Course Standards

2026-2027 Academic Year

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FA09 Fashion and Textiles II - Merchandising

Course Type: Adapted

Course Outcomes:

Make business decisions based on a brand's target market.
Use retail math concepts and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to make informed fashion merchandising decisions.
Demonstrate merchandising strategies to enhance customer engagement.
Design appealing and effective displays for fashion stores.

Standard/Objective Number	Standard/Objective	Course Weight	RBT Designation
1.00	Apply strategies to build durable employability skills through participation in CTSO opportunities.	4%	B3 Apply Conceptual
1.01	Understand the connection between durable employability skills and CTSO opportunities.	1%	B2 Understand Conceptual
1.02	Implement durable employability skills through participation in CTSO competitive events.	3%	B3 Apply Conceptual
2.00	Understand how graphic literacy, workplace documents, and applied mathematics are interconnected to durable employability skills to achieve success in the workplace.	6%	B2 Understand Conceptual
2.01	Understand graphic literacy and its significance in workplace settings.	2%	B2 Understand Conceptual
2.02	Understand skills required to identify and read common workplace documents effectively.	2%	B2 Understand Conceptual
2.03	Understand the connection between applied mathematics and workplace success.	2%	B2 Understand Conceptual
3.00	Apply fashion industry strategies to target consumers and build brand image.	20%	B3 Apply Conceptual
3.01	Understand how a fashion retailer determines their target market.	10%	B2 Understand Conceptual
3.02	Apply the fundamental components of a brand's image.	10%	B3 Apply Conceptual
4.00	Apply the marketing and merchandising components of the fashion industry.	30%	B3 Apply Conceptual
4.01	Apply fashion marketing mix concepts.	15%	B3 Apply Conceptual
4.02	Apply basic merchandising components of the fashion industry.	15%	C3 Apply Procedural
5.00	Apply fashion merchandising and sales strategies in the retail environment.	40%	B3 Apply Conceptual
5.01	Implement the design process in visual merchandising.	10%	B3 Apply Conceptual
5.02	Apply visual merchandising techniques for the retail environment to optimize sales.	20%	B3 Apply Conceptual
5.03	Understand strategies that encourage sales.	10%	B2 Understand Conceptual

Essential standards (highlighted in green) 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) 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.

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Standard/Objective Number: The essential standard is denoted by the digits before the dot; objectives/indicators are indicated by the final 2 digits.
Standard/Objective: 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.

Course Standards

2026-2027 Academic Year

FA09 Fashion and Textiles II - Merchandising

Course Type: Adapted

Course Outcomes:

Make business decisions based on a brand's target market.Use retail math concepts and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to make informed fashion merchandising decisions.Demonstrate merchandising strategies to enhance customer engagement.Design appealing and effective displays for fashion stores.

Make business decisions based on a brand's target market.
Use retail math concepts and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to make informed fashion merchandising decisions.
Demonstrate merchandising strategies to enhance customer engagement.
Design appealing and effective displays for fashion stores.