Principles of Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security

Clusters: Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
Pathways: Correction Services
Courses: Principles of Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
Grade range: 9, 10, 11, 12
Release date: 12-14-2017
Tags: Scientific Reasoning, Forensic Science, Amendment, Bill or Rights, Actus Reus, Crime, Mens Rea, Inchoate Offenses, Enacting Laws, Misdemeanor, Bills, Felonies, Roles, Public Safety Professionals, Responsibilities, Stress, Time Management, Education, History, Training, Current Trends, Fire Department, 911, Communications, Correctional System, Correctional Officers, Prison, Jails, Hazardous Materials, Workplace Safety, Law, Public Safety, First Aid, Triage, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, CPR, Sentencing, Alternative Sentencing, LPSCS, Emergency Medical Service, Health, Fitness, Wellness, Functions of Court, Levels of Court, City Court, Municipal Court, Justice of the Peace, County Court, Appellate Court, District Court, Criminal Appeal, Texas Supreme Court, Principles of Law, Corrections, Security, Mock Trials, Law Enforcement, Electronic Crimes, Hate Crimes, Human Trafficking, Interagency Partnerships, First Responders, Courts, Mathematics, Science, Corrections and Security, Corrections Services, Emergency and Fire Management, Security and Protective Services, Law Enforcement Services, Legal Services

Description

Principles of Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security introduces students to professions in law enforcement, protective services, corrections, firefighting, and emergency management services. Students will examine the roles and responsibilities of police, courts, corrections, private security, and protective agencies of fire and emergency services. The course provides students with an overview of the skills necessary for careers in law enforcement, fire service, protective services, and corrections.

This binder does not contain all lesson plans for this course. This content can be used with any textbook or instructional materials. If locally adapted, make sure all TEKS are covered.

Resources

Scope and Sequence

Scope and Sequence: Principles of Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security

CTE TEKS - Implemented 2017-2018, adopted in 2015 Principles of Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security course scope and sequence within the Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security Career Cluster® summarizes the content to be taught, and one possible order for teaching the units of instruction. A brief description of each unit and the corresponding TEKS are included. This scope and sequence may be adapted or adopted by the local education agency.

Unit 1: Professional Standards and Employer Expectations

Lesson plans are currently not available. Review the scope and sequence document and TEKS.

Lesson plans are currently not available. Review the scope and sequence document, TEKS, and available lesson plans, to determine which additional lesson plans to locally develop. You can download the optional blank lesson plan template provided here, to locally develop a new lesson plan, consistent with the others provided in the Texas CTE Resource Center. If after developing a new lesson plan, you would like the TEA to consider adding it to the resource library for colleague teachers to also use in the future, attach the lesson plan and any supplemental instructional materials through the form here, for consideration. If published, we will attribute the materials to you.

Unit 2: Academic Knowledge and Communication Skills

Lesson Plan: Math and Science in LPSCS

Review the scope and sequence document. One or more lesson plans are currently not available.

One or more lesson plans are currently not available. Review the scope and sequence document, TEKS, and available lesson plans, to determine which additional lesson plans to locally develop. You can download the optional blank lesson plan template provided here, to locally develop a new lesson plan, consistent with the others provided in the Texas CTE Resource Center. If after developing a new lesson plan, you would like the TEA to consider adding it to the resource library for colleague teachers to also use in the future, attach the lesson plan and any supplemental instructional materials through the form here, for consideration. If published, we will attribute the materials to you.

Unit 3: Safety, First Aid, and Critical-Thinking Skills

Lesson Plan: Scientific Reasoning

Lesson Plan: The Role of Emergency Medical Services

Lesson Plan: Health and Safety in LPSCS Careers

Lesson Plan: Safety with Hazardous Materials in the Workplace

Lesson Plan: First Aid and CPR

Many LPSCS professionals are first responders. In order to sustain life until medical personnel arrive on the scene, first responders must know emergency medical procedures in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). In this lesson, students will have an opportunity to demonstrate first aid triage and cardiopulmonary resuscitation methods.

This lesson introduces students to the basic components of sentencing and provides examples of sentences. Sentencing is a very important phase of the court process. Judges and juries must follow the guidelines set forth by law and precedent to ensure that due process is served on those convicted of crimes.