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Personal and Family Development
Offers basic instruction in all of the 7 areas of family and consumer sciences: family living, child development, home management,consumer education, foods and nutrition, clothing & textiles, and housing & home furbishing. Career connection experiences related to classroom instruction are planned and carried out by the student under the guidance of the teacher and parents.
This laboratory course is designed to use techniques appropriate to the population included in the Special Services Program. Included will be classroom instruction and community based instruction in all phases of home economics as well as supervised job training skills at community sites. Areas of instruction will include foods and nutrition, clothing, child development, consumer economics, personal relationships and management. Emphasis will be placed on taking responsibliltiy for actions, personal decision making, survival skills, career opportunities, and requirements for surviving in the workplace. Grade Placement:10-12 1/2 credit This comprehensive course provides opportunities to explore factors influencing career choices and demonstrate employability skills that lead to career success. Content includes career opportunities in child development and early childhood education, family studies and human services, consumer and resource management, the hospitality industry, the textiles and apparel industries, environmental design, the home economic/family and consumer sciences profession, and nutrition and wellness/food science and technology. Hands-on experiences in the occupationally-specific training area may be provided. Career Connections projects are a key component of classroom instruction. Grade Placement: 10-12 1/2 credit This technical laboratory course concentrates on nutrition, food choices, and food management skills for individuals and the family throughout the life cycle. Instruction addresses nutrition and food science from the perspective of food habits and wellness, menu planning, special dietary needs, food costs and budgeting, consumer food buying strategies, food safety and sanitation procedures, food labels, technology implications, and food handling, storage, and preparation practices. Meal etiquette, career options, and techniques for managing multiple family, community, and wage earner roles are part of the content. Grade Placement: 10-12 1/2 credit Lab course covers concepts and skills related to apparel decisions and management. Learning Characteristics of fabrics and skills for selection as well as apparel construction concepts will promote student's skills. Apparel industry is addressed as well as other career options. Grade Placement: 10-12 1/2 credit This technical laboratory course is designed to provide individuals opportunities to develop knowledge and skills in preparation to function effectively in the role of parent or care giver. Content stresses parental responsibilities, child guidance techniques, parents as positive role models, parents as their children's' first teacher, and parenting practices which promote a child's development, health, safety, and well being. Managing family crises, managing multiple roles of family members throughout the life cycle, and career preparation are additional topics. Tech Prep articulated class-3 hours Blinn College credit possible. Students interested in college credit must make a "B" or higher. Grade Placement: 10-12 1/2 credit This technical laboratory course is designed to focus on knowledge and skills related to the development, care guidance, and protection of children. Instruction addresses the principles and procedures for promoting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of young children, including those with special needs. Other topics include characteristics of quality child care, career options related to the care and education of children, and the management of multiple family, community, and family roles. Tech Prep articulated class-3 hours Blinn College credit possible. Students interested in college credit must make a "B" or higher. Grade Placement: 10-12 1/2 credit This technical course is designed to focus on personal development, interpersonal relationships, effective individual and family functioning, and career preparation-all within a changing society. The course addresses personal identity, responsibilities of living as an independent adult, relationship development outside the family, and factors relation to marital success. Special attention is focused on understanding the roles, responsibilities, and impact of the family on individuals in society; promoting and strengthening the family unit; and managing multiple family, community, and wage earner roles. Grade Placement: 11-12 1 credit A higher-level course in which students with high academic, interpersonal, and leadership skills participate in learning experiences which deal with life-span development, learning barriers, the teacher, the process of teaching, the school, issues facing schools, special populations in the school, future trends in education, etc. In addition, students are given opportunities to experience first-hand what education is all about by traveling to other BISD schools to observe children, observe teaching methods, and participate in actual teaching situations with children. Students are encouraged to consider teaching as a first career choice when they leave high school; however; they learn valuable information and insights into education that will benefit them as they become parents and community leaders in the years to come. An independent research component is available to students who want to pursue education. This must betaken in conjunction with Ready, Set, Teach II.
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