Updated 2022 to include resources for OSU Extension colleagues:

• General Expectations – OSU Extension A&P Educator Levels
• Handout, Family Life Educator Content Areas, Worksheet for Family and Consumer Sciences Examples
• Links shared in CFLE PPT 
  • Requirements to Become a CFLE www.ncfr.org/cfle-certification/become-certified
  • Your Toolkit to Promote Family Science, Download Free Resources to Spread the Word About Family Science www.ncfr.org/about/what-family-science/toolkit
  • Elevate FCS Toolkit  www.aafcs.org/elevatefcs
  • Marketing Products to Recruit FCS Educators: If life is a lab, who are the instructors? Family and Consumer Sciences Educators are. www.fcsed.net/recruit/recruit-marketing
  • Family Life Education Methodology: The Planning Wheel (infographic useful in planning programs) osu.edu/fcsfle
  • Family Life Education Framework, Across the Lifespan (infographic useful for those interested in learning more about CFLE) osu.edu/fcsfle
  • Colleagues – you are invited to read the three Suggested Readings (below) Reconceptualizing the Domain and Boundaries of Family Life Education (2011) and Family Life Education: A Profession with a Proven Return on Investment (ROI) (2014) and The Family and Consumer Sciences Body of Knowledge and the Cultural Kaleidoscope: Research Opportunities and Challenges (2009)
  • See bottom of this page for links on Patrice and FLE work

From student presentation, 2020:

(one-page student Handout_CFLE in workplace . All information on handout is listed below)

Questions for students: 

• What helps you?
• Who helps you?
• Who do you help?

Suggested Readings:

 Myers-Walls, J. A., Ballard, S. M., Darling, C., & Myers-Bowman, K. S. (2011). Reconceptualizing the domain and boundaries of family life education. Family Relations, 60, 357-372. www.ncfr.org/sites/default/files/domains_article_fr.pdf

Kirby Wilkins, J., Taner, E., Cassidy, D. & Cenizal, R. (2014). Family Life Education: A profession with a proven return on investment (ROI). National Council on Family Relations, white paper. www.ncfr.org/sites/default/files/ncfr_white_paper_family_life_education.pdf

Nickols, S., Ralston, A., Anderson, C., Browne, L. Morgan, Schroeder, G., Thomas, S., Wild, P. (2009). The Family and Consumer Sciences Body of Knowledge and the Cultural Kaleidoscope: Research Opportunities and Challenges. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, Vol. 37, No. 3, March 2009 266-283 https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/AAFCS/82f10d53-1c37-4fa4-a958-92fa0ea974be/UploadedImages/About/BOK-Nickols.pdf 

Organizations:

• Ohio State University Extension extension.osu.edu (Cooperative Extension, a non-formal educational outreach provided by the state’s designated land-grant universities)
• National Council of Family Relations ncfr.org (professional organization and also provides the CFLE credential)
• Where are Family Life Educators Employed? https://www.ncfr.org/cfle-certification/what-family-life-education/where-are-family-life-educators-employed
• Ohio Council on Family Relations (state affiliate of NCFR)
• American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences video: aafcs.org/about/about-us/what-is-fcs/what-is-fcs-video
• National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences 

Tools:

• All Kinds of Families (artwork) com/en/blog/diverse-families/
• Family Life Education Methodology: The Planning Wheel (infographic useful in planning programs) osu.edu/fcsfle
• Family Life Education Framework, Across the Lifespan (infographic useful for those interested in learning more about CFLE) osu.edu/fcsfle
• Mindfulness
  • Three Senses Mindfulness Activity https://blissfulkids.com/three-senses-mindfulness-activity-kids-teens-grown-ups/
  • Mindfulness Idea Starter, cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/b/7275/files/2020/08/Mindfulness-Ideas-and-Activities.pdf

Other Links (related to the class presentation):

• Promoting CFLE – these NCFR pages have quotes from CFLEs about their experience:
  • How can I help raise the visibility of CFLE certification to the general public?
  • How can I help educate employers as to the value of CFLE certification?
  • How is my CFLE certification valuable in the job market if employers don’t know what a CFLE is? 
• Share your suggestions/experience as a CFLE here: https://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-report/winter-2019/marketing-cfle-credential-collaborative-effort

Other links (related to Patrice’s certification)

• Careers in Family Science Booklet, NCFR (Powers-Barker on page 34-35)
• Meet the Board, OHCFR , 2018, Powers-Barker