Educational Sessions Block 4

Sunday, June 25 - Block 4

1:45 - 2:30 PM

Session Title and Description

Presenters

4.1

What is the Critical Science Academy? Why I Need to Know

The Critical Science Academy is dedicated to strengthening FCS professional practice to increase our impact as individual professionals and as a profession. The Academy will demonstrate how our shared professional practice in an intellectual community is strengthened through the Critical Science approach by renewing our commitment to our intellectual foundation, practical/moral reasoning, confronting injustice, and social change.

Virginia (Ginny) Vincenti

Gladys Gary Vaughn

Cynthia (Cindy) Miller

4.2 Are We All in This Together? Collaboration and Advocacy Improving Family Resilience for Parents/Caregivers of Children with Exceptionality

This session will address how family, school, and community partnership can improve family functioning. Thus, family consumer science professionals working directly with families or in the education setting can benefit from learning strategies to better support transitions that can be used to improve the lives of families they work or interact with. Improving the lives of families has a wide-reaching benefit to the association in general because of the association's commitment to families and the professionals who work with them.

Lorna Durrant

Jennifer Lynberg

Krysta Murillo

Jason Gordon

4.3 Adapting the National FCS Alliance Model for Statewide Collaborations

FCS professionals in Oklahoma began exploring ways to collaborate across organizations to the benefit of all. This panel will share their deliberations to date and invite attendees at this session to join the conversation about purpose, procedures, pitfalls, hurdles, and joys of coming together to maximize resources and strengthen the professions and stakeholder organizations.

Paula Tripp

Susan Routh

Peggy Wild

4.4 Working with Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: The Effect of Community Gardening

Collaborating with grandparents raising grandchildren gave participants opportunities to improve health benefits, access to food, increased physical activity, improved nutrition, promote social interactions, and gardening skills to establish gardens. Grandparents raising grandchildren worked collaboratively with the guidance of program leaders to carry out the project. The session will highlight training and garden work conducted in the community with grandparents raising grandchildren and the efforts and impact of the program.

Karleah Harris

4.5 Dressing the First Lady: Costumes and Causes

In this PowerPoint presentation, paired with a live narration, the historical and contemporary ROLE of FIRST LADY, often the most public and approachable face of a presidential administration, is examined through the causes each worked for and selected garments each wore as First Lady.  Often neglected themes covered are the influence of Dolley Madison in shaping the role of First Lady, favored First Lady silhouettes over the centuries, campaign-wear from the Eisenhower era, and the influences of African-American and minority designers on the clothing worn by our First Ladies.

LynDee Lombardo
4.6 AAFCS Accreditation:  Preparing an Accreditation Self-Study Report - Standard 2A

Higher education units seeking AAFCS accreditation are required to complete a Self-Study Report addressing four standards for accreditation. Standard 2 addresses the instructional programs in the Unit and the degree to which these programs are connected to the Family and Consumer Sciences Body of Knowledge. This workshop will explore each of the components of the FCS Body of Knowledge (core concepts, integrative elements, and cross-cutting themes) as well as the accompanying assessment requirements.

Amy Yates