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Title and Description |
Presenters
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| 5.1 |
Generation "I" Teach: navigating through multi-generational relationships as a new professional
New professionals have the unique challenge of working alongside many different generations including: Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and Generation Z, while teaching Generation Alpha, a generation that is still producing students. This session will address opportunities with the generations mentioned above and how you can find your generational place within your professional environment.
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Charlene Kelley
Michael Holman
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| 5.2 |
A Matter of Trust: Conversations of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Classroom
The Family and Consumer Sciences Education Program uses A Matter of Trust from the Bluford Series novel to address the importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the classroom. Conversations about the novel are enhanced through self-assessments and literacy techniques. The concept of bibliotherapy is experienced to prepare our future educators to understand how literacy can be an outlet for students to work through problems and help them recognize that they are not alone in their struggles.
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Gencie Huoy
Karen Alexander
Cynthia (Cindy) Miller
Melanie Schmitt
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| 5.3 |
Innovation in Family and Consumer Sciences Higher Education Programs - Panel Discussion (Assembly of Higher Education Business Meeting)
Innovation is continuous to prepare students for the opportunities and challenges in their professional careers and lives. Previously closed programs can find new life when reframed and updated so administrators recognize the value added to the university and to society. Finding creative ways to connect with potential students and their families means increased enrollment. Get a snapshot of the innovation in programs through out the U.S. This session will include a brief business meeting of the Assembly of Higher Education.
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Bronwyn Fees
Jacqueline Holland
Christi Trucks
Cara Winston Simmons
Sherri Worthy
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| 5.4 |
Learn to Build your Advocacy Muscle
There are many vital issues, locally, nationally, and globally, which can be solved with the right partners. Moreover, one of those partners can often be found in the Family and Consumer Sciences field. Learning to draw attention to issues we can help solve effectively is the key to advocacy. Join this session to learn how to be heard, influence policies, support rights, and enable a better quality of life for all people.
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Glenda Lindsey
Mia Russell
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| 5.5 |
Customizing the Dietary Guidelines for Americans for Diverse Audiences at Every Life Stage
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) provides a customizable framework for healthy eating that can be tailored to meet personal and cultural preferences and budgetary constraints. This session will provide an overview of the current edition of the DGA, highlight recommendations for healthy dietary patterns at each life stage, and explore how evidence-based resources on DietaryGuidelines.gov and MyPlate.gov were developed with diverse audiences in mind and how they can be further customized and leveraged at the state and local levels to better resonate with communities.
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Chinwe Obudulu
Meghan Adler
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| 5.6 |
The Value of Reading in Family & Consumer Sciences Curriculum
Reading is an important skill for all students and essential for workplace readiness. The days of home economics teachers simply teaching domestic skills, such as cooking and sewing, are in the past. Current FCS teachers must recognize the value of a literate workforce, reinforce reading in their classroom to prepare students for the demands of life outside of high school, and foster a love of reading in students. Literacy is essential for all students and nearly all careers post-high school graduation; therefore, FCS professionals should understand how to integrate reading into their curriculum and identify the value of literacy for their students. |
Elizabeth Hagan
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