Core values
&
Strategies

Core Values:

• Family is the fundamental unit of society
• FACS provides a foundation of real life skills that are transferable to student's personal, family and career lives
• FACS offers students exposure to a variety of career paths to facilitate post-secondary plans
• FACS provides opportunity to pursue specific career paths
• FACS regards communication and collaboration as an essential skill for success in all aspects of a student's life
• FACS offers a contextual learning environment in which to practice core skills
• FACS empowers students to make wise choices as productive members of family and society
• FACS promotes health and wellness

Strategies:

• Value diverse family experiences and perspectives
• Engage a variety of learners by including experiential, hands-on methods
• Offer a wide variety of challenging and engaging courses in Foods and Nutrition, Consumer Education, Fashion and Interior Design, Child Development, and Interpersonal Relationships.
• Offer certification and articulate with post secondary institutions whenever possible.
• Use teaching and learning strategies that allow students to practice and refine collaborative commnication skills
• Provide Lab based experiences for application of FACS content and core skills
• Incorporate the decision making process, design cycle and scientific method strategies to empower students to assess and evaluate the choices in their lives
• Encourage evaluation and management of personal wellness through relevant and research based information including nutrition, family financial literacy, relationships, parenting, communication