Membership Information
To become a member of Greenville High School's FCCLA chapter, you must be involved with one of Greenville High School's family and consumer science courses, such as Careers with Children. CWC is a career technology program inside of a real preschool called "Greenville Learning Center". This program gives high-school juniors and seniors the opportunity to explore an early childhood career by working in an on-site preschool four of the five school days, and are
given job shadowing placements with a desired educational field. The classroom fee
to participate in this course is $25 at the beginning of the school year, these are due with yearly school fees and must be paid off before participating in the lab. There are additional items you can purchase, such as t-shirts, The cost ran about $17 for the 2016-2017 school year. Careers with Children students have two weekly lesson plans due every Monday. They have examples ready, and explain the activity and the teaching standards it follows. These upperclassmen are required to participate in a series of volunteer work regularly, and raise the funds to participate in FCCLA yearly. Freshman and sophomore students have the opportunity to take "Introductory to Education" classes, and have limited interactions with the preschoolers. As underclassmen it's more about observation, and learning the basics on how to interact with children.
To become a member of Greenville High School's FCCLA chapter, you must be involved with one of Greenville High School's family and consumer science courses, such as Careers with Children. CWC is a career technology program inside of a real preschool called "Greenville Learning Center". This program gives high-school juniors and seniors the opportunity to explore an early childhood career by working in an on-site preschool four of the five school days, and are
given job shadowing placements with a desired educational field. The classroom fee
to participate in this course is $25 at the beginning of the school year, these are due with yearly school fees and must be paid off before participating in the lab. There are additional items you can purchase, such as t-shirts, The cost ran about $17 for the 2016-2017 school year. Careers with Children students have two weekly lesson plans due every Monday. They have examples ready, and explain the activity and the teaching standards it follows. These upperclassmen are required to participate in a series of volunteer work regularly, and raise the funds to participate in FCCLA yearly. Freshman and sophomore students have the opportunity to take "Introductory to Education" classes, and have limited interactions with the preschoolers. As underclassmen it's more about observation, and learning the basics on how to interact with children.
At the end of the two year course, students graduate with two years experience in the field, you are eligible for your child development associate degree, and are cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certified. This combination gives graduates the skills to work in an early childhood education center, while continuing on their education in one's desired direction.
All seniors are placed in a infant-toddler room as part of the course, they are also given the opportunity to job shadow other classrooms. This ranges from a special education classroom, to a physical education teacher, or even a middle school math teacher. This helps give our students a better idea of their own career interests. While this does give students an advantage in the work field, in life they have also practiced and built up their own personal skills. Volunteering their time in community projects with the chapter, teaches students to give back, and builds new relationships amongst themselves. They are creating new activities on a weekly basis for the children, which stimulates both our preschooler's, and high-school student's cognitive skills. These activities test gross and fine motor skills, creativity, and encourages independence amongst the preschool children. The Juniors and Seniors in this program use team effort, compromise, and communication skills to complete projects, and compete amongst themselves at local, state, and national FCCLA events. To keep this chapter and program thriving, we are constantly accepting and seeking out new members to grow with us, and bring their own unique teaching style to our classroom. |