High Criminal Justice Operations 1

Segment 1

• Identify the criminal justice system’s definition, purpose, departments, and court-related careers
• Compare the federal and state court systems
• Identify the trial process and law enforcement careers
• Describe arrest and pre-trial proceedings
• Identify the correctional system’s definition, history, trends in correctional reform, and corrections-related careers
• Compare the local, state, and federal correctional systems

 

Segment 2

• Identify the juvenile justice system’s definition, programs and agencies, procedures, and trends and careers in juvenile justice
• Describe communication skills and professionalism needed in criminal justice careers
• Define security procedures and systems
• Analyze crisis management skills needed in criminal justice careers
• Identify communication careers in the criminal justice system
• Define employability skills needed in criminal justice careers
• Identify how to search for jobs and careers in the criminal justice system
• Create a resume and identify information needed to fill out an application
• Identify career opportunities in the criminal justice system

Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple choice questions, writing assignments, projects, research papers, oral assessments, and discussions. This course will use the state-approved grading scale. Each course contains a mandatory final exam or culminating project that will be weighted at 20% of the student’s overall grade.***

***Proctored exams can be requested by FLVS at any time and for any reason in an effort to ensure academic integrity. When taking the exam to assess a student’s integrity, the exam must be passed with at least a 59.5% in order to earn credit for the course.  

To achieve success, students are expected to submit work in each course weekly. Students can learn at their own pace; however, “any pace” still means that students must make progress in the course every week. To measure learning, students complete self-checks, practice lessons, multiple choice questions, projects, discussion-based assessments, and discussions. Students are expected to maintain regular contact with teachers; the minimum requirement is monthly. When teachers, students, and parents work together, students are successful.