CIMC Instructional Materials

CIMC's instructional materials are developed from skills identified by committees of industry representatives and instructors. Many include a matrix showing how each objective in the curriculum correlates to a duty and task from the skill standards. Samples of some of our materials are available for download.

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Equine Management and Production

The revised edition of Equine Management and Production closely follows the equine Duty-Task Lists for Horseman Levels 1-3. In addition, the new version of the book includes new detailed information on athletic conditioning/exercise physiology and equine geriatrics, as well as information on West Nile Virus and new classes of anthelmintics.

• Instructor's Manual
• Student Workbook

Agricultural Power and Technology - Welding

The skills in CIMC's Agricultral Power and Technology - Welding curriculum were matched to standards and recommended practices for entry-level welders developed by the American Welding Society (AWS). AWS certification is recognized throughout the United States as the standard for the education and training of welders.

• Instructor's Manual
• Student Workbook

Private Security Training Phase 4 - Firearms Training

The Firearms Training curriculum is one in a four-part private security training program required for certification as a security guard or private investigator in the state of Oklahoma. The firearms training competencies reflect the skills identified by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training as the basis for qualification with a revolver or semi-automatic pistol. Besides range qualification, the focus of the curriculum is on safety, nomenclature, and maintenance.

• Instructor's Manual
• Student Workbook

Adult and Family Living

The Adult and Family Living curriculum is designed for 11th- and 12th-graders who have had no more than one year of previous family and consumer sciences curriculum. The guide includes a crosswalk to the National Standards for Family and Consumer Sciences Education. This curriculum focuses on providing young adults with the knowledge and skills they need for healthy and positive adult and family lives.

• Instructor's Manual
• Student Workbook

Career Clusters: Career Awareness Activities for K-6

These activities are based on the 16 career clusters identified by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Vocational and Adult Education. They introduce K-6 students to the concept of career clusters, as well as introducing them to specific careers within those clusters.

• Instructor's Manual

Nursing Focus

Nursing Focus emphasizes student-centered learning strategies that are more appropriate for the needs of adult learners. Each module covers a body system or stage of life and is divided into three subsystems; Body Systems Focus, Care Focus, and Support Focus. The Practical Nursing Series focuses on the core knowledge and skills needed by Licensed Practical Nurses and prepares students to sit for the national licensure exam.

• Instructor's Manual and Student Workbook

Starting and Operating a School-Based Enterprise

Starting and Operating a School-Based Enterprise serves as a handbook for profitably operating a small business in the classroom and, in the process, demonstrating how business and entrepreneurial skills transfer to the workplace. Its focus is on business planning, personnel, market research, sales and customer service, accounting, and store security. Students and teachers follow a step-by-step process from idea to implementation.

• Instructor's Manual and Student Workbook

Automotive - Electrical/Electronic System Specialist

This CIMC curriculum addresses industry-validated standards for technician training published by the National Automotive Technicians' Education Foundation (NATEF). These standards are the basis for technician certification nationwide by ASE, the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence.

• Instructor's Manual
• Student Workbook

Concrete - Footing and Pier Forms

This module is one of 31 modules developed in order to train commercial and residential carpenters in the full range of job duties for these occupations. The modules have been developed to state industry standards and prepare students to sit for state-developed and national certification exams.

• Instructor's Manual and Student Workbook

Structural Engineering Technology Learning Activity

The activities in the Structural Engineering TLA introduce students to some of the principles of construction technology. Completing its hands-on, bridge building activities allows the students to apply the same general concepts in designing and building a bridge that construction engineers use when designing and building bridges for public use. In addition, the TLA introduces the students to the career opportunities in engineering.

• Instructor's Manual and Student Workbook