LAC 28:LXVII.113. Intended Audience and Use of the Framework

A. The Business Education curriculum framework document is intended for a broad audience. The framework serves as a guide for curriculum and instruction and as a general reference to the concepts and skills of Business Education in . The intended users of the framework include: 1. business education teachers to use in planning curriculum, instruction, and assessment; 2. K-12 teachers to use in identifying ways they can incorporate Business Education concepts and skills into their curricula; 3. parents to use as a means of assessing the effectiveness of their children's business education; 4. school and district administrators and school board members to use as a vision for business education and a basis for planning resource allocations, materials purchases, local curriculum development, teachers’ professional development, and facility construction; 5. policy makers and state education staff to use as a basis for developing laws, policies, professional development activities/materials, assessment strategies, and funding priorities to support local program development; 6. university faculty and administrators to use as a basis for the content and design of preservice and in-service teacher education programs and articulation agreements; 7. technical college faculty and administrators to use as a basis for articulation agreements and program development; and 8. business/industry leaders and government agency staff to use as a basis for developing effective partnerships for supporting Business Education programs and professional development.