Professional Standards for School Nutrition Professionals--Training Resources

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Professional Standards for School Nutrition Professionals

Training Resources

Allowable training should focus on the day-to-day management and operation of the school nutrition programs. Training must be job-specific and intended to help employees perform their duties well. The USDA's Professional Standards Learning Objectives & Training Topics is a list of key training areas and topics that provides a guide for planning training topics.

eLearning Portal (Institute of Child Nutrition)
Preschool Meal Pattern Training for the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE's Meal Patterns for Preschoolers in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
Professional Standards Training Database (USDA webpage)
School Nutrition S.T.A.R. Webinar Series (Institute of Child Nutrition)
Training for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage): Provides links to training on the federal and state requirements for the USDA's school nutrition programs, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)
USDA Food and Nutrition Service You Tube Videos (USDA)
What’s in a Meal: National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program Meal Patterns for Grades K-12 (CSDE webpage)