Healthcare & Human Services
Food and Nutrition
Want to work in a fast-paced environment with your hands and people? The foodservice may be the place for you. Accelerate your earnings potential by completing management training programs, developing your skills, and practicing professionalism. This pathway helps students access manager and supervisor-level positions with certifications and on-the-job experience.
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Begin Your Journey
Food and Nutrition I
Formulate an understanding of nutrition for a healthy lifestyle by preparing foods in each food group. Develop kitchen skills that promote proper food handling practice. Plan and execute meal management. Gain the knowledge, skills, and industry credential for careers in food and nutrition.
Food and Nutrition II
Expand knowledge of nutrient needs for a healthy lifestyle through the lifespan. Discover the impact of food systems on the environment, economy, society, and the individual. Develop an entrepreneurial venture idea using the Lean Canvas Business Model. Gain the knowledge, skills, and industry credential in food protection management for careers in food and nutrition.
Get Certified
ServSafe Food Protection Handler Certification
Learn essential food safety practices for preparing and serving food, including personal hygiene, preventing cross-contamination, and safe food handling. Earn a nationally recognized ServSafe Food Handler Certificate.
ANSI - Accredited Food Handler Certificate
Learn essential food safety practices, including proper food handling, personal hygiene, preventing cross-contamination, and maintaining safe food temperatures. Earn an industry-recognized credential that demonstrates your knowledge of safe food preparation and service.
ANAB Food Protection Manager Certification
Build advanced food safety skills for managing a foodservice operation. Learn how to prevent foodborne illness, maintain safe food handling practices, meet food safety requirements, and help create a culture of food safety
Expand Your Journey
Found your passion? These courses relate to this career pathway and may align to your career and college goals. Find out which of these may be available at your school and consider adding them to your Course Plan in Xello.
Browse enhancement courses:
- Business Essentials
- Entrepreneurship I
- Food and Nutrition I
- Hospitality and Tourism
Earn College Credit
Get a head start on your college education by taking advantage of dual credit opportunities. There are CTE courses that can articulate to the community college, meaning they will award college credit. Also, the Career & College Promise (CCP) program allows eligible high school students to enroll in community college classes.
Articulated Credits
- CUL-140 Culinary Skills I
- CUL-142 Fundamentals of Food
- CUL-110 Sanitation and Safety
- CUL-110A Sanitation and Safety Lab
CCP Pathways
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Family, Career and Community Leaders of America
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) functions as an integral part of the Family and Consumer Sciences education curriculum. FCCLA members make a difference in families, careers, and communities by addressing important personal, work, and societal issues. Members develop real world skills, become future-ready, and explore career pathways in education and human services, hospitality and tourism, and visual arts and design
Healthcare & Human Services
Careers focused on management, marketing and operations of restaurants and other food services, lodging, attraction