The Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Professional integrates the Family and Consumer Sciences Body of Knowledge (FCS-BOK) and skills to prepare individuals for personal, family, community, and career roles.

1. Describe the relationship between work life and family life.
2. Analyze the impact of career choices on individual and family well-being.
3. Apply the components of the Family and Consumer Sciences Body of Knowledge (FCS-BOK) (e.g., core concepts, integrative elements, cross-cutting themes).
4. Maintain a high-quality family and consumer sciences program that addresses the needs of the community and meets state and federal requirements.
5. Analyze issues, legislation, and advocacy opportunities that support individuals, families, communities, and the profession.

The Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Professional provides learning opportunities to support career exploration, preparation, and workforce development and increase employability.

1. Explore career options and pathways, employment outlook, education and training, and earnings.
2. Guide the development of a career plan that includes options for career preparation, training, education, and credentialing.
3. Provide work-based learning opportunities and experiences that increase employability (e.g., job shadowing, service learning, externship, school-based enterprise, mentorship, internship, entrepreneurship, cooperative education, clinical experience, and youth registered apprenticeship).
4. Provide learning experiences that promote leadership and career skill development (e.g., career and interest assessments, programs of study, and career and technical student organizations).

The Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Professional demonstrates knowledge of personal development, healthy relationships, and resource management to provide services that enhance the quality of life for individuals, families, and communities.

1. Identify factors that influence personal and family development.
2. Identify factors that contribute to the development and management of healthy relationships.
3. Describe resources, strategies, and support services available to meet the physical, social, and economic needs of individuals and families.
4. Explain the impact that social determinants of health have on individual well-being, family strengths, and community vitality (e.g., reliable transportation, humane housing, lifelong learning, thriving natural world, basic needs for health & safety, meaningful work, and wealth, belonging and civil muscle).
5. Select resources and strategies that promote the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities (e.g., supportive family policies and practices, management strategies for coping with crises, meeting the needs of multigenerational families).

The Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Professional demonstrates knowledge of the stages of human development, roles and responsibilities for nurturing development, and factors that affect the education and development of children and adolescents.

1. Describe the stages of human development (e.g., prenatal to late adulthood) and the associated developmental tasks (e.g., social, emotional, cognitive, physical) for individual mastery.
2. Identify factors and strategies that promote the health, well-being, and safety of individuals in family, childcare, intergenerational, and educational settings.
3. Follow the requirements for recognizing and reporting maltreatment (e.g., neglect, abuse).
4. Evaluate the roles and responsibilities of professionals engaged in Family Science, Education and Human Services (e.g., child care center, adult day care, intergenerational care, educational setting, employees and clients in family and community services).