gadoe update --- gatfacs business session

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future 1

GaDOE Update---

GATFACS Business Session

July 13, 2021


Education & TrainingHuman Services

Hospitality & TourismVacant

Program Specialist

Georgia Department of Education


The Role of the Program Specialist• Resource for Teachers and Administrators

• Professional Development

• Serve as the State Adviser for FCCLA

• Assist in the development of course standards and curriculum

• Manage Industry Certification

• Serve as liaison to Post-Secondary programs

• Implement EOPA

• Serve as a consultant to architects and local systems for lab and

equipment needs

• Assist Program Foundation Boards-GACHEF-GECEF-GaNFS (Nutrition &

Food Science)

• Teacher Organization Representative: Georgia Association of Teachers of

Family and Consumer Sciences (GATFACS)

• 50-60% Travel (State and National Travel)


Pathway Areas:

• Early Childhood Education

• Teaching as a Profession

• Nutrition & Food Science

• Interiors, Fashion, and Textiles

• Housing & Community Management

• Culinary Arts

Middle School Family & Consumer Sciences


“Say Yes to FCS” Initiative

• Encourage students to seek a career in

Family and Consumer Sciences Education

• Initiative of the National Association of

State Administrators of Family and

Consumer Sciences (NASAFACS)

• Signing Day Event at State Conference

• Breakout Session for Students and Signing

• Recognition on Stage

• Lesson Plans Ideas on www.gafccla.com

http://www.gafccla.com/


EDUCATION & TRAINING Cluster

https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/Pages/Education.aspx

Early Childhood Care & Education

Early Childhood Education I

Early Childhood Education II

ECE III or ECE Practicum

Teaching as a Profession

Examining the Teaching

Profession

Contemporary Issues in Education

Teaching as a Profession Practicum



What is a Practicum??

• Internship in a Classroom with Students

• Early Childhood Education --- 3rd Grade and

Below

• Teaching as a Profession --- All Grade

Levels

• Portfolio is Created using the ECE or TAP

Standards

ECE or TAP

Practicum

Portfolio


Background Check Requirements are needed for the following:

• Early Childhood Education (ECE) pathway

• Teaching as a Profession (TAP) pathway

• Work-Based Learning (WBL) program

• Youth Apprenticeship Program (YAP)


This ONLY applies to students interning in a:

• Licensed child care learning center (preschool or daycare) from DECAL

*Further explanation regarding preschools is on the next slide*

• OR license-exempt child care program that receives CAPS (Child Care and Parents Services) subsidy

• It does NOT apply to students interning in a facility that is not licensed by Bright from the Start such as an elementary school setting.


BACKGROUND CHECK

PPT***Can be found on

https://gecef.org/certification-resources.htm***

https://gecef.org/certification-resources.htm***


College Credit Available

• 2020 and 2021 Pathway Completers ONLY

• Teaching as a Profession

• Students can receive college credit from any school within the

University System of Georgia USING the form on the next slide.

• Link to the form: http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-

Assessment/CTAE/Pages/Education.aspx

• Under Cluster Resources, titled “Teaching as a Profession Sample Registrar

Letter”

• Students will need to take the following to the school registrar:

• Portfolio from 3rd class

• Transcript

• Registrar Letter (K CREDIT REWARD) document (link above)

http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/Pages/Education.aspx


College Credit Available• Early Childhood Education

• ONLY if students take the NOCTI exam and meet the 70% benchmark,

he or she can receive credit from the following colleges:

• http://www.nationalccrs.org/colleges-universities-

search?state=georgia&title

• Students are suggested to take their portfolio from 3rd class, transcript,

and score report sheet from NOCTI to the school’s registrar office to

receive credit. ----- https://www.nocti.org/resources/parent-and-student-resources/

• Teaching as a Profession for FY22 Pathway Completers

• Students can receive college credit from any school within the University

System of Georgia USING the TAP Sample Registrar Letter

• Link to the letter on the following slide.

• Students will need to take their portfolio from 3rd class, transcript, score

report sheet from NOCTI, AND K CREDIT REWARD document to the

school’s registrar office to receive credit.

http://www.nationalccrs.org/colleges-universities-search?state=georgia&title

https://www.nocti.org/resources/parent-and-student-resources/


• http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-

Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/Pages/Education.a

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• ***Found under Cluster Resources as

“Teaching as a Profession Sample Registrar Letter”***

http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/Pages/Education.aspx


Georgia Future Educator

Signing Day

• https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/Pages/Education.aspx

• Under Education & Training files on the right

side

Tuesday,

May 3, 2022



HUMAN SERVICES Cluster

• https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/Pages/Family-

and-Consumer-Sciences.aspx

Interiors, Fashion & Textiles

Foundations of Interior Design

Fundamentals of Fashion

Textile Science

Nutrition & Food Science

Nutrition & Wellness

Food for Life*

Food Science*

Housing & Community Management

Intro to Consumer Relations

Housing & Community Management

Managing Diverse Property Types

https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/Pages/Family-and-Consumer-Sciences.aspx


Nutrition & Food Science

• 4th Science Credits Available

• Food for Life

• Food Science

• Students can complete the pathway AND

receive the 4th science credit. https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Curriculum-and-

Instruction/Documents/Fourth%20Science%20Options%202020-2021.pdf

https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Curriculum-and-Instruction/Documents/Fourth%20Science%20Options%202020-2021.pdf


HOSPITALITY & TOURISM Cluster

Culinary Arts

Intro to Culinary Arts

Culinary Arts I

Culinary Arts II• https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-

and-Assessment/CTAE/Pages/Culinary-Arts.aspx

https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/Pages/Culinary-Arts.aspx


Culinary Endorsement • National Restaurant Association

Educational Foundation (NRAEF)

• Certified Secondary Foodservice

Educator Certificate

• Northwest Georgia RESA

• Contact Karen Faircloth at

[email protected]

***After certificate completion, he or she

will need to send a completed portfolio

using the checklist on the next slide to the

FACS Program Specialist for verification.

Once verified, GaPSC will be contacted.***


GaPSC Rules for Endorsement

• https://www.gapsc.com

/Rules/Current/Certific

ation/505-2-.165.pdf

• https://www.gapsc.com

/Rules/Current/Educat

orPreparation/505-3-

.88.pdf?dt=636564568

718620302

Example of Verification Form

https://www.gapsc.com/Rules/Current/Certification/505-2-.165.pdf

https://www.gapsc.com/Rules/Current/EducatorPreparation/505-3-.88.pdf?dt=636564568718620302


Middle School Standards • Includes…

• Employability Skills, FCCLA, Nutrition & Food Science,

Culinary Arts, Early Childhood Education, Teaching as

a Profession, Interior Design, Fashion Design,

Consumer & Finance

• Employability Skills and FCCLA standards should

be taught throughout the course

• FCCLA is intracurricular

• Created to align with high school curriculum

https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-

Assessment/CTAE/Pages/Family-and-Consumer-Sciences.aspx

https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/Pages/Family-and-Consumer-Sciences.aspx


Pathway Standards• Middle School FACS

• https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-

Assessment/CTAE/Pages/Family-and-Consumer-Sciences.aspx

***Scroll down***

• Human Services

• Nutrition & Food Science, Interiors, Fashion, & Textiles, and Housing

& Community Management pathways

• http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-

Assessment/CTAE/Pages/cluster-human.aspx

• Hospitality & Tourism

• Culinary Arts pathway


Assessment/CTAE/Pages/cluster-HT.aspx

• Education & Training

• Early Childhood Education & Teaching as a Profession pathways


Assessment/CTAE/Pages/cluster-ET.aspx

http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/Pages/Middle-School-Performance-Standards.aspx

http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/Pages/cluster-human.aspx

http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/Pages/cluster-HT.aspx

http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/Pages/cluster-ET.aspx


Equipment/Supplies

• Manning Brothers

• Mobile Fixtures

• Atlanta Fixtures

• US Foods Equipment

• Office Depot

• Staples

• Edward Don

• Wal-Mart

• Lowes/Home Depot

• Local Appliance Store

• Enasco

• Learning Zone Xpress

• Realityworks!

• Childbirth Graphics

• Kid Start Supply

• Ellison Education Environments

• School Outfitters

• Discount School Supply

• School Specialty


Useful Textbooks

• Goodheart Willcox• https://www.g-w.com/6-

12-education

• Subject:

• Childcare/Hum Dev/ Parenting

• Clothing and Fashion

• Culinary Arts

• FCS Comprehensive

• FCS Family Living

• Food/Nutrition

• Interior Design/Housing

• Teaching

• McGraw Hill Education • https://www.mheducation

.com/prek-12/explore/catalogs.html

• Click Family & Consumer Sciences

• Browse through the available books

• Teachers, Schools, Society book

• https://www.mheducation.com/highered/product/teachers-schools-society-brief-introduction-education-sadker-zittleman/0078110432.html

https://www.g-w.com/6-12-education

https://www.mheducation.com/prek-12/explore/catalogs.html

https://www.mheducation.com/highered/product/teachers-schools-society-brief-introduction-education-sadker-zittleman/0078110432.html


Industry Certification• Culinary Arts

• GACHEF: A Foundation for Culinary Arts

• www.gachef.org

• Early Childhood Education

• GECEF: Georgia Early Childhood Education Foundation

• www.gecef.org

• Nutrition and Food Science

• GaNFS: Georgia Nutrition and Food Science Foundation

http://www.gachef.org/

http://www.gecef.org/


Industry Certification

*** https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/Pages/Industry-

Certification-Standards-Links.aspx ***

https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/Pages/Industry-Certification-Standards-Links.aspx


Congrats!!! Early Childhood Education (ECE)

Industry Certification for FY21

• Habersham Central High School • Pelham High School • Rockdale Career Academy • Thomas County Central High School • Woodville Tompkins Technical High School

• Dr. Martha Staples

• GECEF Director

• [email protected]

• www.gecef.org



Congrats!!! Culinary Arts

Industry Certification for FY21• Hutchings College & Career Academy

• Lambert High School

• North Gwinnett High School

• South Forsyth High School

• West Forsyth High School

• Debra Stevens

• GACHEF Director


• www.gachef.org



Congrats!!! Nutrition and Food Science


•Apalachee High School

•Callaway High School

•Chattooga High School

•Northside High School (Columbus)

• Cheryl Hambrick

• NFS Director


mailto:[email protected]


Congrats!!! Nutrition and Food Science


•Rockdale County High School

•Sol C. Johnson High School

•Troup County High School

•Winder-Barrow High School • Cheryl Hambrick

• NFS Director


mailto:[email protected]


Industry Certification Workshops• ECE Industry Certification

• August 18th & August 19th, 2021

• 4:00pm-6:00pm

• Virtual

• Nutrition and Food Science Certification ---

• August 16th & August 23rd, 2021

• 4:00pm-6:00pm

• Virtual

• Culinary Arts Industry Certification

• September 1st & September 8th, 2021

• 4:00pm-6:00pm

• Virtual

***Register on www.ctaern.org.***


End of Pathway Assessmenthttp://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-

Assessment/CTAE/Pages/CTAE-Georgia-Assessments.aspx

http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/Pages/CTAE-Georgia-Assessments.aspx


Options for EOPA(End of Pathway Assessment)

Most Popular


Options for EOPA, Cont.

Most Popular

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Options for EOPA, Cont.

Most Popular

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CTAE Resource Network

www.ctaern.org

• Program of Work (POW)

• Workshops

• Instructional Resources

• Forms/Resources

http://www.ctaern.org/


CTAE Resource Network www.ctaern.org

• UPDATE YOUR PROFILE

• On July 1, CTAERN resets…you will have to login

and update your pathway(s) to ensure you receive

emails from the FACS Program Specialist.

• Middle School – Sign Up for ALL Clusters

• If you sign up for a workshop, make sure that

you attend or unregister so others have an

opportunity!!!



CTAERN Resources

• Login to CTAERN, www.ctaern.org.

• Click on Instructional Resources

• Choose Cluster

• Choose Pathway

• Choose Course

• At the top of each course has a document named “Instructional Resource Sheet”

***Includes information for each standard in the course***



CTAERN Resources


Georgia CTAE Resources www.ctaeir.org

http://www.ctaeir.org/


Additional FACS Resources• National FCCLA

• http://fcclainc.org/advisers/chapter-advisers.php

• Utah Education Network • https://www.uen.org/cte/family/

• CTE Online • https://www.cteonline.org/

• Just FACS • http://justfacs.com/

• UGA: College of FACS Resources • https://www.fcs.uga.edu/fhce/teacher-resources

• Ag in the Classroom • www.agclassroom.org/matrix

• Search keywords: FACS, Foods1, Foods2, by topic or lesson title

• Texas Lesson Plans• http://www.depts.ttu.edu/hs/ccfcs/teaching-resources/

• AAFCS Prepac• https://www.aafcs.org/credentialing-center/pre-pac

• Georgia Competitive Events Alignment • http://www.gactso.org/competitive-events-alignment.php

http://fcclainc.org/advisers/chapter-advisers.php

https://www.uen.org/cte/family/

https://www.cteonline.org/

http://justfacs.com/

https://www.fcs.uga.edu/fhce/teacher-resources

http://www.agclassroom.org/matrix

http://www.depts.ttu.edu/hs/ccfcs/teaching-resources/

https://www.aafcs.org/credentialing-center/pre-pac

http://www.gactso.org/competitive-events-alignment.php


CTAERN Workshopswww.ctaern.org



Early Childhood Education (ECE) Monthly Workshops

• August 12th:

• How the Three Little Pigs Teach Diversity (ECE I: Standard 13)

• September 23rd

• Industry Recognized Certifications 101 for ECE Students

• October 20th

• Incorporating GELDS throughout the ECE I Course

• November 18th

• Wondering, Wiggling, and Weaving: Exploring how HS kids Learn

about Building Curriculum (ET-ECEI-12)

• December 1st

• Empathetic and Reflective Teaching Practices in the ECE Classroom



Teaching as a Profession (TAP) Monthly Workshops

• August 16th:

• Differentiation for Beginners: Explaining Differentiation to Students

(ETP: Standard 9)

• September 16th

• The Safe Classroom: Teaching Today’s Headlines Without Bias (ETP:

Standard 4.2 and 4.4)

• October 21st

• The Democratic Classroom: Balancing the Social and Emotional

Teaching framework and diverse learners

• November 17th

• How to Plan for the Instructional Planning Unit in Your Examining the

Teaching Profession Course



Teaching as a Profession (TAP) Monthly Workshops

• December 8th

• Understanding the Role of Parents and

the Community: Activities and Instruction

Ideas (ETP: Standard 12)

• February 2nd

• TAP Practicum: Creating a Portfolio

• March 8th

• Building the TAP Portfolio

• April 20th

• Philosophy of Education: Using Six Words

ONLY (ETP: Standard 5)



Culinary ArtsMonthly Workshops

• September 23rd

• Fad Diets - Are you a fan? (ICA: Standard 9.4)

• October 5th

• Restaurant Conceptualization and Catering (CAII-Standard 7)

• November 3rd

• The Science of Baking Yeast Bread Products, Souffles, and More



Nutrition & Food Science (NFS)Monthly Workshops

• August 11th:

• Where should I start in the Food for Life course? Maybe Standard 3-

Nutritious Diet?

• September 29th

• Spicing Up Your Nutrition & Food Science Lessons Plans/Labs

• October 25th

• What?! Chemistry in Family and Consumer Sciences: How does it

relate? (FS-Standard 4)

• November 17th

• Role of Lipids in Food Preparation (FS-Standard 8)

• December 9th

• The Elderly and Their Nutrition: Why is it important?



Middle School FACSMonthly Workshops

• August 18th:

• Fashion Design in the Middle School Classroom

• September 9th

• Fashion "Finds“ in FACS Middle School

• October 21st

• Easy, Affordable, Cooking Labs for Middle School

• October 27th

• Middle Schoolers and Knives!! Oh My!!

• November 15th

• Middle School FACS 101

• December 9th

• "New"trition in FACS Middle School



Interiors, Fashion, TextilesMonthly Workshops

• August 9th:

• Floor Plans: What are they and how do I teach them?

• October 4th

• Fires and Fibers: Sounds Dangerous! (HUM-TS-4. Burn Labs)

Students

• December 6th

• Fashion Design: Elements and Principles Related to Clothing

• February 7th

• EOPA Prep for Interior Decorating and Design NOCTI

• April 11th

• Let's get our hands dirty with dyes! (HUM-TS-7. Textile

Finishes/Dyeing Methods)



Art Institute of Atlanta (AIA) Virtual Workshops

• September 21st --- Anatomy of Taste: Tasting with Tea

• September 24th --- Interiors, Fashion, & Textiles

• October 19th --- Modernist Mother Sauces

• November 12th --- Interiors, Fashion, & Textiles

• November 16th --- Culinary Math

• February 8th --- Culinary Arts & Nutrition and Food Science

• February 17th --- Interiors, Fashion, & Textiles

• April 19th --- Culinary Arts & Nutrition and Food Science

• May 10th --- Culinary Arts & Nutrition and Food Science

• Mary 12th --- Interiors, Fashion, & Textiles

***Additional topics will be on CTAERN once posted.***



FACS ExtensionVirtual Workshops

Building Skills for a Lifetime of Good Health Series

• September 29th --- Part 1: Make Every Bite Count

• Alexis Roberts; Fulton County FACS Extension Agent

• October ?? --- Part 2: How You Spend Makes a Difference

• Jackie Ogden; Chatham County FACS Extension Agent

• October 14th --- Part 3: Be Healthy with Green Cleaning

• Roxie Price; Tift County FACS Extension Agent

Who is the FACS Extension Agents in my county?

https://www.fcs.uga.edu/extension/facs-extension-agents


https://www.fcs.uga.edu/extension/facs-extension-agents


MORE CTAERN Workshops

will be Coming


https://gatfacs.org/conference

.htm

https://gatfacs.org/conference.htm


VacantFamily and Consumer

Sciences Program Specialist