Professional Standards For School Nutrition Professionals Objective Understand

Professional Standards For School Nutrition Professionals

Objective Understand the key requirements Who must complete professional standards Hiring standards and food safety certification for new directors Annual training standards Tracking training Learn about resources

Professional Standards in the School Nutrition Programs Establishes minimum requirements: Hiring standards for new directors Annual training standards for ALL employees Professional Standards applies to ALL Sponsors

Job Categories Director • • • Plan, Administer, Implement, Monitor, Evaluate all district-wide aspects of school nutrition Manager • Day to day operations at one or more locations Staff • Prepare and serve meals • Process transactions at POS • Review applications

Hiring Standards for New Directors Current directors grandfathered Hiring standards based on total student enrollment per school district/RCCI Fewer than 2, 499 students 10, 000 or more students 2, 500 – 9, 999 students

Food Safety Certification For new Directors in ALL districts and schools: At least 8 hours of food safety training within 5 years prior to the starting date, or completed within 30 days of the stating date.

Annual Training Standards for All School Nutrition Personnel

Annual Training Standards Rule identifies specific training topics Training topics apply based on an individual’s job

Annual Training Standards Providing training to school nutrition personnel is an allowable use of the nonprofit food service account funds Paying for costs incurred by an individual to meet the hiring standards are not an allowable use of funds

Training Standards - Summary Position Defined As Annual Hours Director Responsible for managing school nutrition program 12 Manager In charge of the operation of a site (or serval sites) 10 Staff Works 20 or more hours in director program support 6 Part-time Staff Works less than 20 hours per week in direct program support 4

Training Standards - Flexibilities An employee hired January 1 st or later must complete half of the required training hours Training is allowed in a variety of formats and from different sources: State See: Agency, In-house, ICN, SNA, etc. http: //professionalstandards. nal. usda. gov

Key Learning Areas Nutrition 1000 Operations 2000 Administration 3000 Communications and Marketing 4000

What qualifies as Training? Online courses Structured, on-the-job training In-service training Local school nutrition organization educational events State agency-sponsored training Training you conduct for staff Meetings sponsored by foodservice partners College courses with job-specific content

Oversight Document compliance with the hiring and training standards for director, manager and staff Documentation must be available for administrative review

Tracking Training Track employee training Optional tools have been developed by FNS & AKCNP’s Primero. Edge system (Team Work)

USDA’s Tracking Tool

Primero. Edge Tracking Tool

Resources Guide to Professional Standards for School Nutrition Programs: http: //www. fns. usda. gov/tn/guide-professionalstandards-school-nutrition-programs USDA Professional Standards: http: //www. fns. usda. gov/school-meals/professionalstandards USDA Professional Standards for School Nutrition Professionals: http: //professionalstandards. nal. usda. gov/ AK-CNP Primero. Edge: https: //education. alaska. gov/tls/cnp/primero. html School Nutrition Association(SNA) https: //schoolnutrition. org/ DEED-e. Learning: https: //education. alaska. gov/ELearning/

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