Parenting+Skills

**Course Description **
 * Skills for Parenting **

** Aim: ** This course is designed to help students understand the importance effective parenting has in nurturing children to become healthy, caring, contributing citizens. Parenting involves meeting the basic physical, emotional, intellectual, and social needs of the child. The class is designed to help students examine roles, responsibilities, influences, practices, and support related to the parenting process.

** Grade Level: ** 10, 11, or 12th Grade ** Length: ** 1 Semester course ** Prerequisite: ** None ** Topics Covered: **
 * Personal, family, cultural and societal practices that impact parenting
 * Technology related to fertility and family planning
 * Alternatives to biological parenthood
 * Beginning the parenting process
 * Nurturing practices
 * Discipline practices
 * Communication strategies
 * Community resources and services for families

**Instructional Philosophy and Delivery Plan **

** Expectation ** : Students will be expected to meet the course goals by demonstrating their understanding of the basic concepts of each topic area. In order to pass the course, students will need a minimum of 70%.

** Delivery Method: ** Instruction will consist of individual hands on activities and projects, group work, lecture, discussion, ** reading, writing **, self-assessment, and the use of technology. FCCLA will be incorporated into the course.

** Community Involvement: ** Guest speakers from the field of human services (child care facilities, counseling services, government agencies, etc.) will be brought in throughout the course. Learning trips may be taken for various units in the course. Students will also use community resources to complete individual and group projects.

** Assessment: ** Students will be graded on the following items: journals, portfolios, presentations, written reports, tests, daily work, group work, and individual projects.

**Core Standards ** SP 1.1 Assess the impact of personal, family, cultural, and societal conditions on parenting practices. SP 1.2 Analyze current and emerging technology on fertility and family planning to make informed decisions. SP 1.3 Evaluate implications of alternatives to biological parenthood. SP 1.4 Analyze physical and emotional factors related to beginning the parenting process. SP 2.1 Select nurturing practices to promote growth and development of children SP 2.2 Compare and contrast discipline practices on human growth and development SP 2.3 Select communication strategies that promote positive self-esteem in family members SP 2.4 Assess community resources and services available to families

**Major Course Projects ** Community resources brochure Research project on fertility/family planning Genetic disorder presentation Event Planning-Baby Shower

**Grading Scale **

**A- ** || **94.50-100 **   **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">92.50-94.49 **  || Consistently demonstrates an exceptional level of quality and effort. Having all work in on time and completed to exceed expectations. Mastery in evaluating, synthesizing, and applying the knowledge. || **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">B ** **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">B- ** || **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">89.50-92.49 **   **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">86.50-89.49 **   **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">84.50-84.49 **  || Consistently demonstrates proficient knowledge with a good effort and quality of work. All assignments are complete and on time. Demonstrates the ability to evaluate, analyze, synthesize and apply the principles. || **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">C ** **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">C- ** || **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">81.50-84.49 **   **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">78.50-81.49 **   **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">76.50-78.49 **  || Demonstrates proficient knowledge and the ability to apply knowledge. Work shows average effort. A few assignments may be missed or late. || **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">D ** **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">D- ** || **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">73.50-76.49 **   **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">71.50-73.49 **   **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">69.50-71.49 **  || Work shows minimal effort and some assignments are late. Demonstrates a basic understanding of recalling or comprehending knowledge ||
 * ** Grade ** ||  ** Scale (%) **  ||  ** Description of Work **  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">A **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">B+ **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">C+ **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">D+ **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">F ** || **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">Below 69.4 **  || Understanding is below basic. Work is of poor quality and does not meet standards or expectations. ||