Career Development & Entrepreneurship

Career & Family Leadership

GRADES 9, 10, 11, 12

One Semester – ½ credit

The Career & Family Leadership course helps students explore their leadership skills and the importance of leadership as an integral part of all aspects of a person’s life. Instruction emphasizes cooperative learning, interdisciplinary work, volunteerism and school-to-work transition. Students are expected to complete 20 hours of service and 2 hours of job shadowing. In this project based course, students address organization, personal interaction, leadership, communication, conflict and stress management skills to guide behavior in the family, workplace, and community. Students apply problem-solving and leadership skills as they progress through the course. Students are introduced to Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) which is the co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) associated with Family & Consumer Sciences (FACS). Students are expected to complete a FCCLA STAR event project and extensive career related research project.

Careers include: Organizational Leader, Corporate Trainer, Job Recruiter, Human Resources, Counselor, Grant Writer, Labor Consultant, Motivational Speaker, Personnel Manager, and Administrator.

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