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

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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)

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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

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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

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LiveBinders

• New CTE TEKS/Courses 2017-2018
• Family and Consumer Sicences 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

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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

Technology Tutorials

You know how to make PowerPoint slides. Now learn how to make them instructionally sound.

• Part 1 How Can I Use PowerPoints
• Part 2 How Can I Use PowerPoints

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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

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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

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Student Organizations

• FCCLA
• SkillsUSA
• TAFE

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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

• Beyond the Classroom: Marketing Family and Consumer Sciences Certification and Credential Opportunities

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