Copyright: 2016

Virginia Assignment Code: 8397

Suggested Grade Level: 11, 12

Duration: 36 weeks

Hours: N/A

Prerequisites: None

CTSO: HOSA-Future Health Professionals

Course Description:

This course is one of two courses that prepare students to be vision care assistants. Students participating in this entry-level course will acquire the knowledge and assisting-level skills to function in association with a licensed ophthalmologist or optometrist. Instruction emphasizes the anatomy, physiology, and terminology of the eye. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.

Credentials, Course Sequences, and Career Clusters/Pathways can be found here:

https://www.cteresource.org/career-clusters/health-science/vision-care-technician-i/