GRADS (Graduation, Reality, and Dual-Role Skills): Work Focus
Pregnant and parenting adolescents enrolled in the Graduation, Reality, and Dual-role Skills Program (GRADS) with a work focus will complete graduation requirements and concentrate on using effective communication skills, maintaining healthy relationships, demonstrating developmentally appropriate childcare skills, and managing interpersonal and family relationships. Students examine the legal rights of parents and guardians, as well as how workplace factors affect families. Emphasis is placed on applying employability skills and operating an early childhood learning environment.
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.
- Baking and Pastry Specialization (36 Weeks)
- Child Development and Parenting (18 Weeks)
- Child Development and Parenting (36 Weeks)
- Culinary Arts I (36 Weeks)
- Culinary Arts II (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)
- Fashion Careers I (36 Weeks)
- Fashion Careers II (36 Weeks)
- Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation I (36 Weeks)
- Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation II (36 Weeks)
- Independent Living (18 Weeks)
- Independent Living (36 Weeks)
- Individual Development (18 Weeks)
- Individual Development (36 Weeks)
- Interior Design I (36 Weeks)
- Interior Design II (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)
- Life Planning (18 Weeks)
- Life Planning (36 Weeks)
- Nutrition and Wellness (18 Weeks)
- Nutrition and Wellness (36 Weeks)
Industry Credentials (Only apply to 36 week courses)
Career Clusters
| Pathway | Occupation |
|---|---|
| Early Childhood Development and Services |
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