Facs Overview Jan 2010
- 1. Just the “FACS” Family and Consumer Sciences Curriculum Overview 2009-10 Presented by Ellen Robertson
- 2. FACS The focus of all curriculum in 6-12 is to prepare individuals to be competent, confident and caring in managing their personal lives family lives career lives
- 4. Goals of FACS Curriculum Prepare students to meet present and future responsibilities as: Family members Community members Consumers Home managers Wage earners
- 5. Goals of FACS Curriculum To educate adolescents to: Think constructively Make sound decisions Solve problems Manage resources To afford multiple opportunities to read, write, and compute in the context of real-world situations relevant to early adolescents
- 6. Home and Career Skills 6th and 7th grade courses are organized around process skills: Communication Leadership Management Thinking
- 7. Home and Career Skills Process skills are taught through 10 content topics: Community connections Career development Clothing management Consumer resource management Family/parenting and Human development Financial management Interpersonal relationships Nutrition and wellness Personal environment management
- 8. 6th Grade 10 Week Course Interpersonal Relationships Time: 1 week Career Development Time: 1 week Nutrition and Wellness Time: 3 weeks Clothing Management Time: 3 weeks Community Connections Time: 1 week Personal Environment Management Time: 1 week
- 9. 7th Grade 20 Week Course Career Development, Time: 2 Weeks Clothing Management, Time: 3 weeks Consumer Resource Management Time: 3 Weeks Family/Parenting, Time: 1 Week Financial Management, Time: 1 week Human Development, Time: 1 Week Nutrition and Wellness, Time: 8 Weeks Personal Environment Management Time: 1 week
- 10. 5 High School Electives Child Development Introduction to Child Development and Psychology Observing Children Child, Family, and Community Connections Prenatal Development and Postnatal Period Infancy, Toddlerhood, Preschool stages School Age Special Challenges for Children
- 11. High School Electives Adolescent Development Introduction to Adolescent Psychology Fundamental Transitions of Adolescence Essential Tasks of Adolescence The Adolescent in Society Contemporary issues in Adolescence
- 12. High School Electives Gourmet Foods kitchen safety kitchen equipment meal planning food service and entertaining principles of cooking nutrition and career opportunities
- 13. High School Electives Culture and Foods health, culture, food, and nutrition habits of the most common ethnic and racial groups of various regions of the United States and other countries of the world survey of key ethnic, religious, and regional groups: Native Americans, Europeans, Africans, Mexicans and Central Americans, Caribbean Islanders, South Americans, Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Southeast Asians, Pacific Islanders, Greeks, Middle Easterners, and regional Americans
- 14. New Course for 2010 Food and Fitness Relationship of diet to fitness Investigates different kinds of eating regimens Diet analysis to determine nutrient intake Individual meal planning and exercise programs Hands-on practical foods labs
- 15. Curriculum Writing 2010 Development of new course: “Food and Fitness”
- 16. 2009-10 Emphasis Formative assessments Globalization of major projects Theme of wellness and energy conservation threaded throughout each course Increased use of technology and visuals Middle school and high school joint “Going Green” project using new technologies to promote a campaign District-wide