Beginning Teacher Pathway
Definition: Beginning Teacher – a teacher who has not completed a teacher program (they hold an alternative license).
Beginning teachers adding the endorsement to an initial license must satisfy the requirements for the license which include:
- 24-36 semester hours in family & consumer science and passage of the following PRAXIS exam in Family & Consumer Science 5122.
Teacher with Existing License Pathway
Definition: Existing Teacher – a teacher who has completed a teacher program (standard or alternative).
Teachers seeking to add the endorsement to an existing NM teaching license of any level can either:
Proof of passage of the following PRAXIS exam in Family & Consumer Science 5122; or
Earn 24-36 semester hours of credit in family & consumer science (12 of the hours must be upper division credit if adding the endorsement to a secondary or pre k-12 specialty license); or
- Be certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in family and consumer science
Accepted Family & Consumer Science Coursework
- clothing & textiles
- contemporary family lifestyles
- family management theories
- family studies
- food science
- interior design
- marriage & family relations
- nutrition
- parent-community interaction
- child development
- consumer decisions
- consumer education
- costume design
- entrepreneurship
- experimental foods
- family finance
- food preparation
- housing
- tailoring
- etc.