Vocab 1
Competence in an activity or occupation because of one's skill, training, or other qualification.
What is ability?
Subject-specific sub scores and one composite score on a comprehensive achievement test for college-bound high school students, administered by the American College Testing Program.
What is ACT Scores?
A document issued by an educational training provider to a student who completes a training program. It serves to provide proof of training. The duration of the program might be less than two years, more than a two-year associate degree but less than a baccalaureate degree, or that required for a post-baccalaureate certificate.
What is Certificate?
An ongoing, individualize collection of materials (electronic or hard copy)that
documents a student’s educational performance, career exploration, and employment experiences over time.
What is Career Portfolio?
The action of working with someone to produce or create something.
What is collaboration?
An estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time.
What is Budget?
Someone who develops, designs, owns, and operates a business for profit.
What is entrepreneur?
College-level courses provided at the secondary level through which students may receive college credit by examination.
What is Advanced Placement (AP)?
A student’s plan showing the courses that will be taken in order to ensure that all graduation requirements are met and any educational goals they have will be achieved.
What is High School Plan?
A 1990 federal law that forbids discrimination against persons who are disabled.
What is American with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
Adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.
What is integrity?
A degree received upon completion of a program of study at a university or college. Traditionally, a baccalaureate or bachelor's degree requires four years of full-time education, and are commonly known as a Bachelor's of Arts or Science.
What is Bachelor's Degree?
The body of work—all jobs and occupations—and life experiences that a person experiences during his or her lifetime.
What is career?
The use of the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of an artistic work.
What is creativity?
Positive character traits are highly sought by employers. These traits include: dependability, teamwork, interpersonal skills, honesty, positive attitude, persistence, integrity, self-discipline, taking initiative/responsibility, appreciation of diversity, leadership, and communication.
What is Character?
To give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
What is contribute?
is designed to prepare you to transition successfully to postsecondary education, training and careers. These classes and programs teach the high demand skills needed to get a job in today’s economy.
What is Career Technical Education?
Experiences where students work for an employer for a specified period of time to learn about a particular industry or occupation. Internship programs extend formal classroom learning into the community. Internships are linked to a related internship class, paid or unpaid (usually unpaid), time limited, connected to career goals, and offer opportunities to explore career options in a particular field of work.
What is internship?
An undergraduate academic degree awarded by a California community college upon completion of a course of study. Traditionally, Associate degrees require two years of full-time training to achieve.
What is associate Degree?
A fixed purpose or intention.
What is determination?