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Family & Consumer Sciences (FCS) Education: Associations/Organizations

This information in this guide was originally written by Tracey Mayfield and has been updated and adapted by Karin Griffin.

Associations and Organizations

General Directory
Scholarly Societies Project - Sponsored by the University of Waterloo Library.


AAFCS
The American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences' site is only national professional organization for FCS.  The website is well organized into sections for students, educators, career opportunities, and much more.

Family & Consumer Sciences Education
The group that runs this site is a division of the Association for Career and Technical Education.  The FACSE site offers their vision and mission as well as national and state data, national standards and a bulletin board.  

Family & Consumer Sciences Education Association
The FCSEA is "voluntary organization of family and consumer sciences educators and others associated with or interested in family and consumer sciences instruction in schools and colleges."  This is their site and they offer information on membership, events for the year, news and related links. 

The Family & Consumer Science Resources Online
This very helpful and interactive page offers many valuable resources.