Life Planning
Life Planning equips students with life skills. Creating and maintaining healthy work and family relationships, planning for a meaningful career, practicing responsible citizenship, exploring personal health and wellness, and developing a life-management plan are emphasized through relevant life applications. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.
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Course Sequences
A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.
- Career, Community and Family Connections (18 Weeks)
- Career, Community and Family Connections (36 Weeks)
- Child Development and Parenting (18 Weeks)
- Child Development and Parenting (36 Weeks)
- Culinary Arts I (36 Weeks)
- Early Childhood, Education, and Services I (36 Weeks)
- Family and Human Services I (36 Weeks)
- Family Relations (18 Weeks)
- Family Relations (36 Weeks)
- Fashion Careers I (36 Weeks)
- GRADS – Family Focus (18 Weeks)
- GRADS – Family Focus (36 Weeks)
- GRADS – Work Focus (36 Weeks)
- Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation I (36 Weeks)
- Independent Living (18 Weeks)
- Independent Living (36 Weeks)
- Individual Development (18 Weeks)
- Individual Development (36 Weeks)
- Interior Design I (36 Weeks)
- Introduction to Culinary Arts (18 Weeks)
- Introduction to Culinary Arts (36 Weeks)
- Introduction to Early Childhood Education (18 Weeks)
- Introduction to Early Childhood Education (36 Weeks)
- Introduction to Family and Human Services (18 Weeks)
- Introduction to Family and Human Services (36 Weeks)
- Introduction to Fashion Careers (18 Weeks)
- Introduction to Fashion Careers (36 Weeks)
- Introduction to Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation (18 Weeks)
- Introduction to Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation (36 Weeks)
- Introduction to Interior Design (18 Weeks)
- Introduction to Interior Design (36 Weeks)
- Introduction to Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow (18 Weeks)
- Introduction to Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow (36 Weeks)
- Nutrition and Wellness (18 Weeks)
- Nutrition and Wellness (36 Weeks)
- Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow I (36 Weeks)
Industry Credentials (Only apply to 36-week courses)
Virginia’s High Demand Occupations and Apprenticeable Occupations
Section § 2.2-2472 of the Code of Virginia requires the Virginia Board of Workforce Development (VBWD) to publish a list of jobs, trades, and professions for which a high demand for qualified workers exists or is projected. The Virginia Office of Education Economics (VOEE) collaborated with the VBWD and related stakeholders to develop the high demand occupations list. VOEE’s mission is to leverage data to inform educational programming, policy, and workforce partnerships across the Commonwealth. See also the Virginia 2024 High Demand Occupations Dashboard.
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code, Occupation Description, and Active Apprenticeable Occupation status (Yes/No per the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry).
| SOC Code | Occupation Description | Apprenticeable Occupation |
|---|---|---|
| 112021 | Marketing Managers | No |
| 112022 | Sales Managers | No |
| 132071 | Credit Counselors | No |
| 273091 | Interpreters and Translators | No |
| 211018 | Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors | No |
| 211091 | Health Education Specialists | No |
| 212011 | Clergy | No |
| 212021 | Directors, Religious Activities and Education | No |
| 212099 | Religious Workers, All Other | No |
| 399032 | Recreation Workers | No |
| 399011 | Childcare Workers | Yes |
| 252011 | Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education | Yes |
| 119151 | Social and Community Service Managers | No |
| 119199 | Managers, All Other | No |
| 194061 | Social Science Research Assistants | No |
| 193099 | Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other | No |
| 211021 | Child, Family, and School Social Workers | No |
| 211092 | Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists | No |
| 211093 | Social and Human Service Assistants | No |
| 211094 | Community Health Workers | No |
| 211099 | Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other | No |
| 339099 | Protective Service Workers, All Other | No |
| 399041 | Residential Advisors | No |
| 434061 | Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | No |
| 399099 | Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other | No |
| 391022 | First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers | No |
| 399031 | Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors | No |
Career Clusters
| Pathway | Occupation |
|---|---|
| Consumer Services |
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| Counseling & Mental Health Services |
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| Early Childhood Development & Services |
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| Family & Community Services |
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| Personal Care Services |
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