As part of the Omaha Instructional Process, purposes are set for each subject area. These purposes help determine the expected learning goals (outcomes) and serve as a description of the overall knowledge and skill that students are expected to achieve as a result of their work in this subject area in a K-12 sequence of studies.
Based on these purposes, detailed expected learning goals (outcomes) are set for each course/grade level in this subject. Expected learning goals (outcomes) are the basis for instructional planning and Benchmark assessment.

1. Increase their store of visual images in order to develop perception, concepts, understanding, and learning.
2. Identify, analyze, interpret, and make informed judgments about works of art within social, historical, and cultural contexts.
3. Respond to the aesthetic qualities of visual art and environment.
4. Organize visual information in terms of form, content, and context.
5. Develop skills and techniques to produce works of art.
6. Develop a nonsexist understanding of art and the human condition.
7. Understand and value their own and other cultures.
8. Show respect for materials for their own work and for the work of others.
9. Identify and use community resources in the visual arts.
10. Effectively use the vocabulary of art in both oral and written form.
11. Demonstrate safe and proper use of tools and equipment used in studio production.
12. Generate personal growth by expanding experience and self-understanding.

1. Explore business/marketing-related careers.
2. Develop occupational competence including technology applications in one or more of these areas: basic business-economics, marketing, accounting-finance, or administrative office services.
3. Prepare for organizing and managing a business.
4. Build a foundation for business-related programs of study at the post-secondary level.
5. Strengthen basic skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and resource usage.
6. Develop positive interpersonal and leadership skills.
7. Develop and refine personal and business work ethics.
8. Apply skills in communication, decision-making and critical thinking.
9. Develop economic competence to be productive citizens and wise consumers.
10. Strengthen individual self-concept and desire to succeed.
11. Prepare for business activities that include contacts with others who have varied cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

1. Understand the technological revolution and the computer's role in that revolution.
2. Know about computer use in school, in work, and in daily life.
3. Use computers and appropriate software as learning tools to write, retrieve information simulate and develop decision making skills.
4. Respect the ethical and legal responsibilities related to computer use.