used in them.

Describe how society affects technology and technology affects society.

Analyze how an invention or innovation was influenced by its historical context and future need.(Optional)

Identify emerging technologies.(Optional)

Predict future technological changes.

Identify resources used in technology and engineering.

Identify the six simple machines that make mechanical technology work.(Optional)

Differentiate between types of materials.(Optional)

Select materials based on their properties when designing a technology.(Optional)

Demonstrate the safe use of a minimum of three tools and/or pieces of equipment as part of the design process.

Explain the ethical and moral use of technologies.

Demonstrate types of measuring.

Create sketches and drawings.

Describe the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) engineering design process.

Demonstrate the use of an engineering design process.

Define the goal of a challenge.

Design a device using criteria and constraints.

Evaluate viable solutions.

Select a solution.

Plan the model or prototype.

Produce a model or prototype.

Assess the design.

Describe how the solution could be improved.

Communicate the results.

Use the engineering design process as part of a team.

Illustrate how processes change inputs to outputs in any system.

Identify the parts of a system within a device.

Identify contexts of technology and engineering.

Describe the energy and power context of technology and engineering.(Optional)

Describe the medical and health-related technologies contexts of technology and engineering.(Optional)

Describe the agricultural and biological technologies contexts of technology and engineering.(Optional)

Describe the information and communication contexts of technology and engineering.(Optional)

Describe the built environment contexts of technology and engineering.(Optional)

Describe the transportation and logistics contexts of technology and engineering.(Optional)

Describe the material conversion and processing contexts of technology and engineering.(Optional)

Describe the computation, automation, AI, and robotics contexts of technology and engineering.(Optional