April is almost over. Make your choice today for FCCLA!
FCCLA needs your vote! National FCCLA is in the running for a $50,000 grant through the Pepsi Refresh Project. The grant would allow FCCLA to enhance leadership opportunities and personal development to Family and Consumer Sciences students and their teachers through the Capitol Leadership Training. Please visit http://www.refresheverything.com/empowerfcclastudentleaders, register, and vote every day in the month of April. Up to 10 grants in this category are awarded each month. Click here to vote!
In addition, since MO FCCLA finished the month of March in the top 100 for their category their proposed project is back in the running for the month of April so please use one of your ten daily votes for MO FCCLA. If you place FCCLA in the search engine of the Pepsi Refresh Project it will display both National FCCLA and MO FCCLA in one location to make voting easy!
Monday, April 26, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Join the Adviser Academy
We want you to get the most out of your time as an adviser. FCCLA’s Adviser Academy was created for advisers with fewer than 5 years experience as an opportunity to learn more about FCCLA, integrating the national programs and competitions into the classroom and getting the word out about your chapter’s work. The Adviser Academy takes place at national meetings across the country and provides invaluable networking time with other new advisers.
Participants in the Adviser Academy can use Perkins funds for this series of professional development. Applications are due May 1 for enrollment in Track 1 at National Leadership Conference in Chicago. Apply today!
P.S. Don’t forget to vote for FCCLA! Click here to vote!
Participants in the Adviser Academy can use Perkins funds for this series of professional development. Applications are due May 1 for enrollment in Track 1 at National Leadership Conference in Chicago. Apply today!
P.S. Don’t forget to vote for FCCLA! Click here to vote!
Monday, April 12, 2010
AAFCS Offers the Pre-Professional Assessment and Certification (Pre-PAC) Program
The American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) is proud to offer the Pre-Professional Assessment and Certification (Pre-PAC) program as the premier family and consumer sciences pre-professional assessment and certification system in the nation. AAFCS has engaged the assistance of a broad range of esteemed industry professionals, content specialists, and educators from across the nation to assist in identifying relevant industry standards and to develop the assessment instruments. In addition to drawing heavily on business and industry input, Pre-PAC assessments correlate to the National FCS Standards, other content-related standards, and the National Career Clusters initiative. The online Pre-PAC competency assessments are rigorous, psychometrically sound, and consistent with “gold-standard” quality testing requirements.
FCS teachers can use Pre-PAC assessments to facilitate accountability, gain recognition for their students, enhance program recognition and support, and promote program improvement and effectiveness. The Pre-PAC Portfolio of Products available for testing this spring includes a total of NINE assessments (* indicates new product available April 19, 2010):
(1) Broad Field Family and Consumer Sciences
(2) Culinary Arts*
(3) Early Childhood Education
(4) Education Fundamentals*
(5) Family and Community Services*
(6) Fashion, Textiles, and Apparel*
(7) Interior Design Fundamentals*
(8) Nutrition, Food, and Wellness*
(9) Personal and Family Finance
To learn more and to become an approved test site to administer Pre-PAC assessments, visit the Pre-PAC Management System. For more information, contact Lori Myers, Director, Pre-Professional Assessment and Certification, at lmyers@aafcs.org.
P.S. Don’t forget to vote for FCCLA! Click here to vote!
FCS teachers can use Pre-PAC assessments to facilitate accountability, gain recognition for their students, enhance program recognition and support, and promote program improvement and effectiveness. The Pre-PAC Portfolio of Products available for testing this spring includes a total of NINE assessments (* indicates new product available April 19, 2010):
(1) Broad Field Family and Consumer Sciences
(2) Culinary Arts*
(3) Early Childhood Education
(4) Education Fundamentals*
(5) Family and Community Services*
(6) Fashion, Textiles, and Apparel*
(7) Interior Design Fundamentals*
(8) Nutrition, Food, and Wellness*
(9) Personal and Family Finance
To learn more and to become an approved test site to administer Pre-PAC assessments, visit the Pre-PAC Management System. For more information, contact Lori Myers, Director, Pre-Professional Assessment and Certification, at lmyers@aafcs.org.
P.S. Don’t forget to vote for FCCLA! Click here to vote!
Monday, April 5, 2010
Vote for FCCLA!
FCCLA needs your vote! National FCCLA is in the running for a $50,000 grant through the Pepsi Refresh Project. The grant would allow FCCLA to enhance leadership opportunities and personal development to Family and Consumer Sciences students and their teachers through the Capitol Leadership Training. Please visit www.refresheverything.com/empowerfcclastudentleaders, register, and vote every day in the month of April. Up to 10 grants in this category are awarded each month. Click here to vote!
In addition, since MO FCCLA finished the month of March in the top 100 for their category their proposed project is back in the running for the month of April so please use one of your ten daily votes for MO FCCLA. If you place FCCLA in the search engine of the Pepsi Refresh Project it will display both National FCCLA and MO FCCLA in one location to make voting easy!
In addition, since MO FCCLA finished the month of March in the top 100 for their category their proposed project is back in the running for the month of April so please use one of your ten daily votes for MO FCCLA. If you place FCCLA in the search engine of the Pepsi Refresh Project it will display both National FCCLA and MO FCCLA in one location to make voting easy!
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