2014 FCS Fall Update

Linda Walker, Curriculum Revitalization ProjectDebbie Hopper, Illinois State Board of

EducationSpecial Guests

Business and Industry Guests• St. Louis Dairy Council• Dave Gillett, Galesburg

Sewing

2014-2015 PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES

• October 23-25, 2014 Illinois Association for the Education of Young Children, Crowne Plaza, Springfield

• November 10, 2014, Elite Conference, Bloomington

• January 21-25, 2015, Opening Minds Conference (Early Childhood), McCormick Place, Chicago

• February 12-13, 2015 IACTE, Paradise Hotel ,East Peoria

• February 24-27, 2015 ICE (Illinois Computing Educators Conference), Pheasant Run, St. Charles http://www.iceberg.org/ice_conference

• March 13, 2015 ILFCS Conference, I Hotel, Champaign-Urbana

• March 25-26, 2015, Connections Conference, Pheasant Run, St. Charles http://www.connectionsproject.ilstu.edu/

• April 16-18, 2015, FCCLA State Leadership Conference, Capitol Area Convention Center Springfield http://www.ilfccla.org/

• May 13-16, 2015 Leadership Connections (Early Childhood leaders), McCormick Place, Chicago http://cecl.nl.edu/

• May 16-19, 2015 NRA (National Restaurant Association) McCormick Place, Chicago http://www.restaurant.org/

• June 15-17, 2015, NeoCon (Interior Design) Merchandise Mart, Chicago http://www.neocon.com/

• July 5-9, 2015, FCCLA National Leadership Meeting, Washington D.C. http://www.fcclainc.org/

• July 14-15, 2015 IFACSTA, Lisle http://ifacsta-info.weebly.com/

Elite ConferenceFREE

• November 10, 2014, Bloomington• High School Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors• Keynote speaker• University Representatives• Professional Development for teachers New• Networking opportunity• 5 CPDU’s

Pilot Culinary Boot Camp July 11, 2014

POSSIBLE TOPICS

• Knife Skills• Yeast Breads in an hour• Cake Decorating• Candy Making• New equipment available• Align new skills with CR Culinary Arts Lessons• Do YOU have any requests??

Culinary Boot CampSAVE THE DATE!

• February 27, 2015, Technology Center of DuPage• June 12, 2015 Lincoln Land Community College• June 19, 2015 Rend Lake College

INCCRRAwww.inccrra.org

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

• http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/fdd/fddintro.htm#FDD_FoodHandler_Training

• Questions about Food Sanitation Certificate: Call, April Caulk 217-785-2439

Changes in FSSMC

• Now a 7 hour training instead of 15 hours• There is no state exam, only a national exam.• Must be renewed every 5 years. Must retake

class and exam—no refresher course.• Still $35 for exam.

National Tests for FSSMC

• ServSafe (National Restaurant Association)• 360training.com• Environmental Health Testing• Prometric

• Check new lessons and e-units• Check new Helpful Links• Update your profile• Webcasts under “About”• Survey Monkey• Newsletter

Mycaert

• Update your profile• Search MYcommunity• Share Mycommunity• ECE course outline

FCS Pinterest Boardswww.pinterest.com

• Go to Pinterest.com• Search “Using Pinterest

in the FCS Classroom”• Click on “boards”

• Go to Pinterest.com• Seach “FCS videos” or

“Augmented Reality”• Click on “boards”

ISBE Updatewww.isbe.net

College and Career Readiness• CTE Fact Sheet• CTE Content Areas• Education for Employment Directory• CTE Legislation

Family and Consumer Sciences

ISBE Update

• NSLP Schools– Smart Snacks in Schools (NSLP Schools Only)

• New Illinois Learning Standards– Common Core Standards ELA/Math (CC ELA/Math)– Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

• Student Assessment– PARCC; ACT; WorkKeys

• Educator Licensure

• Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA)– Student Growth

ONLINE EVALUATION

• See instructions in packet• Return questionnaire for chance in drawing