Home Economics
Careers and Technology Education
California Department of
Education Updates
Breaking News!
Workshop Instructors/Presenters: Bradley Baumkirchner, Fashion Designer;
Sandy Craig, Designer/Workshop Instructor;Christina Amaral, Fashion
Department Program Coordinator, Orange Coast College; Rosa Apodaca,
PopCulture and Style Journalist, Co Owner of A+R, Venice CA
AMAZING EVENT! FASHION AND INTERIORS WORKSHOP
February 26-27, 2009
Los Angeles Athletic Club, Los Angeles, CA
Twenty-seven Home Economics Careers and Technology teachers from
throughout the state attended the workshop to obtain information for
implementing and expanding secondary Fashion and Interior Design
programs. Both days were filled with presentations and techniques from
educators and fashion professionals. Christina Amaral, Fashion
Department Program Coordinator, Orange Coast College, presented
strategies for
getting to know your students and industry. Sandy Craig, Interior
Designer and owner of Ryan Taylors Interior Design, presented the
importance of personal and corporate branding. A hands-on session taught
participants techniques on how to design a Fashion/Interior Presentation
Board.
Rose Apodaca, Pop Culture and Style Journalist, gave an informative
discussion on the trends and resources from the Fashion and Interior
Design Industry followed by an informative Industry Round Table with
Christina, Sandy, Rose, and Bradley Baumkirchner, a Los Angeles Fashion
Designer. Bradley also gave a behind the scenes account of Project
Runway. Ilse Metchek, Director, California Fashion Association,
highlighted the current issues and career opportunities in the fashion
industry. An exciting evening was spent at the Fashion Institute of
Design and Merchandising’s Debut 2009 Runway Show. The fashion show
featured Fashion Designs, Theatre Costume Designs, Interior Designs, and
Textile Designs from students graduating from FIDM.
Successful Event!
Culinary Arts Skills Workshop
January 23-25, 2009
Institute of Technology, Culinary Division, Clovis, CA
Klaus Tenbergen, Workshop Coordinator, Chef, Kimberly
Lulay, Chef/Consultant
and Kris Moon, HECT teacher, Redondo Union High School
“An awesome experience,
with skilled, passionate, well prepared presenters, made learning fun
and exciting, “ was a comment by one of the workshop participants!
Thirty-five Home Economics Careers and Technology Food Service and
Hospitality high school and Regional Occupational Teachers from across
California came together in Clovis to experience the world of
professional cooking and baking at the Institute of Technology . The
workshop, taught by Klaus Tenbergen, Assistant Professor and Culinology
Program Director at CSU, Fresno, provided exciting firsthand experiences
in a professional kitchen and exposed teachers to classroom management
skills. Ways to fillet a whole salmon and cook it on a Himalayan Salt
Brick, was demonstrated by Culinary Olympic Team member, Ambarish Lulay,
who is now Chef de Cuisine at the Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite National Park
. Teachers practiced bread shaping and baking skills with a Master
Baker, perfected chocolate desserts, learned how to make gelatin
flowers for catering presentations as well as standards-based assessment
techniques to use with their students. Upon returning to their
respective schools, teachers will implement these new strategies in
their classrooms.
Students comments: I'm inspired and renewed with ideas to use in
the classroom, Great, workshop was extremely helpful, every minute was
well spent.
HECT Professional Development Activities
Teachers and administrators have expressed concern that workshops have
been cancelled. In order to hold scheduled workshops, registration must
meet the minimum number established for each event. The current HECT
Professional Development is operating with less funding. Therefore,
registration fees must be able to support the workshops. It is critical
that registration forms and fees are submitted by the deadline dates so
that participants can be advised prior to the cancellation of
professional development activities. Teachers are encouraged to sign up
for the scheduled workshops and the Leadership and Management Conference
that will be held June 24 -26, 2009 in Sacramento. Perkins funds are
available for teachers to attend professional development activities.
To check on the availability of funds, teachers should contact the
individual, in their school district, who is responsible for Perkins
Funds.
SB 70 Funds Allocated for FHA-HERO
FHA-HERO and the other five Career Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs)
will each be receiving an allocation from SB 70 funds. The legislation
specifies that the funds must be used by all of the six organizations to
increase membership and the number of chapters as well as participation
in activities at all levels of the organizations. The areas in which
funds will be expended include: chapter incentives, industry
partnerships, media and resource development, and state-level
coordination. Incentives will be provided for existing FHA-HERO chapters
based upon established criteria and growth as well as for new and
reinstated chapters. New and reinstated chapters will receive an extra
allocation to assist advisors and members with start-up costs. Detailed
information about available funding and criteria
can be
found at
http://hect.org/fhahero/sb70/sb70_funding.html.
Program Data Survey and FHA-HERO Directory Information
From Ms. DeBenedetti's office, survey forms were sent to all HECT teachers and FHA-HERO
Advisors for whom we have email addresses with a request to complete and
submit two forms: the HECT Program Data and FHA-HERO Chapter
Directories. If teachers did not receive the email requests, they should
send an email to me at
jdebened@cde.ca.gov . The forms will be sent upon request. A
special thanks to the teachers from approximately 125 sites that have
already responded.
HECT and FHA-HERO WebPages under Reconstruction
The two web pages are being redesigned. The “reconstruction” is intended
to make the pages more user-friendly and will include more resources.
The redesign process is scheduled to be completed March.
Program
of Study
Six statewide Tech Prep Distribution Point Projects are in the process
of developing “programs of study” for each industry sector.
Essentially, a “program of study” is an articulated sequence of courses
in a specific career pathway that leads to a certificate or a degree.
For HECT Industry-related sectors, “programs of study” are being
developed for child development, fashion, interior design, food service,
as well as hospitality and tourism career pathways. HECT teachers
assisting with this effort include: Shirley Bowers, New San Juan High
School, Citrus Heights; Sandi Coulter, New San Juan High School, Citrus
Heights; Kerri Doll, Fountain Valley High School, Fountain Valley,
Erevetta Marzette, Dorsey High School, Los Angeles; and Pat Peck, Folsom
High School, Folsom. Information about the programs of study will be
distributed at the 2009 Leadership and Management Conference.
If you have questions or need further information, please contact Ms.
DeBenedetti
either by telephone at (916) 323-5025 or by email at
jdebened@cde.ca.gov.
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Resources Available
New
Competency Profiles Available
The Home Economics
Careers and Technology state staff has updated the popular assessment
tool to reflect the revision of the Career Technical Education Model
Curriculum Standards, 2007 for the Consumer and Family Studies Programs
and Home Economics Related Occupations Career Pathways. The following
Competency Profiles are available to order using the Resources
and Publications Order Form –2008-2009:
Consumer and
Family Studies Program:
Consumer and
Family Studies---Grades 7-8
Consumer and
Family Studies---Grades 9-12
Home Economics
Related Occupations Career Pathways:
Child
Development Career Pathway
Education
Career Pathway
Fashion
Design, Manufacturing and Merchandising
Career
Pathway
Food Service
and Hospitality Career Pathway
Hospitality,
Tourism, and Recreation Career Pathway
Interior
Design, Furnishings, and Maintenance Career Pathway
The Resource
and Publications Order Forms can be found on the Professional
Development page.
You’ve been
asking for it and now it is available!
A Flash Drive
with all of the Model Curriculum Standards for the nine Home Economics
Related Occupations Career Pathways and the Content Areas of Consumer
and Family Studies is now available. This can be ordered from the HECT
Curriculum and Professional Development Project.
HECT
Teacher Recruitment
Imagine
Yourself as a Teacher of Home “Economics Careers
and Technology1
The California
Association FHA-HERO State Officer Team, voted to make HECT teacher
recruitment a priority. As a result a new poster has been designed and
produced to encourage students to consider a career as a Home Economics
Careers and Technology Education Teacher.
The new poster is
ready to display in every HECT classroom and counseling office! Order
Yours today!
New HECT Standards
With
the completion of the newly revised Career Technical Education Standards,
there are now State Board of Education approved and adopted standards for
Home Economics Careers and Technology Education programs grades 7-12.
There are three distinct sets of standards for secondary HECT programs:
Consumer and Family Studies (CFS) for grades 7-8; Consumer and Family
Studies (CFS) for grades 9-12; and Home Economics Related Occupations
(HERO) Career Pathway standards for grades 10-12.
In
the CTE Standards document, all of the standards for Consumer and Family
Studies are listed under the Foundation Standard #10 in one of the three
sectors directly related to the CFS content areas. The sectors include
Education, Child Development and Family Services (related CFS content
areas of child development, consumer education, family and human
development, and individual and family health); Fashion and Interior
Design (related CFS content areas of fashion, textiles, and apparel; and
Housing and Furnishings); and Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation (related
CFS content areas of food and nutrition and individual and family
health). The new CTE and HECT Career Pathway and standards subcomponents
as well as only the CFS standards, without standards details, are posted
on the State Board of Education web site:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/ .
It
is important to note that only teachers credentialed to teach Consumer and
Family Studies (Single subject credential in Home Economics) should
provide instruction in the CFS content areas. And only those teachers with
appropriate occupational/industry experience and a credential to teach
Home Economics Related Occupations (HERO) Career Pathway courses should
provide instruction based upon the career pathway standards. The
standards are designed to facilitate sequenced and articulated instruction
using CFS introductory and concentration courses as a foundation for the
HERO Career Pathway capstone courses.
To
assist Home Economics Careers and Technology Education teachers, a new
resource entitled Consumer and Family Studies Standards Implementation
Resource Guide, Grades 7-12 was introduced at the 2007 Leadership and
Management Conference. All of the CFS standards, grades 7-12, with
standards detail are included in this resource. The standards details
provide additional information that is lacking for the CFS standards
included in the CTE Standards Document as well as on-line.
Change for Family Living and Parenting Education
The
name for the CFS content area of Family Living and Parenting Education was
changed to Family and Human Development. This change was made for several
reasons, but primarily to reflect the titles of courses that can be
effectively sequenced to qualify for Perkins funding as well as to develop
courses that meet the UC and CSU A-G admission requirements.
Recommended Course Titles
In
response to the requests of administrators and teachers for a list of
courses that would reflect today’s HECT programs, the HECT State Staff
developed a resource which includes the titles of introductory,
concentration, and capstone courses by content area, career pathway, and
industry sector. The titles were developed with input from HECT teachers
representing various regions of the state. Click on the "Recommended
Course Titles" button on the HECT home page.
HECT Public Relations Materials
A set of public relations materials that includes information briefs
about the overall secondary Home Economics Careers and Technology program
in California as well as specific ones that address Consumer and Family
Studies as well as each of the eight Home Economics Related Career Pathway
programs and FHA-HERO. In addition a resource entitled “Frequently Asked
Questions” in included in the packet to address commonly asked questions.
Additional copies of this resource may be
purchased through the Home Economics Careers and Technology Curriculum and
Professional Development Project at CSU, Fresno for the price of $2.50 per
packet or 10 packets for $20.00.
Click below for
Resource Order
Form or go to the Professional Development
page and click on
Publications.
Job Openings/Teachers Available:
For available teachers and job openings go to
Job Bank.
FHA-HERO is located at www.hect.org/fhahero. Click on Competitive Recognition Events, then on State Winners to see pictures of the first, second and third place CRE winners for
2008.
        
Home Economics Careers & Technology
Professional Development Project
California State University, Fresno
5300 N. Campus Dr., Room 214 M/S FF 114
Fresno, CA 93740-8019
Phone: (559) 278-4236
Fax: (559) 278-7824
Last updated: September 8, 2008
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