Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Family and Consumer Sciences
Implementation Handbook

Section 0 Front Matter (PDF)

• FACS Education National Vision and Mission Statements
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Bibliography

Section 1 Introduction (PDF)

• Critical Thinking in Program Design and Implementation
• Teaching Critical Thinking
• Using Standards-based Competencies
• Using Process Skills in the Curriculum
• Linking Assessment and Instruction

Section 2 Design (PDF)

• Missouri FCS-approved Program Requirements
• Program Definition and Scope & Sequence
• Program Objectives
• Family-focused Education
• Career Preparation Education
• Reporting Programs on Core Data
• Family and Consumer Sciences Curricular Path
• Taxonomy of Approvable Courses and Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP)

Section 3 Development (PDF)

• Developing a Local Program
• Implementing a Program Curriculum based on a Vocational Instructional Management System
• Prepare the Program Rationale and Philosophy
• Identify the Program Goals/Objectives
• Quality Indicators for Program Development and Evaluation

Section 4 Implementation (PDF)

• Implementing A Family and Consumer Sciences Program
• Integrating Standards into the Curriculum
• Aligning Curriculum to Standards
• Instructions for Use of Crosswalk and Alignment

  Competency Crosswalk Chart

  This Excel file contains the competency lists for all courses. See tabs for each course at the bottom of the Excel screen.

• Instructional Delivery Strategies
• Assessment Methods
• Critieria for Evaluating Assessments
• Creating Critical-Thinking Assessments

Section 5 Evaluation (PDF)

• Why Evaluate
• What to Evaluate
• Whom to Involve
• How to Evaluate
• Using the Missouri Family and Consumer Sciences Program Components and Quality Indicators for Program Development and Evaluation

Section 6 Model Assessments (PDF)

• Using Scoring Guides with Performance Assessments

Section 7 Appendices (PDF)

• Appendix A:  Higher Order Thinking Skills
• Appendix B:  Strategy List - 35 Dimensions of Critical Thought
• Appendix C:  Process Skills Scoring Guides
• Appendix D:  Missouri Show-Me Standards
• Appendix E:  All Aspects of the Industry
• Appendix F:  SCANS Competencies
• Appendix G:  Missouri Core Employment Competencies
• Appendix H:  Work and Family Life OCAP (Ohio's Comptency Analysis Plan)
• Appendix I:  National Standards for Family and Consumer Sciences Education
• Appendix J:  Guide for Submitting Applications for Expanding/New Regular Vocational Education Programs (FV-3)

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