High School Family Dynamics/Nutrition and Wellness

949 Family and Consumer Sciences (education)

 

This endorsement licenses a person to teach the following secondary courses:

 

200130 Nutrition & Wellness

 

200126 Contemporary Health (Grades 9-12)

 

200121 Family Dynamics (FACS I)

 

200122 Child Development (FACS II)

 

Minimum Requirements for this Endorsement:

 

1. Education

 

A bachelor degree in Home Economics/Family and Consumer Sciences Education-this must be a teacher

 

education degree that includes student teaching and passing score on PRAXIS II, Principles of Learning and

 

Teaching and passing score on PRAXIS II, 0121 Home Economics/Family and Consumer Science.

 

2. Technology

 

Applicant must validate technology competency by attaining the established minimum score or higher on an

 

assessment approved by the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE). The assessment must be directly related

 

to technology competency required by the grade level and subject matter being taught. Approved assessments for

 

this license are IC3, Propulse, or other specific assessment created by third-party vendors, authorized by the Local

 

Education Agency (LEA) and approved by the MDE.

 

3. Teacher Education

 

- Applicant must successfully complete a

 

Learning Management Fundamentals workshop, module, or course that is approved by the Mississippi

 

Department of Education.

 

- Applicant must successfully complete training for updated curricula in Family Dynamics and Child Development.

 

This requirement may be a workshop, module or course that is approved by the Mississippi Department of Education

 

[Exception: Teachers with a currently valid license and endorsement #321 are exempt from this requirement;

 

however, those teachers are strongly encouraged to attend this educator training].

 

- Applicant must successfully complete the Contemporary Health - Grades 9-12 workshop, module or course that is

 

approved by the MDE [Exception: Teachers with a currently valid license and endorsement #322 are exempt from

 

this requirement; however, those teachers are strongly encouraged to attend this educator training].