The Consumer Education Department represents the School of Health’s outreach efforts to San Francisco’s senior citizens. No-cost, non-credit courses covering topics on nutrition and health, consumer issues, physical activity, food preparation, and personal safety are offered at 47 sites throughout the City.
This program prepares career and technical teachers for teaching positions in city high schools, area vocational schools (BOCES), technical institutes, correctional facilities, and community college technical programs. It provides theoretical and practical preparation in planning, instructing, and managing the learning environment for students who have or will have extensive work experience in agricultural education, business and marketing education, family and consumer sciences subject education, health careers education, technical education, or trade education. Students in career and technical education complete coursework in career and technical education to be recommended for initial certification (grades 712) in New York State in one of over 83 certification titles.