(1) The program requires that successful candidates:

(a) analyze family, community, and work interrelationships, investigate career paths, examine family and consumer sciences careers, and apply career decision making and transitional processes;

(b) use resources responsibly to address the diverse needs and goals of individuals, families, and communities in family and consumer sciences areas such as resource management, consumer economics, financial literacy, living environments, and textiles and apparel;

(c) apply principles of human development, interpersonal relationships, and family to strengthen individuals and families across the life span in contents such as parenting, care giving, and the workplace;

(d) apply principles of nutrition, food, and wellness practices that enhance individual and family well being across the life span, and address related concerns in a global society;

(e) develop, justify, and implement curricula that address perennial and evolving family, career, and community issues, reflect the integrative nature of family and consumer sciences, and integrate core academic areas;

(f) create and implement a safe, supportive learning environment that shows sensitivity to diverse needs, values, and characteristics of students, families, and communities, including American Indians (20-1-501, MCA);

(g) demonstrate ethical professional practice based on the history and philosophy of family and consumer sciences and career and technical education through civic engagement, advocacy, and ongoing professional development;

(h) assess, evaluate, and improve student learning and programs in family and consumer sciences using appropriate criteria, standards, and processes; and

(i) integrate leadership strategies into the program to develop students' academic growth, application of family and consumer sciences content, leadership, service learning, and career development.