The Pennsylvania Career Standards Benchmark, a federal ESSA accountability indicator, was fully implemented in the 2018/17 school year. These standards require students to produce artifacts demonstrating student engagement in the following standards:
Career Awareness and Preparation
Career Acquisition
Career Retention and Advancement
Entrepreneurship
Attached below is a spreadsheet from eDynamic Learning mapping the PA Career Planning artifacts to course locations for their Information Technology courses (listed below). This document is accurate as of the 2023-2024 school year.
Applicable courses:
3D Modeling 1a/1b
Animation 1a: Introduction
Animation 1b: Animating Your Creativity
Coding 1a: Introduction to Programming
Coding 1b: Programming
Computer Maintenance 1a/1b
Cybersecurity 1a: Foundations
Cybersecurity 1b: Defense Against Threats
Game Design 1a: Introduction
Game Design 1b: Building a Game
Middle School Coding 1a: Introduction
Middle School Coding 1b: Programming
Middle School Game Design 1a: Introduction
Middle School Game Design 1b: Creating a Game
Social Media 1a/1: Our Connected World
Digital Media Fundamentals 1a/1b
Foundations of Game Design 1a/1b
Introduction to Programming 1a/ 1b
Web Development 1a/1b
Web Development 2a/2b
Introduction to Networking 1a/1b
Network Security Fundamentals 1a/1b
Programming 2a/2b
Operational Cybersecurity 1a/1b
You can also view this document here: eDynamic Career Readiness Artifacts - Information Technology