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Standard 1 Career Awareness Students will understand home economics careers and technology career pathways. They will demonstrate content proficiency by: 1.1 Identifying the content areas for consumer and family studies and the related career pathways and opportunities; 1.2 Describing career pathways and strategies for obtaining employment and advancing in various career pathways; and 1.3 Researching the benefits, educational requirements, and costs of preparing to become a home economics careers and technology teacher in California's public school system. Standard 2 Personal, Interpersonal, and Communication Skills Students will understand how the development of personal, group dynamics, and interpersonal skills affects work, personal, and family life. They will demonstrate content proficiency by: 2.1 Exhibiting positive attitudes, such as self-confidence, honesty, perseverance, initiative, and self-discipline; 2.2 Demonstrating strategies to manage resources, including time and energy; practicing decision making; planning; and establishing goals and priorities; 2.3 Explaining ways to work cooperatively, share responsibilities, accept supervision, and assume leadership roles; 2.4 Describing effective working relationships across age, gender, and cultural groups; 2.5 Assessing and practicing effective nonverbal, oral, and written communication skills appropriate for various relationships and situations; and 2.6 Designing and evaluating a plan to strengthen personal and interpersonal skills, including understanding the distinguishing qualities of effective leaders. Standard 3 Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills Students will understand critical and creative thinking, logical reasoning, and problem-solving skills. They will demonstrate content proficiency by: 3.1 Identifying issues and problems in work, personal, and family life; 3.2 Applying creative thinking skills to identify new ways to perform tasks or solve problems; and 3.3 Considering multiple options for solving problems and applying appropriate problem-solving strategies. Standard 4 Employability and Professionalism Students will understand the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors needed to obtain and maintain employment, including professionalism, image, and standards. They will demonstrate content proficiency by: 4.1 Defining and describing employability skills; 4.2 Describing the expectations of employers, job-related responsibilities, positive work habits, work ethics, and ethical behavior; 4.3 Applying job search and acquisition skills, such as preparing job applications, resumes, and career portfolios; 4.4 Defining professionalism, including honesty, integrity, responsibility, and confidentiality; 4.5 Evaluating dress, grooming, and personal hygiene appropriate for various job situations; 4.6 Analyzing skills needed to work effectively and efficiently with supervisors; 4.7 Describing and practicing behaviors and attitudes that contribute to success in job retention and promotion; and 4.8 Defining ways in which employees may have to adapt to changes in the workplace. Standard 5 Balancing Personal, Family, and Work Life Students will understand management strategies that help them in balancing their personal, family, and work life. They will demonstrate content proficiency by: 5.1 Describing and relating the management process to a balanced personal, family, and work life; 5.2 Applying management skills, including negotiation, to home and work life; 5.3 Examining various roles and expectations that influence the ability to balance personal, family, and work life; 5.4 Explaining the ways in which technology affects family, work, and personal life and evaluating its use in managing and balancing responsibilities; 5.5 Applying and using the decision-making process to resolve situations with a potential for conflict and stress; and 5.6 Analyzing ways in which to integrate personal and family needs, values, and goals. Standard 6 Team Building and Leadership Students will understand the concepts and skills needed for teamwork, leadership, and citizenship to succeed in their personal, family, career, and community life. They will demonstrate content proficiency by: 6.1 Identifying, comparing, and analyzing the characteristics and benefits of teamwork, leadership, and citizenship in the home, workplace, and community; 6.2 Identifying characteristics of effective leaders and team members; 6.3 Developing teamwork and leadership skills by participating in FHA-HERO activities; 6.4 Participating in FHA-HERO community service activities related to home economics careers and technology; 6.5 Planning and organizing an FHA-HERO meeting or activity; 6.6 Applying teamwork and leadership skills to personal, family, and work life; and 6.7 Using and applying knowledge of the basic rules of parliamentary procedure. Standard 7 Transferring Consumer and Family Studies Skills to Careers Students will understand how knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors learned in consumer and family studies can be transferred to advanced education and training in home economics career pathways and paid employment. They will demonstrate content proficiency by: 7.1 Describing and explaining how consumer and family studies skills can be transferred to advanced training or education and careers; 7.2 Assessing how FHA-HERO leadership and teamwork skills enhance employability; and 7.3 Describing the need and capacity for lifelong learning.