Titan Challenge with Junior Achievement
About Mrs. Wiebbecke
Hello my name is Dawn Wiebbecke and I’m excited to be continuing my tenth year at Denver Community Schools. The staff here is outstanding and I am proud to be a part of this team of professionals. My family and I moved to the country in Nashua, Iowa from Travis AFB, California in 2004. My husband was active duty Air Force for 14 years and decided he wanted to come home to Iowa. I have three children, Jeremy 23-years-old and Brittany 22-years-old, who both attended and graduated from Denver Community schools. My youngest, Henry, 13-years-old, is currently in eighth grade here at Denver Middle School.
While in California I earned my Bachelor of Arts in Human Relations from Golden Gate University. I went on to earn my Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. I taught at Rodriguez High School in Fairfield, California for four years. Teaching many of the same subjects.
Some of my hobbies include spending time with my family, reading, scrap booking, collecting antiques, and gardening. I took up skydiving while in the military, but haven’t found a DZ around here yet that works with my schedule. My family loves sports and we try to attend local and professional sporting events. I have recently found that I need something more to do on cold, snowy days so I have been getting starting in quilting. We also have a horse we enjoy.
I currently teach Business and Technology at the high school and college levels. For the past 10 years in conjunction with teaching I have been a cheerleading coach. The first four years were at the middle school level for football, basketball, and wrestling. The next six years have been for high school wrestling.
In 2012 I retired from the United States Air Force (Reserves -14 years and the Iowa Air National Guard -7 years) after 21 years of service. While in the Reserves I was a medical technician. This included earning my National Emergency Medical Technician Class B license. I worked four years in the David Grant Medical Center emergency room and the Flight Surgeons office for three years. In Iowa I was in Fort Dodge at the 133rd Test Squadron working as an Education and Training technician where I ensured airmen were trained and ready for their jobs.. I retired as an E-7.
Classes Offered
Accounting I
The purpose of this course is to present the theory and fundamentals of accounting to those students that are particularly interested in a business or accounting career or who will need accounting training for an entry-level job, although everyone can benefit from basic accounting knowledge. Accounting I goes through the accounting cycle for a sole proprietorship and a partnership. It also covers payroll, inventory, and depreciation. Students will use accounting software at various times throughout the course, but the majority of recorded will be in a workbook to ensure understanding of procedures and assist in finding errors for better understanding.(Revised 15-16)
Accounting II
This course will further develop skills mastered in Accounting 1. This course goes through the accounting cycle for a corporation. The accounting cycle is also examined in greater detail. Accounting software will be used for some assignments throughout the course. This course is especially designed for those interested in a business or accounting career. Much of the course is independent. (Revised 15-16)
Intro. to Business Law
An introduction to the principles of law as they relate to business. This course includes an overview of our court system, sources of law, ethics and social responsibility, contracts, warranties, real property, landlord and tenant, negotiable instruments, and agency. Emphasis is placed on exploring the law as it affects businesses and individuals.
(Revised 15-16)
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Business Management
Computer Applications II
Entering the Work World
This course is a study of current theory and practice of leading a complex business organization toward the accomplishment of organizational objectives and the study of management functions, the contractual relationship between corporate management and employees represented by a union. Topics include labor law and unfair labor practices, the components of organizational operations and how they are managed, and both functional and behavioral approaches to the administration of business enterprises. (New 11/12)
This semester course will concentrate applications available; Data Bases, Power Point Presentation software, spreadsheets, and Desktop Publishing. Emphasis will be on home, personal, and general business usages through projects. Students will create a PSA video that ties many of the skills learned.
Topics will include: Field definitions and formats; Layout and reporting options; Queries and calculation options; Scanner and Digital Photography operations; Mail Merge; Ethics issues, and some template programming. (Revised 15-16)
Entering the Work World is a course designed to give students the tools and skills they will need to obtain employment. The students will complete job applications, resumes, prepare for interviews, and identify solid job leads. The students will also learn about the importance of a healthy diet, getting along with superiors and co-workers, identifying how to meet
employer expectations, and identifying qualities of effective people. Students will also be able to perform necessary mathematical functions, financial literacy, as well as, demonstrate proper grammar and spelling in their writing skills. (Revised 15-16)
Introduction to Business
An introductory survey course which provides an overview of the major functions in business with relation to current social, economic and environmental concerns. (Revised 15-16)
Introduction to Computers
An introductory course in electronic information processing and information system management designed to provide the students with a general understanding of computer hardware and software and the facility to use this knowledge in the creation and management of useful information. Students will be given hands-on experience with operating system, word processing, database management, presentation and spreadsheet software. Exposure to and use of the Internet, including security and privacy concerns, is an integral part of the course. Basic computer literacy is expected for students entering this course.
(Revised 15-16)
Introduction to Keyboarding
This course presents the technique and development of touch keyboarding. Basic functions of a computer are introduced with emphasis on learning alphabetic, numeric and symbolic keys, and the numeric keypad. Students will learn to key many different types of documents. The minimum competency of 25 net words per minute, with no more than five errors per timed writings is required. (Revised 15-16)
Virtual Career Explorations
This semester course will concentrate on the two important skills for future academic and career opportunities and job skills, such as, interviewing, resumes, etc. The projects will be tailored to create products they will be able to use in their future. Some of these projects will be resumes, job lead cards, business letters, and professional presentations. The semester project will entail the beginning development of a job portfolio that will meet graduation requirements for high school seniors. (Revised 15-16)
Marketing
The marketing course explores pricing, promotion, and distribution of goods and services and how all of this is used to satisfy consumer wants and needs. It also explores why people buy the things they do and how to make good consumer choices. Marketing is extremely helpful for those students who are interested in post-high school business careers. More people are employed today in marketing goods and services than are employed in producing them. This course is also helpful for those who want to become more informed consumers. This is taught in partnership with Junior Achievement and a business community volunteer.
(Revised 15-16)
Sales
This course will use learning activities and experiences to emphasize the psychology of selling, the sale process, sales techniques, and selling as a professional career. We will explore retail environments, operations, locations, merchandising, pricing, and promotions. We will also examine the role of personal selling in the consumer and industrial marketplace, selling processes and customer relations. This class invites multiple guests in the sales field to visit class and share their knowledge. (Revised15-16)
Word Processing
This course will provide word processing concepts, terminology, and experience producing entry-level and advanced documents found in typical business offices. The major focus of the course is on mastery of word processing functions and concepts. Students will work on ‘real-world’ applications, such as, newspaper article, essays, etc., as becomes an opportunitiy in their daily lives. (Revised15-16)
