Dara McAllister
Purpose
This website is professional portfolio to show case what I am currently doing, what I have learned, and what I am going to be doing through out college and my career as a teacher. It holds records of assignments that have been accomplished, lessons that have been learned, and lesson plans to be taught. It is to be used now (as a college student) to prove what I have learned and latter (as a teacher) for ideas for what to teach.
16 FCS National Categories
The 16 FCS National Categories are the categories that are recognized in this nation. With in these 16 categories, there are resources that will help create lesson plans or help up date information in the Family Consumer Sciences field. By clicking on the Resource button, you can see all 16 categories and the resources that go with each one.
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FCS National Standards
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Industry Standards
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Specializing in Family and Consumer Sciences
Family and Consumer Sciences is one of the many careers in Career and Technical education fields. Family and Consumer Sciences focus on the life skills necessary to live in this world. These skills include, cooking, sewing, money management, child development, home and family management, and adult/teen living.
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http://www.augusta.k12.va.us/Domain/2145
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Recent Projects
Wedding QuiltMy older brother got married in August of 2017. This is the quilt that I made for him and his wife. It took over two months to make because most of the squares on the quilt are 1" or 2" squares.
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My Blog
This blog is a blog of the information that I am currently learning in school. It is also full of information to help me become a better teacher and to improve my teaching skills.
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Helping in a ClassroomThis fall, I contacted a local FCS teacher to see if I could help in her classroom. She agreed. I was able to observe and help this teacher out for about two weeks. I was able to see how she disciplined students and how she ran her labs. It was a lot of fun.
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