Education, Child Development & Family Services
The Education, Child Development, and Family Services sector provides students with the academic and technical preparation to pursue high-skill, high-demand careers in these related and growing industries. The sector encompasses four distinct, yet interrelated, career pathways: Child Development, Consumer Services, Education, and Family and Human Services. The Child Development pathway provides students with the skills and knowledge they need to pursue careers in child care and related fields, and the Education pathway emphasizes the preparation of students to become teachers. The Consumer Services pathway gives students the employment and management skills needed in careers that involve helping consumers. The Family and Human Services pathway provides students with skills needed for careers related to family and social services. The standards are designed to integrate academic and career technical concepts. The anchor standards include Consumer and Family Studies comprehensive technical knowledge and skills that prepare students for learning in the pathways. The knowledge and skills are acquired within a sequential, standards-based pathway program that integrates hands-on projects, work-based instruction, and leadership development—for example, through Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA). Standards in the Education, Child Development, and Family Services sector are designed to prepare students for technical training, postsecondary education, and entry to a career.
Child Development Pathway
The Child Development pathway is designed to prepare students to pursue a career in the field of child care and development for infants, toddlers, and young children. Students study child growth and development, safety and emergency procedures, nutrition and health practices, positive interaction and guidance techniques, learning theories, and developmentally appropriate practices and curriculum activities. Students apply this knowledge in a variety of early childhood programs, such as child development laboratories, public and private preschools, family day care settings, and recreational facilities. Students completing the program may apply for the Child Development Assistant Permit from the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
CTE Annual Public Notification: The Orange Unified School District does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, the perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. The District provides equal access to the Boy Scouts of America and other designated youth groups. Lack of English language proficiency will not be a barrier to admission and participation in career and technical education programs. The Orange Unified School District offers many classes within the Career Technical Education (CTE) program including Agriculture & Natural Resources, Arts Media & Entertainment, Building & Construction Trades, Business & Finance, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Engineering & Design, Health Science & Medical Technology, Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation, Information Communication Technology, Marketing, Sales & Services, Public Service and Transportation. For more information about CTE course offerings and admissions criteria, contact the CTE Coordinator: Ashley Higuera, CTE Coordinator, 1401 N Handy Street, Orange, CA, 714-628-5704, ahiguera@orangeusd.org.
The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination and are located at the Orange Unified School District 1401 North Handy Street Orange, CA 92867 Title IX Coordinator: Dipali Potnis, Executive Director of Secondary Education, 1401 N Handy Street, Building D, Orange, CA, 92867, 714-628-4467, dpotnis@orangeusd.org; Title II /ADA Coordinator & Universal Compliance Officer: Matthew Witmer, Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services, 1401 N Handy Street, Building D, Orange, CA, 92867, 714-628-4466, mwitmer@orangeusd.org; Section 504 Coordinator: Andrea Foster, Administrator Student & Community Services, 1401 N Handy Street, Orange, Building J CA, 92867, 714-628-4002, afoster@orangeusd.org.