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Business and Information Technology

Program Overview
Business and Information Technology is an elective program offered at all high schools. A college degree in business, which includes business administration, accounting, business management, management information systems, etc., can be explored and assisted by the many business and information technology course offerings.

Technology is utilized as a tool throughout all the business and information technology courses as well as a major emphasis in many of these courses. Students create multimedia presentations; design desktop published documents; learn integrated software; develop web pages; and program in Visual Basic. Several of these courses qualify students to receive advanced placement credit with Northern Virginia Community College .

Business Staff

Suzanne Engels

Suzanne Engels email
Department Chair & Business Cooperative Internship Coordinator
Courses Taught: Information Systems, Design, Multimedia & Web Technologies, Web Page Development, Programming, Advanced Programming & Business Cooperative Internship
Education: Bachelor of Science in Business Education. Concentration in Data Processing, Accounting, and General Office Procedures, Radford University
Interests: Softball and Soccer

Scott Evans Scott Evans email
Courses Taught: Oracle, Web Page Development, IT Fundamentals
Education: Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems, Strayer University
Interests: Computers, Computer Games, Sports
Jacqua Moon Jacqua Moon email
Michele Tisdal

MicheleRock email
Leadership & Policy Studies, Ed.S.
Business Education & Workforce Development, M.Ed.

Business Department, Room A-133, Ext. 8212
Assistant Director of Student Activities

Courses Taught: IB Business & Management SL, Economics & Personal Finance, Business Law, Business Management, Design Multimedia & Web Technologies, Information Systems.
Education: 2011-Education Specialist (Ed.S.) in Leadership & Policy Studies with administrative certification, Virginia Tech (VT)
2003-Masters in Education (M.Ed.) in Business Education and Workforce Development, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP)
2001-Bachelor’s of Science in Marketing, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP)
Other Experience: Graduation Coordinator, Homecoming Coordinator, Class Sponsor, After-School Program Mentor (Twain MS), Adult & Community Education Instructor (Bryant HS), Track & Field Assistant Coach, Field Hockey Assistant Coach

For more information about our courses go to http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OCTE/business/courses/hsindex.htm

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703-924-8000
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Greg Croghan, Principal
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Updated April 26, 2012