Family and Consumer Sciences Classes
LIFE SKILLS
• Focuses on practical problems relating to managing resources to achieve individual goals
• Learn to make informed consumer choices
• Create and maintain a living environment that maintains the well-being of individuals
• Develop skills to live in a global environment
• Develop decision-making skills related to nutrition, clothing, housing, and managing a household
• Highlights math, science, and communication skills
INDEPENDENT LIVING
Recommended for Grades 11 & 12
• Anticipate and solve practical problems relating to managing resources to achieve individual goals
• Focus is on developing a life-management plan
• Learn to care for self and others to ensure wellness
• Learn to build and maintain constructive relationships and strong functional families
• Learn to develop strategies for lifelong career planning, personal and career responsibilities, and establish a
plan for identifying and accessing resources
CHILD DEVELOPMENT (Semester Course)
• Learn to take responsibility for individual growth within the parenting role
• Emphasis is placed on analyzing the significance of the family, nurturing development throughout the life span,
analyzing factors that build and maintain healthy relationships
• Build positive parent-child relationships using positive guidance and discipline to promote self discipline,
self respect, and socially responsible behavior
• Obtain parenting information, support, and assistance
• Learn to meet developmental needs of children
• Participate in “Baby Think It Over” infant simulation program and other home-based projects
RELATIONSHIPS (Semester Course)
• Learn to strengthen knowledge of yourself, clarify personal values, and understand personal relationships
• Analyze the significance of the family, development throughout a person’s life span, and factors that build
and maintain healthy relationships
• Develop communication patterns that enhance relationships and effectively resolve conflict
• Learn to manage work and family roles
• Identify responsibilities and analyze social forces that influence families throughout life
NUTRITION and FOOD SCIENCE
Prerequisite: Life Skills
• Learn decision-making skills that promote wellness and good health
• Obtain and safely store food for self and family
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals and snacks
• Select and use equipment for food preparation
• Emphasis is placed on exploratory skills used in food service careers
INTRODUCTION TO CULINARY ARTS
• Class is designed to explore careers in culinary arts such as sous chef, pastry chef, and executive chef
• Students work in a commercial kitchen and prepare food on a small scale
• Learn customer service and food service employability skills
TEACHER CADET/TEACHERS FOR TOMORROW
Prerequisites: Cumulative GPA of 3.0, interest in teaching, learning, or psychology, and five written teacher
recommendations, 11th or 12th grade
• Students are introduced to teaching as a career option
• Study learning styles, barriers to learning, and methods of working with students
• Learn teaching strategies, lesson plan development and teach mini-lessons
• Learn what to expect working for a school, school district, and the personnel structure of schools
• Learn basic school law
• Complete observations at a variety grade levels (K-12)
• Complete nine week internship at grade level of choice
• Mentorship opportunity available to students completing Teacher Cadet in their Junior year processes
• Learn photographic history
• Study how photography is used in the workplace
HOME
FCCLA
• Focuses on practical problems relating to managing resources to achieve individual goals
• Learn to make informed consumer choices
• Create and maintain a living environment that maintains the well-being of individuals
• Develop skills to live in a global environment
• Develop decision-making skills related to nutrition, clothing, housing, and managing a household
• Highlights math, science, and communication skills
INDEPENDENT LIVING
Recommended for Grades 11 & 12
• Anticipate and solve practical problems relating to managing resources to achieve individual goals
• Focus is on developing a life-management plan
• Learn to care for self and others to ensure wellness
• Learn to build and maintain constructive relationships and strong functional families
• Learn to develop strategies for lifelong career planning, personal and career responsibilities, and establish a
plan for identifying and accessing resources
CHILD DEVELOPMENT (Semester Course)
• Learn to take responsibility for individual growth within the parenting role
• Emphasis is placed on analyzing the significance of the family, nurturing development throughout the life span,
analyzing factors that build and maintain healthy relationships
• Build positive parent-child relationships using positive guidance and discipline to promote self discipline,
self respect, and socially responsible behavior
• Obtain parenting information, support, and assistance
• Learn to meet developmental needs of children
• Participate in “Baby Think It Over” infant simulation program and other home-based projects
RELATIONSHIPS (Semester Course)
• Learn to strengthen knowledge of yourself, clarify personal values, and understand personal relationships
• Analyze the significance of the family, development throughout a person’s life span, and factors that build
and maintain healthy relationships
• Develop communication patterns that enhance relationships and effectively resolve conflict
• Learn to manage work and family roles
• Identify responsibilities and analyze social forces that influence families throughout life
NUTRITION and FOOD SCIENCE
Prerequisite: Life Skills
• Learn decision-making skills that promote wellness and good health
• Obtain and safely store food for self and family
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals and snacks
• Select and use equipment for food preparation
• Emphasis is placed on exploratory skills used in food service careers
INTRODUCTION TO CULINARY ARTS
• Class is designed to explore careers in culinary arts such as sous chef, pastry chef, and executive chef
• Students work in a commercial kitchen and prepare food on a small scale
• Learn customer service and food service employability skills
TEACHER CADET/TEACHERS FOR TOMORROW
Prerequisites: Cumulative GPA of 3.0, interest in teaching, learning, or psychology, and five written teacher
recommendations, 11th or 12th grade
• Students are introduced to teaching as a career option
• Study learning styles, barriers to learning, and methods of working with students
• Learn teaching strategies, lesson plan development and teach mini-lessons
• Learn what to expect working for a school, school district, and the personnel structure of schools
• Learn basic school law
• Complete observations at a variety grade levels (K-12)
• Complete nine week internship at grade level of choice
• Mentorship opportunity available to students completing Teacher Cadet in their Junior year processes
• Learn photographic history
• Study how photography is used in the workplace
HOME
FCCLA