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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION CAREER CLUSTER
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Duration (Weeks) Course Pacing Overview Standard
2 Unit/Topic BMA-BT-1 & BMA-BT-3

8 Employability Skills, Teamwork, & BMA-BT-4
8 Leadership BMA-BT-4 & BMA-BT-5
3 Document and Portfolio Design BMA-BT-6
6 Spreadsheet Development & Mastery BMA-BT-7
4 Research Skills BMA-BT-8
Ongoing Data Management BMA-BT-1, 4, 5, 7
Ongoing Leadership Development BMA-BT-9
Microsoft Certification Preparation
FBLA Integration

Course Curriculum Content Units/Topics
Course Standards Employability Skills
BMA-BC-1: Demonstrate employability skills required by business Document
Design & and industry Portfolio

BMA-BT-2: Create, edit, and publish industry appropriate Communication Document Design &
Skills documents using technology as a tool to increase productivity Portfolio

BMA-BT-3: Develop organizational communication skills through Communication Skills
Spreadsheet professional leadership, personal ethics, and
customer/business Development relationships. Spreadsheet Mastery

BMA-BT-4: Manage data in spreadsheet software for effective use in a Spreadsheet
business environment. Research Skills Development

BMA-BT-5: Master use of spreadsheet software to analyze, Data Spreadsheet Mastery
Management organize and share data from a spreadsheet while presenting
the Leadership data visually in a business environment.

BMA-BT-6: Develop creditable research skills to use information FBLA from a Research Skills
variety of sources

BMA-BT-7: Acquire database skills to manage data in a business Data Management
environment.
Leadership
BMA-BT-8: Develop personal leadership skills to work on teams, teach Development
others, serve customers, lead, negotiate, and work effectively and efficiently
in a business environment.

BMA-BC-9: Explore how related student organizations are integral parts of FBLA
career and technology education courses through leadership development,
school and community service projects, entrepreneurship development, and
competitive events

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Unit Course Projects FBLA Integration
Document Design Project Description Preparation for FBLA Job
Career Document and Mock Interview Competition FBLA
Document Portfolio Interview Project: Students will Career Awareness FBLA Goal
create a resume, cover letter, Setting
Designing Documents for the thank you letter, and electronic
Workplace resume for a position posted on Career Development
the Work-based Learning Web
Designing Documents for the Site. Students will learn Employability Skill
Workplace professional social media in the Development
workplace through developing a
LinkedIn Profile. The career FBLA Career Awareness
documents will become the
initial documents in the Career Development
student’s career portfolio.
Portfolio: Students will design a Employability Skill
career portfolio online by Development
creating a Google Website. The
portfolio will include their FBLA Leadership Development,
resume and cover letter as well Community Service,
as sample projects using professional communication,
Microsoft Office Software. and employability skills FBLA
Evidence of Microsoft Overview FBLA Business
Certifications will be included Achievement Awards
in the portfolio
FBLA Promotional Campaign Career Development
Project: Create a newsletter of
events for FBLA Members, Employability Skill
design a brochure about FBLA Development
Conferences, create a poster
advertising FBLA Membership, FBLA Career Awareness and
design an infographic about an Competitions
FBLA activity, write a memo to
your parents about the benefits
of FBLA Membership including
Business Achievement Awards
and Community Service
Projects.
Presentation Design: Design a
PowerPoint on professional

dress for kiosk use. Include: 

Business Professional Attire 
Interview Dress including

accessories, shoes, hair styles. 
Business Casual Attire

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Designing Documents and Spreadsheet Entrepreneurship FBLA Competitions Microsoft
Spreadsheet Development Project: Certification Preparation
Students create basic
Research Skills spreadsheets for launching their FBLA State Project
Data Management and own business. The spreadsheet
Document Design includes formulas, charts, and FBLA Competition
graphs. The project also Microsoft Certification
FBLA includes designing a flyer, post Preparation
card, and t-shirt for their
company as promotional Ongoing integration throughout
materials the year FBLA State Project
Georgia FBLA State Project: FBLA Business Achievement
Students will use the CRAAP Awards
Method of research to research
the FBLA State Project topic and
create a MLA style report of
their findings
Community Database: Students
create multiple data tables for a
large subdivision community.
The tables document the
addresses, amenity
memberships, and financial
status of the community
members. Students use queries
and filter options to answer key
questions about the community
members and then merge the
queries into Word to create
flyers, letters, and
announcements for community
members.
Georgia FBLA State Project:
TBA
Business Achievement Awards:
Students enhance their
leadership skills, expand their
business knowledge, contribute
to their local communities, and
earn recognition each step of
the way by immersing
themselves in their school,
community, and FBLA
programs.

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