School Nutrition Toolbox

Recent Developments at the School Nutrition Toolbox

SNP Required Annual Training 2013-14

Project PA has updated this online course for 2013-14:

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Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program

This module is intended for use by Pennsylvania schools that have been awarded Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) grants and is intended to provide an understanding of the requirements of the program for those schools. However, it may also be of use to other schools that may be interested in applying for the program.

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Farm to School: Keeping it Safe

Schools are working to provide healthier meals to students and teach them the skills they need to make good decisions about nutrition and health. As part of these efforts, there is growing interest among schools in Farm to School programs. While a primary objective of Farm to School activities is to connect schools with local farms to promote purchasing of local foods for school meals, a variety of types of activities fall under the Farm to School umbrella including school gardens, nutrition and agriculture classroom lessons, field trips to local farms, and taste-testing of local products. In addition to providing healthy foods in school meals programs and providing students with health and nutrition education, Farm to School programs support local farmers and therefore strengthen local food systems.

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Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act 2010 | Presentations

You can find links for each presentation in the "New Meal Patterns" drop-down menu found in the "Main Menu" at the top of this page. Each link contains a handout download and the ability to view the presentation with audio on YouTube.

Contracting with a Food Service Management Company

Child Nutrition Program sponsors that contract with a Food Service Management Company (FSMC), must follow specific procurement requirements. Beginning with contracts that are bid for the 2013-2014 school year, the School Food Authority (SFA) and vendor must demonstrate they have successfully completed the “Contracting with a Food Service Management Company” e-module. Both the SFA’s and awarded vendor’s certificate of completion must be submitted with the proposed contract.

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Administrative Training Courses Have Been Updated

The Determining Eligibility and Verification of Eligibility training modules have been updated and are available for coursework.

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Breakfast: The Most Important Lesson of the Day

Project PA has designed this online course to teach you:

• about the importance of a nutritious breakfast,
• the reasons for providing breakfast at school,
• the varied ways to serve school breakfast,
• how to overcome barriers to serving school breakfast,
• the steps to take to expand an existing breakfast program or to start a new program, and
• information specific to school breakfast programs in Pennsylvania.

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Serving Students with Special Needs

This course will teach participants:

• How to describe common medical conditions resulting in students’ special dietary needs, the symptoms of these conditions, and the basic principles for managing them.
• The requirements of federal laws related to serving students with special needs.
• Participants will identify the team members involved in management of special dietary needs in schools and the role of each member.
• Participants will describe the specific school foodservice responsibilities regarding serving students with special dietary needs.
• Participants will be able to state the federal requirements regarding making milk substitutions in the school meal programs.
• Participants will be able to understand the recommendations for using the Medical Plan of Care form.
• Participants will engage in an activity to apply the information learned in this course in some real-life, practical situations.
• Participants will  be able to identify resources related to accommodating students with special dietary needs in the school nutrition programs.

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