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Elizabeth S. Hagan – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2024
Family and consumer sciences (FCS) continues to experience a teacher shortage. Previous research indicated that over half of all states struggle to hire qualified FCS teachers. For schools with FCS teachers, retention remains a challenge. Administrators and college-preparatory programs can address teacher retention by providing resources and…
Descriptors: Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Teacher Shortage, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Persistence
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Karen L. Franck; Janet Fox; Heather Sedges; Matthew Devereaux – Journal of Extension, 2024
Farmers face unique occupational and interpersonal stressors that increase risk for poor physical and mental health outcomes. To educate farmers and their families about these risks, one state's Family and Consumer Sciences faculty partnered with Agriculture and Natural Resources faculty with input from county agents to develop a series of online…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Education, Family (Sociological Unit), Health
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Dan Moen; Marin Olson; Kory Engelstad; Jill Conlon – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2023
What distinguishes family and consumer sciences (FCS) teachers from other teachers in a K-12 setting is the population they teach and the subject matter taught (Poirier et al., 2017). FCS teachers teach students social, emotional, and cognitive skills including cooking, sewing, finance, life/relational skills, and child development. This variety…
Descriptors: Family and Consumer Sciences, Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Teacher Characteristics, Empathy