STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 I.      Students continue demonstrating basic keyboarding skills through the use of effective skill development materials and word processing knowledge. (I, II, III, IV, V)

 II.     Students apply keyboarding skill and word processing knowledge to practical on-the-job activities in both specialized and general office areas. (I, II, III, IV, V)

 III.    Students demonstrate a keen sense of responsibility for high-quality keyboarding work. (I, II, III, IV, V)

 IV.     Students demonstrate the ability to make decisions regarding the prioritizing of office jobs. (I, II, III, IV, V)

 V.      Students demonstrate keyboarding speed of at least 50 wpm on five-minute timings with a maximum of five errors.

 VI.     Students complete simulated office production work requiring application of basic keyboarding principles learned and will also develop decision-making skills. (I, II, III, IV, V)

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Correspondence

         A.      Different Sized Stationery

         B.      Letters for Window Envelopes.

         C.      Special Letterheads

         D.      Form Letters

 II.     Reports

         A.      Meeting Reports

         B.      Procedure Manual

         C.      Manuscript Reports

         D.      Itineraries

         E.      Report Reviews

 III.    Tables

         A.      Table with Font Changes

         B.      Directions

         C.      Tables Formatted Sideways

         D.      Multipage Tables

         E.      Table Review

 IV.     Office Forms

         A.      Letterheads

         B.      Memo Forms

         C.      Notepads

         D.      Fax Cover Forms

         E.      Miscellaneous

 V.      Preparing in-basket exercises

         A.      Introduce how to do basic library research to gather

         B.      Introduce how to create graphs for charting of information.

         C.      Review how to prioritize daily work.

         D.      Introduce annotating mail and the use of a tickler file.

         E.      Introduce the use of the Official Airline Guide and the preparation of itineraries.

         F.      Review maintaining an accurate record of meetings and appointments on an appointment calendar.