Business courses are offered in Tolland Public Schools in High School. Students learn some keyboarding/word processing in the lower grades and by eighth grade should have learned appropriate fingering as well as MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and basic web page construction. Courses in the high school are aimed at providing the opportunity for students to learn basic economic and consumer systems that play a central role in our society. All business teachers monitor student learning numeracy - the application of mathematics to business and personal finances, and literacy - the abilty to read, write, speak, listen, and view.
Units of Instruction
Chapters 1 and 2-Simulation Review
Chapter 3-Cash, Short Term Investments and Account Receivables
Chapter 4-Notes Receivables
Chapter 5-Accounting for Inventories
Chapter 6-Property Plant and Equipment
Chapter 7-Notes Payable
Chapter 9-Stockholders' Equity
Chapter 10-Stockholders' Equity: Earnings and Distributions
Chapter 11-Worksheets, Adjustments and Financial Statements
Chapter 12-Analyzing and Interpreting Financial Statements
Chapter 14-Partnerships: Formation, Dissolution and Liquidation
Chapter 15-Partnerships: Division of Profits and Losses
Chapter 21-Manufacturing Accounting
Chapter 22-Job Order Cost Accounting