State Skill Standards: Digital Video & Broadcast Production

The standards in this document are for digital video and broadcast production programs and are designed to clearly state what the student should know and be able to do upon completion of an advanced high-school program. Digital Video and Broadcast Production is a program that consists of the initial fundamentals and sequential courses that prepare students for most occupations in the field of video and broadcast production. The content and performance standards in this document support the development of knowledge and skills recognized as essential to the industry. The overall program focuses on broad, transferable skills and stresses understanding and demonstration of the major elements of the video and broadcast production industry, including planning, management, finance, technical and product skills, and underlying principles of technology, labor issues, community issues and health, safety, and environmental issues. The standards are organized as follows: Content Standards are general statements that identify major areas of knowledge, understanding, and skills students are expected to learn in key subject and career areas by the end of the program. Following each content standard are one or more performance standards. Performance standards identify the more specific components of content standards and define the expected abilities of students within each content standard. Each performance standard is analyzed into specific performance indicators. Performance indicators are very specific criteria statements for determining whether a student exceeds the standard, meets the standard, or whose performance approaches the standard. Performance indicators may also be used as learning outcomes which teachers can identify as they plan their program learning objectives. [Funding for this paper was provided by the Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education at the Department of Education.]