Clothing, Fashion, and Apparel Services Cluster

PREPARATION  LEVEL  COURSES

F340  CLOTHING  AND  TEXTILES  II

Course length: 1 semester

Course credit: 0.5

Grade level: 11, 12

This course includes the study of fashion and costume design, fabrics, and wardrobe planning.  Construction techniques include methods to use when working with fabrics requiring special handling.  Students will make outfits using more advanced sewing skills.

F341  CLOTHING  FOR  CHILDREN

Course length: 1 semester

Course credit: 0.5

Grade level: 11, 12

This class is for students who have special interest in creating clothing for very young children.  There will be emphasis on selection of fabrics for children, styles that are functional, creating garments that would be durable and easy to care for, and also how to put on special appliqués and trimmings.  There will be opportunities to create items for children from birth through pre – school ages.

F342  CLOTHING  III

Course length: 1 semester

Course credit: 0.5

Grade level: 11, 12

This course is designed to develop competencies needed for employment in the clothing and textiles industry.  Students will learn skills such as characteristics and care of fibers and fabrics, alteration and construction of garments, current trends in accessories and fashion, customer relations, and merchandising techniques.  Career opportunities related to the apparel, textiles, and fashion industries will be explored.

F440  FASHION  MERCHANDISING

Course length: 1 semester

Course credit: 0.5

Grade level: 11, 12

This course offers a sequence of planned learning experiences that provide students with the opportunities to develop the competencies needed for employment in a variety of apparel – related and fashion occupations.  Students will learn sales techniques, sales promotion, preparing merchandise displays, garment selection, sales transactions, and merchandising techniques.  The employment opportunities in this area will influence the curriculum in preparing students for fashion service related occupations.

F441  TAILORING

Course length: 1 semester

Course credit: 0.5

Grade level: 11, 12

This course is an advanced course in which students will construct a lined suit, coat, or dress with a lined jacket.  Advanced construction skills and the handling of materials suitable for tailored clothing are taught.

F401 FAMILY  AND  CONSUMER  SCIENCE  (FCS)  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATION

Course length: 1 year

Course credit: 2.5

Grade level: 11, 12

Family and Consumer Sciences Cooperative Education is designed for junior and senior students interested in pursuing careers in occupations related to family and consumer sciences.  Students are released from school for their paid cooperative education work experience and participate in 200 minutes per week of related classroom instruction.  Classroom instruction focuses on providing students with survival skills, career exploration skills related to the job, as well as improving students’ abilities to interact positively with others.  For skills related to the job, refer to the skill development course outlines and the task list of the desired occupational program.

A qualified, certified FCS instructor is responsible for supervision.  Written training agreements and individual student training plans are developed and agreed upon by the employer, student, and coordinator.  The coordinator, student, and employer assume compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

The course content includes the following broad areas of emphasis; further career education opportunities, planning for the future, job – seeking skills, personal development, human relationships, legal protection and responsibilities, economics and the job, organizations, and job termination.  Classroom and worksite instruction is based on the tasks in an occupation.

Z401  INTERRELATED COOPERATIVE EDUCATION         

Course length: 1 year

Course credit: variable

Grade level: 11, 12

Interrelated Cooperative Education is designed for junior and/or senior students interested in pursuing careers in vocational occupations.  Students are released from school for their paid cooperative education work experience and participate in 200 minutes per week of related classroom instruction.  Classroom instruction focuses on providing students with job survival skills and career exploration skills related to the job and improving student’s abilities to interact positively with others.  For skills related to the job, refer to the skill development course outlines and the task list of the desired occupational program.

A qualified vocational cooperative coordinator is responsible for supervision.  Written training agreements and individual student training plans are developed and agreed upon by the employer, student and coordinator.  Occupational task lists form the basis for training plans.  The coordinator, student and employer assume compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations.

The course content includes the following broad areas of emphasis: further career education opportunities, planning for the future, job-seeking skills, personal development, human relationships, legal protection and responsibilities, economics and the job, organization and job termination.  In addition, classroom instruction includes technical skills as identified on occupational task lists.