2014 – 2015
Florida Department of Education
Curriculum Framework 

Program Title:	Rooms Division Management	
Career Cluster:	Hospitality and Tourism

CCC	
CIP Number	0252090402	
Program Type	College Credit Certificate (CCC)	
Program Length	30 credit hours	
CTSO	SkillsUSA
Collegiate DECA	
SOC Codes (all applicable) 	11-9081 – Lodging Managers	
Targeted Occupation List	http://www.labormarketinfo.com/wec/TargetOccupationList.htm	
Perkins Technical Skill Attainment Inventory	http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/perkins/perkins_resources.asp 	
Statewide Articulation	http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/dwdframe/artic_frame.asp 	

Purpose

This certificate program is part of the Hospitality and Tourism Management AS degree program (1252090100).  

A College Credit Certificate consists of a program of instruction of less than sixty (60) credits of college-level courses, which is part of an AS or AAS degree program and prepares students for entry into employment (Rule 6A-14.030, F.A.C.).

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Hospitality and Tourism career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Hospitality and Tourism career cluster. 

The content includes but is not limited to employability and customer service skills, marketing techniques in the hospitality industry, laws that affect the hospitality industry, and management operations for hotels.  Additional Information relevant to this Career and Technical Education (CTE) program is provided at the end of this document.

Standards

After successfully completing this program, the student will be able to perform the following:

01.0	Demonstrate employability skills.
02.0	Demonstrate customer service skills.
03.0	Apply human relations skills.
04.0	Demonstrate proficiency in communication skills.
05.0	Demonstrate proficiency in applying mathematics skills.
06.0	Identify economic principles.
07.0	Identify effective selling techniques and procedures.
08.0	Identify the organization and function of the hospitality industry.
09.0	Perform general hotel duties.
10.0	Manage the front office.
11.0	Develop and control basic sanitation program.
12.0	Demonstrate housekeeping operations and management functions.
13.0	Demonstrate leadership and supervisory skills.
14.0	Apply and maintain security and safety procedures.
15.0	Demonstrate hotel staffing operations.
16.0	Analyze laws that affect the hospitality industry.
17.0	Operate liability and risk identification program.
18.0	Identify and demonstrate marketing and business fundamentals.
19.0	Demonstrate use of the Property Management System.
20.0	Manage accounting and information system.

2014 – 2015
Florida Department of Education
Student Performance Standards

Program Title:	Rooms Division Management	 
CIP Number:	0252090402	
Program Length:	30 credit hours	
SOC Code:	11-9081

This certificate program is part of the Hospitality and Tourism Management AS degree program (1252090100).  At the completion of this program, the student will be able to:	
01.0	Demonstrate employability skills. – The student will be able to:	
01.01	Conduct a job search.	
01.02	Secure information about a job.	
01.03	Prepare a resume and cover letter, letter of application, follow-up letter, acceptance/rejection letter, and letter of resignation.	
01.04	Identify documents that may be required when applying for a job.	
01.05	Complete a job application form correctly.	
01.06	Demonstrate competence in job interview techniques.	
01.07	Identify or demonstrate appropriate responses to criticism from employer, supervisor, and customers.	
01.08	Identify acceptable work habits.	
01.09	Discuss how to make job changes appropriately.	
01.10	Identify acceptable employee health and grooming habits.	
01.11	Describe and apply the importance of producing quality work and meeting performance standards.	
01.12	Discuss state and federal labor laws regulating the workplace.	
01.13	Identify proper personal and business ethics.	
01.14	Identify current trends that have developed in the hospitality industry.	
01.15	Conduct in-depth career research including requirements for entry and advancement, career ladders, and opportunities related to the hospitality field.	
01.16	List the various jobs within a selected hospitality occupation.	
01.17	Diagram a career ladder for the selected hospitality occupation.	
01.18	Identify postsecondary programs and educational training available for advancement in the field.	
02.0	Demonstrate customer service skills. – The student will be able to:	
02.01	Demonstrate a hospitality attitude.	
02.02	Explain guest experience management.	
03.0	Apply human relations skills. – The student will be able to:	
03.01	Demonstrate such interpersonal skills as punctuality, initiative, courtesy, loyalty, and being a team player.	
03.02	Demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively with team members and supervisors from different cultural backgrounds.	
03.03	Demonstrate personality traits important to business.	
03.04	Demonstrate problem-solving and decision-making strategies.	
03.05	Demonstrate problem-solving initiative.	
03.06	Exhibit interest and enthusiasm.	
03.07	Demonstrate responsible behavior.	
03.08	Explain the importance of honesty and integrity when dealing with others.	
03.09	Demonstrate orderly and systematic behavior.	
03.10	Demonstrate self-management.	
03.11	Explain concepts of self-understanding, self-esteem, and self-image.	
03.12	Set personal goals and develop a plan of action to achieve those goals.	
03.13	Demonstrate the ability to offer and accept criticism.	
03.14	Demonstrate respect for the opinions, customs, and individual differences of others.	
03.15	Identify and practice stress management techniques.	
03.16	Demonstrate ability to assume responsibility for decisions and actions.	
03.17	Identify motivational techniques.	
03.18	Identify team-building strategies.	
03.19	Identify effective coaching and counseling techniques.	
04.0	Demonstrate proficiency in communication skills. – The student will be able to:	
04.01	Demonstrate effective communication: verbal, nonverbal, written, and electronic.	
04.02	Explain nature of staff communication and use of inter-departmental/company communication.	
04.03	Establish internal communication processes.	
04.04	Explain nature of positive customer/client relations.	
04.05	Demonstrate listening strategies that improve understanding and performance on the job. 	
04.06	Interpret business policies to customers/clients.	
04.07	Demonstrate ability to locate, understand, and interpret information found in manuals, graphs, schedules, charts, diagrams, and Internet resources to generate a report.	
04.08	Train employees to communicate effectively.	
04.09	Develop a dynamic telephone personality.	
04.10	Provide services using various types of telephone systems.	
04.11	Handle incoming front-desk telephone calls promptly and courteously.	
04.12	Accept and process guest complaints, making sure that the proper department gets the message.	
04.13	Communicate establishment's mission statement concerning guest services.	
05.0	Demonstrate proficiency in applying mathematics skills. – The student will be able to:	
05.01	Compute addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and percentage problems.	
05.02	Apply problem-solving techniques to sales-related transactions including cash, checks, debit cards, credit cards, and discounts.	
05.03	Interpret quantitative information from tables, charts, and graphs as related to the workplace.	
05.04	Calculate tax, gratuity, commission, and miscellaneous charges.	
05.05	Demonstrate ability to collect, organize, and interpret data, and predict outcomes relative to opening and closing procedures for a sales terminal.	
05.06	Apply mathematical concepts to completing purchase orders, invoices, packing slips, and shipping and handling charges.	
05.07	Analyze standard industry formulas relative to discount date and due date to determine the amount of payment on an invoice.	
05.08	Use ratios, proportions, and scales to calculate distance on a map and calculate the square footage of rooms in a building using a scaled plan.	
06.0	Identify economic principles. – The student will be able to:	
06.01	Explain the following concepts:  	
•	Economic goods and services
•	Economic resources 
•	Economics and activities 
•	Utility 
•	“Supply and Demand” 
•	Price 
•	Economic systems
•	Private enterprise and business ownership
•	Profit
•	Risk 
•	Competition 
•	Productivity	
06.02	Explain the relationship between government and business.	
06.03	Identify components of gross national product (GNP) and gross domestic product (GDP).	
07.0	Identify effective selling techniques and procedures. – The student will be able to:	
07.01	Explain the purpose and importance of selling.	
07.02	Identify sales techniques used by the hospitality industry including social media.	
07.03	Identify an effective sales presentation.	
07.04	Analyze and prepare multi-media advertisements.	
07.05	Prepare press release.	
07.06	Review promotional brochures and literature.	
07.07	Develop a publicity and public relations plan.	
07.08	Implement public relations programs.	
07.09	Promote features of establishment.	
07.10	Prepare and analyze questionnaire for guests.	
07.11	Promote room sales.	
07.12	Discuss the scope and segments of the convention market.	
07.13	Identify potential convention groups.	
07.14	Identify company/corporate meetings.	
07.15	Identify factors affecting convention site selection.	
07.16	Discuss convention sales techniques.	
07.17	Identify the sales process.	
07.18	Discuss customer services.	
07.19	Identify convention servicing requirements.	
08.0	Identify the organization and function of hospitality industry. – The student will be able to:	
08.01	Trace evolution of the hospitality industry.	
08.02	Describe various organizational structures within the hospitality industry.	
08.03	Analyze organizational structure of hotel operations.	
08.04	Analyze functions of the hospitality industry.	
08.05	Identify staff according to function.	
08.06	Describe management functions applied to hospitality services.	
08.07	Identify mission of various departments within the industry.	
08.08	Use common hotel terminology.	
08.09	Identify future trends in hospitality industry.	
09.0	Perform general hotel duties. – The student will be able to:	
09.01	Perform duties of hotel clerk in a smaller establishment.	
09.02	Maintain information about guest services.	
09.03	Represent the general manager in any duty assigned.	
09.04	Handle all other internal control items as to company policy and procedure.	
09.05	Maintain the daily "walk-in" reservation sheet in accordance with policy and procedure.	
09.06	Maintain all files, records, forms, and documents in an orderly manner.	
10.0	Manage the front office. – The student will be able to:	
10.01	Provide guest information assistance.	
10.02	Identify and give directions, distances, locations and events.	
10.03	Give locations of other hotels/motels and services provided.	
10.04	Inquire about advance reservation.	
10.05	Make guaranteed room reservation.	
10.06	Process reservation requests by mail, telephone, centralized computers/online, agents and individuals.	
10.07	Process reservation requests by type.	
10.08	File confirmed reservation requests.	
10.09	Prepare correspondence and documents pertaining to a reservation request.	
10.10	Bring reservation file up to date each day, moving current reservations forward to registration and check-in desk.	
10.11	Make advanced reservations at other hotel/motels.	
10.12	Process pre-payment of future reservations.	
10.13	Maintain registration records files, forms, and documents.	
10.14	Complete check-in procedures.	
10.15	Receive information from sales department on conventions and special meetings and relay to guests.	
10.16	Find rooms for customers when property is full.	
10.17	Check room rack for available space and make room assignments prior to arrival.	
10.18	Issue room keys and receipt.	
10.19	Page bell person to escort guest to room.	
10.20	Request payment of room in advance.	
10.21	Cancel room reservations.	
10.22	Obtain authorization on credit card and make credit card sale.	
10.23	Pay designated invoices and follow paid-out procedures.	
10.24	Compute posting machine balance on all charges.	
10.25	Verify cash amount in cash register using posting machine.	
10.26	Perform cashiering duties and handle check out procedures by following policies and procedures.	
10.27	Verify shift bank at beginning of shift.	
10.28	Post charges to folio.	
10.29	Authorize guest charges to other departments.	
10.30	Approve checks.	
10.31	Record and place wake-up calls.	
10.32	Provide proper message and mail services.	
10.33	Transfer information from shift to shift.	
10.34	File all guestroom documents to night auditor file.	
10.35	Post current events board.	
10.36	Post messages on message board.	
10.37	Keep record of daily parcels.	
10.38	Direct guests to other personnel and departments.	
10.39	Arrange for services for handicapped guests.	
10.40	Coordinate special guest services.	
10.41	Provide information regarding the community.	
10.42	Keep written record of all articles left by guests.	
10.43	Make group reservations for tours.	
10.44	Plan and administer front office operations.	
10.45	Develop management system for front office areas.	
10.46	Develop and maintain front office area cleanliness.	
10.47	Handle customer/client complaints.	
11.0	Develop and control basic sanitation program. – The student will be able to:	
11.01	Develop and control restroom sanitation program.	
11.02	Develop and control storage room sanitation program.	
11.03	Develop standards and control premise cleanliness.	
11.04	Set up and maintain floor care system.	
11.05	Set up and maintain pest control system.	
11.06	Identify sanitation regulations and standards.	
11.07	Maintain operation in compliance with health codes and regulations.	
11.08	Demonstrate protection procedures for avoiding HIV-AIDS infection while performing housekeeping duties.	
12.0	Demonstrate housekeeping operations and management functions. – The student will be able to:	
12.01	Describe housekeeping department operations.	
12.02	Demonstrate interior restoration.	
12.03	Identify housekeeping administrative areas.	
12.04	Identify housekeeping management functions.	
12.05	Identify recordkeeping procedures.	
12.06	Demonstrate professional housekeeping management.	
12.07	Verify laundry operations.	
12.08	Prepare housekeeping report.	
12.09	Review key report.	
12.10	Review shift reports.	
12.11	Record and report room inventory.	
13.0	Demonstrate leadership and supervisory skills. – The student will be able to:	
13.01	Solve problems in accordance with management policy and mission statement.	
13.02	Make informed decisions in accordance with management policy and mission statement.	
13.03	Modify policy and/or mission statement to meet new conditions using approved procedures.	
13.04	Inform personnel of policy and/or mission statement changes.	
13.05	Identify management functions.	
13.06	Identify supervisory functions.	
13.07	Identify leadership styles.	
13.08	Identify work improvement concepts.	
13.09	Describe the supervisor's role as a change agent.	
14.0	Apply and maintain security and safety procedures. – The student will be able to:	
14.01	Demonstrate general safety and security practices.	
14.02	Set up and maintain system for storage and protection of valuables.	
14.03	Set up and maintain security procedures for guests, facilities, equipment and supplies.	
14.04	Identify components of training and supervision.	
14.05	Maintain key controls.	
14.06	Develop and maintain a program for staff security.	
14.07	Establish and apply appropriate procedures for handling emergency situations.	
14.08	Call fire, police, and emergency medical services as needed.	
14.09	Provide and maintain firefighting equipment.	
14.10	Provide and maintain emergency first aid equipment and/or supplies.	
14.11	Perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).	
14.12	Document details of any emergency.	
14.13	Follow company emergency procedures.	
15.0	Demonstrate hotel staffing operations. – The student will be able to:	
15.01	Establish recruiting and selection procedures in accordance with company policy.	
15.02	Develop and evaluate procedures for staff orientation and training programs.	
15.03	Develop new employee orientation to facility and to company policies.	
15.04	Develop procedures for employee performance evaluation.	
15.05	Establish wage and salary control system.	
15.06	Identify labor control systems and their functions.	
15.07	Develop disciplinary process.	
15.08	Demonstrate conflict resolution.	
15.09	Identify employee groups.	
15.10	Identify the functions and purposes of employee unions.	
15.11	Identify procedures in management development.	
15.12	Prepare job descriptions.	
15.13	Conduct job application interviews.	
15.14	Delegate responsibility and authority.	
15.15	Prepare employee work schedules.	
15.16	Reconcile employee disputes/complaints.	
15.17	Lead management-employee group discussions.	
15.18	Communicate policy concerning sexual harassment.	
15.19	Communicate policy concerning substance abuse.	
15.20	Perform a task analysis.	
16.0	Analyze laws that affect the hospitality industry. – The student will be able to:	
16.01	Interpret and apply labor regulations/laws.	
16.02	Interpret and apply fire regulations.	
16.03	Interpret and apply liquor laws.	
16.04	Interpret and apply workers’ compensation laws.	
16.05	Interpret and apply the Innkeepers’ Act.	
16.06	Interpret and apply civil rights acts.	
16.07	Interpret and apply the Americans with Disabilities Act.	
16.08	Interpret and apply company and/or franchise regulations.	
16.09	Interpret taxes affecting the hospitality industry.	
16.10	Interpret parts of group, convention, and banquet contracts.	
17.0	Operate liability and risk identification program. – The student will be able to:	
17.01	Train employees in liability and risk identification procedures.	
17.02	Identify liability and risk situations and take remedial action using approved procedures.	
17.03	Enforce liability and risk identification procedures with all employees.	
18.0	Identify and demonstrate marketing and business fundamentals. – The student will be able to:	
18.01	Explain marketing and its role.	
18.02	Explain functions of marketing and related activities.	
18.03	Explain relationship of marketing to business and the economy.	
18.04	Explain types of business ownership.	
18.05	Compare and contrast the different forms of business ownership.	
18.06	Define “entrepreneurship.”	
18.07	Describe importance of entrepreneurship to the American economy.	
18.08	List the advantages and disadvantages of business ownership.	
18.09	Identify the risks involved in ownership of a business.	
18.10	Identify characteristics, aptitudes, and skills of a successful entrepreneur.	
18.11	Identify the business skills needed to operate a small business efficiently and effectively.	
18.12	Identify your entrepreneurial aptitudes and skills.	
18.13	Develop a plan for opening a business.	
19.0	Demonstrate use of the Property Management System. – The student will be able to:	
19.01	Prepare shift deposit.	
19.02	Compute occupancy report.	
19.03	Verify cash amount turned in on each shift.	
19.04	Post all charges from telephone, laundry, specialty shop purchases, restaurant and other services.	
19.05	Receive and record payments.	
19.06	Complete vouchers.	
19.07	Post allowance after guest has paid in full.	
19.08	Locate errors and make adjustments.	
19.09	Balance folio accounts.	
19.10	Complete excessive charges report.	
19.11	Prepare hotel revenue report on a daily basis.	
19.12	File each day's reports and papers.	
19.13	Maintain a neat and orderly front office.	
19.14	Prepare shift report.	
19.15	Maintain incident log.	
20.0	Manage accounting and information system. – The student will be able to:	
20.01	Set up, maintain, and audit petty cash fund.	
20.02	Maintain accounts payable.	
20.03	Check, record, and pay invoices.	
20.04	Maintain accounts receivable.	
20.05	Reconcile cash.	
20.06	Prepare bank deposit.	
20.07	Reconcile bank statements.	
20.08	Calculate, analyze, and review labor costs.	
20.09	Review and analyze balance sheet.	
20.10	Prepare and monitor profit plan.	
20.11	Prepare and analyze general ledger.	
20.12	Monitor the accounting, cashiering, and billing of all guest services.	
20.13	Record and maintain daily departmental revenue records.	
20.14	Prepare journals and ledgers.	
20.15	Compute average amount spent by guests.	
20.16	Compute average room rate.	
20.17	Compute occupancy percentage report.	
20.18	Take posting machine balance on all charges.	
20.19	Solve problems when computers are inoperative.	
20.20	Analyze payroll records.	

Additional Information

Laboratory Activities

Laboratory activities are an integral part of this program.  These activities include instruction in the use of safety procedures, tools, equipment, materials, and processes related to these occupations.  Equipment and supplies should be provided to enhance hands-on experiences for students. 

Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO)

SkillsUSA and Collegiate DECA, an association of marketing students, are the appropriate career and technical student organization for providing leadership training and reinforcing specific career and technical skills.  Career and Technical Student Organizations provide activities for students as an integral part of the instruction offered.  The activities of such organizations are defined as part of the curriculum in accordance with Rule 6A-6.065, F.A.C.

Accommodations

Federal and state legislation requires the provision of accommodations for students with disabilities as identified on the secondary student’s Individual Educational Plan (IEP) or 504 plan or postsecondary student’s accommodations’ plan to meet individual needs and ensure equal access.  Postsecondary students with disabilities must self-identify, present documentation, request accommodations if needed, and develop a plan with their counselor and/or instructors.  Accommodations received in postsecondary education may differ from those received in secondary education.  Accommodations change the way the student is instructed.  Students with disabilities may need accommodations in such areas as instructional methods and materials, assignments and assessments, time demands and schedules, learning environment, assistive technology and special communication systems.  Documentation of the accommodations requested and provided should be maintained in a confidential file.

Articulation

For details on articulation agreements which correlate to programs and industry certifications refer to http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/dwdframe/artic_frame.asp.