2020-2021 COURSE DESCRIPTION GUIDE COMMUNICATION/ARTS/MEDIA HELLO. CONSTRUCTION HEALTH OCCUPATIONS

The Elkhart Area Career Center (EACC) has HUMAN SERVICES been serving juniors and seniors across Michiana Choose one of 33 courses since 1972. We serve nine Indiana school districts, from our 7 career clusters multiple private schools, and one Michigan school MANUFACTURING & ENGINEERING district. Our half day programs serve over 1000 listed to get you closer to students annually, providing a strong foundation for PUBLIC SAFETY career exploration and preparing students for either your career goals. immediate placement in the field or a jumpstart on their post-secondary training. The EACC’s TRANSPORTATION responsiveness over the years allows for programs to reflect local and national needs across the various career clusters. A continued focus on instructional rigor and relevant training position our students for future success.

All programs at the EACC are built on the concept FREE UP TO 2 SEMESTERS OF of offering stackable credentials. Through dual credit agreements with Ivy Tech Community College COLLEGE CREDITS COLLEGE EARNED and Vincennes University, students participating in EACC programs have the opportunity to begin working towards a college credential. In fact, twelve of our programs are designated “early college” and TECHNICAL POTENTIAL TO EARN AN BRANDON EAKINS allow students the opportunity to earn a certificate, DIRECTOR technical certificate, or in some cases an associate’s CERTIFICATE ASSOCIATES DEGREE degree when paired with dual credits earned at their home school.

In addition, industry recognized certifications are EARN UP TO 2 SEMESTERS OF FREE COLLEGE CREDIT, A TECHNICAL CERTIFICATE, available across most programs and many times these OR POTENTIALLY AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE WHILE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL. credentials bring more value than college credit. Students also have the opportunity to participate in work-based learning and project-based learning in all programs. These meaningful experiences allow our students to connect theory and hands-on skills to the PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS application necessary in their field of study. Support from our over 400 business partners makes these opportunities more genuine and allows students a chance to begin building relationships in their field of interest. Bremen Northridge Our focus on building relationships, modeling and Concord NorthWood teaching professionalism, developing rigorous curriculum, and creating real-world experiences Elkhart Penn prepares our students for their futures. Goshen Edwardsburg Jimtown Elkhart Christian Academy Mr. Brandon Eakins, Director Mishawaka Mishawaka Marian

EACC COURSE GUIDE | 1 EACC COURSE GUIDE | 2 Each of these courses qualifies as 6 elective credits for Core 40, Academic and Technical Honors Diplomas. For more info about our courses visit our website at IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ANY OF OUR COURSES www.myeacc.org PLEASE TALK TO YOUR SCHOOL COUNSELOR. COMMUNICATIONS/ART/MEDIA AUDIO/VIDEO COMMERCIAL GRAPHIC DESIGN 1& 2 INTERACTIVE MEDIA PRODUCTION 1 & 2 PHOTOGRAPHY 1 & 2 COURSE OVERVIEW: 1ST YEAR COURSE OVERVIEW: 1ST YEAR (DOE COURSE: GRAPHIC DESIGN & LAYOUT-5550) (DOE COURSE: INTERACTIVE MEDIA-5232) COURSE OVERVIEW: 1ST YEAR COURSE OVERVIEW: 1ST YEAR • Learn about typography, color theory, electronic • Learn about marketing and advertising for small business (DOE COURSE: RADIO & TELEVISION I-5986) (DOE COURSE: COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY-5570) illustration and photo manipulation • Learn the basics of web design • Students gain a working knowledge of the basic • Introduction to the fundamentals of photography • Learn the basic functions of Adobe Creative Cloud • Learn how to create social media advertising techniques, skills, and professional courtesy used in and lighting software, such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign campaigns, using platforms such as LinkedIn, audio/video careers • Students learn useful work flows and current • Create logos and layouts for posters, social media, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, etc. • Students focus on creating concepts, scripts, software, such as Adobe Photoshop CC and Adobe billboards, magazine covers, and more • Learn about email blasts and other forms of mass production, and editing audio/video using Lightroom CC • Produce an exciting and creative portfolio that will communication professional industry techniques and equipment • Develop an understanding of professional level be used to gain employment and/or acceptance • Create content (visuals, animation, video, etc.) for equipment and studio practices into an art college web, social media, email blasts, etc. • Students will become proficient in content COURSE OVERVIEW: 2ND YEAR • Participate in nationally-recognized art/design • Prerequisite: creation & problem solving competitions Must be a second year communications/art/media (DOE COURSE: RADIO & TELEVISION II-5992) student and requires instructor approval • Familiarize students with the fundamental principles of radio program production, recording, COURSE OVERVIEW: 2ND YEAR COURSE OVERVIEW: 2ND YEAR editing, interviewing, & microphone techniques (DOE COURSE: GRAPHIC DESIGN & LAYOUT 5550) CAREER FOCUS • Students get practical experience, in-field • Students practice creating content for use with (DOE COURSE: GRAPHIC IMAGING & TECHNOLOGY-5572) • Students will be prepared to attend college or art production, video editing, and live studio interactive media • Create professional multi-page graphic designs school, gain immediate entry-level employment as such as editorial spreads, postcards, greeting cards, production • Build a photography portfolio showcasing a content creators • Students assist in the daily operations of closed- diverse range of photography skills brochures, calendars, and more • Explore GIF animation and website design circuit TV channel 24 and an HD radio station • Students are introduced to the foundations of web Instructor Approval Required • Prerequisite: design and web programming • Work with actual clients and get paid for your designs • Continue adding college-level work to your portfolio Earn up to 15 college credits Audio/Video Production 1 • Work with community leaders to produce content Certifications available for real world projects • Prerequisite: (DOE COURSE: RADIO & TELEVISION I-5986) Graphic Design 1 Costs= $75 • Prerequisite: Art competition entry fees $5-$25 per entry Commercial Photography 1 (DOE COURSE: GRAPHIC DESIGN & LAYOUT-5550) CAREER FOCUS (DOE COURSE: COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY-5570) • Students will be prepared for entry-level employment in broadcast television, broadcast CAREER FOCUS radio, or pursue film and audio/video production for CAREER FOCUS • Students will be prepared to attend college or art school, gain immediate entry-level employment in the Internet and other media outlets • Students will be prepared to attend college or art school, work in a photography studio, or begin a the graphic design field, or begin a freelance career Earn up to 12 college credits freelance career 1st year costs= $80 Earn up to 9 college credits 2nd year costs= $80 Earn up to 3 college credits 1st year costs= $28 Certifications available 2nd year costs= $3 1st year costs= $150 Art competition entry fees $5-$25 per entry 2nd year costs= $125

EACC COURSE GUIDE | 3 EACC COURSE GUIDE | 4 CONSTRUCTION PUBLIC SAFETY CONSTRUCTION CSI: CRIME SCENE FIREFIGHTING TRADES 1 & 2 INVESTIGATION COURSE OVERVIEW COURSE OVERVIEW: 1ST YEAR (DOE COURSE: FIRE & RESCUE I-5820) COURSE OVERVIEW • Classroom and hands-on experience with course (DOE COURSE: CONSTRUCTION TRADES I-5580) (DOE COURSE: CRIMINAL JUSTICE II ADVANCED -5824) • Train in a lab with state-of-the art power tools and completion state certification • Introduction to the investigation process and • Develop specialized skills applicable to those used in power equipment with highly skilled instructors and solution of crimes assistants totaling nearly 100 years of combined • Specialized classroom and lab experiences based today’s fire service experience on skills used in CSI • Interact with local career and volunteer firefighters from • Covers every major construction career area: • Develop skills to identify and secure a crime area departments carpentry, residential wiring, residential plumbing, scene, sketch and document a crime scene, and • Develop life-long life skills concrete, and many others collect and package evidence • Categorize evidence such as fingerprints, tool CAREER FOCUS COURSE OVERVIEW: 2ND YEAR marks, and DNA to solve a crime • Train utilizing hands-on strategies collecting • Students will be prepared to pursue further (DOE COURSE: CONSTRUCTION TRADES II-5578) evidence and participating in crime scene education in a firefighting career • Completion of building a residential home investigations • Use the latest construction materials and • Interact with numerous law enforcement Earn up to 12 college credits construction techniques to meet today’s building professionals whose specific knowledge and skills Indiana Firefighting 1 & 2 certifications available codes and energy efficiency requirements of the will provide insight into the day-to-day workings of Costs= $150 class fee home building industry a crime scene investigator • Prerequisite: • Prerequisite: Construction Trades 1 Law Enforcement (DOE COURSE: CONSTRUCTION TRADES I-5580) (DOE COURSE: CRIMINAL JUSTICE I-5822) LAW ENFORCEMENT COURSE OVERVIEW CAREER FOCUS (DOE COURSE: CRIMINAL JUSTICE I-5822) • Students will be prepared for immediate CAREER FOCUS • Develop specialized classroom training and hands-on employment in the construction field and/ or • Students will be prepared to pursue further skills which are used in the law enforcement, corrections, further education education in the crime scene investigation field or a and public safety fields public safety/military service career • Experience fundamental training based upon the ILEA Certifications available (Indiana Law Enforcement Academy), which provides IKORCC Apprenticeship Training Earn up to 18 college credits and early college certificate a foundation for citizens’ expectations of public safety 1st year costs= $125 (uniforms and basic hand tools) Certifications available professionals 2nd year costs= $50-70 (hard hats, uniform replacement) Costs= $125 • Acquire core skills including patrol tactics, criminal and traffic laws, traffic violations, and parking enforcement. In addition, hands-on training in arrest procedures, person searches, and building/vehicle searches will be EMT: EMERGENCY conducted • Integrate numerous public safety professionals (both MEDICAL TECHNICIAN current & retired) into curriculum to provide an excellent COURSE OVERVIEW knowledge base for students (DOE COURSE: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES -5210) • Develop fundamental skills needed for the emergency medical services profession CAREER FOCUS • Learn lifesaving CPR techniques and first aid care • Students will be prepared for further education at • Recognize, manage, and apply scene information a college of their choice, or entry into the public and patient assessment to guide emergency safety / military service fields management of the sick and injured patients • Seniors Only Earn up to 15 college credits and early college certificate Certifications available Costs= $100 CAREER FOCUS • Students successfully completing this program will be eligible to sit for the National Registry EMT exam and the Indiana Psychomotor exam leading to EMT certification, which will allow students to gain entry level positions as an EMT for an ambulance/ fire service as well as ED Tech positions in the Emergency Department Earn up to 7.5 college credits Emergency Medical Technician-Basic certification available Costs= $100+uniform pants and shoes EMT certification exam= $80 Identifies programs that offer the Early College Option

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AGRICULTURE POWER AUTOMOTIVE REFINISHING DIESEL SERVICE MOTORCYCLE/OUTDOOR STRUCTURE & TECHNOLOGY COURSE OVERVIEW TECHNOLOGY 1&2 POWER TECHNOLOGY 1&2 (DOE COURSE: AUTOMOTIVE COLLISION REPAIR II-5544) (AGRICULTURE MECHANICS) • Introduction and discussion related to safety and COURSE OVERVIEW:1ST YEAR COURSE OVERVIEW:1ST YEAR COURSE OVERVIEW the environment, refinish equipment, and color (DOE COURSE: DIESEL SERVICE TECHNOLOGY I-5620) (DOE COURSE: RECREATIONAL & MOBILE EQUIPMENT I-5842) (DOE COURSE: AGRICULTURE POWER STRUCTURE & theory, application, tinting, and blending • Introduce students to diesel engine operating • Develop essential core skills required to prepare TECHNOLOGY-5088) • MSDS, environmental laws, and material mixing principles and theories for a career in small engine and motorcycle repair • This course provides theory and hands-on • Paint vehicles using industry-standard equipment • Experience hands-on training on diesel engines, • Experience and apply shop safety and customer experiences that provide opportunities for students and materials fuel systems and engine electrical systems service skills to develop basic knowledge and skills in agricultural • Work side-by-side with experienced automotive • Practical experience using OEM diagnostic • Earn tools and scholarship money through mechanics refinishing technicians software and service information involvement in student organizations such as • Instructional areas include the basic fundamentals • Efficiently produce quality repairs in the fast-paced • Earn tools and scholarship money SkillsUSA, FFA, Hot Rodders of Tomorrow, and of maintaining and repairing internal combustion environment of an automotive refinishing facility • CDL licensure instruction NHRA’s Youth and Education Services by competing engines, drive components, hydraulics, pneumatics, • Prerequisite: Automotive Collision Repair in a skill area basic electricity, basic welding, fabrication, cold metal (DOE COURSE: AUTOMOTIVE COLLISION REPAIR I -5514) work, and operating agricultural equipment safely COURSE OVERVIEW:2ND YEAR • Earn tools and scholarship money through (DOE COURSE: DIESEL SERVICE TECHNOLOGY II-5624) COURSE OVERVIEW:2ND YEAR involvement in FFA CAREER FOCUS • Introduce students to operation principles and (DOE COURSE: RECREATIONAL & MOBILE EQUIPMENT II-5844) • Students will be prepared for immediate • Great hands-on experience while developing a portfolio theories of heavy duty drive trains, brakes, steering • Analyze, diagnose, and repair equipment for employment in the automotive refinishing industry, and suspension individuals in the community, working on real- ASE certification, and/or further education • Hands-on training on drive trains, brakes, world projects CAREER FOCUS suspension and steering • Participate in high-level paid internships with local • Students will be prepared for an exciting career in I-CAR (Inter-Industry Conference on Automotive Repair) • Learn DOT and preventative maintenance companies agriculture certification available inspection skills • Continue to earn scholarships and prizes with Earn up to 14 college credits and early college certificate • CDL licensure instruction student organizations Earn up to 6 college credits Costs= $80 • Prerequisite: Diesel Service Technology 1 • Prerequisite: Motorcycle/Outdoor Power Technology 1 Earn an additional 2 High School credits for SAE (DOE COURSE: DIESEL SERVICE TECHNOLOGY I-5620) (DOE COURSE: RECREATIONAL & MOBILE EQUIPMENT I-5842) (Supervised Ag Experience) Costs= $80 AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE CAREER FOCUS CAREER FOCUS • Students will be prepared for entry level positions in • Students will be prepared for immediate TECHNOLOGY 1 & 2 the diesel service technology field, ASE certification employment in small engines and motorcycle repair COURSE OVERVIEW: 1ST YEAR and/or further education in the trucking, heavy and/or further education equipment, agriculture and marine fields AUTOMOTIVE COLLISION REPAIR (DOE COURSE: AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE TECHNOLOGY I-5510) Earn up to 6 college credits COURSE OVERVIEW • Learn preventative maintenance skills, suspension, brakes, basic electrical, & alignments Earn up to 30 college credits and early college certificate Certifications available (DOE COURSE: AUTOMOTIVE COLLISION REPAIR I -5514) • Analyze, diagnose, maintain, and repair basic and ASE certifications available 1st year costs= $80 • Introduction and discussion related to the advanced automotive systems 1st year costs= $50 2nd year costs= $30 fundamentals of collision repair, welding, trim and • Earn tools and scholarships in organizations like 2nd year costs= $50 hardware, and exterior panel repair of automobiles SkillsUSA and Hot Rodders of Tomorrow • Vehicle construction and terminology, collision • Participate in AYES, a nationally recognized energy management, automotive fasteners, and organization supported by more than a dozen bolt-on replacement parts will also be covered automotive manufacturers • Repair and/or replace steel and plastic automotive • Opportunity for paid summer internships at local and truck body panels to pre-accident condition using professional grade tools and equipment dealerships through AYES • Work side-by-side with experienced collision repair technicians COURSE OVERVIEW: 2ND YEAR • Efficiently produce quality repairs in the fast- (DOE COURSE: AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE TECHNOLOGY II-5546) paced environment of an automotive collision • Learn skills in engine repair, engine management, repair facility fuel, ignition, electronic engine controls and sensors, and automotive business structure and management • Perform real-world fixes, diagnosing, evaluating, CAREER FOCUS correcting, and verifying repairs using the same tools • Students will be prepared for immediate and equipment the pros use employment in the automotive collision repair • Earn opportunities for on-the-job internships industry, ASE certification, and/or further education • Earn scholarships and tools • Prerequisite: Automotive Service Technology 1 I-CAR (Inter-Industry Conference on Automotive Repair) (DOE COURSE: AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE TECHNOLOGY I-5510) certification available Earn up to 14 college credits and early college certificate Costs= $80 CAREER FOCUS • Students will be prepared for employment in the automotive service field and/or further education Earn up to 21 college credits and early college certificate ASE/NATEF Student certifications available 1st year costs= $150 EACC COURSE GUIDE | 7 2nd year costs= $125 EACC COURSE GUIDE | 8 HEALTH OCCUPATIONS Identifies programs that offer the Early College Option

CARDIOLOGY 1&2 MEDICAL ASSISTING 1&2 PRE-NURSING with CNA COURSE OVERVIEW:1ST YEAR COURSE OVERVIEW:1ST YEAR CONCENTRATION (DOE COURSE: HEALTH SCIENCE II SPECIAL TOPICS-5286) (DOE COURSE: HEALTH SCIENCE EDUCATION I-5282) • Cardiology focus • Perform life-saving CPR and first aid procedures at COURSE OVERVIEW • Learn entry level patient care skills utilized in the professional health care level (DOE COURSE: HEALTH SCIENCE II-NURSING-5284) many healthcare environments including, but not • Successfully draw blood (phlebotomy) and • Prepares students desiring to work as nurses limited to; assessment of blood pressure, pulse and perform ECGs (electrocardiograms) with the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential respirations, assisting with activities of daily living, • Practice a variety of medical assisting skills to for providing nursing care in extended care facilities, CPR, AED, and first aid prepare for a career in a physician’s office or clinic hospitals and home health agencies • Develop fundamental skills necessary to assess the • CNA coursework, along with Anatomy and electrical function of the cardiac system and report Physiology, will be the emphasis in this program findings to the physicians for further care of patient COURSE OVERVIEW:2ND YEAR • Individuals who successfully complete this course are • Juniors only with two year program commitment (DOE COURSE: HEALTH SCIENCE II-SPECIAL TOPICS-5286) eligible to apply to sit for the CNA certification exam • Prerequisite: MUST have 4 semesters of high • Learn advanced medical assisting skills for nursing assistants school completed, have a minimum GPA of 2.6 AND • Work with health care professionals using medical • This course meets the minimum standards for entry be on the Core 40 Diploma track; OR have passed a assisting skills in internship experiences into Ivy Tech’s Nursing program (RN) but does not standardized test with one of the following scores: • Prepare for national certification exam to become guarantee admittance into Ivy Tech’s Nursing Program CMA (certified medical assistant) • Prerequisite: MUST have 4 semesters of high Writing Reading • Prerequisite: school completed, have a minimum GPA of 2.6 AND Accuplacer 80 (Sentence Skills) 76 Medical Assisting 1 be on the Core 40 Diploma track; OR have passed a ACT 17 (English) 18 (DOE COURSE: HEALTH SCIENCE EDUCATION I-5282) standardized test with one of the following scores: PSAT 26 25 SAT 27 25 Writing Reading CAREER FOCUS Accuplacer 80 (Sentence Skills) 76 • Students will be prepared to seek employment as a ACT 17 (English) 18 COURSE OVERVIEW:2ND YEAR medical assistant or office assistant in offices and clinics, PSAT 26 25 (DOE COURSE: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES II-5210) and/or further their education in a medical career SAT 27 25 • Develop more in-depth knowledge of the cardiac system • Seniors only and patient care, including a clinical phase preparing Earn up to 3 college credits students to enter the job market as EKG Technicians National Health Careers Assoc. Clinical Medical Assisting • Become eligible to sit for The National Registry (CCMA) certification available CAREER FOCUS exam for EMT certification 1st year costs= $40 lab fee, scrub uniform, clinic • Ivy Tech Pre-Nursing Certification (Ivy Tech • Prerequisite: shoes & watch Graduation)Nurses are employed in doctor’s offices, Cardiology 1 2nd year costs= $80 lab fee clinics, hospitals, as well as many other areas (DOE COURSE: HEALTH SCIENCE II SPECIAL TOPICS-5286) Seniors who qualify for internships will need TB test, flu • The Ivy Tech Nursing program works very closely shot, and background history check with local hospitals, pharmacies and clinics to be sure our students get the best education possible CAREER FOCUS and the very best jobs possible. • Students will be prepared to gain employment • Students will be prepared to apply for Ivy Tech’s as Cardiac (EKG) Technicians and Cardiac Monitor Registered Nursing (RN) Degree Program, License Technicians in a variety of settings and or gain Practical Nursing (LPN) Degree Program, or a employment with an ambulance service, emergency Transitional Nursing Degree Program department, and many other healthcare facilities Earn up to 20 College Credits and early college certificate Earn up to 30 college credits and early college certificate Dementia Care and CNA Certification available Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) certificate available Costs= $150.00 NHA Certified EKG Technician certificate available 1st year costs= $100+uniform pants and shoes 2nd year costs= $100+uniform pants and shoes EMT certification exam= $80 CET exam= $115

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CAREERS IN SPORTS DENTAL HEALTH CAREERS COSMETOLOGY 1&2 CREATIVE OUTDOOR COURSE OVERVIEW COURSE OVERVIEW:1ST YEAR MEDICINE 1 & 2 (DOE COURSE: DENTAL HEALTH CAREERS-5203) (DOE COURSE: COSMETOLOGY I-5802) MANAGEMENT 1&2 COURSE OVERVIEW • Hands-on experience in dental procedures and • Introduction to developing the skills necessary for COURSE OVERVIEW:1ST YEAR (DOE COURSE: HEALTH SCIENCE EDUCATION II: expanded functions in dental assisting earning the Indiana Cosmetology license including, (DOE COURSE: LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT I-5136) ATHLETIC TRAINING-5290) • Deliver oral hygiene instruction to both children but not limited to hair design, haircutting, hair • Learn to identify species of plants • Exposes and prepares students for health care and adults coloring, nail care, skin care and salon business skills • Learn the common names and botanical names of plants fields related to athletics: i.e. athletic training, • Develop dental terminology that will enhance • Develop the professional skills necessary to be a • Identify growth habits and differences of shade, personal training, occupational and physical practical skills successful employee such as punctuality, initiative, ornamental, and evergreen trees and shrubs therapy, exercise science, and physical fitness • Experience internships in a dental office and professional integrity • Learn maintenance techniques for private • Introduction to Health Careers will be supported • Develop and build employability skills • Juniors only with two year program commitment landscapes, nurseries, or grounds, such as golf by Anatomy & Physiology, Medical Terminology, courses, athletic fields, botanical gardens, or First Aid, and Nutrition agricultural settings • Students will be introduced to Kinesiology, CAREER FOCUS COURSE OVERVIEW:2ND YEAR •Become OSHA Agriculture Safety and lawn care Exercise Science, and Health and Wellness • Students will be prepared to seek employment in (DOE COURSE: COSMETOLOGY II-5806) certified • The concentration of this program will be to practice a dental office and/or further education in a dental • Implementation of necessary skills needed to skills built on competencies learned, field experiences health careers program complete State Board of Cosmetology examinations with real-world application, and the development of • Practice necessary practical tasks for running the COURSE OVERVIEW:2ND YEAR individualized plans to further in-depth knowledge of Earn up to 15 advanced placement credits EACC simulated salon (DOE COURSE: LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT II-5137) • Design and draft landscape plans sports medicine and athletic training NELDA (National entry Level Dental Assistant) certification • Develop professional communication skills with available clients, instructors and fellow classmates • Continued learning of maintenance techniques Costs= $180 • Learn how to problem solve salon business skills • Identify bacteria, diseases and management of COURSE OVERVIEW:2ND YEAR • Prerequisite: these problems (DOE COURSE: HEALTH SCIENCE EDUCATION II: Cosmetology 1 • Learn the business aspects of this industry • Prerequisite: SPECIAL TOPICS ATHLETIC TRAINING-5286) (DOE COURSE: COSMETOLOGY I-5802) • Continue to refine skills and knowledge base Creative Landscaping 1 gained in 1st year VETERINARY CAREERS 1&2 (DOE COURSE: LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT I-5136) • Students will develop a more project based CAREER FOCUS COURSE OVERVIEW:1ST YEAR • Students will be prepared to meet the Indiana approach in potential career field of their choice (DOE COURSE: VETERINARY CAREERS I-5211) CAREER FOCUS • Students will have opportunities to gain field State Board Standards for Cosmetology and • Students will be introduced to the science of Biology become a licensed professional cosmetologist • Students will be prepared for immediate experience through job shadowing and internships in • Trained to provide professional support to employment or further their education to become a fields related to sports medicine veterinarians landscape designer or architect at a 2-year or 4-year • Prerequisite: Class is 4 hours long • Hands-on experiences such as blood draws, You must have your own transportation post secondary institution Careers in Sports Medicine 1 animal restraining, and preparing examination (DOE COURSE: HEALTH SCIENCE EDUCATION II-5290) Earn up to 28 college credits rooms for veterinarians Indiana Cosmetology License available Earn up to 27 college credits • Students will be introduced to post-secondary 1st year costs= $400 registration fee, $175 for uniform & Certified Business Professional (CBP) certification available CAREER FOCUS opportunities in veterinary science supplies 1st year costs= $50 • Students will be prepared to pursue further education 2nd year costs= $25 2nd year costs= $50 at the postsecondary school of their choice in pursuit of advanced degrees in athletic training, personal training, COURSE OVERVIEW:2ND YEAR occupational and physical therapy, exercise science, or (DOE COURSE: VETERINARY CAREERS II-5212) physical fitness • Continue to refine skills as a veterinarian technician • Hands-on experiences such as grooming, lab Certifications available testing, and independent scientific research 1st year costs= $50 • Students will design the structure and organization 2nd year costs= $50 of their own veterinary facility • Opportunity for internships in local veterinary clinics that may lead to employment • Prerequisite: Veterinary Assisting 1 (DOE COURSE: VETERINARY CAREERS I-5211)

CAREER FOCUS • Students will be prepared to pursue further education to become a veterinary technician, a veterinary assistant, or a veterinarian Earn up to 6 college credits Certifications available 1st year costs= $45 lab fees 2nd year costs= $45 lab fees

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CULINARY ARTS & EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROFESSIONS COURSE OVERVIEW:1ST YEAR HOSPITALITY 1 &2 EDUCATION 1& 2 (DOE COURSE: EDUCATION PROFESSIONS I-5408) COURSE OVERVIEW:1ST YEAR COURSE OVERVIEW:1ST YEAR • Provides the foundation for employment in (DOE COURSE: CULINARY ART & HOSPITALITY I-5440) (DOE COURSE: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION I-5412) education and related careers and prepares • Learn basic sanitation and culinary theory • Create lesson plans for children 0-8 years using students for study in higher education. • Learn hands-on (practical) cooking techniques play-based approach • An active learning approach that utilizes higher • Preparation of soups, stocks, and sauces • Build health, safety and nutrition activities and order thinking, communication, leadership, and • Hands-on training in a fully-equipped newly environments for children 0-8 years management processes is recommended in order updated kitchen with professional chef instructor • Learn curriculum approaches and application in to integrate suggested topics into the study of • Learn basic cooking techniques and basic hands-on activities education and related careers. sanitation principles • Develop fundamental knowledge of child growth • The course of study includes, but is not limited • Juniors only with two year program commitment and development in cognitive, physical, and to: the teaching profession, the learner and the emotional growth in young children learning process, planning instruction, learning • Juniors only with two year program commitment environment, and instructional and assessment COURSE OVERVIEW:2ND YEAR strategies. (DOE COURSE: CULINARY ART & HOSPITALITY II-5346) • Exploratory field experiences in classroom settings • Work in a fully equipped baking lab and kitchen COURSE OVERVIEW:2ND YEAR and career portfolios are required components. with a professional chef instructor (DOE COURSE: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION II-5406) • A standards-based plan guides the students’ field • Gain work experience by preparing product for the •Learn what it takes to be a childcare director and/ experiences. student-run bakery, catering, and fundraising events or owner • Juniors only with two year program commitment • Take turns working and managing student-run bakery • Prepare for CDA (Child Development Associate credential) • Prepare foods following different nutrition and • Develop a professional portfolio with evidence of dietary guidelines competency of work with young children COURSE OVERVIEW:2ND YEAR • Prepare portfolio for interviewing and learn • Build a detailed analysis of human development (DOE COURSE: EDUCATION PROFESSIONS II-5404) supervisory and management skills from infancy through adulthood • The course of study includes, but is not limited • Prerequisite: • Construct language and literacy skills for young to: the teaching profession, the learner and the Culinary Art & Hospitality 1 children learning process, planning instruction, learning (DOE COURSE: CULINARY ART & HOSPITALITY I-5440) • Prerequisite: environment, and instructional and assessment Early Childhood Education 1 strategies. (DOE COURSE: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION I-5412) • Extensive field experiences in one or more CAREER FOCUS classroom settings, resumes, and career portfolios • Students will be prepared to further their are required components. A standards-based plan education in college or culinary school, or gain CAREER FOCUS guides the students’ field experiences. immediate employment in the culinary field • Students will be prepared for immediate • Students are monitored in their field experiences employment in early childhood education and/or by the Education Professions II teacher. Articulation Earn up to 16 college credits and early college certificate further education with post-secondary programs is encouraged. ServSafe Food Manager: National Restaurant Association • Recommended Grade Level: 12 certification available Earn up to 23 college credits and early college certificate • Prerequisite: 1st year costs= $112 (additional cost for plus-sized Child Development Associate (CDA) certificate available Education Professions I uniforms) 1st year costs= $70 + uniform (DOE COURSE: EDUCATION PROFESSIONS I-5408) 2nd year costs= $50 2nd year costs= $110 (CDA exam) CAREER FOCUS • Students will be prepared for employment in education and related careers and provides the foundation for study in higher education in these career areas Earn up to 18 College Credits and early college certificate Technical Certificate Available 1 st Year Cost: $100.00 2 nd Year Cost: $100.00

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AUTOMATION & ENGINEERING CAD: COMPUTER AIDED 3D COMPUTER ANIMATION & COMPUTER NETWORKING/PC TECHNOLOGY 1&2 DRAFTING 1&2 VISUALIZATION MAINTENANCE 1&2 COURSE OVERVIEW:1ST YEAR COURSE OVERVIEW:1ST YEAR COURSE OVERVIEW: COURSE OVERVIEW:1ST YEAR (DOE COURSE: INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION & ROBOTICS I-5610) (DOE COURSE: MECHANICAL DRAFTING AND DESIGN I-4836) (DOE COURSE: MECHANICAL DRAFTING AND DESIGN II-4838) (DOE COURSE: COMPUTER NETWORKING I-5234) • Opportunity to design and construct large scale • Introduction to technical / mechanical drafting, • Introduction to technical / mechanical drafting, • Build and troubleshoot PCs projects that incorporate computer control, sensors, architectural drafting, 3D modeling, and 3D printing architectural drafting, 3D modeling, and 3D printing • Create, modify, and troubleshoot network cables electrical circuits, and actuators used in industry • Learn with the most current versions of AutoCAD, • Create video game quality 3D solid models and • Utilize internationally-recognized IT Essentials (remotely operated hovercraft, automated 3dsMax, Revit, Inventor, and AutoCAD Architecture animation video game creation with The Unreal Engine curriculum developed by the Cisco Networking Academy drawbridge, robotic vehicles, etc.) • Compete in regional, state, and national drafting • Compete in regional, state, and national drafting • Hands on engineering experience with industry competitions competitions training equipment used in advanced manufacturing. • Gain real-world experience by working on projects • Gain real-world experience by working on projects COURSE OVERVIEW:2ND YEAR Training then applied to design projects for local companies for local companies (DOE COURSE: NETWORKING II-SERVERS II-5257) • Troubleshoot automated systems, diagnose • Prerequisite: • Configure Cisco routers and switches problems, and design solutions using the CAD 1 • Design and maintain network infrastructures COURSE OVERVIEW:2ND YEAR • Use IP routing protocols and access lists engineering process (DOE COURSE: MECHANICAL DRAFTING AND DESIGN I-4836) • College course work covers schematics, (DOE COURSE: MECHANICAL DRAFTING AND DESIGN II 4838) • Utilize internationally-recognized Routing and mechatronic systems, quality control, and electrical • This course progresses from introductory to Switching curriculum developed by the Cisco theory advanced mechanical and architectural 2-D and 3-D CAREER FOCUS Networking Academy • Potential to utilize classroom experience to intern drawing, with an introduction to solid modeling, 3D • Students will be prepared for placement as a CAD • Prerequisite: Computer Networking/PC printing, and basic animation. with area businesses and participate in industry drafter and/or further education Maintenance 1 (DOE COURSE: COMPUTER NETWORKING sponsored design projects • 3D printing I-5234) or CompTIA A+ certification • Work in class on real-world drafting and design problems for local companies. Earn up to 3 college credits • Paid internships available AutoCAD Certified User (ACU) certification available CAREER FOCUS COURSE OVERVIEW:2ND YEAR Autodesk Certified Professional (ACP) Inventor (DOE COURSE: INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION & ROBOTICS II-5612) • Prerequisite: • Students will be prepared for immediate employment CAD 1 certification available as a computer/network technician, and/or further • Design Projects that integrate computers and Autodesk Certified User (ACU) Revit Architecture mechanical systems to automate tasks (DOE COURSE: MECHANICAL DRAFTING AND DESIGN I-4836) certification available education • Industrial PLC and arduino programming projects 1st year costs= $30 • Program industrial robot to complete material 2nd year costs= $30 Earn up to 15 college credits handling tasks and perform quality checks CAREER FOCUS A+ Certification (CompTIA+)certification available (must • Use Lean Manufacturing principles in design to • Students will be prepared for placement as a CAD pass two exams: Core 1 (220-1001) and Core 2 (200- improve product quality drafter and/or further education 1002) • Potential to utilize classroom experience to intern 1st year costs= $25 with area businesses and participate in industry Earn up to 3 college credits 2nd year costs= $0 sponsored design projects AutoCAD Certified User (ACU) certification available • Prerequisite: Automation & Robotics I Autodesk Certified Professional (ACP) Inventor (DOE COURSE: INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION & ROBOTICS I-5610) certification available Autodesk Certified User (ACU) Revit Architecture certification available CAREER FOCUS 1st year costs= $30 • Students will be prepared to continue their 2nd year costs= $30 education at a 2 or 4 year postsecondary institution in an engineering or engineering technology field, or move into a career/education track position in the advanced manufacturing field Earn up to 42 college credits Manufacturing Skills Standards certification available 1st year costs= $30 2nd year costs= $30

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ENGINEERING CONTINUED

MANUFACTURING MECHATRONICS 1&2 WELDING TECHNOLOGY 1&2 COURSE OVERVIEW:1ST YEAR COURSE OVERVIEW:1ST YEAR TECHNOLOGY 1&2 (DOE COURSE: INDUSTRIAL TECHNICAL MAINTENANCE I-5686) (DOE COURSE: WELDING TECHNOLOGY I-5776) COURSE OVERVIEW:1ST YEAR • Prepares for high demand careers such as • Develop the fundamentals of stick arc welding, (DOE COURSE: PRECISION MACHINING I-5782) mechatronics technician, electro mechanical mig and tig welding, as well as other innovative • Operate manual machines, lathes, mills, and technician, maintenance technician, and welding techniques surface grinders manufacturing engineer. • Begin earning an AWS SENSE Welding Certification • Real-world experience working on projects for • Learn to install, troubleshoot, and repair using industry level equipment local companies mechatronic systems such as pneumatics, • Start your Associates degree in Early Welding Technology • Three NIMS certifications hydraulics, electrical systems, mechanical systems, • Hands-on training in a fully equipped machine electric motors, sensors and industrial computers shop with the latest equipment • College course work covers automation/ COURSE OVERVIEW:2ND YEAR mechatronics, mechanical drives, fluid power, and (DOE COURSE: WELDING TECHNOLOGY II-5778) welding • Participate in exciting internships with local COURSE OVERVIEW:2ND YEAR • Internships and industry sponsored design manufacturers (DOE COURSE: PRECISION MACHINING II-5784) projects available • Finish an AWS SENSE Welding Certification using • Utilize CNC mills, CNC lathe, CNC plasma cutter, 3D industry level equipment printer, and 100W CO2 laser • Prepare for welding test, which is required for job • Paid internships COURSE OVERVIEW:2ND YEAR placement in the welding Industry • Two NIMS certifications (DOE COURSE: INDUSTRIAL TECHNICAL MAINTENANCE II-5688) • Prerequisite: • Prerequisite: • Advanced application of mechatronic systems Welding 1 Machine Shop 1 • Learn to maintain/troubleshoot advanced (DOE COURSE: WELDING TECHNOLOGY I-5776) (DOE COURSE: PRECISION MACHINING I-5782) manufacturing equipment such as CNC machines, robotic arms, and electric drives • College course work covers electrical CAREER FOCUS CAREER FOCUS applications, mechatronics, industrial robotics, and • Students will be prepared for immediate employment • Students will be prepared for a job in the manufacturing processes as a welder and/or further education at a welding- machining field with CNC programming/operation • Internships and industry sponsored design associated technical school or college experience and/or further education in the projects available engineering field or apprenticeship programs • Prerequisite: Earn up to 15 college credits and early college certificate Mechatronics I American Welding Association (AWS) certification available Earn up to 12 college credits and early college certificate (DOE COURSE: INDUSTRIAL TECHNICAL MAINTENANCE I-5686) 1st year costs= $63 National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) 2nd year costs= $20 certification fee certifications available 1st year costs= $50 2nd year costs= $50 CAREER FOCUS • Students will be prepared for a 2-year or 4-year post secondary institution in an engineering or engineering technology field, or move into a career/ education track position in the advanced manufacturing field

Earn up to 42 college credits/technical certificate Certifications available 1st year costs= $30 2nd year costs= $30

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The Elkhart Area Career Center provides an abundance of opportunities for honorary recognition, competition, internships, awards, and scholarships.

NATIONAL TECHNICAL SkillsUSA INTERNSHIPS AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS HONOR SOCIETY STUDENT BENEFITS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT ANNUAL AWARDS • SkillsUSA offers materials and programs to help • Consists of on-the-job training for professional careers • The top Michigan CTE students are recognized by WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT students develop as individuals, employees, and citizens Lewis Cass Intermediate School District with a possibility • NTHS is a national organization founded to reward in the EACC program you choose • Teaches teamwork, leadership and reinforces industry • Exchange experiences between the student and employer of scholarship money excellence in career and technical education, standards within each individual contest category • Teachers Choice Award: nominated by their EACC to encourage scholastic excellence and skill • Determine if you have an interest in a particular career • Students advance through district, regional, state, • Find permanent, paid employment with the companies instructor, because they have proven themselves in an development, and to cultivate a stronger, more and national competitions extraordinary way positive image for career education in which they interned • These contests give students a way to test their skills • May be paid or non-paid depending on the company policies • The goal of National Technical Honor Society • Opportunities to network, potentially meeting is to ensure that deserving career technical future employers ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS education students be recognized and that the • Shane Miller Memorial Scholarship local community become aware of the talents and • Larry Carroll Memorial Scholarship abilities of the people who choose career technical AWARDS • Basil S. (Ethel L.) Turner Scholarship education as a pathway to a successful future • Winners at the state and national levels can win • And many others. medallions, scholarships, tools, leadership development materials & other awards Deadlines and requirements may vary HOW TO APPLY • Offering $1 million in scholarships annually • Students are nominated by their instructors, must • Every year at the national level a very select few are have 3 or less absences and tardies, and have an “A” chosen to compete internationally in their Career Technical Education Program at the end of first semester Annual Dues: $15 per student • An induction ceremony is held in the spring and Additional information available from instructors parents, students, family members and friends are invited

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