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 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)