Students & Parents
Jackson River
Technical Center
105 E. Country Club Lane
Covington, VA
24426-9640
(540) 862-1308
The purpose of this Handbook is to familiarize the
students, teachers, and parents with the policies, regulations, and
organization of Jackson River Technical
Center
Letter from the
Administration
Admission of
Postgraduate Students
Discrimination
Grievance Procedure
Paging &
Communication Devices
Absences, Tardies,
and Early Dismissals
Absences for Home
School Activities
General
Expectations & Disciplinary Actions
Tobacco Products
& Lighters/Matches
Dear Students:
On behalf of the JRTC Joint
Board of Control and the entire JRTC staff we
welcome you to Jackson River Technical Center. At the Center, you will
have unique opportunities for personal growth and skill development that will
be of tremendous benefit to you as you enter the world of work.
Jackson River Technical
Center is a very important part of the Alleghany Highlands community. The Center's staff, the Joint Board of
Control, and the entire community take great pride in this Center and the
quality training which it makes available to all students.
This handbook has been
developed to assist you in being successful at our Center. It contains information about the Center,
operating policies and procedures, and expectations that we have of students.
Please read this entire book very carefully and ask questions of staff members
about any part that you do not understand. It is extremely important that you
are fully aware of all the information it contains so that you can be
successful at the Center and know what is expected of you as a student.
As students of JRTC, it is
expected that you will conduct yourselves as mature young men and women. All faculty and staff are to be given the
same degree of respect that you would like to receive in return.
We are very pleased to have
you as a part of JRTC. Pursue your
training here with enthusiasm and a positive attitude and you will have a very
successful year.
Sincerely,
Thomas
M. P. Beirne, Director
Glenn
Spangler, Assistant Director
Jackson River Technical Center, in
accordance to Joint Board policy for the Technical Center, endorses the
following principles and guidelines for functioning as a jointly owned
technical center.
The Center staff aspires to help each
individual to discover and enhance his/her unique abilities so that he/she may
achieve vocational and civic success.
It strives to develop a proper respect for
honest work, pride in accomplishment, and awareness of the contributions for
the individual worker to society and the economy.
The Center staff seeks to graduate
"independent learners"--persons who have the necessary fundamentals
to interpret and, in turn, utilize their ever-expanding knowledge and skills.
The Center staff also seeks to graduate
"learners." Through the
activities of student organizations, students learn their roles in the school,
community, and the world of work.
Students serve others and make vital contributions toward improving the
quality of life in today's world and more importantly to shape tomorrow's
world.
The Center staff strives to point out to
each person that the greatest assets are individual skill and knowledge,
personal initiative, self-confidence, dreams and ideas, with the persistence
and determination to carry them to completion.
The Center staff provides to the
handicapped and disadvantaged individuals a
full range of vocational programs including occupationally specific
courses of study, cooperative education, and apprenticeship programs through
recruitment, enrollment, and placement activities in the least restrictive
environment.
Provisions have been made for keeping the
school and community informed about school philosophy and objectives through
various means: school visitation by the community and parents, presentations to
other schools, and updated brochures describing the various programs. Also included in the communication process
are slide presentations and student organization community awareness projects
for both community and civic groups.
Communication is further facilitated through adult and apprenticeship
programs. The community is kept
informed of the Center's activities through articles in the local newspapers,
radio broadcasts, and television.
Objectives are to:
1. Assist its students in
the selection of a vocation that coincides with their abilities and aspirations
2. Provide the instruction
and practical experiences that will provide the opportunity for each
student to prepare for gainful employment
3. Expose its students to current technical
knowledge so that they may perform
objectives necessary for entry level in the world of work
4. Develop its students to
the depth and quality of technical knowledge and skills for job retention
5. Help the individual
become aware of associated job hazards and develop safety consciousness
6. Assure
that each individual becomes aware of responsibilities and has the opportunity
to exercise individual judgment in carrying out job assignments
7. Cultivate those
qualities that prepare the individual to adjust to a constantly changing lifestyle
that accompanies the advancement of a technological
society
8. Develop leadership
through educational, vocational, civic and social activities
9. Promote high standards
in work ethics, craftsmanship, scholarship, and safety
10. Give the student prestige and recognition on the basis of school
and community
achievements
11. Broaden the student's perspective through programs, publications
and personal
contacts in the local, state, and national student organizations
12. Develop the individual student's physical, mental, and social well
being
13. Cooperate with other agencies in providing
continuing education for adults in the community as the needs present
themselves.
Job-entry level vocational training
programs are available to students at Jackson River Technical Center. These courses allow the student to earn
credits toward graduation and receive a vocational certificate in addition to
his or her diploma. Successful
completion of a program sequence will fulfill a math or science requirement for
graduation. Also, all classes meet the
practical arts graduation requirements.
Advanced
Sports, Entertainment, and Recreation Marketing: This is a one-credit, one-semester course designed for
students to continue their study of the sports, entertainment, and recreation
industry including the impact of the internet marketing and international
marketing in this area. Other topics include market research, market
segmentation, and sponsorships as well as planning, implementing, and
evaluation SER events. The course will also cover working with agents and
personal managers and appraising the role of labor unions in SER. Additional
study will be focused on developing a career plan in the field.
Prerequisites: Sports, Entertainment and Recreation Marketing Grades:
11, 12
Business Law: This is a one-credit, one-semester course designed to
acquaint students with the basic legal principles common to business and
personal activities. Topics include evaluating contracts, maximizing purchasing
power through credit, and renting and owning real estate. Business concepts
such as contracts, ethics, starting a business, hiring employees, and managing
employees are included. This course is recommended for any student intending to
pursue a degree in law or business.
Prerequisite: None Grades: 10, 11, 12
Business Management:
This is a one-credit, one-semester course
designed to assist students to study the basic management concepts and
leadership styles as they explore business ownership, planning, economics,
international business and human relations issues such as employee motivation
and conflict resolution. Students
explore the impact of technology on the business world. Students learn to evaluate and choose
appropriate marketing tools.
Prerequisite: None Grades:
10, 11, 12
Design
Multimedia, and Web Technologies: This is a one-credit, one-semester course designed to
help students develop proficiency in using desktop publishing software to
create a variety of printed and electronic publications. Students will
incorporate journalistic principles in design and layout of publications.
Students will work with hardware and software to develop web sites and
multimedia presentations.
Prerequisite:
None Grades:10, 11, 12
Entrepreneurship
Education: This
is a one-credit, one-semester course designed for students who wish to
concentrate on strategies for career development through ownership/management
of their own businesses. Although individual skills are emphasized, the focus
of the course is on development of a business plan, including the following:
Determination of type of business enterprise, legal considerations, location
selection, financing, steps in getting the enterprise started, marketing
strategy, and interaction with successful entrepreneurs.
Prerequisite:
None Grades: 10, 11, 12
Hotel/Motel
Marketing:
This is a one-credit, one-semester course. In this specialized course, students
with a career interest in the field of hospitality and recreation develop
skills in the areas of hotel front-office procedures, human relations, food and
beverage service, purchasing, tourism, travel, and sales promotion. In
addition, students obtain a thorough understanding of the hotel-motel industry
and the career options available. Academic skills (mathematics, science,
English, and history/social science) related to the content are a part of this
course. Computer/technology applications supporting this course are studied.
Prerequisite: None Grades: 10, 11, 12
Keyboarding
Applications: This is a one-credit, one-semester course
designed to allow students to develop or refine touch skills for entering
alphabetic, numeric, and symbol information on a keyboard. Students apply
keyboarding skills to produce a variety of personal and business
documents. Students will develop a
resume, type business letters and memos, and learn to develop charts and
tables. Students will compile a
portfolio containing representative examples of each type of document learned.
Prerequisite: NoneGrades: 9,
10, 11, 12
Marketing: A one-credit one-semester course for entry level
positions and/or continued education in a variety of careers that require
knowledge of communications, economics, and psychology as well as techniques in
sales, promotion, and management.
Examples include sales, public relations, business management, product
design and merchandising, fund-raising, advertising and promotion using all
types of media, and international marketing.
Marketing uses the cooperative education method offering a combination
of classroom instruction and supervised on-the-job training with continuing
supervision throughout the school year.
Prerequisite:
None Grades: 11 & 12
Sports,
Entertainment, and Recreation Marketing : This is a one-credit, one-semester course designed to
help students develop skills in the
areas of marketing analysis, event marketing, communication, and human
relations, along with a thorough understanding of the sports, entertainment,
and recreation industry and career options available. Academic skills
(mathematics, science, English, and history/social science) related to the
content are a part of this course. Computer/technology applications supporting
this course are studied.
Prerequisite:
None Grades: 10, 11, 12
Health
Assistant I: This is a one-credit, one-semester course
designed to introduce students to the various occupations within the health
care field and to develop common basic skills utilized in such
occupations. This course includes
acquainting the student with the health care industry, introducing and
surveying various health careers, identifying medical terminology of the entire
body system, vital signs, infection control, the introduction of the Omnibus
Safety and Health Act (OSHA) and Universal Precautions, understanding human
needs and communications.
Prerequisite: None Grades:
10, 11, 12
Health Assistant
II: This is a two-credit, one-year course
designed to assist students in the development of basic nursing care and skill
utilized in many health assistant careers.
Care competencies such as communication skills, first aid and
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), professionalism, ethics, nutrition and
medical terminology are included in the content. American Red Cross Community First Aid and CPR certification is
issued upon satisfactory completion of that unit. Supervised laboratory
training is a major component of the course.
Prerequisite: Health Assistant I Grades: 11, 12
Health
Assistant III: This is a two-credit, one-year course
designed to offer students advanced preparation through classroom instruction
and clinical experience. Instruction is
based on competencies for careers such as dental aide, medical assistant, nurse
aide, etc. Emphasis is on advanced skill through clinical work experience
managed by the teacher in a hospital, nursing home, or medical agency.
Satisfactory completion of the nurse aide theory and clinical components will
enable a student to take the NACEP test to become a CNA.
Prerequisite: Health Assistant II Grade: 12
Automotive Technology I: This is a one-credit, one-semester course
designed for students interested the automotive technology field. Studies in
this course will include basic safety, identification of automotive systems,
proper use and safety with basic hand tools, minor repair and maintenance of an
automobile, general interior and exterior maintenance of an automobile and
occupations in the automotive field.
Prerequisite: None Grades: 10, 11, 12
Automotive
Technology II: This is a two-credit, one-year course
designed to give students instruction in the basic principles in the class such
as safety, shop tools, service manuals, engine principles measurements, design
and construction, mechanical and fluid engine systems, and electrical engine
systems. Students will be working on
automobiles during lab portions of the course.
Prerequisite: Automotive Technology I Grades: 11, 12
Automotive
Technology III: This is a two-credit, one-year course
designed to expand the knowledge a student has learned in the two previous
automotive technology courses. Students
will receive instruction in emission control systems, automotive computers,
power transmission systems, vehicle suspension and control systems, vehicle
accessory systems, and the work experience program. Students will continue to work on automobiles during lab portions
of the course.
Prerequisite: Automotive Technology II Grade: 12
Carpentry
I: This is a one-credit, one-semester course
designed to introduce students to the principles of carpentry as they relate to
construction. Classroom and lab
instruction integrates safety, shop and field math needed by carpenters, tools,
materials, fasteners, blueprints, and layout work. The student will be involved in hands-on experiences such as the
building of a house, shop orders, cabinets, small buildings, and other such
projects.
Prerequisite: None
Grades: 10,
11, 12
Carpentry
II: This is a two-credit, one-year course
designed to give students more emphasis on carpentry principles. Classroom and lab instruction integrate
additional and more detailed instruction from the topics in a review of
Carpentry I; safety; rough carpentry; concrete forms; wall, floor, roof, and
stair framing; leveling instruments; and estimation principles and cost of
materials. Students will be involved in
construction of a house at JRTC, Cabinetmaking, and other carpentry related
work.
Prerequisite: Carpentry I Grades: 11, 12
Carpentry
III: This is a two-credit, one-year course
designed to give students more advanced emphasis on carpentry. Students will receive classroom and lab
instruction in safety, installation of windows and doors, drywall construction,
ceiling finishing, interior trim work, blueprint reading and drawing, and the
construction of a house at JRTC.
Prerequisite: Carpentry II Grade: 12
Computer
Systems Technology I: This is a one-credit,
one-semester course designed to provide
students with the basic concepts needed to install, troubleshoot and
repair all aspects of personal computers.
Skills taught include hardware assembly and setup, use of common
operating system commands (DOS, Windows, Novell, Linux, etc.), and the
installation of software. Knowledge and
skills will be taught using a combination of classroom instruction and hands-on
activities.
Prerequisite:
None Grades: 10, 11, 12
Computer
Systems Technology II: This is a two-credit, one-year
course designed to expand on basic concepts taught in Computer Systems
Technology I. More advanced skills in
computer assembly and repair will be taught.
In addition students will gain the necessary knowledge and skills to
install, configure, troubleshoot and repair computer networks. Students will also learn how to assemble a
custom hardware and software configuration to accomplish a given task. Knowledge and skills will be taught using a
combination of classroom instruction and hands-on activities.
Prerequisite:
Computer Systems Technology I Grades:
11, 12
Computer
Systems Technology III: This is a two-credit, one-year
course designed to expand on concepts and skills learned in previous
courses. A combination of classroom
instruction and hands-on activities will teach knowledge and skills necessary
for: installation and configuration of
client-server and peer-to-peer networks and installation and configuration of
routers, firewalls, and other network appliances from various vendors. Students will also be introduced to
networked and stand-alone software application development, and custom
configurations.
Prerequisite:
Computer Systems Technology II Grade:
12
Electrical
Wiring: This is a one-credit, one-semester course
designed to train students in the basic electrical knowledge and performance
skills required to work in the building trades field. Classroom and hands-on instruction will include units in electrical
safety; tools; blueprints and load calculations; electrical wiring codes; 110
volt, 220 volt, and low voltage circuits; fuses and circuit breakers; test
equipment; and basic troubleshooting.
The student will develop electrical repair skills and basic wiring
skills. Prerequisite: None Grades:
11, 12
Plumbing:
This is a one-credit, one-semester course designed to train students in
the basic plumbing skills required for entry-level positions in the building
trades field. Classroom and hands-on
instruction will include plumbing safety, plumbing codes and permits, isometric
plumbing drawings, floor plans and layouts, drainage systems, vent systems,
traps, cleanouts, water supply and distribution systems.
Prerequisite: None Grades: 11, 12
Welding I:
This is a one-credit, one-semester course designed to introduce students
to the welding field. Areas of
instruction are shop and equipment safety, oxygen-acetylene cutting, and arc
welding. Detailed instruction on parts of the torch, bottle pressure settings,
types of flames, and equipment care are included for oxygen-acetylene
cutting. The four basic types of weld
joints: butt, lap, tee, and corner in
the flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead positions will be practiced in arc
welding. Instruction in the use of
other shop equipment is included.
Prerequisite: None Grades: 10, 11, 12
Welding II:
This is a two-credit, one-year course designed to allow students to
continue working with the four basic types of welding joints: butt, lap, tee, and corner. Other areas of instruction are carbon arc
torch, plasma arc cutting, pneumatic sheer and brake press, tungsten inert gas
(TIG), mechanical inert gas (MIG) processes and MIG/TIG welding using mild
steel, stainless steel, and aluminum metals.
Prerequisite: Welding I Grades: 11, 12
Welding
III: This is a two-credit, one-year course
designed to allow students a more extensive training in TIG and MIG processes,
welding of basic joints, and pipe welding. Students will also receive additional instruction in blueprint
reading, metal fabrication, and design.
Through satisfactory completion of the
welding program sequence, the student will have the opportunity to
receive certification on mild steel plate using 7018 electrodes.
Prerequisite: Welding II Grade: 12
Building
Maintenance I, II, & III: These are
two-credit, one-year courses designed to train students in the basic knowledge
and performance skills required for entry level positions in the field of
custodial services and lawn care. These
courses will enable a student to obtain employment in one of the areas
mentioned. The program is flexible in
order that students can develop and advance at their own pace in grasping and
understanding the various job skills.
Additional goals of the class are to help the student achieve a feeling
of confidence and success, as well as the development of pride in workmanship.
Prerequisite: Placement only Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Building
Trades I & II: These are two-credit, one-year
courses designed to train students in the basic knowledge and performance
skills required for entry level positions in the field of building
construction. The course will enable a
student to obtain employment as helpers in the areas of carpentry, plumbing,
electricity, masonry, HVAC, and building maintenance. Flexibility in the program allows students to pace themselves in grasping and understanding the
various job skills. Additional goals of
the class are to help the student achieve a feeling of confidence and success,
as well as the development of pride in workmanship.
Prerequisite: None
Grades: 9, 10, 11,12
Culinary
Arts I: This is a one-credit, one-semester course
designed to introduce students to the basics of the food industry. Students
will be given an overview of the food service industry, general safety,
sanitation, kitchen orientation and equipment, nutrition, customer service, and
basic cooking principles. Students will
also apply those topics to actual work in the kitchen in preparing basic meals
and in hosting large banquets.
Prerequisite: None Grades: 10, 11, 12
Culinary
Arts II: This is a two-credit, one-year course
designed to give students more in-depth experiences in working in the food
industry. Students will have more
hands-on time in the kitchen to prepare meals and banquets. Students will continue to expand their food
industry knowledge by making menus, studying recipe structure and use, basic
food preparation, and fast food operations.
Prerequisite: Culinary Arts I Grades:
11, 12
Culinary
Arts III: This is a two-credit, one-year course
designed to introduce students to kitchen management skills. Students will cover several topics dealing
with management: equipment, business
management, personal management, cost control, menu planning, and
marketing. The majority of this class
is spent in the kitchen with the student working individually and in small
groups to prepare for meals and banquets.
Prerequisite: Culinary Arts II Grade: 12
Early
Childhood Education I: This is a one-credit,
one-semester course designed to introduce the student to the principles of
child growth and development, planning and implementing learning activities,
principles of guiding children’s behaviors, healthy and safe environments,
exploration of the child care industry and career development. Basic hands-on experience working with
children and their families is provided in the JRTC Preschool.
Prerequisite: None Grades: 10, 11, 12