FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES UPDATE

FACS EDUCATION – 100 YEARS IN 100 COUNTIES

NC FACS Education will celebrate the 100th birthday of Family and Consumer Sciences as a field of work and study from July 1, 2008, through July 30, 2009. On December 3, 2008, the birthday of Ellen Swallow Richards, founder, will be observed as "Family and Consumer Sciences Centennial Day" in North Carolina. FACS students, teachers, administrators, alumni, and other partners in all 100 counties are encouraged to plan projects and activities to commemorate 100 years of empowering individuals, strengthening families, and enabling communities.

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES

• A 10- to 12-day study abroad in Europe is being planned for the summer of 2009 for teachers in any foods-related courses. For more information, contact jsimon@dpi.state.nc.us.

CURRICULUM PROJECTS

• Foods I-Fundamentals
• In 2008-2009, Foods II-Foods Technology will be piloted in select schools using course number 7009.
• ProStart I and II are in select pilot schools.
• Parenting and Child Development 7065.
• ECE II (7112)
• 7086 Financial Education (LIFE) is in transitional pilot status for 2008-9 and 2009-10.

ARTICULATION/CREDENTIALING

ServSafe®

• 5th Edition is now available for Foods II Advanced and Culinary Arts and Hospitality I.
• All certified ServSafe® instructors were to register online by September 30, 2008.
• All certified ServSafe® instructors need to be recertified every five years. This is a new regulation.

NC Early Childhood Credential Equivalent

• High school and college faculty met and determined that ECE I and II align sufficiently with competencies of EDU 119 to be awarded articulated college credit for EDU 119. A review by community college academic deans reaffirmed the committee's recommendation.
• In a memorandum dated July 16, 2008, the NC High School to Community College Articulation Agreement was revised to reflect that, for school year 2008-9, secondary courses 7111 Early Childhood Education I, Version 2000 and 7112 Early Childhood Education II, Version 2002, with addition of the history competency from 7111, Version 2008, articulates to EDU 119, Introduction to Early Childhood Education at the community college level. For school year 2009-10 and beyond, secondary courses 7111 Early Childhood Education I, Version 2008 and 7112 Early Childhood Education II, Version 2009 articulates to EDU 119, Introduction to Early Childhood Education at the community college level. These provisions go into effect in August 2008. The community college courses EDU 111, Early Childhood Credential I and EDU 112, Early Childhood Credential II, will be retired from the Combined Course Library as of December 2008.
• Meetings with the Division of Health and Human Services are ongoing to consider if requirements are met for the NC Early Childhood Credential Equivalent.

Other Pre-Professional Certifications Coming Soon from American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences

• Late fall, 2008 – Personal and Family Finance
• Late spring, 2009 – Early Childhood Education; Broad Field Family and Consumer Sciences; Education Careers; Nutrition; and Interior Design
• Fall, 2009 – Fashion, Textiles and Apparel; Culinary Arts; and Family Services