Florida Department of Education
Curriculum Framework 

Course Title:	Exploration of Production Technology and Career Planning
Course Type:	Orientation/Exploratory and Career Planning
Career Cluster:	Engineering & Technology Education

Secondary – Middle School	
Course Number	8600042	
CIP Number	08210122CE	
Grade Level	6 – 8	
Course Length	Semester	
Teacher Certification	Refer to the Course Structure section.	
CTSO	FL-TSA	
CTE Program Resources 	http://www.fldoe.org/academics/career-adult-edu/career-tech-edu/program-resources.stml	

Purpose 

The purpose of this course is to assist students in making informed decisions regarding their future academic and occupational goals and to provide information regarding careers in the Engineering and Technology Education career cluster. The content includes but is not limited to providing the opportunity to solve technological problems using a variety of tools, materials, processes and systems while gaining an understanding of the effects of production technology on our everyday lives. Instruction and learning activities are provided in a laboratory setting using hands-on experiences with the equipment, materials and technology appropriate to the course content and in accordance with current practices.

Additional Information relevant to this Career and Technical Education (CTE) program is provided at the end of this document.

Course Structure 

The length of this course is one semester. It may be offered for two semesters when appropriate. When offered for one semester, it is recommended that it be at the exploratory level and more in-depth when offered for two semesters.

To teach the course(s) listed below, instructors must hold at least one of the teacher certifications indicated for that course.

The following table illustrates the course structure:

Course Number	Course Title	Teacher Certification	Length	
8600042	Exploration of Production Technology and Career Planning	AUTO PROD 7G
BLDG CONST @7 7G
BLDG MAINT @7 7G
CARPENTRY @7 7G
ENG 7G
ENG TEC 7G
METAL WORK 7G
PLTW PTE 7G
TEC CONSTR @7 7G
TEC ED 1 @2
ENG&TEC ED1@2
	Semester	

Standards

After successfully completing this program, the student will be able to perform the following:

01.0	Demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics and scope of technology. 
02.0	Demonstrate an understanding of the core concepts of technology. 
03.0	Demonstrate an understanding of the relationships among technologies and the connection between technology and other fields of study. 
04.0	Demonstrate an understanding of the cultural, social, economic, and political effects of technology. 
05.0	Demonstrate an understanding of the effects of technology on the environment.
06.0	Demonstrate an understanding of the role of society in the development and use of technology. 
07.0	Demonstrate an understanding of the influence of history on technology. 
08.0	Demonstrate an understanding of the attributes of design.
09.0	Demonstrate an understanding of engineering design.
10.0	Demonstrate an understanding of the role of troubleshooting, research and development, invention and innovation, and experimentation in problem solving. 
11.0	Demonstrate the abilities to apply the design process. 
12.0	Demonstrate the abilities to use and maintain technological products and systems. 
13.0	Demonstrate the abilities to assess the impact of products and systems. 
14.0	Demonstrate an understanding of and be able to select and use manufacturing technologies. 
15.0	Demonstrate proper and safe procedures while working with technological tools, apparatus, equipment, systems, and materials. 
16.0	Exhibit positive human relations and leadership skills. 
17.0	Discuss individual interests, aptitudes, and opportunities as they relate to a career. 
18.0	Identify evolving technologies of production systems. 
19.0	Perform special skills unique to manufacturing technology.
20.0	Express knowledge of factors that impact manufacturing technology and practices. 

Career and Education Planning [these must be met to satisfy the requirements of Section 1003.4156, Florida Statutes]

21.0	Explain his or her career interests, skills and values.  
22.0	Describe occupations and industries in his or her region. 
23.0	Describe a variety of postsecondary pathways.   
24.0	Create a personalized career and academic plan.  

Florida Department of Education
Student Performance Standards

Course Title: 	Exploration of Production Technology and Career Planning
Course Number: 	8600042
Course Length:	Semester 

CTE Standards and Benchmarks	
01.0	Demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics and scope of technology.  The student will be able to:	
01.01	Develop new products and systems to solve problems or to help do things that could not be done without the help of technology.  	
01.02	Describe the development of technology as a human activity that is the result of individual or collective needs and the ability to be creative.  	
01.03	Explain how technology is closely linked with creativity, which has resulted in innovation.  	
01.04	Demonstrate how corporations can often create demand for a product by bringing it onto the market and advertising it.  	
02.0	Demonstrate an understanding of the core concepts of technology. The student will be able to:	
02.01	Describe technological systems including input, processes, output, and, at times, feedback.  	
02.02	Apply systems thinking, involving considering how every part relates to others.  	
02.03	Identify control systems having no feedback path and requiring human intervention, and control system using feedback.  	
02.04	Explain how technological systems can be connected to one another.  	
02.05	Repair malfunctions of any part of a system that may affect the function and quality of the system.  	
02.06	Compare and contrast requirements or parameters placed on the development of a product or system.  	
02.07	Compare and contrast trade-offs as a decision process recognizing the need for careful compromises among competing factors.  	
02.08	Perform basic maintenance as the process of inspecting and servicing a product or system on a regular basis in order for it to continue functioning properly, to extend its life, or to upgrade its capability.  	
02.09	Utilize controls and mechanisms or particular steps that people perform using information about the system that causes systems to change.  	
03.0	Demonstrate an understanding of the relationships among technologies and the connection between technology and other fields of study.  The student will be able to:	
03.01	Modify the way technological systems interact with one another.  	
03.02	Apply a product, system, or environment developed for one setting in another setting.	
03.03	Explain how knowledge gained from other fields of study has a direct effect on the development of technological products and systems.  	
04.0	Demonstrate an understanding of the cultural, social, economic, and political effects of technology.  The student will be able to:	
04.01	Identify the ways that use of technology affects humans, including their safety, comfort, choices, and attitudes about technology’s development and use.  	
04.02	Explain that technology, by itself, is neither good nor bad, but decisions about the use of products and systems can result in desirable or undesirable consequences.  	
04.03	Identify ethical issues associated with the development and use of technology.  	
04.04	Identify the economic, political, and cultural issues that are influenced by the development and use of technology.  	
05.0	Demonstrate an understanding of the effects of technology on the environment.  The student will be able to:	
05.01	Describe the management of waste produced by technological systems as an important societal issue.  	
05.02	Describe how technologies can be used to repair damage caused by natural disasters and to break down waste from the use of various products and systems.  	
05.03	Make decisions about the development and use of technologies that put environmental and economic concerns in direct competition with one another.  	
06.0	Demonstrate an understanding of the role of society in the development and use of technology.  The student will be able to:	
06.01	Describe the development of technologies that has resulted from the demands, values, and interests of individuals, businesses, industries, and societies.  	
06.02	Describe changes in society and the creation of new needs and wants caused by the use of inventions and innovations.  	
06.03	Understand social and cultural priorities and values that are reflected in technological devices.  	
06.04	Explain how meeting societal expectations is the driving force behind the acceptance and use of products and systems.  	
07.0	Demonstrate an understanding of the influence of history on technology.  The student will be able to:	
07.01	Identify inventions and innovations that have evolved by using slow and methodical processes of tests and refinements.  	
07.02	Explain how the specialization of function has been at the heart of many technological improvements.  	
07.03	Identify the design and construction of structures for service or convenience evolving from the development of techniques for measurement, controlling systems, and the understanding of spatial relationships.	
07.04	Explain that in the past, an invention or innovation was not usually developed with the knowledge of science.  	
08.0	Demonstrate an understanding of the attributes of design.  The student will be able to:	
08.01	Use design as a creative planning process that leads to useful products and systems.  	
08.02	Explain why there is no perfect design.  	
08.03	Evaluate criteria and constraints that are requirements for a design.  	
09.0	Demonstrate an understanding of engineering design.  The student will be able to:	
09.01	Utilize the design process involving a set of steps, which can be performed in different sequences and repeated as needed.  	
09.02	Employ brainstorming as a group problem-solving design process in which each person in the group presents his or her ideas in an open forum.  	
09.03	Model, test, evaluate and modify designs to transform ideas into practical solutions.  	
10.0	Demonstrate an understanding of the role of troubleshooting, research and development, invention and innovation, and experimentation in problem solving.  The student will be able to:	
10.01	Use troubleshooting as a problem-solving method used to identify the cause of a malfunction in a technological system.  	
10.02	Describe invention as a process of turning ideas and imagination into devices and systems and innovation as the process of modifying an existing product or system to improve it.  	
10.03	Identify technological problems that are best solved through experimentation.  	
11.0	Demonstrate the abilities to apply the design process.  The student will be able to:	
11.01	Apply a design process to solve problems in and beyond the laboratory-classroom.  	
11.02	Specify criteria and constraints for the design.  	
11.03	Make two-dimensional and three-dimensional representations of the designed solution.  	
11.04	Test and evaluate the design in relation to pre-established requirements, such as criteria and constraints, and refine as needed.  	
11.05	Make a product or system and document the solution.  	
12.0	Demonstrate the abilities to use and maintain technological products and systems.  The student will be able to:	
12.01	Use information provided in manuals, protocols, or by experienced people to see and understand how things work.  	
12.02	Use tools, materials, and machines safely to diagnose, adjust, and repair systems.  	
12.03	Use computers and calculators in various applications.  	
12.04	Operate and maintain systems in order to achieve a given purpose.  	
13.0	Demonstrate the abilities to assess the impact of products and systems.  The student will be able to:	
13.01	Design and use instruments to gather data.  	
13.02	Use data collected to analyze and interpret trends in order to identify the positive or negative effects of a technology.  	
13.03	Identify trends and monitor potential consequences of technological development.  	
13.04	Interpret and evaluate the accuracy of the information obtained and determine if it is useful.  	
14.0	Demonstrate an understanding of and be able to select and use manufacturing technologies.  The student will be able to:	
14.01	Describe manufacturing systems using mechanical processes that change the form of materials through processes of separating, forming, combining, and conditioning them.  	
14.02	Classify manufactured goods as durable and non-durable.	
14.03	Employ the manufacturing process including the designing, development, making, and servicing of products and systems.	
14.04	Describe manufacturing technologies that are used to modify or alter manufactured products.	
14.05	Explain that materials must first be located before they can be extracted from the earth through processes such as harvesting, drilling, and mining.	
15.0	Demonstrate proper and safe procedures while working with technological tools, apparatus, equipment, systems, and materials.  The student will be able to:	
15.01	Follow laboratory safety rules and procedures.	
15.02	Demonstrate good housekeeping at workstations within a total laboratory.	
15.03	Conduct laboratory activities and equipment operations in a safe manner.	
15.04	Exercise care and respect for all tools, equipment, and materials.	
15.05	Select appropriate tools, machines, and equipment to accomplish a given task.	
15.06	Identify color-coding safety standards.	
15.07	Safely use hand tools and power equipment.	
15.08	Explain fire prevention and safety precautions and practices for extinguishing fires.	
15.09	Identify harmful effects/potential dangers of familiar hazardous substances/devices to people and the environment.	
16.0	Exhibit positive human relations and leadership skills.  The student will be able to:	
16.01	Perform roles in a student personnel system or in the Florida Technology Student Association (FL-TSA).	
16.02	Work cooperatively with others.	
17.0	Discuss individual interests, aptitudes, and opportunities as they relate to a career.  The student will be able to:	
17.01	Identify individual strengths and weaknesses.	
17.02	Discuss individual interests related to a career.	
17.03	List occupations, job requirements, and job opportunities in production technology.	
17.04	List occupational training programs and academic programs at the secondary/postsecondary levels in production technology.	
18.0	Identify evolving technologies of production systems.  The student will be able to:	
18.01	List evolving technologies of manufacturing and construction industries.	
18.02	Discuss the evolution of technologies related to manufacturing systems and construction processes.	
18.03	Brainstorm futuristic production systems.	
19.0	Perform special skills unique to manufacturing technology.  The student will be able to:	
19.01	Design a product for custom or mass production manufacturing.	
19.02	Plan a mass production system for manufacturing a product.	
19.03	Perform materials forming practices such as casting or molding, and compressing or stretching.	
19.04	Perform materials separating practices such as shearing, chip removing, and other separating processes.	
19.05	Perform materials conditioning practices such as heat treating, physical conditioning, or through chemical reactions.	
19.06	Combine components through mixing, coating, bonding, and mechanical fastening.	
19.07	Assemble a product or a subassembly of a product.	
20.0	Express knowledge of factors that impact manufacturing technology and practices.  The student will be able to:	
20.01	Explain economic factors that impact on manufacturing technology.	
20.02	Research and identify consumer demands for a manufactured product.	
20.03	Identify sources of raw materials and/or standard stock materials needed for a manufactured product.	
20.04	Interview, hire, train, or promote an applicant or employee for a simulated mass production manufacturing activity.	
20.05	Define the terms "organized labor" and "collective bargaining."	
20.06	Prepare a plan for marketing and distributing a manufactured product.	

Career and Education Planning [these must be met to satisfy the requirements of Section 1003.4156, Florida Statutes]	
Standards and Benchmarks	
21.0	Explain his or her career interests, skills and values.  The student will be able to:	
21.01	Describe his or her career interests based on a career interest assessment, personal experience, career informational interviews, research and/or reflection.	
21.02	Describe what career-related skills are his or her current strengths or could become strengths in the future with practice and training based on a career skill assessment, personal experience and/or reflection.	
21.03	Describe what Iifestyle and workplace values are most important to them to consider during career decision making, such as salary and benefits, work environment, the nature of the work and work/life balance.	
21.04	Describe what values that relate to positively impacting others and the world are most important to them to weigh during career decision making.	
22.0	Describe occupations and industries in his or her region.  The student will be able to:	
22.01	Define Career Clusters, industries and occupations.	
22.02	Define regional poverty, average and family-sustaining wage thresholds.	
22.03	Review local labor market data to identify the top five regional occupations as relates to each of the following: employment, growth and salary.	
22.04	List three occupations that align with his or her personal career interests, skills and values.	
22.05	List the regional salary, employment and growth of three occupations they are most interested in learning more about.	
22.06	Summarize occupational content learned through a career informational interview, career fair, job shadowing, service learning, guest speaker, project-based learning, work-based learning, worksite visit or other firsthand experience.	
23.0	Describe a variety of postsecondary pathways.  The student will be able to:	
23.01	Evaluate the pros and cons of pursuing education, employment, entrepreneurship or enlistment immediately following high school.	
23.02	Define postsecondary training provider options and their admissions requirements, including apprenticeships, technical colleges, state or community colleges, universities and industry-recognized certification providers.	
23.03	Define postsecondary credentialing and stacking options, including industry-recognized certifications, apprenticeship certificates of completion, career certificates, licenses and associate or baccalaureate degrees	
23.04	Explain training options aligned with his or her career assessment results and occupational exploration.	
23.05	Review postsecondary training data and list the total cost, average debt after graduation and median earnings and job placement rates of students who completed the student’s preferred postsecondary training option.	
23.06	Summarize what they learned about his or her preferred postsecondary training provider through online research; virtual or in-person tours; a college fair; and/or interviewing a current student, alumni or staff member.	
24.0	Create a personalized career and academic plan.  The student will be able to:	
24.01	Prioritize an occupation for plan formation using one or more decision making techniques, such as a decision matrix, pros and cons analysis or other means	
24.02	Explain the reasoning for choosing to pursue his or her preferred occupation	
24.03	Identify which credentials, technical skills, and employability or entrepreneurship skills are relevant to his or her preferred career pathway.	
24.04	Prioritize a recognized postsecondary credential (industry-recognized certifications, apprenticeship certificates of completion, career certificates, licenses and associate or baccalaureate degrees) aligned with his or her chosen occupation using a decision-making technique, such as a decision matrix and/or pros and cons analysis, etc.	
24.05	Prioritize a postsecondary training provider aligned with his or her recognized postsecondary credential goal using a decision-making technique, such as a decision matrix and/or pros and cons analysis, etc.	
24.06	Define means of paying for postsecondary training, including scholarships (must include State scholarships), grants, savings, work, work-study programs, private loans and Federal loans.	
24.07	Describe ways of meeting the requirements of Florida’s graduation pathways and obtaining accelerated credit, work-based learning experience, career and technical education credit and industry-recognized certifications in high school.	
24.08	Develop a freshman year course schedule that meets high school graduation requirements and that provides academic and career preparation aligned with the student’s career goals.	
24.09	Identify extracurricular activities aligned with his or her occupational and postsecondary training goals.	

Additional Information

Laboratory Activities

Laboratory investigations that include scientific inquiry, research, measurement, problem solving, emerging technologies, tools and equipment, as well as, experimental, quality, and safety procedures are an integral part of this career and technical program/course. Laboratory investigations benefit all students by developing an understanding of the complexity and ambiguity of empirical work, as well as the skills required to manage, operate, calibrate and troubleshoot equipment/tools used to make observations. Students understand measurement error; and have the skills to aggregate, interpret, and present the resulting data. Equipment and supplies should be provided to enhance hands-on experiences for students. 

Florida Standards for English Language Development (ELD)
English language learners communicate for social and instructional purposes within the school setting. ELD.K12.ELL.SI.1

English Language Development (ELD) Standards Special Notes:
Teachers are required to provide listening, speaking, reading, and writing instruction that allows English language learners (ELL) to communicate for social and instructional purposes within the school setting.  For the given level of English language proficiency and with visual, graphic, or interactive support, students will interact with grade level words, expressions, sentences, and discourse to process or produce language necessary for academic success. The ELD standard should specify a relevant content area concept or topic of study chosen by curriculum developers and teachers which maximizes an ELL’s need for communication and social skills. For additional information on the development and implementation of the ELD standards, please contact the Bureau of Student Achievement through Language Acquisition at SALA@fldoe.org. 

Career Planning

Effective July 1, 2019, per Section 1003.4156, Florida Statutes (F.S.), for students to meet middle grades promotion requirements, a Career and Education Planning course must be completed in either sixth, seventh, or eighth grade. These courses should be taught integrating the eight career and education planning course standards. 

Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO)

CTSOs are co-curricular career and technical student organizations providing leadership training and reinforcing specific career and technical skills. Career and Technical Student Organizations provide activities for students as an integral part of the instruction offered. Other CTSOs not listed in this curriculum framework or recognized by the Florida Department of Education are permissible provided they support student mastery over the standards and benchmarks of this curriculum framework.

Accommodations

Federal and state legislation requires the provision of accommodations for students with disabilities as identified on the secondary student’s Individual Educational Plan (IEP) or 504 plan or postsecondary student’s accommodations’ plan to meet individual needs and ensure equal access. Accommodations change the way the student is instructed. Students with disabilities may need accommodations in such areas as instructional methods and materials, assignments and assessments, time demands and schedules, learning environment, assistive technology and special communication systems. Documentation of the accommodations requested and provided should be maintained in a confidential file.

In addition to accommodations, some secondary students with disabilities (students with an IEP served in Exceptional Student Education (ESE)) will need modifications to meet their needs. Modifications change the outcomes or what the student is expected to learn, e.g., modifying the curriculum of a secondary career and technical education course. Note: postsecondary curriculum and regulated secondary programs cannot be modified.