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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 1(71112B)- open to grades 11-12
*Application Required/TB test with negative results/Personal transportation
to centers required/Must be a positive role model for children.
This is the course in which students do internships in local child care
centers. The focus of the course is the educational setting of the child and
learning to meet their physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs.
Students will plan, prepare, and carry out developmentally appropriate
lessons/activities with the children, working closely with the staff at the
center(s) to which they are assigned.
ECE1 and ECE2 are both community college articulation courses. Students who
receive a "B" and score an 80 or higher are qualified to receive credit for
comparable courses in our NC Community College System (Wake Tech.)
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 2 Honors (71122F)-open to grade 12
* APPLICATION REQUIRED/TB test with negative results/Personal transportation
to centers required/Must be a positive role model for children.
PREREQUISITE: Early Childhood Ed. 1
*This is a Completer Course for Public Service Technologies Career Pathway.
This is the course in which students do internships in local child care
centers. The focus of the course is learning about how to design and run a
child care facility. All aspects of the business are explored including
regulations, safety and sanitation, parent relations, curriculum design and
facility design. Interns work primarily as administrative interns but they
also have interaction with the children and conduct lessons and activities
for various ages of children.
ECE1 and ECE2 are both community college articulation courses. Students who
receive a "B" and score an 80 or higher are qualified to receive credit for
comparable courses in our NC Community College System (Wake Tech.)
PARENTING and CHILD DEVELOPMENT (7065) Open to grades 10-12
This course is designed to further develop a student’s knowledge and skills
in family relations as they relate to the issues and needs of children. This
course serves as a foundation for Early Childhood Education 1 and 2 (Honors)
where students explore the child care/early childhood education profession.
Students learn about important parenting issues related to children and
family needs and how to make good parenting decisions. Students will
investigate communication skills, resource management and problem solving.
Emphasis is focused on parental nurturing, responsibility, and their impact
on childrens' development. Students will gain skills and knowledge so as to
prepare them to make sound decisions for themselves, their children, their
families and their communities.
FOODS 1 FUNDAMENTALS (70452A): open to grades 10-12
Learn all about what we eat…what we should eat…how to prepare our favorite
dishes…and be introduced to new foods.
You will learn how to organize and manage a kitchen and equipment, and how to
work efficiently in food preparation and service. You will prepare foods and
learn culinary techniques and teamwork skills working with classmates in
the New FVHS foods laboratory. You will examine special dietary needs of
family members and how to change menus or meal patterns to meet those needs.
Creative skills are used to plan, prepare and serve foods using bugeting and
buying principles. You will learn how to meet requirement for careers in
hospitality and foods and nutrition.
FOODS 2 ADVANCED(Food Development)(70092P)-open to grades 11-12
Prerequisite: Foods 1 Fundamentals
*This is a Completer Course for Public Service Technologies Career Pathway.
This 11th to 12th grade completer course focuses on advanced food preparation
techniques while applying nutrition, food science, and test kitchen concepts
using new technology. Food safety and sanitation receive special emphasis,
with students taking the exam for the ServSafe® credential from the National
Restaurant Association. Students develop skills and prepare foods such as
beverages, salads and dressings, yeast breads, and cakes, fillings and
frostings. An in-school food enterprise component helps students to develop
and apply work place readiness skills to an authentic experience. They
develop a portfolio and may compete in FCCLA activities. Skills in science,
math, management, and communication are reinforced. Work-based learning
strategies appropriate for this course include school-based enterprises,
field trips, job shadowing, and service learning.
HOUSING AND INTERIORS(70552A) - open to grades 11-12
Thinking about being an Interior Designer? Here's the place to give it a
try.
This course gives students an overall look at the elements and principles of
design as related to interiors. Students will draw rooms and house plans to
scale using graphed and computer aided design. You will make decisions about
fabric, floor coverings, wall-coverings, lighting and accessories. Other
units will include basic housing construction and styles, housing decisions,
and furniture selection and design.
FAMILY and CONSUMER SCIENCES ADVANCED STUDIES (71992D)
Prerequisites: 3 credits in FACS
Recommended for grade 12 for those with a B average or higher in FACS classes.
This is the completer course for INTERIOR DESIGN and HOUSING in the
Commercial and Artistic Production Technologies Career Pathway.
It is career-focused in Family and Consumer Sciences and consists of three
parts: a research paper, a product and a presentation. Students demonstrate
their abilities to use content and apply knowledge to authentic situations in
a selected career. They also demonstrate their abilities to write, speak,
solve problems and use life skills such as time management and organization.
Students work under the guidance of a teacher-facilitator and collaborate
with community members, business representatives and school-based personnel.
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