Family Consumer Sciences and Human Services

Family Consumer Sciences and Human Services

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Family, Career and Community Leaders of America Inc. (FCCLA) is a nonprofit national career and technical student organization in public and private school through grade 12+

• About Missouri FCCLA
• State Bylaws
• 2021-22 Update

Please visit our website for up-to-date information and publications: www.mofccla.org

Missouri FCCLA Staff

Stephanie Pitts
Missouri FCCLA State Adviser
(573) 751-7964
mofccla@dese.mo.gov

Mailing Address:
Office of College and Career Readiness/FCCLA
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480

Street Address:
5th Floor, Jefferson Building
205 Jefferson Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101

General Information

What is Family, Career and Community Leaders of America?

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America is a national organization of students who have taken or are taking a course in family and consumer sciences classes through grade 12. 

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America is incorporated as a private, nonprofit career and technical organization.  FCCLA is one of the 10 national career and technical student organizations which operate through career and technical education programs in schools.

How does Family, Career and Community Leaders of America relate to class?

The main goal is the same: to improve personal, family, community, and job/career life.  The family and consumer sciences teacher is the advisor of the chapter.  The teacher/advisor uses the structure of the chapter to give family and consumer sciences students leadership experiences in planning and directing their own activities that in turn give family and consumer sciences class more meaning.

Membership

Who may join?

Any student who has taken or is taking a course in family and consumer sciences education may join an established chapter in his or her school.  Chapters are found in public and private middle and high schools.  There are chapters in all 50 states; Washington, D.C.; Puerto Rico; and the Virgin Islands.

Membership is voluntary for all students who have taken or are taking a course in family and consumer sciences education.  Both young women and men are members of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America.

How is Family, Career and Community Leaders of America financed?

FCCLA is supported primarily by student membership dues paid annually.  The organization also seeks individual, corporate, and foundation gifts.  State association dues are set by each association and are voted on by the state membership.  Regional and chapter dues are set by each individual group and approved by the members.  In addition, chapters may receive money through donations, grants, and fundraising activities.

What does your membership support?

• National member magazine, Teen Times;
• Newsletter for adult leaders, The Adviser;
• Mailings to chapters;
• National program development;
• Program workbooks and chapter resources;
• Training for adult and student leaders;
• National promotion of the organization;
• Membership processing fees;
• Membership promotion;
• National Board of Directors and National Executive Council activities;
• Expenses related to raising money and seeking corporate sponsors;
• Operating expenses of the national headquarters and staff;
• Experiences that help you develop your own leadership style and job skills by attending regional, state, and national conferences;
• Activities and personal successes that you can include on job, school, and scholarship applications;
• Activities and costs associated with running a state-level organization with 14 state executive council members;
• Missouri FCCLA Legislative Shadowing Program;
• Having the opportunity to run for regional, state, and national FCCLA offices;
• Participate in STAR (Students Taking Action with Recognition) Competitive Events;
• Missouri FCCLA scholarship fund.

Approved Program Guidance

• Benefits of an Approved Program
• FCSHS Approved Course List
• Approved Program Requirements
• Programs of Study
• Approved TSA/IRC List for FCSHS
• FCS and HS Implementation Guide - Includes Course Descriptions
• Implementation Handbook for FCS: Facilities and Safety
• The Application For Approval of Career Education Programs Secondary/Adult Only is currently under review.  Please check back later for the official form.
• Common Criteria and Quality Indicators (CCQI) DUE JUNE 2023

Missouri's approved programs are located in comprehensive high schools, area career and technical centers, community colleges and universities.

All professional development opportunities are eligible for 50/50 grant funding. For more information, look under Funding & Forms at https://dese.mo.gov/college-career-readiness/career-education/family-consumer-sciences-and-human-services 
 

Advanced Apparel Workshop: Pattern Alterations - Friday, September 30, 2022
North Point High School – Wentzville, MO (hosted by UCM)
Registration Fee: $50 (includes lunch, supplies, and parking)
Introduction to making alterations to patterns for a customized fit. Hands-on experience fitting a mock-up garment and making adjustments to the original pattern. You will leave with project ideas for your more advanced sewers.
 

*US Foods Hospitality and Tourism Workshop - Wednesday, October 5, 2022
8:00 am-3:30 pm – US Foods, St. Louis, MO
 

Child Development thru Pathways to the Teaching Profession - Friday, October 7, 2022
9:00 am-2:00 pm at MSU, Plaster Student Union Rm 315, Springfield, MO
Registration Fee: $40 (includes lunch, supplies, and parking)
This workshop will help participants set up a Teacher Education Pathway complete with relevant assignments, dual credit offerings, and heartfelt teachers inspiring the next generation of educators.
 

*PFG Foods Hospitality and Tourism Workshop - Wednesday, October 12, 2022
8:00 am-3:30 pm at PFG, Springfield, MO
 

Interpersonal Relationships - Friday, October 21, 2022
9:00 am-2:00 pm at MSU, Plaster Student Union Rm 317, Springfield, MO
Registration Fee: $40 (includes lunch, supplies, and parking)
This workshop will share ideas on how to relate relationships of all kinds to students in the classroom. Walk away with lesson and project ideas!

 
FCCLA Chapter Adviser Summit - Monday, October 24, 2022
9:00 am-3:00 pm at MSU, Plaster Student Union Rm 317, Springfield, MO
Registration Fee: $60 (includes lunch, supplies, and parking)
This workshop will help provides resources and ideas for increasing membership, managing officer teams, getting involved with National Programs, and funding CTSO activities. This will be relevant for both new and experienced advisers.
 

*SYSCO Hospitality and Tourism Workshop - Wednesday, October 26, 2022
8:00 am-3:30 pm at SYSCO KC, Olathe, KS
 

FCS Program Management - Friday, November 4, 2022
9:00 am-2:00 pm at MSU, Plaster Student Union Rm 317, Springfield, MO
Registration Fee: $40 (includes lunch, supplies, and parking)
This workshop will help tackle some of the program management topics related to maintaining an approved program, navigating CCQI, utilizing your advisory committee, and organizing programs of study.
 

Confections & Cakes - Monday, November 7, 2022
Columbia Area Career Center (hosted by UCM), Columbia, MO
Registration Fee: $50 (includes lunch, supplies, and parking)
Explore cake and candy making while making some classic American treats perfect for holiday baking or anytime! Participants will create and eat Swiss Rolls, Oatmeal Cream Pies, Peppermint Marshmallows, Toffee, and more!
 

Upholstery Exposed: Truth, It’s Not As Hard As You Think! - Friday, March 31, 2023
University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
Registration Fee: $50 (includes supplies and lunch)
In this workshop we will take the scary out of upholstering by learning what is involved in the upholstery process, from the furniture to be upholstered, to the dust cloth on the bottom. We will demonstrate a small project that can be accomplished in less than an hour. After this workshop, you will have the confidence and tools to teach the basic upholstery skills to your students. These skills can lead to larger projects and maybe their own business. Upholstery is an excellent skill. It values craftsmanship, quality of furniture, it’s economical, and great for the environment.
 

Digital Fashion Merchandising - Thursday, April 13, 2023
University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO Registration
Fee: $20 (includes supplies and lunch)
Learn about fashion merchandising in the digital world and leave with new skills, lesson outlines, and activities for your class. We will cover trend forecasting, along with free resources students can use to predict trends and create digital mood boards. You will learn about merchandising on social media and websites with tips on flat lays, video editing, and branding guidelines. Learn how to easily create stimulating digital marketing with Canva and create short videos for social media! All software used will be free, so no specialized software or equipment will be necessary to implement what you learn.
 

Advanced Food Science: Everyday Chemistry and Cooking! - Friday, April 14, 2023
University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
Registration Fee: $50 (includes supplies and lunch)
Who thought chemistry could be so much fun? Come explore how food and chemistry are intertwined and how understanding basic chemistry principles can make you a better cook! This workshop will incorporate labs that will reinforce the chemistry concepts.
 

Career Pathways for the Teaching Profession: Level I Thursday, April 27 - Friday, April 28, 2023
Thu 5:00 pm-8:00 pm & Fri 8:00 am- 3:00 pm at Best Western Capital Inn, Jefferson City, MO Registration Fee: $50 (includes supplies and lunch)
This workshop will provide an overview of the curriculum and resources needed to fully implement this pathway in your FCS study. Anyone who is interested in offering Career Pathways for the Teaching Profession program of study needs to attend this workshop. Both days are required.
 

Career Pathways for the Teaching Profession – Adv. Training: Level II - Thursday, April 27, 2023
9:00 am-3:00 pm at Best Western Capital Inn, Jefferson City, MO
Registration Fee: $50 (includes supplies and lunch)This advanced training is for teachers who
have already completed Pathways for the Teaching Profession Level 1 and have a current program in place. This annual training explores topics and issues trending in education, as well as provides ongoing support where teachers can share best practices for their program. Topics include classroom management, student diversity and differentiating instruction, and how to develop your Grow Your Own pipeline.
 

*These are for educators teaching Foods, Nutrition and Wellness, International Foods, Food Science, Culinary Arts, HTM and/or ProStart. Each industry partner will have special content at their site. Hands on activity or discussion on new trends, products, demonstrations, and ProStart updates will be featured. Fees are not known at this time. Contact Leone Herring at lherring@morestaurants.org for registration information.

Use this to register for MSU workshops: https://forms.gle/JrhGamvvd19LKCGv8 
 

Printable Professional Development Opportunities

2021-22 MoEFCS Officers

President

Debra Price-Scheppman
Missouri State University
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield, MO 65897
debraprice@missouristate.edu

President-Elect

Beth Beattie
Montgomery Co. R-2
394 N Hwy 19
Montgomery City, MO 63361
bbeattie@mc-students.org

Secretary

Amy Harkey
Purdy High School
201 Gabby Gibbons Drive
Purdy, MO 65734
aharkey@purdyk12.com

Treasurer

Michelle Brinkley
Lebanon R-3
757 Brice Street
Lebanon, MO 65536
mbrinkley@lebanon.k12.mo.us

Past-President

Tracey Eatherton
Ste. Genevieve Co. R-2 High School
715 Washington Street
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
teatherton@sgdragons.org

MoEFCS Organizational Information

MoEFCS Membership

• What is MoEFCS?   Membership Information Sheet

MoEFCS Bylaws and Polices

• MoEFCS Bylaws (Revised July 2012)
• MoEFCS Revised Policies 2007-2008

MoEFCS Board Forms

• MoEFCS Expense Voucher

MoEFCS Board and Annual Meeting Minutes — posted as available

Standards and Curriculum Frameworks

National Standards for Family Consumer Sciences Education

LEAD FCS (Leading, Engaging, Advocating, Developing Family & Consumer Sciences Education) is a network of state administrators. LEAD FCS is an affiliate of the Family and Consumer Sciences Education (FCS) Division of the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE). This organization first began development of national standards for family and consumer sciences in May 1995. The resulting work became a powerful tool for showcasing the movement from home economics, with an emphasis on technical homemaking skills, to Family and Consumer Sciences Education & Human Services, with its focus on broader family and society issues, and provided significant new direction for the field.

In May 2014, LEAD FCS initiated a project to update the national standards, utilizing a highly participatory process that has involved well over 2,000 stakeholders providing recommendations for the third edition. The Family and Consumer Sciences National Standards 3.0 continues the proud tradition of providing the framework for national, state, and local program that prepare students for family life, work life, and careers in Family and Consumer Sciences by empowering individuals and families across the life span to manage the challenges of living and working in a diverse global society.

• National Standards for Family Consumer Sciences Education

Common Career Technical Core

Missouri FCSHS is responsible for programming in these three clusters: Education and Training #5; Hospitality and Tourism #9; Human Services #10.

The Common Career Technical Core (CCTC) is a state-led initiative to establish a set of rigorous, high-quality standards for Career Technical Education (CTE) that states can adopt voluntarily.  The standards have been informed by state and industry standards and developed by a diverse group of teachers, business and industry experts, administrators and researcher.

The CCTC includes a set of standards for each of the 16 Career Clusters™ and their corresponding Career Pathways that define what students should know and be able to do after completing instruction in a program of study.  The CCTC also includes an overarching set of Career Ready Practices that apply to all programs of study.  The Career Ready Practices include 12 statements that address the knowledge, skills and dispositions that are important to becoming career ready.

• Common Career Technical Core

FCSHS Curriculum Frameworks

• Junior High School Course (7-8)

  • Discovering FCSHS

• High School Courses (9-12)

  • Career Development/ Entrepreneurship
  • Child Development I
  • Child Development II
  • Family Consumer Resource Management
  • Family and Individual Health
  • Food Science
    • Food Science Curriculum Map and Resources
  • Housing Environments and Design
  • International Foods(Cuisine)
  • Nutrition and Wellness
  • Parenting
  • Personal Finance

• High School Programs of Study (9-12)

Requires separate program approval -2 or more course required in the program of study.
These Programs of Study are offered at Comprehensive High Schools or Career Centers.

• Apparel, Textiles and Design Pathways
  • Fashion/Interior Design Fundamentals (Level I)
  • Fashion Design and Construction (Level II)
  • Interior Design, Advanced (Level II)
  • Fashion/Interior Design and Merchandising (Level III)
• Career Pathways for the Teaching Profession
• Child Development - uses the two course listed above
• ProStart I and II - (National  |  Missouri)
• Hospitality and Tourism Management Program (HTMP) I and II 

Offered Only at Career Centers

• Early Childhood Professions
• Cosmetology
• Nail Technician
• Culinary Arts - available at ACF Secondary Certified Career Centers

50/50 Career Education Grants

50/50 Career Education Grant funds allow CTE programs to purchase EQUIPMENT or CURRICULUM ENHANCEMENT resources. Monies are available on a 50 percent matching basis (50 percent local district reimbursement and 50 percent state reimbursement). The district may NOT use Enhancement Grant funds or Perkins funds to match the funding of the 50/50 reimbursement.

FCSHS also has Program Improvement Grants (PD) available. Conferences or workshops in curricular areas that directly affect the content areas taught will be considered for funding. As always, National ACTE, Missouri ACTE or FCCLA district, state, or national conferences are not eligible for funding. 

50/50 applications are accepted throughout the school year as long as funding is available. 

To apply

• Complete the FV4 form
• And the 50/50 Career Education Equipment/Educational Resource(s) Information Form 
• Email both to dese.fcs@dese.mo.gov

For reimbursement

• Submit the FV2 form and receipts to dese.fcs@dese.mo.gov

Enhancement Grant

The purpose of the Vocational-Technical Education Enhancement Grant is to expand and enhance the quality of Missouri's occupational preparatory (long-term) career education programs. This is accomplished through improved alignment with business and industry occupational training needs and increased emphasis on training in occupations determined to be in critical shortage.

For more information regarding the enhancement grant, contact lori.brown@dese.mo.gov.

Welcome to Family Consumer Sciences & Human Services Education!

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is the sponsor of a two-year mentoring program for beginning teachers, experienced teachers new to the career education field, or teachers returning to a career education program area after an absence of five years or more. If you qualify for one of these categories, we would like to invite you to be a protégé in our mentoring program. The goal of the program is to support both the protégé and the mentor in creating a professional learning community. The mentoring program is an excellent way for master teachers to share their experiences and knowledge to enhance the teaching year of a new or returning teacher.  The first year mentor training will fulfill the Beginning Teacher Assistance Program requirement.

Please complete your mentor and protégé applications ASAP and email them to shelley.smith@dese.mo.gov.

All forms are fillable, please download and save the form before completing them:
Protégé Mentoring Program Application

Mentor Mentoring Program Application

Career Education Mentoring Manual 2022-2023  

CTE Mentoring Moodle Login

MO-FACS Listserv

The purpose of MO-FACS Discussion List is to provide an electronic communication forum for educators, parents, and citizens, at large, throughout Missouri who are interested in the field of family consumer sciences and human services education.  MO-FACS is intended to facilitate the communication and exchange of ideas to improve and expand upon family consumer sciences education and related services for students in Missouri.  MO-FACS is the main line of communication from the state level to local educators for family consumer sciences and human services programming in Missouri.

Topics of discussion might include:

            Sharing ideas and resources 

            Promotion of opportunities for youth, including FCCLA

            Networking

            Legislation and policies

            Professional development opportunities

            Program guidelines and deadlines

Listserv Rules

Listserv Use

To post a message, view archives, subscribe or unsubscribe to the listserv visit http://lists.more.net/mailman/listinfo/mo-facs.

Teacher Education Programs

Educator Certification 

Missouri has three higher education institutions that provide pre-service education programs in family consumer sciences and human services. For information on enrollment and requirements for teacher of family and consumer sciences please contact the college.

• Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau

• Missouri State University, Springfield

• University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg

Theresa Struemph

Director, Family Consumer Sciences and Human Services
Phone: 573-522-6542
Theresa.Struemph@dese.mo.gov

Stephanie Pitts

Supervisor, Human Services Cluster, FCCLA State Adviser
Phone: 573-522-6543
Stephanie.pitts@deselmo.gov 
mofccla@dese.mo.gov 

Shelley Smith

LifeSmarts State Coordinator, Part-Time Contractor, Hospitality and Tourism Cluster, Mentoring Program
Phone: 573-751-6878
Shelley.Smith@dese.mo.gov

Deborah Landon

Administrative Assistant
Phone: 573-751-7964
Deborah.Landon@dese.mo.gov

Physical Address

205 Jefferson St.
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Phone: 573-751-7964

Mailing Address

P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City, MO 65101-0480
Phone: 573-751-7964