While each of the topics listed in the course description should be addressed, emphasis placed on each topic may vary according to local needs and resources. A two-semester course goes into more depth with selected topics and provides more opportunities for authentic applications of content standards and competencies. For Core 40, this course may be used as one credit in Core 40 Directed Electives section and the subsection labeled at least 6 credits in a logical sequence from a technical career area or as a Core 40 Elective. 5. This course is one of the six FACS courses from which students may choose three to fulfill the required Health and Safety credit. This course is one of the seven courses from which schools must select four to teach a minimum of once every other year in order to qualify for state vocational funding.
Adult life carries a multitude of roles and responsibilities.
Students who gain a clear awareness of their personal principles, standards, needs, aptitudes, and goals and how these impact family, career, and community roles and responsibilities will have a strong foundation on which to base life decisions. As students learn to make choices based on their own principles, standards, and goals, they will experience greater satisfaction and success from their choices. They will learn to use skills in critical and creative thinking, management, communication, and leadership to solve problems and make decisions. These are important developmental tasks toward independence, and this course helps students achieve these tasks in positive, responsible ways. Students who successfully develop the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors outlined for this course become independent, contributing, and responsible participants in family, community, and career settings.