2023-2024 Course Standards

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Essential standards (highlighted in green below) are big, powerful ideas that are necessary and essential for students to know to be successful in a course. Essential standards identify the appropriate verb and cognitive process intended for the student to accomplish. Essential standards provide value throughout a student's career, in other courses, and translate to the next level of education or world of work.

Objectives/Indicators (rows not highlighted in green below) provide another level of detail for each Essential Standard.

Adapted or Adopted Course includes essential standards and, in many cases, specific objectives/indicators aligned with business and industry standards and/or criteria for credentials or certifications. The course standards are designed using the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy (RBT). If the POL is a CTE State Assessment, the course is written at the level of the ESSENTIAL STANDARD and assesses the intended outcome of the sum of its objectives/indicators.

The six NC Essential Employability Skills are Communication, Ethics, Problem Solving, Professionalism, Resource Management, and Teamwork. These skills are covered among the course essential standards and objectives/indicators as listed beside each. NC CTE curriculum provides and supports career awareness, career exploration, career development, technical skill development, and career readiness where six Essential Employability Skills are included in CTE Curriculum Standards. CTE builds a career and college ready workforce through the K-12 pipeline and provides a consistent and 'common language' for identification of the six Essential Employability Skills.

Career and Technical Education conducts all activities and procedures without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, gender, or disability. The responsibility to adhere to safety standards and best professional practices is the duty of the practitioners, teachers, students, and/or others who apply the contents of this document.

This blueprint has been reviewed by business and industry representatives for technical content and appropriateness for the industry.

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Standard/Obj #: The essential standard is denoted by the digits before the dot; objectives/indicators are indicated by the final 2 digits.
Standard: Essential standard and specific objective/indicator statements per essential standard. Each essential standard statement or specific objective/indicator begins with an action verb and makes a complete sentence when combined with The learner will be able to... Outcome behavior in each essential standard or objective/indicator statement is denoted by the verb plus its object.
Course Weight: Shows the relative importance of each essential standard or objective/indicator. Course weight is used to help determine the percentage of total class time that is spent on each objective/indicator.
RBT Designation: Classification of outcome behavior in essential standards and indicator statements in Dimensions according to the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy:
Cognitive Process Dimension: 1 Remember, 2 Understand, 3 Apply, 4 Analyze, 5 Evaluate, 6 Create.
Knowledge Dimension: A Factual Knowledge, B Conceptual Knowledge, C Procedural Knowledge.

AA41 Veterinary Assisting

Course Type: Adapted

Standard/Obj #	Standard/Objective	Course Weight	RBT Designation	Essential Employability Skills
1.00	Analyze proper usage of veterinary practice management procedures.	15%	C4 Procedural Knowledge - Analyze	-
1.01	Understand the proper veterinary terminology to accurately describe and record medical conditions.	9%	C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Professionalism Resource Management
1.02	Analyze methods to correctly maintain veterinary medical records.	6%	C4 Procedural Knowledge - Analyze	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Professionalism Resource Management
2.00	Apply proper communication skills in a clinical setting.	12%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	-
2.01	Implement the proper technique to schedule appointments and manage clients.	5%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Professionalism Resource Management
2.02	Execute effective communication through written, verbal, and technological formats.	5%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Professionalism Resource Management
2.03	Implement a SAE.	2%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Professionalism Resource Management Teamwork
3.00	Analyze the requirement for ethically and legally handling pharmaceuticals.	6%	C4 Procedural Knowledge - Analyze	-
3.01	Analyze the legal issues involving drugs in the workplace.	3%	C4 Procedural Knowledge - Analyze	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Professionalism Resource Management
3.02	Apply knowledge of pharmacy laws to properly fill prescriptions.	3%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Professionalism Resource Management
4.00	Apply proper skills in laboratory procedures.	12%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	-
4.01	Implement proper techniques for collection and analysis of laboratory samples.	9%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	Problem Solving Professionalism
4.02	Execute proper record keeping for laboratory samples.	3%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Professionalism
5.00	Evaluate safe handling and safety techniques for patient management.	21%	C5 Procedural Knowledge - Evaluate	-
5.01	Evaluate proper restraint techniques for each species.	15%	C5 Procedural Knowledge - Evaluate	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Professionalism Teamwork
5.02	Evaluate proper safety protocol in a clinical setting.	6%	C5 Procedural Knowledge - Evaluate	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Professionalism Teamwork
6.00	Analyze general anatomy and disease processes.	9%	B4 Conceptual Knowledge - Analyze	-
6.01	Organize knowledge of structures of living organisms.	4%	B4 Conceptual Knowledge - Analyze	Problem Solving
6.02	Differentiate microbes and parasites to identify disease processes.	5%	B4 Conceptual Knowledge - Analyze	Problem Solving
7.00	Apply proper surgical preparation techniques.	10%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	-
7.01	Implement techniques to prepare and monitor patients for surgery.	5%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Teamwork
7.02	Apply proper surgical instruments and sterilization protocol to prepare surgical packs.	5%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Teamwork
8.00	Apply facility maintenance and equipment cleanliness procedures.	6%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	-
8.01	Execute hospital maintenance and sanitation protocol of facilities.	3%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	Problem Solving Professionalism
8.02	Implement aseptic technique to maintain equipment.	3%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	Problem Solving Professionalism
9.00	Evaluate radiology procedures in the clinical setting.	9%	B5 Conceptual Knowledge - Evaluate	-
9.01	Critique the importance of safety protocol in the radiological suite.	4%	B5 Conceptual Knowledge - Evaluate	Communication Problem Solving Professionalism Teamwork
9.02	Apply radiology principles to properly develop and record patient studies.	5%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	Communication Problem Solving Professionalism Teamwork