Physical Education 609
Health
604
609 Physical Education – Grades 9 – 12 Credit: 0.25
The Rochester Area School District requires each student to complete one (1) course of Physical Education per year (equivalent to one [1] credit) during their four (4) years of high school. During these classes, students are introduced to a variety of lifetime and team sports skills and activities.
604 Health Credit: 0.5
This course offers a variety of topics that allows students to evaluate the different factors that affect their daily lives. The students will learn wellness behaviors that make healthy choices more clear. Some of the topics include: drug and alcohol education, consumer health issues, diseases, first aid and sexuality. (This
class is a graduation requirement.)
605 Driver and Traffic Safety Education
Credit: 0.5
The purpose of this Driver and Traffic Safety Education is to prepare students to be safe, courteous, focused drivers before they get behind the wheel of a vehicle. The Content and Performance Expectations for Drivers Education of the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) will be the model of curriculum during this course. The course presents many of the PA laws governing driving. Driving is a privilege and is not a right. This privilege comes with several responsibilities, which will be taught in Driver and Safety Education.
BEAVER COUNTY CAREER & TECHNOLOGY CENTER
Beaver County Career & Technology Center Information
The BCCTC is an extension of the Rochester Area School District, which offers vocational and technical courses.
Each occupational program prepares students to enter the job market with an occupational skill.
Any tenth-grade student may apply for admission by completing an application form. Student selection will be based upon interest, aptitude, achievement, attitude, attendance and school recommendation. Each course area has a limited quota for each year. Students selected are expected to complete the full two- year program. Cosmetology Program requires 1,250 total hours of instruction, 280 hours of which must be completed at a time other than regular school hours. Students enrolling in Cosmetology should start as 10th- grade students to finish the required hours for Licensure.
Transportation to and from the vocational school is provided. Students are not permitted to drive during regular school hour unless under certain circumstances and approved by the appropriate Rochester High School and BCCTC Administrators.
Attendance is an important factor in selection and success at the vocational school. Absenteeism and tardiness cannot be tolerated.
The Beaver County Career & Technology Center is an equal opportunity education institution and will not discriminate on the activities, programs or employment practices as required by Title VI. Title IX and Section 504 student selection processes also follow the above criteria. Students interested in attending the BCCTC should contact the Vocational Counselor at 724-775-7500 Ext. 239. NOTE: BCCTC does not run on the same schedule as Rochester School District. On occasion, Rochester Vo-Tech students may be required to attend BCCTC on days when Rochester School is not in session; or, there may be other occasions that BCCTC students may have a half-day of attendance at Rochester School when BCCTC is not in session. (Please refer to the 2012-13 Student Handbook for the BCCTC schedule.)
AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION
Credit: 3.0
This course provides the fundamentals and installation, repair, and maintenance of equipment and accessory parts used for heating and air conditioning. Instruction stresses mechanical skills, and the theory and principles related to the operation of residential and commercial units. Students learn basic electricity as it applies to the electrical power sources and circuits used in air conditioning and freezing systems.
AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY/ROBOTICS Credit: 3.0
This course is designed to prepare students to become trainees in this field with an understanding of the field of robotics. Students graduating from this program will have broad- based skills in electro-mechanical and hydraulic/pneumatic devices. Rapid growth in the use of robots in industry has created a demand for people who can design, build, program, or service these robots. Technicians in this field will install, integrate, program, test, troubleshoot, modify and/or repair automated systems.
AUTOMOTIVE OCCUPATIONS
Students receive instruction in the basics of many automotive related occupations. The curriculum includes both theory and live work on automotive mechanical systems such as: brakes, exhaust, suspension and tune-up. In addition, the course provides instruction in garage and service station management, retail sales of petroleum products and automotive parts ordering and handling. The student will perform all phases of maintenance and repair of automobiles and light trucks.
AUTOMOTIVE BODY REPAIR Credit: 3.0
This course provides students with skills to refinish automobiles when they are damaged. Instruction involves body and fender repair, painting, straightening frames, aligning front ends and repairing or replacing upholstery. Other areas of instruction involve the installation of repair of electrical wiring, and know how to use power jacks, frame tools, paint mixer, and upholstery fabrics. Additionally, the automobile body mechanic will learn to estimate accurately the cost of any given job.
AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS Credit: 3.0
This course provides the student with a working knowledge of the automotive business, such as: parts, sales, maintenance, repair and dealership operation. Emphasis is on the maintenance of automotive engines, as well as the study of the engine accessory system and their relationship to the engine. Provides a basic study of the standard and power brake units, suspension system, steering system, wheels, tires, bearing frames, wheel alignment and wheel balancing procedures. It also includes trouble-shooting, motor tune-up and complete overhaul of engines and emission control system.
BUSINESS DATA PROCESSING Credit: 3.0
This program prepares students to operate and program computers to solve business related problems. Instruction includes: flow charting, block flow diagram method of logically solving a problem, computer languages of COBOL, RPGII and BASIC. The student will become familiar with applications software and the series of procedures and commands used to make effective use of the computer as a business tool.
CARPENTRY Credit: 3.0
Students in this area have classroom and shop learning experiences involving layout, fabrication, assembly, installation and repair to structures. Instruction is included in the care and use of hand power tools, equipment and materials and common systems of frame construction and the installation of many kinds of hardware.
COMMERCIAL ART AND DESIGN Credit:3.0
Instruction in this area is geared for the advertising artist and includes an awareness of careers available to the student and a wide variety of techniques related to these career areas. Students are taught basic skills and development of vocabulary and techniques. Later, they define these skills and many choose to specialize in one area of study.
COMPUTERIZED MATERIALS HANDLING
Credit: 3.0
Instruction is designed to provide practical experience in the receiving, handling, recording and expediting of supplies and materials for all departments of the technical school. Students are instructed in the proper methods of receiving goods, maintaining accounting and inventory records, storing materials and shipping. Accurate record keeping is emphasized with instruction provided in computer data input on remote terminals. The safe and proper operation of manual and motorized material handling equipment is also taught.
COSMETOLOGY – (This program must begin with grade 10)
Credit: 3.0
Students are trained in a variety of services related to the care and beautification of hair. Instruction includes training in shampooing, manicures, rinses, scalp treatments, hair styling, coloring, waving, pressing, facials and massaging. Additional training includes salon management and customer relations. Instruction is designed to qualify pupils for State Board licensing examination upon graduation.
DRAFTING AND DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
Credit: 3.0
Anything that is manufactured or built requires precise plans that are worked out in minute detail by drafters. Drafters produce a drawing that shows the exact dimensions and specifications of each part of the product. Skills necessary for this will be taught to the student utilizing both hand and computerized drawing techniques
ELECTRICAL OCCUPATIONS Credit: 3.0
This course is designed to give students a broad background in residential, commercial and industrial wiring. Training provides instruction in layout, assembly, installation, testing and maintenance of electrical equipment. Students will also be instructed in reading and understanding residential, commercial and industrial wiring based on the National Electrical Code.
ELECTRONICS Credit: 3.0
The Industrial Electronics program provides a foundation course in the principles of the field of electronics. Instruction includes circuitry used in audio, video and other electronic systems. Students use test/measure units such as multi-meters, oscilloscopes, signal generator, and energy supplies while learning to diagnose and repair electronic systems tracing schematic diagrams.
FOOD PREPARATION Credit: 3.0
Due to rapid advancement and turnover rate, demand for food service workers is constantly high. As a result, the Beaver County Area Vocational Technical School Food Service Program is designed to introduce the student to a variety of careers. After completion of the program, the student will have been trained in the following areas: restaurant service, hot food preparation, short order cooking, banquet service, food service, safety, sanitation, and related math and nutrition skills.
GRAPHIC ARTS/PRINTING Credit: 3.0
The Graphic Arts program provides students with practical work experience in learning techniques of layout, paste-ups and design of a printing assignment. The theory of photography and darkroom procedures is taught so the student is able to produce plates used in the production of printed material. Students learn typesetting through a computerized photo typesetting system and to operate printing presses on a wide variety of equipment.
GREENHOUSE /LANDSCAPING Credit: 3.0
Students pursuing any agricultural career such as horticulture, floriculture and landscaping, in addition to production agriculture (farming) will benefit from this program. All students are trained in general agriculture studying plant growth and soil science. Students interested in the horticulture and floriculture phase will concentrate their time in the greenhouse working with and/or growing plants and flowers. Those interested in farming and mechanics will specialize in the repair and maintenance of small engines, operation of agricultural equipment and other shop skills such as arc welding and the use of farm shop tools.
HEALTH OCCUPATIONS Credit: 3.0
Students in the Health Occupations program explore a variety of health professions to develop an awareness of job opportunities in the field. Students will develop skills used in nurse assisting such as taking temperature and blood pressure, applying bandages, giving baths, making beds and feeding patients. Additionally, the students learn office management and computer skills. An introduction is given to dental assisting duties, responsibilities and basic chair side procedures and techniques. During the second year, the student may receive clinical experience at local medical facilities.
MACHINE TOOL TECHNOLOGY Credit: 3.0
Students are trained to operate metal working machines that cut, drill, grind or otherwise, form metal into a desired shape and size. It includes machine tool operation, trade theory and blueprint reading. The AVTS Machine Shop is fully equipped with computerized machines and tools. Students learn the safe and proper procedures to operate the machines and the tools of the machine trade.
MASONRY AND BRICKLAYING Credit: 3.0
This course is designed to give students the proper procedures, methods and learning experiences concerned with the cutting, shaping and setting in position of concrete blocks, brick, stone, glass blocks and the use of bonding materials and hand tools. Training is given in measuring distances from reference points and in marking guidelines on working surfaces. In addition, the student will be taught and trained in reading architectural plans, planning and estimating.
PLUMBING AND HEATING Credit: 3.0
Specialized shop and classroom experiences concerned with assembling, altering, installing and repairing of pipe systems, and related- fixtures are presented. The student will learn to fit in structures by arc welding, pipe bending, pipe cutting, oxy-acetylene pipe welding, soldering, threading and brazing. The student will also learn to repair faucets, pumps, damaged pipes, gas fittings and heater pipes. During the heating phase of instruction, the student will learn to install and maintain gas, oil and electric furnaces.
VETERINARY ASSISTANT Credit: 3.0
Students will be able to assist Veterinarians and other Veterinary professionals in the many areas involving the care of animal patients. The students will learn to work as part of a team, to respect one another as well as the animals in the classroom, and to communicate effectively using proper terminology and self-confidence. Topics to be covered include basic first aid, medical terminology, professional and ethical standards of Veterinary medicine, handling and restraint, animal anatomy, diseases and treatments, and various related studies. Completion of this course will prepare the students for full-time employment as a Kennel Attendant or Veterinary Assistant in a Veterinary hospital.
WELDING Credit: 3.0
Instruction in this area includes all aspects of fusing metals together by the use of heat and fluxing materials. The student is taught the proper use, maintenance and repair of welding equipment. Units are also provided in arc welding, acetylene welding, heliarc welding and an introduction to sub-arc welding.