FCS Call to Action - Complete the Survey
Together, we are advocating for the missing Career Cluster - a Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Career Cluster within the newly released Modernized National Career Clusters Framework version 3.2. Please review the released information, the FCS talking points, and the survey questions.
Advance CTE: Modernizing the Career Clusters Framework
Review the following site to see the updated career cluster revision and information related to the work.
Advancing the Framework - Advance CTE (careertech.org)
Advancing the Framework - Advance CTE (careertech.org)
FCS is the Missing Piece -
Why we need representation in the Career Clusters
FCS is a versatile cluster of programs offering diverse career opportunities, from culinary arts and hospitality management to fashion design and family services. These careers address essential workforce needs and are connected by an integrative skill set. Recognizing FCS as its own career cluster in the framework will highlight the breadth of professions students can pursue and the post-secondary programs that provide instruction past high school.
How you can take action
Collaborate with FCS organizations:
Work closely with LEAD FCS, AAFCS, and FCCLA to advocate for the inclusion of an FCS-specific Career Cluster. Use the resources and data on this page to customize the draft letter to share your message on why there should be an FCS-specific Career Cluster. Then, send your letter to the Advance CTE Board of Directors and staff.
Help us ensure Advance CTE hears our call that “Family and Consumer Sciences is the Missing Piece” in the National Career Clusters Framework.
Thank you for your dedication to Family and Consumer Sciences and the future of education. Your efforts are making a real difference.
Work closely with LEAD FCS, AAFCS, and FCCLA to advocate for the inclusion of an FCS-specific Career Cluster. Use the resources and data on this page to customize the draft letter to share your message on why there should be an FCS-specific Career Cluster. Then, send your letter to the Advance CTE Board of Directors and staff.
Help us ensure Advance CTE hears our call that “Family and Consumer Sciences is the Missing Piece” in the National Career Clusters Framework.
Thank you for your dedication to Family and Consumer Sciences and the future of education. Your efforts are making a real difference.
Resources
Advancing the National Career Cluster Framework
The National Career Clusters Framework (the Framework) provides structural alignment and a common language to bridge education and work, empowering each learner to explore, decide and prepare for dynamic and evolving careers. Currently, the Framework comprises 79 pathways organized within 16 career clusters. To learn more about the current Framework visit, https://careertech.org/career-clusters
The Framework is published by Advance CTE, national non-profit that represents State CTE Directors and state leaders responsible for secondary, postsecondary and adult Career Technical Education (CTE) across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. Family and Consumer Sciences Education, along with Agriculture Education and Trade and Industrial Education, comprise the original fields within CTE, and continue to comprise a significant portion of secondary CTE programs. Advance CTE is in the process of revising the Framework from its original inception nearly 20 years ago. To learn more about the revision of the Framework visit: https://careertech.org/the-framework
The Framework is published by Advance CTE, national non-profit that represents State CTE Directors and state leaders responsible for secondary, postsecondary and adult Career Technical Education (CTE) across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. Family and Consumer Sciences Education, along with Agriculture Education and Trade and Industrial Education, comprise the original fields within CTE, and continue to comprise a significant portion of secondary CTE programs. Advance CTE is in the process of revising the Framework from its original inception nearly 20 years ago. To learn more about the revision of the Framework visit: https://careertech.org/the-framework
Family & Consumer Sciences (FCS) Education
One of the original program areas within CTE, Family & Consumer Sciences (FCS) Education serves as an organizing field of study that supports teacher education and training, licensing, curriculum, content standards, CTE career pathway programs of study, professional network, and student leadership and career development through FCCLA. FCS represents a cross-section of occupations and industries that shares common values, perspectives, and goals that center people and their lived experience. Primary content areas within FCS include:
- Culinary arts, hospitality, and tourism
- Education and training
- Food science and nutrition
- Health management and wellness
- Housing and interior design
- Human and child development and family relations
- Personal and family finance
- Textiles, apparel, and retailing
