Jewel Kneifl

1. Mission of the FCS department/program

a. Family Consumer Sciences paves the way of leading better lives and building
stronger careers within our students by life skills such as cooking, sewing, and
financial budgeting. This program gives students the abilities in the art of living
and working in our complex world by empowering individuals to identify and
create alternative solutions to significant everyday challenges and to take
responsibility for the consequences of their actions in a diverse global society
through interpersonal relationships, child development, and sustainability.
2. Goals for the program
a. Strengthen the well-being of myself and others.
b. Become responsible citizens and leaders.
c. Promote optimal nutrition and wellness for myself and others.
d. Use critical and creative thinking skills to address problems and promote
solutions.
e. Appreciate my worth and accept responsibility for my actions and success in my
tribe.
3. Courses Offered
a. Food, Nutrition, and Wellness
b. Intro FACS
c. Career Readiness
d. Personal Finance
4. List of course offerings
a. Food, Nutrition, and Wellness
i. This course will offer a variety of skills and knowledge for student to learn
the basic kitchen fundamentals all the way to advance culinary arts.
1. Intro to Nutrition 101 (Fundamentals)
2. Sports and Nutrition
a. Culinary Arts
i. Basic Cooking/Baking
ii. Meal Management
iii. Advance Culinary Arts
b. Intro to FACS
i. This is a class that covers the basics in all categories of what Family and
Consumer Sciences is all about.
1. Basics to Sewing 101
2. Cooking/Kitchen Fundamentals
3. Child Care and Development
4. FACS in the future
c. Personal Finance
i. This class will inform students on budget making, consumer processes,
and how to manage money.
1. Consumer Economics
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2. Budget builder
3. Money management
d. Career Building
i. This class will focus more on getting ready for a career. This gives
students a great opportunity to develop career skills from start to finish
and providing them with observational hours of experience.
ii. Intro to Career Readiness 101
iii. Professional Development
iv. Internship Insights
Rationale:
The mission, goals, program of study, and course offering fit the school district because it
not only teaches my students how to be successful contributors in the worldly community with
interpersonal skills but, they will be able to feel more career confident to further their
continuation for higher education. This program will be cost efficient by students returning to the
community and giving back their knowledgeable skills in my classroom. This program is not
only full of learning but, also full of fun interactive lessons to teach our students for a better
tomorrow.