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Family & Consumer Science

Vision Statement
Family & Consumer Science Education empowers individuals and families across the life span to manage the challenges of living and working in a diverse, global society. The relationship between work and family is our unique focus.

Family & Consumer Science Courses Offered:

Comprehensive and Technical Courses:

• Personal and Family Development
• Individual and Family Life
• Preparation for Parenting
• Nutrition and Food Science
• Management
• Apparel
• Interior Design

Family & Consumer Science Career Preparation

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Family & Consumer Science Career Preparation is a unique form of education that develops essential knowledge and skills through a combination of classroom study and work-based training experiences. It allows students to utilize academic skills and acquire essential occupational skills by being exposed to the reality of the world of work beyond the boundaries of the campus. It helps to enhance the student's self-confidence and career options while providing opportunities for students to gain experience for managing multiple family, community, and wage-earner roles.

Classroom Instruction enables students to gain knowledge and skills related to topics such as the following:  

• Technical Information Related to Selected Training Field
• Human Relations Skills
• Business Communications
• Employability Skills
• Management Techniques
• Customer Relations
• Entrepreneurship
• Career Options
• Preparation Requirements for Career Advancement

Work Based Training is obtained under supervision of a training sponsor in cooperation with the Family & Consumer Science teacher coordinator, through an arrangement such as the following:  

• Cooperative Education
• Internship
• Apprenticeship
• Job Shadowing

A student enrolled in Family & Consumer Science Career Preparation may select from the following Approved Training Areas:  

• Services for Older Adults
• Child Care and Guidance, Management, and Services
• Food Production, Management, and Services
• Hospitality Services
• Institutional Maintenance, Management, and Services
• Textile and Apparel Production, Management, and Services
• Housing, Furnishings, and Equipment Production, Management, and Services
• Family & Consumer Science Production, Management, and Services

Contact the Family & Consumer Science teacher coordinator on your campus for information about work based training arrangements and approved training areas available in your district.

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