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Chad Little
Chad Little
High School CTE Instructor
Grand Ledge High School
About the Author

I am a teacher and business professional. I teach full time at the high school level. As a teacher, I have taught the following courses: Insurance & Risk Management, Career & College, Digital Media, Business Foundations, Marketing 1 and Marketing 2 (school store & DECA). My business background includes the following: Retail Management, Sales, Customer Service, Business Sales and Corporate Training. Industries: Telecommunications, Document Destruction, Packaging and Insurance.

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Business Communications

Complete Course Materials High School Post-Secondary Business
Description
Business Communications is a course about how to be successful entering the workforce. The lessons provide students with the skills to communicate effectively. Types of topics include the following: professional skills, resumes, applications, letters, presentations, public speaking, essays and meeting facilitation.
Course Length: 1 Semester
Last Updated: 03/15/2023
KSDE Course No. - 12009
Materials
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U1 Career Exploration8 Class Periods
This unit walks students through exploring careers and research.
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U1L1 Exploring
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U1L2 Research BLS
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U1L3 Informational Interview
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U1L4 Career Presentation
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U2 Career Portfolio15 Class Periods
This unit will develop student career portfolios. The lessons are broken down into segments which will be used to create a resume. The key focus is to connect high school experience into achievement statements promoting transferable skills to the workplace.
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U2L1 Student Skills
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U2L2 Objectives and Achievements
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U2L3 Resumes
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U2L4 Cover Letters and Thank you's
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U2L5 Applications
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U2L6 References
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U2L7 Accept or Decline
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U2L8 Work Forms
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U2L9 Student Presentation
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U2L10 Resume_Capstone_Project
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U3 Interviewing8 Class Periods
This unit will build soft skills for interviewing.
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U3L1 Elevator Speech
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U3L2 Interviewing Questions
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U3L3 Student Interviews
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U3L4 Interview Summary
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U4 Interoffice Communications14 Class Periods
This unit students will experience different modes of communicating within an office i.e. email, newsletter, job posting and flyer.
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U4L1 Admittance Letter
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U4L2 Internship Locations
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U4L3 Requests
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U4L4 Newsletter
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U4L5 Job Posting
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U4L6 Job Flyer
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U4L7 Email Manager
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U4L8 Communication Case Study
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U5 Customer Communications9 Class Periods
This unit students are using different modes to reach customers i.e. sales flyer, quote, letter and presentation.
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U5L1 Refusal Letter
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U5L2 Reimbursement Letter
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U5L3 Sales Flyer
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U5L4 Customer Quote
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U5L5 Customer Letter
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U5L6 Customer Presentation
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U6 Business Communications7 Class Periods
This unit students will be communicating from a business viewpoint i.e. research, spreadsheet, chart, letters, flyer, email and summary.
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U6L1 Speaker Request
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U6L2 Event Flyer
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U6L3 Suggestion Letter
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U6L4 Email Etiquette
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U6L5 Effective Communication
Chad Little
Chad Little
High School CTE Instructor
Grand Ledge High School
About the Author

I am a teacher and business professional. I teach full time at the high school level. As a teacher, I have taught the following courses: Insurance & Risk Management, Career & College, Digital Media, Business Foundations, Marketing 1 and Marketing 2 (school store & DECA). My business background includes the following: Retail Management, Sales, Customer Service, Business Sales and Corporate Training. Industries: Telecommunications, Document Destruction, Packaging and Insurance.

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