KANSAS FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES UPDATE Fall,

CALENDAR UPDATE! Drive Ins 2015 Regional Workshops (4:00-7:30 p.m.)  Aug 18— Pomona (West Franklin High School)  Sept 30—Centralia  Oct 1—Chapman  Oct 7—Ft Scott  Oct 8—Newton  Oct 14—Coldwater  Oct 15—Wakenney New Teacher Update: 17 attended Sept 23-24—American Red Cross, Salina, KS FCS Innovative Summit: Oct 5-6—Wichita, KS

Nesting Approval:  Oct 15 th (Double up not needed, more than 3 is required)  CPPSA Submission Window:  Nov 15-Mar 15 Feb Conference  Feb 9-10, 2016 United Conference  March 2-4, 2016

FCS/FCCLA Day on the Hill, 2016 February 24, 2016

KSDE UPDATE: (JULY, 2015) 1.Dr. Randy Watkins, New KSDE Commissioner, July l, 2015 (Traits of a successful 24 year old) 2. New Definitions in for Participant, Completer, Concentrator and CTE Scholar; 3.Professional Learning Experience Toolkit is updated Career Clusters Guidance Handbook is posted (under “New Information”) 5.New Consultant Job Posting: STEM, IT, Arts, AV (link found on KSDE employment—”Shawnee County” ) 6.CTE Website Update

TWO DAY SUMMIT (FIRST ANNUAL) DAYO N E STEM and FCS Connections: STEM definition STEM/FCS connections STEMify lessons Leave with plans! DAYT W O AAFCS pre-PAC training: Student Performance in all FCS fields Assessment Data Discussion “what does it mean?” Teacher portfolio tool Training to be an assessment administrator Dr. Lori Myers, CFCS AAFCS Director of Pre-Professional Assessment and Credentialing

W H A T ' SW H A T ' S What’s Next

HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM CLUSTER UPDATE

DEVELOPING LIFE LITERACY—MIDDLE LEVEL Lessons around: --Human Relations --Nutrition and Wellness --Consumerism --Employability Expected Piloting—Winter, 2015/16 Training—UAC (tentative)

$500 Professional Development Grants $1000 Recruitment/Retention Grants $2000 Equipment Grants

Field requests: *Streamline *Skill set aligned *Offer more application level opportunity *Flexibility

GENERAL KSDE CLUSTER PAGE Human Services pathways Update:  Consumer Services will be gone as a stand alone pathway  Combined Consumer Services and Family and Community Services  New pathway name “Family, Community and Consumer Services” (Same CIP Code)  Introduction to Human Services is removed.  New Course: Leadership Service in Action (Advocacy for others)  Culinary Essentials was added (linked to skills in many HS occupations)  Early Childhood Additions—Leadership Service in Action; Community Connections, Career Connections Career and Community Connection was split—Community Connection AND Career Connections. (Changed across ALL pathways for )

Links to Early Childhood Ed. pre-PAC.

Links to FOUR pre-PAC options!

AAFCS PRE-PAC P O R T F O L I O ( 1 1 ) Broad Field FCS Culinary Arts Early Childhood Ed Education Fundamentals Family and Community Services Fashion, Textiles and Apparel Food ScienceFundamentals Housing and Furnishings Nutrition, Food and Wellness Personal and Family Finance P R E - P A CI S … Aligned to industry skills. Supported by industry leaders. Recognizing the achievement of students. Enhancing efforts to provide targeted instruction. A credential earned if the cut score is met.

EXAMPLES: F A M I L YA N D C O M M U N I T YS E R V I C E S Family Studies Human Growth and Development Leadership Service in Action Community /Career Connections N U T R I T I O N,F O O DA N D W E L L N E S S Human Growth and Development Nutrition and Wellness Culinary Essentials Community/Career Connections

GROUP WORK—COMPETENCY REVIEW

ADVOCACY !

192 completers (“block” is 2014 numbers) Collectively 275,000+ were impacted outside FCS classrooms KS school districts: 256 KS High Schools: 312 KS FCS Teachers: 455 Projected FCS Openings: 129 within 5 yrs (KSDE data on 85 pts) Clusters taught: 71% 74% in Fam & Comm Serv; 32% 29% Rest & Event Plan; 27% 25 % Cons Services; 26 %32% Early Child; 8% 22% Teach/Train Teacher Preps: 75% 81% have 4+ preps; (38% 6+) Number of unique FCS Students: 37,809 Number of Enrollments: 97,000 Concerns: 1.Budget cuts 2.Lack of time 3.Lack of FCS teachers 4.Lack of funding

National Website Link to FCS Ed Departments ( NASAFACS website—Lesson/Video Clips Learning Zone: “Say YES to FCS” items yes towww.learningzonexpress.com/search.aspx?keywords=say facs Special Events: Oct 2—KSU“Wild About FCS” Oct 13—PSU “FCS Career Day” oreHappy/4d7a67314d6a55334e7a 673d0d0a

ISSUE BRIEFS: FCS Education in Kansas—(HAND OUT) Family & Consumer Sciences and Workforce Connections

Virtual FCS Handbook

 Career Pathways Design Sheet, content standards and strategies  Instructional recourses (suggestions from field)  Professional teacher section/community partnership information  How FCS aligns to College and Career Ready Standards and Common Career and Technical Core  Necessary equipment & supplies needed to meet industry standards and/or teach classes  Professional classroom resources & FCS Partner organizations contacts  Marketing FCS profession and FCS Ed as a career. Introduced at Regional Workshops

G Gayla Randel, CFCS FCS Program Consultant, KSDE 900 SW Jackson Topeka, KS 66612

TRANSITION CLIPS (PSU Career Day) (Home Ec. Change) (Lindsey’s Pwpt) (GA U) (High School Trailer)