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CCR career vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Career Portfolio: | a collection of materials whose purpose is to show your ability to do a specific |
| Certificate: | an official document that proves you have successfully completed specific course conten |
| Credit | : unit of measurement that schools use to determine whether students are progressing toward graduation |
| Degree: | an academic award conferred on successful completion of coursework |
| Diploma | : a document conferring a degree certifying completion of program of study |
| Education and training requirements | the instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment |
| Elective | a course that is not required but can be chosen by students according to their interests |
| Extended learning | before or after school programs, online learning, or travel programs in addition to regular education programs of study |
| Financial Aid: | methods of paying for education/training, such as grants, scholarships, etc. |
| GED certificate | a document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing, social studies, science |
| Graduation requirements: | : standards established by local school in order to receive a diploma |
| Grant | money that does not have to be repaid and is provided by government, schools or private donors to undergraduate students who meet the standards and qualifications. |
| Internship | a temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field |
| Job shadowing | an informal assessment activity where you spend several hours following a worker at the job location |
| Mentoring | receiving advice and direction from a person who has experience and knowledge in an area of interest |
| On the job training | : learning on the job |
| Opportunity Cost | benefit that could have been gained from an alternative use of the same resource |
| Outsourcing | utilizing external resources to perform activities traditionally handled by internal company staff |
| Plan: | the course of action one decides to take at the end of the decision-making process |
| Prerequisite: | a course that is required before another course can be taken |
| Scholarship: | money for education awarded to students because of their need or for academic or athletic achievement |
| Self-employment/Entrepreneurship | a person who organizes, manages, and assumes the risk of a business |
| Tuition | the fee that colleges charge to take their classes |
| Work-study program/learning: provides money to pay students for qualified on or off-campus jobs. |