Session ID: 312129
Food Production Records
Seats Filled: 25 / 25
Location:Region 08 ESC, 106 - Marion Computer Lab
Important Breakout Information:
This course will provide basic principles for completing production records to be compliant with federal and state regulations. Participants must understand elementary math concepts in order to calculate records and complete practice activities.
***Please note that while it is not required, it is highly recommended that participants take the Food Buying Guide Workshop prior to attending this session.
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Session ID: 312132
Customer Service
Seats Filled: 32 / 40
Location:Region 08 ESC, 117 - Bowie
Important Breakout Information:
This class will explore the importance of good customer service and provide participants with resources and examples on how to improve customer service skills and how to increase employee responsiveness to the customers' needs and expectations.
The students are not a captive audience. Let's learn how to compete with other sources for their business and get them to WANT to come in and eat with us.
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Session ID: 312139
Offer vs. Serve
Seats Filled: 57 / 60
Location:Region 08 ESC, 118 - Camp
Important Breakout Information:
Participants will learn the very basics of the components required in the meal pattern and will practice activities that will strengthen their skills in quickly identifying reimbursable meals and implementing Offer vs. Serve correctly.
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Session ID: 312141
Reimbursable Meals
Seats Filled: 33 / 60
Location:Region 08 ESC, 205 - Titus
Important Breakout Information:
This course teaches the importance of an accurate system for counting meals at serving sites prior to the submission of the monthly claim for reimbursement. The basics of efficiently operating and utilizing a point of service (POS) system, ensuring correct recognition of reimbursable meal components, offer versus serve (OVS), and confidential student eligibility identification will be reviewed. Internal controls to ensure the accuracy of meal counts and record keeping will be discussed.
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Session ID: 312153
Wellness Policy
Seats Filled: 24 / 35
Location:Region 08 ESC, 125 - Fannin
Important Breakout Information:
The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act requires each local educational agency participating in the National School Lunch Program or other federal Child Nutrition programs to establish a local school wellness policy for all schools under its jurisdiction. Participants will learn what is needed to meet these requirements locally, as well as how to create and perform an assessment.
Food Based Menu Planning
This course is not the MEAL PATTERNS, but more SKILLS on how to plan menus that go together while covering topics such as texture, color, student acceptance etc.
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Session ID: 312163
Smart Snacks
Seats Filled: 34 / 40
Location:Region 08 ESC, 126 - Hopkins
Important Breakout Information:
This class provides an overview of Nutrition Standards for All Foods and Beverages (aka Smart Snacks) sold in schools outside of reimbursable meals. Participants will gain an understanding of how Smart Snacks will affect à la carte sales and fundraisers as well as how to use the Smart Snacks Calculator.
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Session ID: 312165
Marketing Your Program
Seats Filled: 27 / 30
Location:Region 08 ESC, 119 - Cass
Important Breakout Information:
Learn the many different ways to Market your program. Tips will be shared such as Décor and Artwork, Culinary Education, New Fruit and Vegetable sample trays, displaying your Meal Success and Utilizing your Child Nutrition Webpage and the district webpage.
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Session ID: 312167
Conflict Management
Seats Filled: 31 / 45
Location:Region 08 ESC, 128 - Lamar
Important Breakout Information:
Interpersonal conflict is a fact of life and arises in almost any sphere, from organizations to personal relationships. Learning to resolve it effectively, in a way that does not increase your stress levels, is therefore important for everyone. Those with good conflict resolution skills generally help organizations and groups to work more effectively.
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Session ID: 312169
Beginning Google Docs
Seats Filled: 21 / 25
Location:Region 08 ESC, 209 - Morris Computer Lab
Important Breakout Information:
Beginning Google Docs class for Child Nutrition Staff. Participants will learn the basics of using Google Docs and other Google applications.
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Session ID: 312173
Leadership for Managers
Seats Filled: 35 / 60
Location:Region 08 ESC, 300 - 3rd Floor Conference Center
Important Breakout Information:
Managers will learn how to establish direction, align people, while motivating and inspiring your team by encouraging engagement and gratitude.
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Session ID: 312186
HACCP - in SPANISH
Seats Filled: 10 / 25
Location:Region 08 ESC, 304 - Cooper Lake
Important Breakout Information:
Discover why HACCP is important to prove that you are doing everything possible to prevent food-borne illnesses and meet federal guidelines. Explore causes of food borne illnesses and how to prevent hazards from occurring in your kitchen. HACCP principles and tools to document and verify your school’s HACCP Plan will be reviewed. This class will be presented in SPANISH.
Descubra por qué HACCP (por sus siglas en inglés) es importante para demostrar que está haciendo todo lo posible para prevenir enfermedades transmitidas por alimentos y cumplir con las pautas federales. Explore las causas de las enfermedades transmitidas por los alimentos y cómo evitar que ocurran peligros en su cocina. Se revisarán los principios y herramientas de HACCP para documentar y verificar el Plan HACCP de su escuela.
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Session ID: 312190
Reimbursable Meals - in SPANISH
Seats Filled: 8 / 45
Location:Region 08 ESC, 306 - Lone Star Lake
Important Breakout Information:
This course teaches the importance of an accurate system for counting meals at serving sites prior to the submission of the monthly claim for reimbursement. The basics of efficiently operating and utilizing a point of service (POS) system, ensuring correct recognition of reimbursable meal components, offer versus serve (OVS), and confidential student eligibility identification will be reviewed. Internal controls to ensure the accuracy of meal counts and record keeping will be discussed.
This course will be taught in Spanish.
Este curso enseña la importancia de un sistema preciso para contar las comidas en los sitios de servicio antes de presentar el reclamo mensual de reembolso. Se revisarán los conceptos básicos para operar y utilizar de manera eficiente un sistema de punto de servicio (POS), asegurando el reconocimiento correcto de los componentes de comidas reembolsables, oferta versus servicio (OVS) y la identificación confidencial de elegibilidad del estudiante. Se discutirán los controles internos p
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Session ID: 312192
Offer vs. Serve - in SPANISH
Seats Filled: 12 / 30
Location:Region 08 ESC, 307 - Lake Cypress Springs
Important Breakout Information:
Participants will learn the very basics of the components required in the meal pattern and will practice activities that will strengthen their skills in quickly identifying reimbursable meals and implementing Offer vs. Serve correctly.
This class will be presented in SPANISH.
Los participantes aprenderán los conceptos básicos de los componentes requeridos en el patrón de comidas y practicarán actividades que fortalecerán sus habilidades para identificar rápidamente comidas reembolsables e implementar Offer Vs. Serve (Oferta vs. Servir) correctamente.
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Session ID: 312220
Conflict Management - in SPANISH
Seats Filled: 7 / 30
Location:Region 08 ESC, 308 - Lake Bob Sandlin
Important Breakout Information:
Interpersonal conflict is a fact of life and arises in almost any sphere, from organizations to personal relationships. Learning to resolve it effectively, in a way that does not increase your stress levels, is therefore important for everyone. Those with good conflict resolution skills generally help organizations and groups to work more effectively.
This course will be taught in Spanish.
El conflicto interpersonal es un hecho de la vida y surge en casi cualquier esfera, desde las organizaciones hasta las relaciones personales. Aprender a resolverlo de forma eficaz, de forma que no aumenten los niveles de estrés, es por importante para todos. Aquellos con buenas habilidades de resolución de conflictos generalmente ayudan a las organizaciones y grupos a trabajar de manera más efectiva.
Este curso se impartirá en español.
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Session ID: 312222
Kitchen Math
Seats Filled: 24 / 35
Location:Region 08 ESC, 314 - Wright Patman Lake Science Lab
Important Breakout Information:
Kitchen Math provides participants with hands-on practice using math operations, fractions and decimals, units of measurement, equivalents, and math for meals.
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