Advanced Foods

Standard 2 - Integrate multiple life roles and responsibilities with family, career and community environments

Benchmark: Describe life roles and responsibilities as they pertain to food-related careers

a. TLW examine food-related occupations

b. TLW develop short and long-term planning, goal-setting and decision-making skills

Standard 3 - Demonstrate effective communication skills resulting in respectful and caring relationships in the family, the workplace, and the community

Benchmark: Identify personal skills necessary for effective communication

a. TLW develop problem-solving techniques

Standard 4 - Integrate knowledge, skills, and practices for consumer management related to the human, economic, and environmental resources

Benchmark: Identify consumer management factors regarding to economic resources

a. TLW apply the principles of management in the home, i.e.: prioritizing, planning, delegation, evaluation, time allocation, etc.

b. TLW identify qualities of home furnishings and appliances, i.e.: performance, safety, cost, quality, efficiency, space, and cleanability

Benchmark: Identify consumer management factors regarding environmental resources

a. TLW demonstrate safety, sanitation, security and first aid procedures

b. TLW use equipment and supplies with proper procedures

c. TLW locate and/or utilize food and nutrition resources

Standard 7 - Analyze healthy life-style choices that enhance individual and family well-being

Benchmark: Describe nutritional factors that contribute to healthy life-style choices

a. TLW prepare foods from the basic food groups

b. TLW plan menus, prepare shopping lists and purchase food

c. TLW plan, prepare, serve and evaluate a meal

d. TLW utilize basic kitchen skills in food preparation and storage

e. TLW apply the principles of sanitation, recycling and safety when working with food and equipment

f. TLW identify various cultural and regional cuisines