Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 505 - PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS COMMISSION › Chapter 505-3 - EDUCATOR PREPARATION RULES › Rule 505-3-.36 - Family And Consumer Sciences Education Program

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through
			 June 27, 2024
(1)
Purpose.
This rule states field-specific content standards for
			 approving programs that prepare individuals to teach family and consumer
			 sciences in grades 6-12, and supplements requirements in GaPSC Rule
			 505-3-.01 REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS
			 FOR APPROVING EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROVIDERS AND EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS
			 and in GaPSC Rule
			 505-3-.03 FOUNDATIONS OF READING,
			 LITERACY, AND LANGUAGE.
(2)
Requirements.
(a) To receive
			 approval, a GaPSC-approved educator preparation provider shall offer a
			 preparation program described in program planning forms, catalogs, and syllabi
			 addressing the following standards published by the National Association of
			 Teacher Educators for Family and Consumer Sciences (2020).
1.
Career, Community, and Family
			 Connections
. The program shall prepare candidates who analyze
			 family, community, and work interrelationships; investigate career paths
			 through work based learning activities; examine family and consumer sciences
			 careers in education and human services, hospitality and food production, and
			 visual arts and design; develop employability skills and other 21st century
			 skills; apply career decision making and transitioning processes; and implement
			 service learning.
2.
Consumer Economics and Family Resources
. The program
			 shall prepare candidates who use local and global resources responsibly to
			 address the unique needs and goals of individuals, families, and communities
			 worldwide in family and consumer sciences areas including resource management,
			 consumer economics, financial literacy, living environments, and textiles and
			 apparel.
3.
Family and
			 Human Development
. The program shall prepare candidates who use
			 culturally responsive principles of human development and interpersonal and
			 family relationships to strengthen individuals and families across the lifespan
			 in contexts such as parenting, care giving, and the workplace.
4.
Food and
			 Nutrition
. The program shall prepare candidates who promote
			 nutrition science and food literacy practices and develop food preparation and
			 production skills in personal and professional settings that enhance individual
			 and family well-being across the lifespan and address related concerns in a
			 global society.
5.
Wellness
. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 utilize the practical reasoning process to make informed decisions and apply
			 appropriate preventative and protective strategies to achieve optimal quality
			 of life including social and emotional well-being for individuals, families,
			 and communities.
6.
Career and Technical Student Organization Integration
.
			 The program shall prepare candidates who integrate the Family, Career and
			 Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) co-curricular student organization into
			 the program to foster students' academic growth, apply family and consumer
			 sciences content, develop leadership skills, engage in community service
			 learning including competitive events, and make career and content
			 connections.
7.
Curriculum Development
. The program shall prepare
			 candidates who develop, justify, and implement course curricula in programs of
			 study supported by research and theory that address perennial and evolving
			 family, career, and community issues; reflect the critical, integrative nature
			 of family and consumer sciences; integrate core academic areas; and reflect
			 high quality career and technical education practices.
8.
Instructional Strategies and
			 Resources
. The program shall prepare candidates who facilitate
			 students' critical literacy and problem solving in family and consumer sciences
			 through varied instructional strategies and technologies by experiences
			 modeling responsible management of resources in schools, communities, and the
			 workplace.
9.
Laboratory Management
. The program shall prepare
			 candidates who develop, implement, and demonstrate laboratory policies and
			 procedures based on current industry standards specific to the focus of the
			 course to ensure both the safety of students and clients, and sustainability of
			 products and the environment.
10.
Student and Program Assessment
. The program shall
			 prepare candidates who collect student and program data to assess, evaluate,
			 and improve student learning and family and consumer sciences programs using
			 evidence-based criteria, standards, and authentic processes.
11.
Learning
			 Environment
. The program shall prepare candidates who create and
			 implement a safe, supportive, and culturally responsive learning environment
			 that shows sensitivity to the differing needs, values, and characteristics of
			 students, families, and communities.
12.
Professionalism
.
			 The program shall prepare candidates who engage in ethical professional
			 practice based on the history, philosophy, and family and consumer sciences
			 Body of Knowledge, and relationship to career and technical education through
			 civic engagement, advocacy, collaboration with other professionals, recruitment
			 and mentoring of prospective and new professionals, and ongoing professional
			 development.