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Mission CISD approves Retail Management course to help marketing students complete program pathway
Summary
The board unanimously approved adding an innovative Retail Management course so four to five affected marketing students can complete their pathway when internships or job-site practicums are not feasible.
Dr. Sharon Roberts, deputy superintendent for curriculum and instruction, asked the board to approve adding Retail Management to the district's list of innovative courses so a small number of students could finish the marketing career pathway without a job-site practicum. "Retail Management is an Innovative Course. It's only four or five students but we feel like we need to be able to offer that so that they can complete their program of study," Roberts said.
Board Member Dolores Reyna asked whether the course yields an industry-based certification; Roberts said she would research whether a specific Industry-Based Certification (IBC) is tied to the course or program of study. On a motion by Natividad Sosa, seconded by Jerry Zamora, the board approved adding the Retail Management course (vote 6-0). Roberts said the course will function as an advanced-level marketing option for juniors and seniors to become completers in the pathway.
