Copyright: 2025
Virginia Assignment Code: 8043
Suggested Grade Level: 11, 12
Duration: 36 weeks
Hours: 140
Credits: 1
Prerequisites: None
CTSO: FFA
Course Description:
This course offers instruction to students interested in careers in the recreation, parks, and tourism industries. Students will learn how to manage outdoor recreation, parks, and tourism systems that provide social, economic, environmental, and health benefits. Instruction includes methods for planning, promoting, and sustainably managing recreational areas and activities. The course addresses safety and risk management as well as equipment and facilities management. Students will explore career opportunities and complete Leave No Trace 101.
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.
Note:
The Virginia Administrative Code regulates the class size for this course. For additional information, see 8VAC20-120-150, "Maximum class size," or contact the Virginia Department of Education Office of Career and Technical Education at cte@doe.virginia.gov.
Note: Competencies within this course ensure compliance with the National FFA Organization's Federal Charter Amendments Act (Public Law 116-7). Through this legislation, students are provided opportunities for leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.
Credentials, Course Sequences, and Career Clusters/Pathways can be found here: