Trainings
Summer Workshops 2024
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Springfield, Missouri, July 29 – July 31
(Please note the date change - we originally published the dates as July 30 - August 1)
- July 29 – ALL Food Service Directors - Directors that have more than 3 years’ experience as a school food service director are invited to attend this day.
- July 30 – NEW Food Service Directors – Directors with less than 3 years’ experience as a school food service director are invited to attend this day.
- July 31 – Cooks and Kitchen Staff - Hands on skills training that incorporates knife skills, recipe basics and cooking with local and USDA Foods.
Important Information
- This is the only location for summer workshops
- Registration is free, but you still need to register for the day(s) that you wish to attend
- No on-site registrations will be allowed
- FNS is pleased to announce that our office will be recording the sessions offered during this workshop to ensure this training opportunity is accessible to those that are unable to attend the live workshop
Webinars/Workshops
Let's Talk Tuesday
Certificate of Completion Let's Talk Tuesday.
School Year 2023-2024
- June 12 – Paid Lunch Equity (PLE) Tool, Adult Meal Pricing, and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable (FFVP) Packet (recording)
- April 30 - Seamless Summer Option (SSO) and Rural Non-congregate, Food Service Management (FSMC) Contracts and Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) Reminders (video starts at 5:20)
- February 13 - Commodities 101 (recording)
- February 13 - Point of Service/Menu Documentation
- January 16 - DESE FNS Webinar: USDA Foods Packet, Required SNP Forms, and Afterschool Snack
- November 8 - DESE- FNS Webinar: Completing the Verification Report
School Year 2022-2023
- April 19 - DESE-FNS Webinar
- April 25 - Seamless Summer Option, Non-congregate Meals for Summer 2023 (recording)
- Verification Process Training
SDA Foods
2022 Summer Workshop Recorded Presentations
- All About Procurement
- Approving Free and Reduced Price Applications
- Approving Free and Reduced Price Applications - Presentation
- Attachment E - Application
- Attachment P - Income Eligibility Guidelines
- Benefit Issuance and Verification Special Situations
- Benefit Issuance & Verification Special Situations - Presentation
- Benefit Issuance Basics
- Benefit Issuance Basics - Presentation
- School Food Acronyms
- Attachment E- Application
- Attachment P - Income Eligibility Guidelines
- CEP & Provision 2
- Grab and Go Meals
- Grab and Go Meals - Presentation
- Grab and Go Meals - New Hire Presentation
- Introduction to Gold Star
- Local School Wellness
- Local School Wellness Policy - Presentation
- Local Wellness Policy Checklist
- Local Wellness Policy Final Rule
- Assessment Template
- Dietary Behavior
- Integrating Nutrition Across the WSCC
- School Breakfast Matters
- School Meals are Healthy Meals
- School Nutrition Policies and Practice
- School Nutrition Whole Child Approach to Education
- Meal Pattern
- Meal Pattern Lunch & Breakfast - Presentation
- Offer vs Serve
- Production Records and Menu Documentation
- Recipe Crediting
- Unscrambling USDA Foods
- Unscrambling USDA Foods - Presentation
- Missouri USDA Foods Procedures
- Verification
- Verification Process - Presentation
- Verification Report Handout
2021 Summer Workshop Recorded Presentations
- Administrative Review - Seamless Summer Option
- Basics of Smart Snacks
- Basic Procurement
- Food Allergies 2.0 (Case Studies)
- Food Service Management Company RFP and Contract Basics
- Menu Analysis Basics - Calculating Meat/Meat Alternates and Grains
- New Food Service Directors Basics
- Overview of Procurement Reviews
- Professional Standards in Child Nutrition Programs
- School Meal Connections - Linking the Cafeteria to Nutrition Education
- School Food Service Revenue and Expenditure Coding
- Seamless Summer Option Program
- Understanding Area-Eligibility
- What to Expect During an Administrative Revie
2020 Summer Workshop Recorded Presentations
- 4 Day Meal Pattern Lunch and Breakfast
- 6 Cent Worksheets: How To Guide From Beginning To End
- Afterschool Snack and Common Findings on Review
- Alternative Breakfast Models
- Civil Rights
- Common Corrective Actions Found During the Administrative Review
- Crediting Gains in Recipe Converter
- Meal Pattern Lunch and Breakfast
- Standardized Recipe Converter
- Verification Process
- What To Expect During an Administrative Review
2019 Summer Workshop Recorded Presentations
- Benefit Issuance: Eligibility Basics and Direct Certification
- Calculating Meat/Meat Alternate and Grain Components
- Community Eligibility Provision (CEP)
- Completing the Five-Day Non-Program Food Revenue Tool
- Essential Documents for Food Safety and Crediting
- Free and Reduced Application Process
- How to Avoid Fiscal Action During the Administrative Review
- Local Meal Charge Policy: Regulations and Reality
- Medical Statements
- Nonprogram Food Revenue and Completing the Extended Nonprogram Food Revenue Tool
- Paid Lunch Equity Tool (PLE) Tool
- Paid Lunch Equity (PLE) Tool in Web Applications
- Pre-K Meal Pattern
- Pricing Adult Meals
- Standardized Recipes and Production Records
- Tools for Calculating Meats and Grains
- Verification Reports
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
Additional Resources
- A Safe Salad Bar: Preparation and Service
- Adapting the School Lunch Program Requirements to the RCCI World
- Decreasing Plate Waste in the NSLP and SBP
- No Kid Hungry Grant Training
- Seamless Summer Option
- USDA Professional Standards Training Database
- The Institute of Child Nutrition Training and Resources
- Food Safety in Schools - ICN Training Course