This course provides the basic fundamentals of building a professional and effective resume. It teaches how to learn different resume formats and the advantages and disadvantages of each. We will teach the five golden rules of resume writing. This field also explores the different components that make up a structured resume and Cover Letter.
This course provides basic culinary arts training giving youth the opportunity to gain real-life kitchen experience. They will learn about the fundamentals of a healthy diet, ingredients and how to create nutritious meals. Students will receive hands-on training with professional chefs, learning to develop and prepare complete meals, resulting in a certification that can be used on job applications and resumes.
This course introduces students to agroecology and permaculture at the macro and micro scales, through both global and local examples. Topics include design, implementation and management of integrated perennial food systems, including orchard and fungi crops. Standards for sustainable soil and water management, organic certification and seed collecting. Sourcing and other key regenerative farming methods will be explored. Crop production plans for multi-year phased growing operations will be emphasized. Harvest, storage and shipping methods to maximize crops sales will also be covered.
This course examines change across three major dimensions: physical, cognitive and psychosocial development. This field involves discussion of child development theory, hands-on experiences in planning and implementing appropriate activities, exchange of ideas, and collaborative strategies. This course also focuses on facilitating creative activities and environments for young children ages 3-8. Experiences in art, music, language arts, science, mathematics, and dramatic/social play will be included.
This course introduces students to basic plant taxonomy, terminology and anatomy/physiology as well as the functions/responses of plants. Professions working with the culture and use of plants and applications of plant science will be included.
This course is designed to prepare citizen responders with the knowledge and skills necessary to respond to emergency and first-aid situations. First aid, CPR, and AED for adults, children, and infants are included in this course. Students will be eligible to take national certification exams upon successful completion of each respective content area.
Youth will learn the principal of fish farming, aquaculture, and other methods of raising fish commercially in tanks and enclosures. A facility that releases juvenile fish into the wild for recreational fishing or to supplement a species' natural numbers is generally referred to as a fish hatchery. Worldwide, the most important fish species used in fish farming are carp, salmon, tilapia and catfish. There is an increasing demand for fish and fish protein, which has resulted in widespread overfishing in wild fisheries. Fish farming offers fish marketers another source. However, farming carnivorous fish, such as salmon, does not always reduce pressure on wild fisheries, since carnivorous farmed fish are usually fed fishmeal and fish oil extracted from wild forage fish. The global returns for fish farming record
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