This program prepares students for employment and advancement as an administrative professional. Skills in this occupational skills award emphasize record management concepts including both hard copy and electronic records. Students will utilize database software to manage records and create queries. Students will learn proper ways to create, manage, and destroy records.

Marketable Skills:

1. Communication Skills- Apply basic rules of grammar; utilize terminology applicable to business writing, speaking, and presentations. 2. Time Management- Develop skills needed to complete tasks and meet deadlines. 3. Critical Thinking- Make decisions and apply ethical standards using creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis of information. 4. Software Integration- Produce documents, spreadsheets, databases, and presentations using Microsoft Office software. 5. Records Management- Use database software to create and maintain electronic records as well as apply records management theories to hard copy records.