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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 Manager Staff Director Plan, Administer, Implement, Monitor, Evaluate all district-wide aspects of school nutrition Day to day operations at one or more locations 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 Responsible for managing school nutrition program 12 Director In charge of the operation of a site (or serval sites) Manager 10 Works 20 or more hours in director program support Staff 6 Works less than 20 hours per week in direct program support 4 Part-time Staff
Training Standards - Flexibilities An employee hired January 1st or later must complete half of the required training hours Training is allowed in a variety of formats and from different sources: State Agency, In-house, ICN, SNA, etc. See: http://professionalstandards.nal.usda.gov
Key Learning Areas Administration 3000 Nutrition 1000 Communications and Marketing 4000 Operations 2000
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 PrimeroEdge system (Team Work)
Resources Guide to Professional Standards for School Nutrition Programs: http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/guide-professional- standards-school-nutrition-programs USDA Professional Standards: http://www.fns.usda.gov/school-meals/professional- standards USDA Professional Standards for School Nutrition Professionals: http://professionalstandards.nal.usda.gov/ AK-CNP PrimeroEdge: https://education.alaska.gov/tls/cnp/primero.html School Nutrition Association(SNA) https://schoolnutrition.org/ DEED-eLearning: https://education.alaska.gov/ELearning/
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