Family & Consumer Sciences
Faculty:
Klein Oak Family & Consumer Science Classes offered 2020-2021
The Human Services Career
Cluster focuses on preparing individuals for employment in career pathways that
relate to families and human needs such as counseling and mental health
services, family and community services, personal care services, and consumer services.
Practicum in Human Services
provides background knowledge and occupation-specific training that focuses on
the development of consumer services and early childhood development. It
is the second year course for students who have been in Child Guidance.
Principles of Education and
Training is designed to introduce learners to the various careers available
within the Education and Training Career Cluster. Students use self-knowledge
as well as educational and career information to analyze various careers within
the Education and Training Career Cluster. Students will develop a graduation
plan that leads to a specific career choice in the student's interest area.
Instructional Practices is
a field-based (practicum) internship that provides students with background
knowledge of child and adolescent development as well as principles of
effective teaching and training practices. Students will travel off
campus to work directly with a mentor teacher in either an elementary or
intermediate school 3 days a week.
Practicum in Education and
Training is a field-based internship that provides students background
knowledge of child and adolescent development principles as well as principles
of effective teaching and training practices. It is the second year course for
students who have been in Instructional Practices in Education and Training.
The Hospitality and Tourism
Career Cluster focuses on the management, marketing, and operations of
restaurants and other food/beverage services, lodging, attractions, recreation
events, and travel-related services.
Hospitality Services
provides students with the academic and technical preparation to pursue high
demand and high-skill careers in hospitality related industries. The knowledge
and skills are acquired within a sequential, standards-based program that
integrates hands-on and project-based instruction.
Hotel Management focuses on
the knowledge and skills needed to pursue staff and management positions
available in the hotel industry. This in-depth study of the lodging industry
includes departments within a hotel such as front desk, food and beverage,
housekeeping, maintenance, human resources, and accounting.
Interior Design II is a
technical laboratory course that includes the application of the employability characteristics, principles, processes, technologies, communication, tools,
equipment, and materials related to interior design to meet industry standards.
Practicum in Interior
Design is an occupationally specific course designed to provide job-specific
skills through laboratory training, job shadowing, or work situations in areas
compatible with identified career goals in interior design.