You will be learning the skills to set up your business. When the second semester starts, you can begin catering jobs.

Enduring Understandings - important ideas that students should carry with them years beyond the instruction received this year.

• There are numerous, varied opportunities and career paths within the food industry.
• Knowledge of food safety and sanitation procedures are fundamental in the food industry.
• The ability to competently utilize food production equipment is an essential food industry skill.
• Food industry employees must demonstrate commercial preparation for all menu categories to meet customer satisfaction.
• A thorough understanding of the concepts of entrepreneurships enable food industry professionals to manage their own businesses.

Essential Questions - most important “big picture” questions students should be able to answer after completing learning activities.

• What careers, and the pathways, are available in the food service industry?
• Why is it important to safely handle and prepare food for consumer consumption?
• Why is the selection of food production equipment important?
• What are the basic components of good menus?
• How does food preparation influence customer satisfaction?
• What characteristics of entrepreneurships relate to my career aspirations?

Catering
Catering provides opportunities to learn skills necessary to succeed in food services and entrepreneurial careers.  It is a program designed so that upon completion of career preparation coursework, students are equipped with the following advantages:

• Classroom training

• Job experience

• Certificates of completion

• Scholarship opportunities

• Local network of business partnerships

• Post secondary articulations

The sequence of courses offered includes:

• Food Science
• Creative Cookery
• Food for Fitness
• ProStart
   

Standards
CAT1.0:  Food Production and Service Industry    
CAT2.0:  Safety and Sanitation
CAT3.0:  Equipment and Tools
CAT4.0:  Menu Planning
CAT5.0:  Food Preparation
CAT6.0:  Entrepreneurship

Reading Writing
RW1.0 Students read and understand a variety of materials.
RW1.1 use a full range of strategies to comprehend materials such as technical writing, newspapers, magazines, poetry, short stories, plays, novels, essays, speeches, autobiographies, and first-person historical documents.
RW4.0 Students apply thinking skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening and viewing.
RW5.0  Students read to locate, select, and make use of relevant information form a variety of media, reference, and technological sources.
RW5.5 use available technology to access information, conduct research, and produce a carefully documented product

Workforce Communication
COM1.0 Demonstrates the ability to receive and relay information clearly and effectively.
COM1.1 listening-receives attends to, understands and responds to verbal and non-verbal messages.
COM1.2 speaking-clearly organizes and effectively presents ideas orally
COM1.3 reading-locates, understands and interprets written information in prose and documents to perform tasks
COM1.4 writing-organizes and effectively presents ideas and information in writing
COM1.5 interpreting-delineates and analyzes oral and written information and synthesizes information into a conclusion
COM1.6 negotiating-works toward agreement while maintaining position
COM1.7 persuading-communicates ideas to justify position, overcome resistance and convince others

Workforce Organization
ORG2.1 planning-devising and outlining a process to achieve a goal and timeline
ORG2.2 time management-applies appropriate time to task and manages multiple priorities
ORG2.3 using resources-identifies, organizes, plans and allocates resources
ORG2.4 systems thinking-understands the nature of systems, develops and adapts systems to meet organizational needs
ORG2.5 evaluating-collects, evaluates and uses data to monitor and improve performance

Workforce Technical Skill
TECH5.1 demonstrates computer literacy-uses key boarding skills, computer programs, and understands basic computer operations

Workforce Thinking Skills
TS3.0 demonstrates the ability to use reasoning
TS3.1 problem solving-identifies and recognizes a problem, considers alternatives, devises and implements a logical plan of action
TS3.2 decision making-uses a process to identify goals and constraints, evaluate alternatives and reach a conclusion
TS3.3 creative thinking-generates new and innovative ideas
TS3.4 learning-uses efficient techniques to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills
TS3.5 analyzing-identifies bias of information sources, evaluates contradictory information and effectively manages information

Workforce Quality
WQ4.2 team member-contributes to group effort through cooperation and consensus
WQ4.3 responsibility-follows through consistently with honesty and integrity
WQ4.4 flexibility-shows versatility and the ability to change
WQ4.5 leadership-creates a direction/vision for others to follow, aligns management methods with vision and implements a system of accountability
WQ4.6 works with diversity-accepts differences and works well with individuals from a variety of backgrounds and/or with divergent philosophies or ideas

District 11 Diamond Units/Lessons Overview - includes information about the purpose, goals and structure of these sample instructional units: