Budget and Proposal

Lesson Content

• Lesson Plan Template:

  CTE Lesson Plan

• CTE Course Info and Benchmark Notes

  
  

  Program Name (as applicable):

  Hospitality and Tourism Management

  Course Title:

  Hospitality and Tourism Internship

  Course Number:

  8850110

  Career Cluster:

  Hospitality and Tourism

  CIP Number:

  0252090101

  Course Type:

  High School Career Prep

• Unit Outline

  
  

  This lesson is designed to be used with the case study, “Wedding Planner Gone Rogue.” See CPALMS resource ID# 221966.

• Career Connection

  
  

  This lesson is designed to help students use problem-solving, critical thinking, and decision-making skills while working through a real-life hospitality industry scenario. This lesson also helps them maintain a budget to ensure a business profit has been made.

  In the domain of problem solving, students will research alternative solutions for wedding planning for a couple with a limited budget. In the domain of communication, the students will present chosen vendors and proposed budget with reasoning of vendor selection. They are also required to provide feedback and constructive criticism for other groups.

  In the domain of creative thinking, students will research creative ways to stretch the couple’s budget to make sure that all the couple’s needs get met.

• Learning Objectives

  
  
  • Demonstrate the ability to use creative problem-solving, decision-making, and critical thinking strategies to plan an event within a budget.
  • Conduct research to find vendors.
  • Create a budget planning guide that shows vendor costs and the revenue they bring in for this service.
  • Demonstrate critical thinking to determine client needs over client's wants.

• Prior Knowledge

  
  

  Students should have knowledge of...

  • What a budget is.
  • Properly conduct research to find a solution to a given industry problem.
  • How to communicate effectively with each other.
  • Professional client and vendor dynamic.
  • How to give a sale's pitch.

• Guiding Questions

  
  
  • How can an entrepreneur ensure that they are responding to all of their clients' needs and concerns?
  • What are best practices in responding to clients’ needs and concerns?
  • What personal traits or information is needed to ensure client needs are respected and taken care of.

• Procedure

  
  
  1. To begin the lesson project an image of an elaborate birthday party on the board (with a big cake, kids are having fun, bright colorful decorations, a bounce house, etc). Teacher will ask students what is needed to throw a birthday party? The teacher will ask students for ideas on how someone can save money for a party. The teacher can record student responses on the whiteboard as a list.
  2. The teacher should pass out the “Wedding Planner Gone Rogue” case study, See CPALMS resource ID# 221966. Students will read this independently, highlighting what the client's wishes in one color, and their wants in another color. “indoor ceremony, outdoor reception, buffet style catering, etc”.
  3. Pass out the handout in the attachments for the discussion question handout. (Discussion Questions Handout WPGR) Have the students break into pairs and have a discussion based on the questions provided. Ask for answers as you go over the questions as a whole group after approximately 10 minutes.
     1. Is Abby a good fit for this business? Why or Why not?
     2. How do Abby's actions affect Sara?
     3. How do Abby's actions affect Mark?
     4. How can Emma save the situation?
     5. What are some things that Emma can suggest to help bring the cost of Sara and Mark's wedding down to fit in their budget?
     6. If the average cost for a wedding in Florida is $50,000, how does having a fifth of that budget affect the choices that Sara and Mark have to make?
     7. How can Emma discuss the uncomfortable topic of money with the couple to keep them from worrying?
     8. What creative ideas can you think of that will help with the wedding?
     9. How does social media play a role or impact weddings/traditions?
  4. After reading the case study and answering questions the students will work in pairs to research local wedding vendors to complete the budget planning attachment. They will have to use creative problem-solving skills as well as critical thinking to stretch a $10,000 budget for the wedding, which also meets all of the couple’s wishes. Students will then make a PowerPoint presentation to show the vendor choices they have made, including pictures and prices in each slide for each vendor category. A powerpoint template can be found in the attachment section in which teachers can assign to students that need assistance in developing the presentation.
  5. Students will present their PowerPoint to their peers (the clients) and be open to receiving constructive criticism on their choices. With the remaining students using the perspective of the client, votes will be taken if they would get married at the wedding the student pair has provided, ensuring the satisfaction of the clients.
  6. Teacher can give these questions for students to answer individually, to reflect on how this activity helped prepare them for a future is the hospitality industry. See attachments for the handout "Handout Future Employment"
     1. How does a budget play a role in your future?
     2. How might the skills of ensuring client satisfaction, budget, and communication be used in different situations: home, school, and birthday party?
     3. How does seeing and hearing others' choices/perspectives help you with your thinking as an event planner?
     4. How does this activity affect your understanding of working in the hospitality industry?
     5. Before this activity, have you ever thought about being an event planner?
     6. How has this activity changed your perspective?

• Teacher Notes

  
  
  • This lesson is to be used with the CPALMS Case Study “Wedding Planner Gone Rogue” Resource ID #: 221966.