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Description:
• CTS Program:
CTS was created to allow students the opportunity of a safe environment to explore and
experiment their interests and passions. It opens the doors for students to build skills for their lives
and possible future careers. CTS is built to allow schools (and students) to choose specific module
pathways that excite, interest and call to them; while building skills for the future. Students are
able to personalize their learning experience while taking CTS courses. Schools can draw on the
community members and local resources to reach their specific students.
CTS courses begin in senior high school, following CTF courses, this allows students 6 years of
career development before leaving school. CTS focuses on career development in a safe, secure,
fun, educational and personalized experience for students in their purpose statement. Career
development is such a large part of CTS since the term career has changed its meaning, it is no
longer your specific job but a collection of everything you have and can do. CTS gives students
the opportunity to find out what their future career, as a whole, will entail.
CTS was built to have everything connected within it. There are relationships between the CTS
clusters, modules, occupational areas, module levels and pathways. There are five CTS clusters
and for each cluster there are related occupational areas aligned from the National
Occupational Classification (NOC.) Within each CTS cluster there are 3-11 occupational areas,
to organize all of the modules. The Business, Administration, Finance & Information Technology
(BIT) cluster for example holds six occupational areas within it; Computing Science (CSE,)
Enterprise & Innovation (ENT,) Financial Management (FIN,) Information Processing (INF,)
Marketing & Management (MAM) and Networking (NET.) Between these six occupational areas
there are 158 modules available to students, split into three levels; Introductory, Intermediate
and Advanced. These modules are then taken and split up into logical sequences that are called
pathways. There are specialized, and credentialed pathways built by Alberta Education.
Specialized pathways are to give students the skills and knowledge they
would need for employment or further education. Credentialed pathways give students industry
credential or articulation.
• BIT Cluster:
The CTS cluster that this module plan falls under is the Business, Administration, Finance &
Information (BIT) cluster. BIT focuses on encouraging students to build their confidence, experience
and skills as innovators and leaders. It uses management, marketing and technology skills to
manipulate information within many different contexts. Allowing students to explore these skills in
a safe environment is key for students who want to explore business, finances and IT in more
depth. BIT has modules from Robotics Programming 1 to Small Business Taxation and everything
in-between. BIT focuses on bringing the huge world of business and breaking it into smaller
pieces, occupational areas, for students to focus on and learn about more in-depth to help them
pursue their passions and interests later on in life.
• MAM Occupational Area:
The occupational area that this module falls under is the Marketing & Management (MAM), one
of six as mentioned above. By splitting up BIT into these occupational areas it allows the modules
to be focused to specific areas of work. MAM allows students to look at marketing and
management modules specifically. This focuses on such topics as marketing, management, e-
commerce, consumers and office systems to name a few. Occupational areas allow students the
advantage of having modules sorted out for them but also the ease of finding future careers
related in a more organized fashion.
• Pathways
There are five pathways that MAM1020, the module this plan is focusing on, could fall into. This
module plan was focused around the Business Basics specialized pathway. This pathway
incorporates MAM modules as well as FIN modules to give students the specialized knowledge
they would require to be able to comprehend and apply business basics. Pathways work by
combining a number of modules, increasing from introductory to advanced levels, all working
towards a common goal, skill set and knowledge base.
The other possible pathways students could get credit for MAM1020 in are Digital Technologist,
Display Designer, E-Commerce and Retail Management.
• Module Plan:
MAM1020: Quality Customer Service is a one-credit MAM module under the BIT cluster. This
module focuses on giving students the skills and knowledge to succeed in a career where customer
service is a large focus.
This module has no prerequisite courses. Students will be asked to have OHS completed before
entering the school store portion of this module. Basic skills and competencies, focusing in
management, customer service and business would be an asset for students. MAM1010:
Marketing & Management is a supporting course to MAM1020. MAM1010 focuses on basic skills
in marketing, management and retail merchandising strategies, this knowledge would help a
student succeed in MAM1020; but is not a requirement. I would recommend students enter into
MAM2040: Retail Operations following MAM1020 if they enjoyed it. MAM2040 focuses more on
retail organizations, which have a large focus on customer service. This would be a good module
to take students skills and knowledge learnt in MAM1020 and push it to a higher level. Students
can enter into MAM1910 (2910, 2920, 3910 and/or 3920) following MAM1020 and complete
a MAM Project, which allows students to extend and strengthen their knowledge into other CTS
courses. Students can also enter MAM2950 and MAM3950 which are MAM Practicums that allow
students to apply their learnings, skills and knowledge into real life situations in an off-campus
organization and gain credential(s).
There are two overarching essential questions corresponding to MAM1020. ‘To what extent do
target markets affect products and/or services?’ this looks into how students will be learning the
ins and outs of target markets and what/who they affect. Students will also be learning how to
identify target markets for products and/or services. ‘To what extent does consumer behavior
affect quality customer service?’ this asks students how different consumer behaviors can affect
quality customer service, if it should at all and what does quality customer service look like?
Throughout 25 hours of instruction time students will cover 47 outcomes and come out quality
customer service experts. It is important to assess students’ knowledge of the content as well as
how they apply this knowledge once they are in a real-world setting, their school store. Students
will receive self, peer, individual and group feedback in many different forms throughout this
module. Assessments will look like:
• Creating a Quality Customer Service Handbook
• Creating promotional campaigns for school store
• Working in school store (real-world experience)
• Creating a resume and jobs they would apply to with it based off this module)
• Basic competencies will be assessed throughout module and all assessments
Rationale:
• Program / Students:
In MAM1020 we are teaching students the basics of working in a customer service-based
environment and then opening the doors to a school store for students to take these basics and
apply them to real-life scenarios. This process is built into the fundamentals of CTS, teaching
students skills and then allowing them to use these skills. This pushes students to explore further
than the content to really find what they are interested in and enjoy doing. By allowing students
into a working store to put what they have learnt into practice they will very quickly learn if they
want to do something in the future related to customer service or not. The sooner that students can
experience career related concepts the easier time they will have when it comes to picking a
future job or education.
• Outcomes:
For this module and its assessment purposes I have grouped the outcomes together into groups of
likeminded outcomes. They have been grouped by level of thinking according to Blooms
Taxonomy and by the type of assessment that will be used for them. There are 47 outcomes and
they have been put into 6 groups. Whether they are or aren’t grouped all of the outcomes will
be hit by the assessment techniques used in this module. Grouping them just allows for less
assessments, we all assess multiple outcomes under one assessment this way. This simplifies
workload for the students and streamlines their learning, it saves time for everyone involved. The
goal of teaching this module by this module plan is to make sure each student hits each outcome
and does so in the best way possible for each individual. By grouping the outcomes, we are
streamlining the Integrated Assessment Plan that is a part of this module plan.
• Sequencing:
The sequencing of teaching is important in any class, but specifically a CTS class. Students must
complete any necessary safety modules before entering certain CTS modules. I am requesting for
MAM1020 for students to complete a OHS module before entering the school store as there can
be many hazards and workplace safety issues in there. Once students have completed OHS they
can enter the school store workplace portion of MAM1020. It makes sense to start teaching the
basics of all of the outcomes and begin working on students Quality Customer Service Handbooks
also before they enter the school store. Once students have the basics down and a little bit of
experience in the school store I would go back over the outcomes and teach them in more depth
and students can continuously add to their handbooks. Outcome five – Demonstrate effective
retail sales and service techniques, will be solely covered and assessed while students are in the
school store, but this will occur throughout the semester. Outcome six, which focuses on basic
competencies, will also be assessed throughout the entire module. The resume assessment will
come at the end of the module as it will serve as a reflection piece for students to sit back and
think of the skills and knowledge they have picked up throughout this module.
Allowing students to start with the basics, go into the store and test their knowledge against real-
world experiences with teacher support, bring them back and teach them more in depth and then
send them back into the store to build better skills and understandings without teacher support
eventually is the best way I see to improve their learning, understanding and skill set. Teaching
the basics and being there to assist in the store and then teaching them deeper understandings
and then having no assistance in the store eventually is a form of scaffolding that will benefit the
students immensely. I think that letting the students know on the first day that they will get to work
in the school store to test out their knowledge and skills will excite them and reel them in to
classes.
• Teacher:
Having a diploma in Business Administration and a bachelor’s degree in management I feel as
though I possess the management and business skills and knowledge required to teach students
MAM1020. Aside from my educational background I also have years of work experience in the
customer service sector. I have worked dealing with customer service for 8 years, 3 of those
years I was in a management role in a retail store. This results in having extensive knowledge in
dealing with customers and providing exceptional levels of customer service to all kinds of
people. I will be able to give students real-life examples of bad, good and exceptional customer
service. I can also tell them my experiences of handling customers, whether they were hard or
easy to handle, and the consequences of it. From my experience during my schooling I can speak
on how having a teacher who has experienced what they are instructing on enriches the learning
and brings it to another level. I believe, especially in a CTS course, this would prove to be
extremely beneficial to students; having someone who has seen it all be the one to teach you. It
brings a sense of knowing what you are learning is applicable to real life to students in the
classroom. This shows students that what they are learning actually matters after the course is
complete.
• Choice in the Classroom:
The bonus of CTS courses is that students are choosing to be in the classes, they are not mandated
to be there. This implies that students are excited and interested in what they will be learning. I
would believe that this will make the course go smoother, students will not be fighting the teacher
along the way as they are all interested in learning more about customer service. To inform
students who signed up for a customer service class that they will get to take their learnt
knowledge and skills and apply it in the school store and work there will give the students even
more sense of purpose and excitement to be in this module. If the students are choosing and
excited to be in my class than I intend to give them that same level of excitement and choice
back. Most if not all of my assessments will contain a level of individuality and choice to them, to
personalize to each students’ wants and needs. Students will be able to choose the modalities for
proving they have reached each outcome, other than when they are in the school store. Allowing
students this opportunity gives each and every student the chance to show what they have learnt
without any restrictions. This gives all students the chance to shine in the classroom and leaves no
one left out. Students will also be able to request feedback at any point in time and in any form
they want. I believe that this will make the students learning experience more positive than it
would be without these additional forms of choice and personalization. The richer of an education
experience we can give students, especially in CTS courses, the better prepared they will be for
their future.
CTS Module MAM1020: Quality Customer Service
ED3601 CTS Module Planning Alphanumeric Code and Title
Quality
Sales Clerk Work in
Target Consumer Promotional Customer
Title Market Behavior
vs. Sales
Campaign
School
Service
Resume
Person Store
Handbook
Purpose /
• Quiz / Test
• CTS Module(s)
Modality Write Write
Do Write
• Write Write Write Do Do Write
• Core Subject(s) • Say Say
Do Say Say
•
• K&E Competencies Say
Device
• Anchor / Sample / Exemplar
• Anecdotal Notes Sample Sample
Checklist
• Checklist / Rating Scale Rubric Rubric Rubric Exemplar Rubric Exemplar
• Conversation
Conversation / Q & A Rubric Rubric
• Heuristic
• Rubric
• Other
Weighting - - - 15 30 30 25
Prioritized / Clustered Outcomes Level(s) of Cognition / Performance Criteria
1. define target market
2. identify and describe the components of a target market
2.1 identify and describe participants including:
2.1.1 buyers Create
2.1.2 users
Knowledge Apply Knowledge
2.1.3 influencers
2.2 identify demographics; e.g., age, sex, income, geographical Comprehension Knowledge Comprehend
location, education, ethnic origin, economic background
2.3 identify psychographics; e.g., lifestyles including attitudes,
interests and habits
3. identify target markets for a variety of products and/or
services
4. identify and describe a variety of consumer behaviours
4.1 describe basic needs and identify several examples
4.2 describe secondary wants and identify several examples
4.3 differentiate among recent purchases and indicate if they
were needs or wants
4.4 describe Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and identify purchases Create
Knowledge
made at each level
4.5 identify and give examples of: Comprehension Knowledge
4.5.1 rational buying motives
4.5.2 emotional buying motives Comprehend
4.6 identify their buying motives on recent purchases
4.7 explain the influences of income on purchases
4.8 describe how advertising influences consumer purchases
4.9 describe the attention, interest, desire, action (AIDA) concept
and indicate its relationship to consumer behaviour
4.10 identify influences on recent purchases
5. demonstrate effective retail sales and service techniques
5.1 demonstrate high standards of personal health, grooming and
cleanliness
5.2 demonstrate proper interaction and relationships with:
5.2.1 customers
5.2.2 coworkers Analyze Create
Apply
5.2.3 supervisors Comprehend Knowledge
5.2.4 suppliers Demonstrate
5.3 differentiate between the role of a sales clerk/service provider 5.4 Comprehension
and a salesperson
5.4 describe or demonstrate how sales clerks obtain product
knowledge
5.5 demonstrate quality customer service when:
5.5.1 preparing sales receipts/bills
CTS Module MAM1020: Quality Customer Service
ED3601 CTS Module Planning Alphanumeric Code and Title
Create
5.10 assist in preparing promotional campaigns including visual Apply
merchandising
Understand
Assessment Evidence(s)
▪ Purpose Formative
▪ Modality Say & Do
▪ Device Observation, Conversation
Work in store – based off knowledge in handbook – Checklist of outcomes 5.1-5.9 & 5.11
Demonstrate basic competencies
Demonstrate Outcomes 5.1-5.9 & 5.11
Learning Activities Students will work in school store selling products to other students
-students will rotate through positions in the store, working on their handbooks or more
promotional campaigns.
-students will use their handbooks to guide their behaviors in the school store.
Students will be formatively assessed/observed while they are working in the store.
-students can choose the format/modality they wish to be assessed with to give them the most beneficial
information.
Learning Activities Students will work in school store selling products to other students
-students will rotate through positions in the store, working on their handbooks or more
promotional campaigns.
-students will use their handbooks to guide their behaviors in the school store.
Students will be formatively assessed/observed while they are working in the store.
-students can choose the format/modality they wish to be assessed with to give them the most beneficial
information.