Business and Personal LawUnit 1:
What Is Law?Competitive Event PrepAs an experienced employee, you should know all the policies and procedures of your organization. Your supervisor might even ask you to train new employees in those policies. In this competitive event, you will use your knowledge of the rules, your workplace ethics, and your experience to explain the employee discount privilege. The U.S. Department of Education's Web site has a section on Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO). These organizations help students hone their technical skills and develop leadership and teamwork skills that will serve them well as they prepare for the workforce and postsecondary education. Competitive events are part of the structure of most CTSOs.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/cte/vso.html Business Professionals of America is a national co-curricular career and technical organization for high school, college, and middle school students preparing for careers in business and information technology. On its Web site, you will find some competitive event tips.
http://www.bpanet.org/Events/doc/PresentationSavvy.pdf
http://www.bpanet.org/Events/doc/AdoptWinningStrategies.pdf The Future Business Leaders of America is the largest business education student organization in the world. On its Web site, you will find an example of a rubric that you can use to help you prepare for the competitive event in Unit 1.
http://www.fbla-pbl.org/docs/rubrics/IntroComputerReportRubric.doc DECA is the National Association of Marketing Students. On its Web site, you can read an article from the DECA Dimensions, January/February 2004 edition entitled "Get an Edge in Competitive Events."
http://www.deca.org/pdf/GetanEdgeinComp.pdf Evaluation Rubric Evaluation | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Content | Shows a full understanding of the topic. Facts are accurately presented. Research is cited. | Shows a good understanding of the topic. Most facts seem accurate. Research is cited. | Shows a good understanding of parts of the topic. Some facts seem accurate; others are opinion. Research may or may not be cited. | Does not seem to understand the topic very well. No facts offered; only opinions presented. | Ability to Answer Questions | Student is able to accurately answer almost all questions posed by judges about the topic. | Student is able to accurately answer most questions posed by judges about the topic. | Student is able to accurately answer a few questions posed by judges about the topic. | Student is unable to accurately answer questions posed by judges about the topic. | Presentation Skill | Student is completely prepared and has obviously rehearsed. | Student seems quite well prepared but might have needed a couple more rehearsals. | The student is somewhat prepared, but it is clear that there was no rehearsal. | Student does not seem at all prepared to present. | Focus | Stays on topic all of the time. | Stays on topic most of the time. | Stays on topic some of the time. | It was hard to tell what the topic was. Student rambled and went off subject. |
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