Child Development and Parenting
Students enrolled in Child Development and Parenting learn about parenting roles and responsibilities and parenting behaviors and practices that maximize human growth and development. They focus on ensuring a healthy start for parent and child, balancing work and family, and understanding support systems that provide services for families. Students will explore career opportunities and focus on child and family services, while building employment skills. Students also examine the legal rights of parents and guardians, learn life-management skills, and examine how to manage economic resources. 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)
- Early Childhood, Education, and Services I (36 Weeks)
- Early Childhood, Education, and Services II (36 Weeks)
- Family and Human Services I (36 Weeks)
- Family and Human Services II (36 Weeks)
- Family Relations (18 Weeks)
- Family Relations (36 Weeks)
- GRADS – Family Focus (18 Weeks)
- GRADS – Family Focus (36 Weeks)
- GRADS – Work Focus (36 Weeks)
- Independent Living (18 Weeks)
- Independent Living (36 Weeks)
- Individual Development (18 Weeks)
- Individual Development (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 Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow (18 Weeks)
- Introduction to Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow (36 Weeks)
- Life Planning (18 Weeks)
- Life Planning (36 Weeks)
- Nutrition and Wellness (18 Weeks)
- Nutrition and Wellness (36 Weeks)
- Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow I (36 Weeks)
- Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow II (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 |
|---|---|---|
| 399011 | Childcare Workers | Yes |
Career Clusters
| Pathway | Occupation |
|---|---|
| Counseling & Mental Health Services |
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| Early Childhood Development & Services |
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