Family and Consumer Science Culinary Arts

EAST LONGMEADOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS
2006 - 2007 DISTRICT CURRICULUM GUIDES

Family and Consumer Science - Culinary Arts

Family and Consumer Science

Family and consumer science focuses on strengthening the family and teaching individuals how to help themselves and their families to manage resources. Through family and consumer science, individuals learn to be competent confident, and responsible in their personal, family and career lives.
Family and consumer science applies knowledge gained from research in many disciplines to the practical concerns of individuals and families. The components of this discipline range from nutrition, food preparation, and wellness, to consumer issues and financial management, and early education. Our program specifically targets early childhood education and nutrition and food preparation.
Early Childhood Education- Knowledge of the principles of child development and supervised learning experiences with young children give students an understanding of the demands of child care and some skills for meeting those demands. This knowledge and these skills prepare all students to take care of the children in their present and future families and give some students a basis to explore careers in child care and education.
Nutrition and Food Preparation- Understanding good nutrition and proper food preparation is important for all students, male and female. Being able to select a healthy diet and to prepare food so as to preserve nutrition and avoid contamination is a basic requirement for healthy living.

Food and Nutrition
The learner will be able to apply nutrition concepts to daily living, use basic food preparation skills to prepare nutrition foods safely, follow basic recipes to ensure successful products, plan and purchase foods in a nutritionally and economically sound manner for self and family, select meal service options appropriate for various occasions, investigate food and nutrition career opportunities, and evaluate suitability of personal characteristics in relation to various careers.

Strand	Scope	Source
Foods	Master	East Longmeadow Public Schools

Food Preparation and Nutrition
The learner will be able to describe the role of food in growth, maintenance, and functioning of the body, perform the basic skills and techniques for food preparation, apply nutrition concepts to daily living, explore the employment opportunities related to food preparation and nutrition, apply the steps of the decision-making process in selecting and preparing food for good nutrition and health.

Strand	Scope	Source
Foods	Master	East Longmeadow Public Schools

Nutrition and Health
The learner will be able to assess personal eating habits, explain the importance of complex carbohydrates in the diet, differentiate between healthy and unhealthy levels of fat in a diet, explain the importance of protein in the human diet throughout the life cycle, weigh personal career opportunities in relation to a career in nutrition, identify and practice resource management skills needed to maintain and implore nutritional health.

Strand	Scope	Source
Foods	Master	East Longmeadow Public Schools

Gourmet Food
The learner will be able to understand the factors that contribute to culinary excellence, prepare and present a variety of gourmet foods, use skills involved in a variety of related careers such as food photography, journalism, and styling, understand how to use specialized equipment.

Strand	Scope	Source
Foods	Master	East Longmeadow Public Schools

Commercial Food Program
The learner will be able to implement food service management functions in the Cafe East Coffee House, use effective communication skills, plan menu items based on standardized recipes to meet customer needs, demonstrate the concept of internal and external customer service.

Strand	Scope	Source
Foods	Master	East Longmeadow Public Schools