Professional Standards for School Nutrition Professionals
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Louisiana Child Nutrition Personnel
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The USDA has established minimum professional standards requirements for school nutrition professionals who manage and operate the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.
The standards, another key provision of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA), aim to institute minimum education standards for new State and local school nutrition directors as well as annual training standards for all school nutrition professionals. The final rule, effective July 1, 2015, was released by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and published in the Federal Register on March 2, 2015
These new standards will ensure school nutrition personnel have the knowledge, training and tools they need to plan , prepare, and purchase healthy products to create nutritious, safe, and enjoyable school meals.
Professional Standards for School Nutrition Professionals
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Professional Standards Yearly Requirements
SFA Directors - 12 Hours
SFA Managers - 10 Hours
SFA Staff - 6 Hours
Part-Time Staff Working an Average of Less Than 20 Hrs/Week - 4 Hours
Professional Standards Key Areas and Key Topics
- NUTRITION - 1000
- Menu planning
- Nutrition education
- General nutrition
- OPERATIONS - 2000
- Food production
- Serving food
- Cashier and point of service
- Purchasing/Procurement Receiving and storage
- Food safety and HACCP
- ADMINISTRATION – 3000
- Free and reduced price meal benefits
- Program management
- Financial management
- Human resources and staff training
- Facilities and equipment planning
- COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING - 4000
- Communications and marketing