THESE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS WILL HELP YOU TO MAKE REGISTRATION CHOICES:
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 1(71112B)- open to grades 11-12
*Application Required/TB test with negative results/Personal transportation
to centers required/Must be a positive role model for children.
This is the course in which students do internships in local child care
centers. The focus of the course is the educational setting of the child and
learning to meet their physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs.
Students will plan, prepare, and carry out developmentally appropriate
lessons/activities with the children, working closely with the staff at the
center(s) to which they are assigned.
ECE1 and ECE2 are both community college articulation courses. Students who
receive a "B" and score an 80 or higher raw score are qualified to receive
credit for comparable courses in our NC Community College System (Wake Tech.)
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 2 Honors (71122F)-open to grade 12
* APPLICATION REQUIRED/TB test with negative results/Personal transportation
to centers required/Must be a positive role model for children.
PREREQUISITE: Early Childhood Ed. 1
*This is a Completer Course for Public Service Technologies Career Pathway.
This is the course in which students do internships in local child care
centers. The focus of the course is learning about how to design and run a
child care facility. All aspects of the business are explored including
regulations, safety and sanitation, parent relations, curriculum design and
facility design. Interns work primarily as administrative interns but they
also have interaction with the children and conduct lessons and activities
for various ages of children.
ECE1 and ECE2 are both community college articulation courses. Students who
receive a "B" and score an 80 or higher raw score are qualified to receive
credit for comparable courses in our NC Community College System (Wake Tech.)
PARENTING and CHILD DEVELOPMENT (7065) Open to grades 10-12
This 10th to 12th grade class introduces students to responsible nurturing
and basic applications of child development theory. Students learn about
important parenting issues related to children and family needs and how to
make positive parenthood decisions. The first unit focuses upon the decision
to become a parent and related child care issues including parents’
responsibilities and providing positive care and guidance. Child care
programs, safety and secure environments, parenting styles, and child
development careers are emphasized. The second unit follows child
development from conception and childbirth through age six. Maternal health
and changes during pregnancy are also discussed. Science, math, resource
management, problem solving, literacy strategies, and communication skills
are reinforced. Students will gain practical skills and knowledge so as to
prepare them to make sound decisions for themselves, their children, their
families and their communities.
Child Development is the foundation for Early Childhood Education 1 and Early
Childhood Education 2-Honors. Early Childhood Education is the course where
students explore teaching and working with young children; they complete
internships in quality local child care and development facilities. Students
are encouraged to join FCCLA and may participate in FCCLA activities.
Prerequisite: None
FOODS 1 FUNDAMENTALS (70452A): open to grades 10-12
Learn all about what we eat what we should eat, how to prepare our favorite
dishes, and be introduced to new foods. You will learn how to organize and
manage a kitchen and equipment, and how to work efficiently in food
preparation and service. You will prepare foods and learn culinary techniques
and teamwork skills working with classmates in the FVHS foods aboratory. You
will examine special dietary needs of family members and how to change menus
or meal patterns to meet those needs.
Creative skills are used to plan, prepare and serve foods using bugeting and
buying principles. You will learn how to meet requirement for careers in
hospitality and foods and nutrition.
FOODS 2 ADVANCED(Food Development)(70092P)-open to grades 11-12
Prerequisite: Foods 1 Fundamentals
*This is a Completer Course for Public Service Technologies Career Pathway.
This 11th to 12th grade completer course focuses on advanced food preparation
techniques while applying nutrition, food science, and test kitchen concepts
using new technology. Food safety and sanitation receive special emphasis,
with students taking the exam for the ServSafe credential from the National
Restaurant Association. Students develop skills and prepare foods such as
beverages, salads and dressings, yeast breads, and cakes, fillings and
frostings. An in-school food enterprise component helps students to develop
and apply work place readiness skills to an authentic experience. They
develop a portfolio and may compete in FCCLA activities. Skills in science,
math, management, and communication are reinforced. Work-based learning
strategies appropriate for this course include school-based enterprises,
field trips, job shadowing, and service learning.
HOUSING AND INTERIORS(70552A) - open to grades 11-12
Thinking about being an Interior Designer? Here's the place to give it a
try.
This course gives students an overall look at the elements and principles of
design as related to interiors. Students will draw rooms and house plans to
scale using graphed and computer aided design. You will make decisions about
fabric, floor coverings, wall-coverings, lighting and accessories. Other
units will include basic housing construction and styles, housing decisions,
and furniture selection and design.
FAMILY and CONSUMER SCIENCES ADVANCED STUDIES (71992D)
Prerequisites: 3 credits in FACS
Recommended for grade 12 for those with a B average or higher in FACS classes.
This is the completer course for INTERIOR DESIGN and HOUSING in the
Commercial and Artistic Production Technologies Career Pathway.
It is career-focused in Family and Consumer Sciences and consists of three
parts: a research paper, a product and a presentation. Students demonstrate
their abilities to use content and apply knowledge to authentic situations in
a selected career. They also demonstrate their abilities to write, speak,
solve problems and use life skills such as time management and organization.
Students work under the guidance of a teacher-facilitator and collaborate
with community members, business representatives and school-based personnel.
