1. New York State Career and Technical Education Family & Consumer Sciences

2. Advocacy
Where we have been
Where we are going
Playing your part

3. Difficult to Separate
Advocacy
Public Relations
Image

4. Advocacy
The active support of an idea or cause expressed through strategies and methods that influence the opinions and decisions of people and organizations
Association for Progressive Communications
This will be our working definition—goes beyond public relations because the goal is to influence others to join your “cause.”
Next few slides will be a “crash course” in advocacy.

5. Public Relations
the professional maintenance of a favorable public image by a company or other organization or a famous person.
the state of the relationship between the public and a company or other organization or a famous person.
"companies justify the cost in terms of improved public relations"

6. Image
a representation of the external form of a person or thing in art

7. What are you Already Doing?
Share
Reproduce
Improve/tweak
Do one more thing

8. Where We Have Been? 1980’s Home and Career Skills
1990’s continued Home and Career Skills
2006 FACS/FCCLA Strategic Plan
2011 SED Advocacy Strategies
2013 CTE FACS Strategic Plan
2014 NYSACTE Advocacy Activities Peter Carr Barrett Associates
2015 Career Pathways and Programs of Study: A Federal Perspective Sharon Miller, Director, Presentation at the NYS CTE TAC Annual Conference

9. Where Are We Going?
Career and Technical Education

10. What to advocate?
Career and Technical Education: Family and Consumer Sciences
YOUR PROGRAM!!!!
Say Yes to FACS
CTE Endorsed Program
Multiple pathways
Middle School
Mandate
Support High School
Accelerated credit
Food Science
Art credit
Parenting Requirement

11. Playing Your Part What are you already doing
What can you do fast and easy
What you could do with a little/lot time/effort
What you can do with a partner or team

12. Advocate to who? Students Parents Guidance Administration
Other disciplines
Family
Neighbors/friends
Who else………………..

13. What can I do NOW? Image Vocabulary Career and Technical Education
Self
Classroom
Teaching Strategies
Vocabulary
Career and Technical Education
Family and Consumer Sciences

14. What can I do NOW? What am I good at? Bulletin boards Power points
Articles
Classroom Strategies
Public Presentation
Other ………….

15. What can I do NOW? What is my specialty?
Introduction to Process Skills
Communication Skills
Leadership Skills
Management Skills
Thinking Skills
Introduction to Content Topics
Career Development
Clothing Management
Community Connections
Consumer Resource Management
Family/Parenting
Financial Management
Human Development
Interpersonal Relationships
Nutrition and Wellness

16. What can I do NOW? Activities in/out of classroom Meetings, Committees
Professional Development
Project Based Learning
Service Learning
Student Leadership
Other…………..

17. Resources NYSED www.nysed.gov NYS Board of Regents
New York State Assembly
New York State Senate

18. Best Practice Conference
November 7, 2015 Syracuse
Are you presenting? Attending?

19. Family, Career and Community Leaders of America
Professional Development Opportunity
Teachers, students, advisors
November 13-15, 2015
Owego Treadway Inn Hotel and Conference Center, Owego, NY
State Advisor Karen Thomas:

20. CTE CONFERENCE 2016
Tuesday, June 28th and Wednesday, June 29th,2016
Desmond Hotel Albany
Are you presenting? Attending?

21. Thoughts/Questions
Consistency
Logo (tag line)
Message