Child Abandonment

Child abandonment is a serious issue.  This link will take you to an article about child abandonment .  The article provides information about how abandonment affects children psychologically, what constitutes child abandonment, and many other issues connected to child abandonment. If you teach Child Development, Family and Consumer Sciences, Child Services I & II, or in the Education and Training Cluster this site could be a good resource.

Alabama Child Abuse Laws

Alabama Child Abuse Laws defines, explains the responsible party(ies) who are to report child abuse, and discusses the penalties involved with reporting abuse cases.  If you teach Child Development, Family and Consumer Sciences, Child Services I & II, or in the Education and Training Cluster this site could be a good resource.

ENC-Teacher Exchange

ENC-Teacher Exchange

The ENC-Teacher Exchange is a new free online nutrition education sharing program available to FACS teachers. When you join, you will have new information available to you each month about such subjects as nutrition, obesity, and etc. This month, the site is featuring the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences 2012 Annual Conference and a $300.00 honorarium is discussed in the article about how the ENC-Teacher Exchange progam works.

For more information concerning the ENC-Teacher Exchange and honorarium,   please contact, ENC-Teacher Exchange member manager, Linda Tinoco at 708-974-3135 or E-mail Linda Tinoco.

Food Network How To Videos and Three Recipes for Pizza

How to Bake a Cake 03:00

How to Frost a Cake 02:15

How to Decorate Cookies 01:47

How to Chop and Melt Chocolate 01:51

Pie Dough Basics 02:07

How to Roll & Crimp Pie Dough 00:03:04

How to Make & Form Pizza Dough 03:04

Stuffed Strawberries

How to make Stuffed-Strawberries is a video that provides you with the recipe and directions on how to make them.  This is a simle recipe that looks very appetizing and would be another way to teach needed culinary skills.

Summer Conference-Registration Update

FACS Teachers,

To pre-register for the Summer Conference before the final pre-registration deadline of May 1, 2012, please go to the Alabama Association of Career and Technical Education Web site.   Registration fees for AACTE members is $200.00 and $400.00 for non-members if postmarked on or before May 1, 2012. The conference registration fee increases to $500.00 on May 2, 2012 for everyone.

The Sheraton Hotel Birmingham is the official conference hotel. For reservation information, please click on the following link to go directly to the hotel reservation site to take advantage of the conference room rate of $119.00 plus tax per night for single through quad occupancy. The deadline to make reservations is May 20, 2012.

This information was provides by Ann Gilmore, Executive Director, Alabama ACTE

Perkins Blueprint Webinar

You are invited to please send any questions/comments about the Blueprint to CTE Blueprint.

In addition, please mark your calendars for Wednesday, April, 25, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Central time, for an interactive Webinar to engage in a dialogue about the core principles of the Blueprint and the transformation of career and technical education.  Details are below:

Topic: Perkins Blue Print Webinar

Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Time: 4:00 PM, Central Time

To join the Webinar, take these steps on the 25th at the desinated time:

1. Go to Perkins Blueprint Webinar

2. If requested, enter your name and email address.

3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: OVAE

4. Click "Join".

In addition, to hear the discussion, you will need to dial in using your telephone:

Call-in number: 1-800-857-9754

Pass Cod: 24009

Perkins Blueprint Release

Today, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and OVAE Assistant Secretary Brenda Dann-Messier are in Iowa, at Des Moines Area Community College, unveiling the Department’s latest Blueprint, Investing in America’s Future: Transforming Career and Technical Education, for the reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, last reauthorized in 2006.  This blueprint is based on four core principles:

(1) Alignment. Effective alignment between high-quality CTE programs and labor market needs to equip students with 21st-century skills and prepare them for in-demand occupations in high-growth industry sectors;

(2) Collaboration. Strong collaborations among secondary and postsecondary institutions, employers, and industry partners to improve the quality of CTE programs;

 

(3) Accountability. Meaningful accountability for improving academic outcomes and building technical and employability skills in CTE programs for all students, based upon common definitions and clear metrics for performance; and

 

(4) Innovation. Increased emphasis on innovation supported by systemic reform of state policies and practices to support CTE implementation of effective practices at the local level.

To read a full version of the document click Blueprint and click here to view the summary .

Utah Education Network (UEN)

The UEN Web page contains materials for both high school and middles school classroom instructional resources.  Examples of what you will find are FACS lesson plans, curriculum guides, teaching strategies, and assessement/evaluation questions.  I hope you find this site helpful.  This information was shared by Pearl Hart, CFCS, Family and Consumer Sciences Education Specialist, Utah State Office of Education.  Thank you, Pearl.

Marketing Your FACS Program

Marketing Your FACS Program, by the AUM (Auburn University at Montgomery) Marketing Students, is a WebEx  recorded on April 17, 2012.  It shows how to  market your FACS  program and how FACS has evolved through the years to where it is today and where it is heading.  After watching the recorded WebEx, please complete the surveymonkey by following the link.  If you would like to receive one PD credit, please go to STIPD and enroll in sdect0128.

Marketing Your FACS Program by AUM Marketing Students, Host: AUM Seniors (Marketing Program), Instructor Jeff Bates

This information was provided by Judy Brown, Education Specialist, Alabama Department of Education, Career and Technical Education Section Family, Human Services, Hospitality and Tourism, and Education. Thank you Judy for this information.