Family and Consumer Science

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 5123.

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 5123; 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.

New Mexico Administrative Code