Family & Consumer Education

The Family & Consumer Sciences Department has something to offer everyone! Our goal is to create hands-on-learning experiences that will allow students to develop teamwork, leadership skills, communication skills, and technology skills that enable them to become high-level critical thinkers in order to meet personal, family, career and community challenges they will face in their adult life. The world is diverse and so are our classes! We will prepare you to be successful in today’s world! 

What plans and goals do you have for the rest of your life? FCS Education can help you articulate and examine a wide variety of potential career opportunities, all while learning life-long skills needed to be successful at your job, with your family, with your finances and with your personal relationships! 

Students who take FCS courses may have an interest in careers related to: 

·   Culinary arts, hospitality & tourism

·   Education and training

·   Food science and nutrition

·   Health Sciences

·   Health management & wellness

·   Housing & interior design

·   Human & child development

·   Human services, family relations & social work

·   Personal & family finances

·   Textiles, fashion, apparel & merchandising

FINANCIAL LITERACY

Course: 117131/217131 Credit: .50 Length: Semester 1 or 2 Year Taken: 10-12

Prerequisite: None Fee: $5.00

Financial Literacy will help you figure out how to keep money in your pocket, yet still be able to buy what you need. This class will focus on the lifelong topics of career choice, budgeting, banking, credit cards, identity theft, consumerism, transportation, food comparisons, dressing for the job, housing, and insurance. You will learn best options to purchasing new or used vehicles, how to get credit, how to meet insurance needs, and do wise shopping. This course is designed to help students develop positive financial habits and create financial goals. *Course meets financial literacy requirements as set by WSD.

FOODS I

Course: 117111/217111 Credit: .50 Length: Semester 1 or 2 Year Taken: 9-12

Prerequisite: None Fee: $25.00

Academic Skills are put to use in this introductory course of Foods I. Students will observe the results of accurate measuring skills and kitchen math through cooking. Culinary skills, safety and sanitation in the kitchen, proper preparation and techniques of food are learned and put to use. Other topics discussed My Plate, nutrition and the importance of each food group, serving sizes, label reading, meal planning, and the proper use of tools in the kitchen. Food preparation is related with each topic of discussion. If you are interested in basic cooking needs Foods I is a great starting place.

FOODS II

Course: 117121/217121 Credit: .50 Length: Semester 1 or 2 Year Taken: 9-12

Prerequisite: Foods I Fee: $25.00

 Foods II is a course that provides students the opportunity to explore an in-depth approach to food and food preparation. Emphasis is placed on the study of cooking foods from different regions within the United States, as well as from different countries. Students explore various food traditions through hands-on experiences in the lab setting as well as through a cultural lens. Chopped competitions & the chili cook-off contest are also implemented in this course.

FOODS III

Course: 117171/217171 Credit: .50 Length: Semester 1 or 2 Year Taken: 10-12

Prerequisite: Foods I & II Fee: $25.00

This course is for students passionate about food and their nutrition. There is a focus on the six major nutrients and how each is used in our body. The planning of well balanced meals and nutritional analysis of diets will be highlighted in this course. We will examine nutrition through hands-on learning experiences in the lab setting.  We will adventure through possible career choices through projects and labs and continue to practice creating balanced meals while making then affordable and visually appealing to the eye.

FOOD SCIENCE

Course: 117191/217191 Credit: .50 Length: Semester 1 or 2 Year Taken: 9-12

Prerequisite: Foods I Fee: $25.00

FOOD EXPERIMENTS! This course studies the production, process, preparation, and evaluation of food. Students in this course will have an opportunity to explore the field of food science and discover related

careers. The role of food science in food supplies, preserving the environment, contributing to knowledge of nutrition and food safety, and advances in technology are some topics to be studied. Students will actively participate in experiments related to the fundamentals of chemistry and nutrition. This course will assist students in making science relevant to the “real” world.

Course can fulfill .5 credit toward high school graduation requirements as a non-lab science. Course will not count as a lab science for college admission

HEALTH OCCUPATIONS I

Course: 117181 Credit: .50 Length: Semester 1 Year Taken: 9-12

Prerequisite: None Fee: None

This course will provide students with an overview of the health care system and the 5 health care career pathways.  Students will learn about job responsibilities, personal traits, attitudes, education and licensure of individuals working in the healthcare field. They will have the opportunity to work with professionals and become acquainted with a variety of trends and issues in today’s healthcare environment through guest speakers and field trips.  Students will focus on many hands on activities to give a realistic view of the health care systems.

HEALTH OCCUPATIONS II

Course: 217181 Credit: .50 Length: Semester 2 Year Taken: 10-12

Prerequisite: Health Occ I Fee: None

A significant number of people we are in contact with daily are part of the medical system. Whether they are patients, caregivers, or people behind the scenes of the medical system they make the medical world run smoothly. In the next century medical careers will be developing more and more rapidly with the change of technology.  If you want job security, the medical field is the right place to go. Continuing to build off of the skills and concepts from Health Occupations I, students will start to focus on the body systems that careers focus on.  Students will continue to work with professionals in the fields of study.  This course provides students with specific knowledge of multiple career opportunities in the health system along with skills that medical professionals are looking for in future employees.

FAMILY RELATIONS

Course: 117081/217081 Credit: .50 Length: Semester 1 or 2 Year Taken: 9-12

Prerequisite: None Fee: $6.00

Family relations is a course that will explore life topics with a family lens.  We will examine family structures, patterns and dynamics and how the family unit has evolved over time within our society. We will cover topics such as maintaining healthy relationships and setting goals for ourselves to achieve and contribute to our future community and family.  Other topics covered include dating, prenatal development, labor, birth, grief and death.  This course will enable students to recognize and understand challenging issues facing families today.  In addition, students will complete a real-care baby simulation as part of the course.

CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Course: 217031 Credit: .50 Length: Semester  2 Year Taken: 10-12

Prerequisite: None Fee: $10.00

Child Development; Who can resist a smiling baby, a stumbling toddler, or a curious child? To gain insight into the world of these children, join the Child Development class where we will analyze social, cultural and economic influences on child development; summarize child development theories; analyze development of children age three through age eight, summarize the methods and designs of child development research, analyze the role of heredity and the environment and examine the role of brain development in early learning (ages three through eight). Students who successfully complete this course may qualify for dual credit through Northcentral Technical College.

CAREERS WITH KIDS/ACCT (EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES)

Course: 117021 Credit: .50 Length: Semester 1 Year Taken: 11-12

Prerequisite: Must be 17 years of age Fee: $10.00

Have you considered a career working with children? Exploring social service, guidance and education careers. In Careers with Kids you will be introduced to a variety of careers with young children. You will gain knowledge of child development, early childhood education and develop skills in child care and guidance. You will also learn to plan and implement activities with children in a variety of community settings. In this semester course you will work hands on with early childhood students. You will explore the responsibilities of teaching and gain the skills necessary to work in a career with children. Upon successful completion of the course, you may earn the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Assistant Child Care Teacher Certification if you are 16 years of age. Students who successfully complete this course may qualify for a dual credit through Northcentral Technical College.

FASHIONS AND INTERIOR DESIGN

Course: 117091/217091 Credit: .50 Length: Semester 1 or 2 Year Taken: 9-12

Prerequisite: Interest in Fashion & Design Fee: $20.00

This course will cover three components: fashions, sewing and interior design.  Students will focus on the history of fashion and fashion trends of today.  The elements and principles of design carry over into fashion sketching and a fashion show.  Students will learn about the different types of sewing tools and equipment.  Students will have the opportunity to use the sewing machines and create sewing projects.  Interior design has a focus on paint colors, types of houses, selecting different textiles and furniture, and designing your own living space.

ASPIRING EDUCATORS & INTERNSHIP (classroom and worksite)

Course: 117151/217151 WS: 117161/217161   Credit:1.0/Year Classroom 1.0/Year Work Experience/Internship  

Length: Year Year Taken: 12

Prerequisite: Child Development and Early Childhood Services, or instructor approval. Register for both classroom and work experience.

Fee: $10.00

This 2-part course embraces partnership between education and business. It integrates school-based and work-based learning opportunities. In addition to earning high school credit for the course and the internship, students can also earn the Wisconsin School-to-Work Child Services Cooperative Skills Certification. The Aspiring Educators internship opportunity requires students to obtain work experience at an approved child care or elementary tutoring site. Through this workplace experience, students obtain real life work experiences where the classroom curriculum and instructional practices are utilized in community work sites. Mentoring and teacher assessment are integrated into the worksite experience. This course is ideal for those students interested in pursuing a career in education, counseling or child care. FCCLA (Family Career and Community Leaders of America), a national student organization will be an integral part of this class. 

Note: This course can be taken with or without the internship portion