Hospitality & Food Production

The Hospitality & Food Production career field includes career pathways that promote food and nutrition, culinary arts, and hospitality careers. Leveraging FCS to support these pathways can result in professionals who are experts in nutrition and dietetics, food production and manufacturing, and hospitality and tourism. With additional training and education, these high-demand career pathways lead to opportunities for a family-supporting wage. Additionally, communities are investing in hospitality and tourism as a key strategy to attract and retain young people who value communities with chef-centric food and beverage establishments and local attractions. The food and nutrition sciences and technology pathway prepares students to address challenging problems in food systems as they explore product development, food security, and nutrition’s impact on the human body. It is important to note that this career field supports many manufacturing jobs in food production. 

Education & Human Services

The Education & Human Services career field allows students to pursue a career with altruistic motivations, leveraging foundational technical knowledge in human development, mental health, and exploring the interrelationships of individual wellbeing, family strengths, and community vitality. Incorporating education and human services career pathways in CTE programming can be key workforce development solution. For example, Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs contribute to a strong ECE system where workers can feel comfortable entering, re-entering, or remaining in the workforce. These pathways equip students for high-skilled occupations where workers are challenged with the complexity of addressing human growth and wellbeing. 

Visual Arts & Design

The Visual Arts & Design career field attracts students to careers where they can blend skills in creativity, merchandising, science, and technology to meet human needs in apparel, textiles, and interiors. Whether it is designing apparel for aging populations or creating interior work spaces that promote collaboration and productivity, FCS students are applying a human-centric lens to design. Through rigorous curriculum and instruction that promotes design thinking, three-dimensional visualization, and applying digital tools, students are preparing for careers that span the country in manufacturing facilities, design firms, retailers, and research and development labs. 

Middle School

Middle School Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) provides a comprehensive foundation for managing individual, family, career, and community roles and responsibilities. Throughout middle school FCS classes’ students will explore and practice Career Exploration, Child Development, Foods/Nutrition, Interior Design, Personal Development, Personal Financial Literacy/Consumerism, and Sewing/Textiles/Fashion... Students will acquire knowledge and essential skills necessary for success in career pathways. They will also apply 21st century and academic core knowledge as they learn about real life skills.

American Sign Language

American Sign Language is a manual language which entails vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure, and body movement to express meaning for communication. Lessons or units also include cultural aspects to help the student understand and interact with the Deaf. Students are introduced to these aspects in units, which are ordered in a manner to build upon the previous units. Lessons are structured around language needed or common life situations. Major concepts are reinforced through reading materials, video, cooperative learning activities, and long-term assignments.

Each month, CATFACS hosts a free Appy Hour! This is a place to share ideas and resources, ask questions and network with other FCS teachers across the state.