Course: Home & Career Skills
CONTENT TOPICS:
A.
Career Development (CD)
1. Worker Characteristics and work environments
2. Paid vs. unpaid work environments
3. Employability Skills in a workplace setting
4. Roles of employees as technology changes
5. Career planning
6. Entrepreneurship
7. Success of a small enterprise
8. Strategies
B.
Clothing Management (CM)
1. Wearability and usability of clothing
2. Criteria for selecting clothing
3. Clothing construction
4. Determining appropriate clothing for relevant situations
5. Extending the wearability and usability of clothing
C.
Community Connections (CC)
1. Local and /or global community activity
2. Human dependence across the lifespan
D.
Consumer Resource Management (CRM)
1. Influences on individual/family roles as consumers
2. Consumer rights and responsibilities
3. Comparison shopping
4. Career paths in consumer field
E.
Family / Parenting (F)
1. Significance of the family and its impact
2. Parenting roles and responsibilities
3. Career paths in the human services field
F.
Financial Management (FM)
1. Financial planning for individuals and families
2. Budgeting
3. Saving money
4. Financial services available as payments
5. Risks involved when using money
6. Career paths in the finance field
G.
Human Development (HD)
1. Principles of human growth and development
2. Strategies that enhance growth and development
3. Principles of growth and development in adolescence
4. Conditions that influence adolescence
5. Self-concept
6. Self-image
7. Influence of peers and peer pressure
8. Responsibility
9. Effective techniques in dealing with adolescent concerns
10. Goals
11. Time management plan
12. Strategies that promote growth and development
13. Career paths in human services field
H.
Interpersonal Relationships (IR)
1. Positive character development
2. Relationships in families, schools, work and community
3. Personal needs and characteristics
4. Conflict preventions and management techniques
5. Peers and interpersonal relationships
6. Standards that guide behavior
7. Influence of “significant others”
8. Life cycle
9. Respectful and caring relationships
10. Career paths in the human services field
I.
Nutrition and Wellness (NW)
1. Nutritious food preparation
2. Food choices in daily living
3. Nutritional needs of individuals and families
4. Plan nutritious meals for individuals and families
5. Meal preparation in a laboratory setting
6. Career paths in the nutrition, wellness and culinary fields
J.
Personal Environment Management (PEM)
1. Personal privacy and respect
2. Maintaining of living space
3. Career paths in housing, interiors and furnishing fields