LFO's Early Childhood Education pathway prepares students for employment in early childhood care and education services, mastery of standards through project-based learning, laboratory application, technical skills practice, and leadership development activities. The career and technical student organizations will provide students with a competitive edge for entry into either the education global marketplace and/or the post-secondary institution of their choice when continuing their education and training. This pathway is designed for students looking to pursue a career working with children and the education field. These classes involve an internship component where students are given the opportunity to work with children during class time to apply their knowledge. 

Teacher

Daycare Owner

Daycare Manager

Early Childhood Education & Services

Pediatrics

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is a national Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) for students in Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) education in public and private school through grade 12. FCCLA offers intra-curricular resources and opportunities for students to pursue careers that support families. Since 1945, FCCLA members have been making a difference in their families, careers, and communities by addressing important personal, work, and societal issues through Family and Consumer Sciences education.

Today, more than 199,000 student members are active in over 4,900 chapters across 46 states, the District of Columbia, the American Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. The work of FCCLA helps students and teachers focus on a variety of youth concerns, including parenting, family relationships, substance abuse, peer pressure, sustainability, nutrition and fitness, teen violence, and career preparation in four specific career pathways. Involvement in FCCLA offers members the opportunity to expand their leadership potential and develop skills for life—planning, goal setting, problem solving, decision making, and interpersonal communication—necessary in the home and workplace.

Georgia Early Childhood Education Foundation (GECEF)

The purpose of GECEF is to provide professional learning opportunities, technical assistance, resources, opportunities and support for competitive events in FCCLA and serve as a vehicle for offering industry certification for exemplary Early Childhood Education programs in Georgia.