FAMILY, CAREER, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS OF AMERICA: LEADERSHIP STANDARDS IN FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES CURRICULUM

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent that family and consumer sciences teachers incorporated the Georgia Quality Core Curriculum (QCC) standards for student leadership development in their teaching. Respondents were 163 middle school teachers and 262 high school teachers for a total of 425. Teachers were asked to indicate if they had an affiliated Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) chapter; if they were on extended day; and if the leadership standards were not an objective, an incidental objective, an important objective, or a major objective in their teaching. Findings revealed that less than one-fifth (16%) of middle school teachers and nearly two-thirds (64%) of high school teachers had affiliated FCCLA chapters. Less than a tenth (8%) of middle school and more than half (55%) of high school teachers were on extended day. Results also showed that the leadership standards were identified as important or major objectives when teaching family and consumer sciences classes by slightly more than one-fifth (21%) and two-thirds (66%) of middle school and high school teachers, respectively.