Teaching Resources
Assessment
- 32 customizable rubrics made specifically for FCS classrooms
- Alleviate the Agony of Assessments Presentation
Get help using the tests over seven courses. You'll never look at tests the same way again!
- Part 1 Introduction
- Part 2 Combining ExamView with Curriculum Center Test Banks
- Part 3 Assembling a Test from the Test Banks
Effective Teaching and Learning
- Resources from IDEAL – Informing & Designing Education for All Learners: Disability Categories – Special Education Laws, Policies, and Procedures – Classroom Management
- Copyright: Does it belong to you? (Script)
- Instructional Strategies Enhanced to Meet Special Needs of Students
- Career and Technical Special Populations Training & Resource Center
- Online Modules for CTE Teachers Serving Special Populations
- Establishing Classroom Rules and Procedures (Supporting Documents)
- Reporting Suspected Abuse or Neglect of a Child: A Guide for Education Professionals (online training)
Classroom Resources
Course Overview/Scope and Sequence
- Career Preparation I & II & Extended Career Preparation
- Child Development
- Child Guidance
- College and Career Readiness
- Counseling and Mental Health
- Culinary Arts
- Dollars and Sense
- Family and Community Services
- Fashion Design I & Lab
- Fashion Design II & Lab/Practicum and Extended Practicum in Fashion Design
- Food Science
- Hospitality and Tourism Management: Hotel Management; Restaurant Management; Travel and Tourism Management
- Human Growth and Development
- Instructional Practices/Practicum and Extended Practicum in Education and Training
- Interior Design I
- Interior Design II
- Interpersonal Studies
- Introduction to Culinary Arts
- Investigation Careers
- Lifetime Nutrition and Wellness
- Practicum and Extended Practicum in Interior Design
- Practicum in Culinary Arts & Practicum in Hospitality Services
- Principles of Education and Training
- Principles of Hospitality and Tourism
- Principles of Human Services
- Parenting Education I TEKS
- Parenting Education IITEKS
Presentations and Projects
- NEW! – Implementing Teaching Strategies for Practicum in Human Services Presentation
- Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher Resources LiveBinder – Developed by Cynthia (Cindy) Miller, Graduate Research Assistant, Texas Tech University
- Fun in the Classroom – Food Science Experiments Presentation
- Fun in the Classroom – Food Science Experiments Handouts
- Culinary Capers Presentation
- Culinary Capers Handout
- Fashion Frenzy Presentation
- Fashion Frenzy Handout
- YouCAN Use YouTube Presentation
- YouCAN Use YouTube Handout
- Electrify Your Career Courses with E-Portfolios and Social Media Presentation
- From Brain to Behavior: Resources for Counseling and Mental Health
- Teaching Ethics Through Movies
- More Fun in the Classroom Teaching Food Science Presentation
- More Fun in the Classroom Teaching Food Science Handout
- A Week of Service Learning
- BodyMind Initiative Curriculum
- Infographics – How to Create and Use Them in the Classroom
- Infant and Toddler Development
LiveBinders
- New CTE TEKS/Courses 2017-2018
- Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher Resources LiveBinder
- Financial Literacy Teaching Resources LiveBinder
- Career Development and Planning LiveBinder
- Career and Technical Education iPad Apps LiveBinder
- Career Cluster Teaching Resources LiveBinder
Using Technology in the Classroom
Web Wise II: Using Web Applications to Enhance Classroom Learning
Learn how to develop your own podcasts:
- Episode 1 What is Podcasting
- Episode 2 Podcasting in Education
- Episode 3 Creating Your First Podcast
Programs of Study
Programs of Study represent a recommended sequence of coursework based on a student's interest or career goal. The following career clusters have FCS courses:
- Architecture & Construction
- Arts, A/V Technology & Communication
- Education & Training
- Hospitality & Tourism
- Human Services
- More Information on FCS programs of study and FCCLA
Program Management
- FCS Contacts
- Regional Service Areas
- FCS Cluster Course List
- Student Attendance Accounting Handbook (section 5)
- Innovative Course Procedures
- PEIMS Information
- Perkins Information
- CTE Vision Toolkit
- Dual Credit (video)
- Local and State Articulation (video)
- Advanced Technical Credit (video)
- Advanced Technical Credit Program of Texas
- AchieveTexas
- Training Plan Agreement – Paid
- Training Plan Agreement – Unpaid
- Child Labor Laws
Student Organizations
Teacher and Student Certifications
Teachers
Want to be an FCS teacher? Find out what test to take and how to prepare for it.
- FCS Certification Resources
- FCS Certification Crosswalk
- CTE Certification Requirements
- State Board for Educator Certification
- FCS Distance Education Alliance
- Great Plains IDEA
Students
Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences
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Address
P.O. Box 41161 Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas 79409-1161 -
Phone
806.742.3029 -
Email
ccfcs@ttu.edu