Accounting

Accounting

The following is a modified, college-based curriculum that develops employable skills quickly to be used in general accounting clerical work. The timeline, skills, and goals of instruction represent general student progression measured over the course of our 14 years of work training experience.

Week 1
Skill	Goal/Instruction
Keyboarding/Ten-key	15 wpm/60 spm
Business Math	Addition, subtraction, subtotal
Business English	Continued testing
Filing	Alphabetic rules for personal and business names

Week 2
Skill	Goal/Instruction
Keyboarding/Ten-key	15 wpm/60 spm
Business Math	Multiplication and division
Business English	proofreading symbols
MS Word	Introduction
Filing	Continued

Week 3
Skill	Goal/Instruction
Keyboarding/Ten-key	20 wpm/75 spm
Business Math	Fractions, creating and totaling invoices
MS Word	Tabs and indents
Filing	geographic, subject, government, and chronological filing methods

Week 4
Skill	Goal/Instruction
Keyboarding/Ten-key	25 wpm/80 spm
Business Math	Percents
MS Word	Tabs cont.
Filing	Final

Week 5
Skill	Goal/Instruction
Keyboarding/Ten-key	25 wpm/90 spm
Business Math	Payroll
MS Word	leaders and tables

Week 6
Skill	Goal/Instruction
Keyboarding/Ten-key	30 wpm/100 spm
MS Word	reports and newsletters

Week 7
Skill	Goal/Instruction
Keyboarding/Ten-key	30 wpm/110 spm
MS Excel	Introduction to spreadsheets

Week 8
Skill	Goal/Instruction
Keyboarding/Ten-key	35 wpm/120 spm
MS Excel	using formulas

Week 9
Skill	Goal/Instruction
Keyboarding/Ten-key	35 wpm/130 spm
MS Excel	formatting spreadsheets

Week 10
Skill	Goal/Instruction
Keyboarding/Ten-key	40 wpm/130 spm
MS Excel	Graphs

Week 11
Skill	Goal/Instruction
Keyboarding/Ten-key	40 wpm/140 spm
MS Access	Tables and forms

Week 12
Skill	Goal/Instruction
Keyboarding/Ten-key	40 wpm/140 spm
MS Access	Queries, reports and mail merge
MS Outlook	Scheduling

Week 13
Skill	Goal/Instruction
Keyboarding/Ten-key	35 wpm/130 spm
MS Outlook	Complete scheduling, Creating contacts, and emailing
Job Search	Resume/cover letter

Week 14
Skill	Goal/Instruction
Keyboarding/Ten-key	40 wpm/130 spm
MS PowerPoint	Creating presentations
Internet	Finding employment resources

Week 15
Skill	Goal/Instruction
Keyboarding/Ten-key	40 wpm/140 spm
MS PowerPoint	Complete PowerPoint
Outlook	Applying for jobs on line

Week 16
Skill	Goal/Instruction
Keyboarding/Ten-key	40 wpm/140 spm
Job Search	answering interview questions
Review	MS Word, Excel and Access