Investigating Careers in Business
Students are provided an opportunity to operate a small group or class-based business offering a service or product needed in their community. Students learn basic entrepreneurial concepts, fundamental business, economics, and private enterprise systems. Students analyze the sales process and financial management principles. Course objectives are achieved through collaborative work. Students investigate careers related to business administration and management.
Investigating Careers in Graphic Design I
This course includes composing and editing copy for documents such as brochures, posters, and publications. Students develop an understanding of graphic design and illustration. The creative design process is used for two or three-dimensional projects. Art elements and principles of design focus on the fundamental elements and principles of visual art and design. Career opportunities and qualifications are explored.
Investigating Careers in Audio/Video Media I
Students will analyze and assess current and emerging technologies and explore careers in the Arts, A/V Technology and Communications cluster, while designing and creating multimedia/animation projects. Students implement personal and interpersonal skills to prepare for a rapidly evolving workplace environment. The knowledge and skills acquired and practiced will enable students to successfully perform and interact in a technology-driven society.
Business, Marketing, and Finances
In Principles of Business, Marketing, and Finance, students gain knowledge and skills in economies and private enterprise systems, the impact of global business, the marketing of goods and services, advertising, and product pricing. Students analyze the sales process and financial management principles. This course allows students to reinforce, apply, and transfer academic knowledge and skills to a variety of interesting and relevant activities, problems, and settings in business, marketing, and finance.
Speech (.5)
This course develops the skills of the five functions of expression: participating in social traditions, informing, persuading, creating and imagining. Students will develop and evaluate communication skills needed for professional and social success in interpersonal situations, group interactions, and professional presentations
Health (.5)
This course presents extensive coverage of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Health including: consumer health; diseases; environmental health and safety; growth and development; health and fitness for daily living; nutrition; use and abuse of tobacco, alcohol and drugs; and the human life cycle. Students are encouraged to choose responsible health behaviors now and in the future. This course is for mature middle school students. Students who complete this course will earn 0.5 high school credit toward their graduation requirements.
Graphic Design and Illustration (Yearbook)
Within this context, in addition to developing knowledge and skills needed for success in the Arts, Audio/Video Technology, and Communications Career Cluster, students will be expected to develop an understanding of the industry with a focus on fundamental elements and principles of visual art and design.
Means Media (Print/Video)
Careers in the Arts, Audio/Video Technology, and Communications Career Cluster require a creative aptitude, a strong background in computer and technology applications, a strong academic foundation, and a proficiency in oral and written communication. Students will be provided an opportunity to develop an understanding of the various and multifaceted career opportunities in this cluster and the knowledge, skills, and educational requirements for those opportunities. This course allows students to develop knowledge and skills related to information management, presentation, animation, video technology, printing and desktop publishing.
Film
To survey and analyze cinema including history, film techniques, production procedures, selected motion pictures, and cinema’s impact on and reflection of society. Students will also spend a great deal of time learning cinematic narrative structure and will develop their own screenplays (most likely in the form of group collaboration). The second half of the course will see students developing short films based on the screenplays they constructed in the first half of the course.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will:
- Analyze film through written response.
- Demonstrate a basic knowledge of film history, form, and genre.
- Describe the collaborative nature of cinema and the many jobs required to develop a motion picture.
- Discuss/Describe the relationship of cinema to society as it relates to his/her perspective.
Art Courses
Phoenix Art (Beginning Art)
Students will explore TAB (teaching for artistic behavior) strategies that explore a central theme while investigating preferred interests. The beginning artists research and implement creative projects that explore the principles and elements of art which includes experimenting with different materials.
Intermediate Art (Visual Arts Portfolio Requirement)
Students will explore TAB (teaching for artistic behavior) strategies that explore a central theme while investigating preferred interests. The intermediate artists research and implement creative projects that explore and build on the principles and elements of art to create unique works of art with increased knowledge and expertise of material usage.
Advanced Art (Visual Arts Portfolio Requirement)
Students will explore TAB (teaching for artistic behavior) strategies that explore a central theme while investigating preferred interests. The advanced artists research and implement creative projects that explore and build on the principles and elements of art to create unique works of art, investigate current artists styles, explore career opportunities within the arts and some students will participate in Jr. Vase each year.
Art I (8th Grade) (High School Credit)
8th grade students that have passed 6th or 7th grade Art at Sadler Means, or with approval from the Sadler Means art teacher.
Sadler Means YWLA offers TAB (teaching for artistic behavior) program. TAB is a choice based curriculum that allows students to explore a central theme while investigating preferred interests. Students will explore TAB (teaching for artistic behavior) strategies that explore a central theme while investigating preferred interests. The Art 1 artists research and implement creative projects that explore high school levels of art, create unique works of art, investigate current artist’s styles and explore career opportunities within the art and participate in Jr. Vase contest each year