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A National Collaborative Approach to Recruit, Prepare, and Support Family and Consumer Sciences Educators
Author(s) -
Bowers Jan,
Myers Lori A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
family and consumer sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 1077-727X
DOI - 10.1111/fcsr.12339
Subject(s) - general partnership , economic shortage , family and consumer science , political science , state (computer science) , public relations , library science , medical education , sociology , medicine , psychology , computer science , law , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics education , algorithm , government (linguistics)
There is a growing shortage of educators in the United States. The need for Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) educators is especially critical. The purpose of this article is to describe a national collaborative initiative to increase the number of qualified FCS educators in the United States. In April 2018, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a 3‐year grant to a collaboration of three organizations: the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oneonta, the Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), and the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences to establish a partnership to recruit, prepare, and support FCS educators. Interested individuals from around the world are invited to participate in grant projects.