Independent Living (22904-18)

Copyright: 2021

Virginia Assignment Code: 8214

Suggested Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12

Duration: 18 weeks

Hours: 70

Credits: 0.5

Prerequisites: None

CTSO: FCCLA

Course Description:

Independent Living students become prepared to meet the challenges of living on their own. Students build life skills focusing on creating and maintaining healthy relationships and making responsible financial, consumer, nutrition, and housing decisions. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.

Credentials, Course Sequences, and Career Clusters/Pathways can be found here:

https://www.cteresource.org/career-clusters/human-services/independent-living/