Training Opportunities

CACFP

SFSP

School Nutrition Programs

USDA Commodity Program

Word Documents unless otherwise noted.

Child and Adult Care Food Program

2011 CACFP Summer Training Conference Presentations and Handouts

2010 CACFP Summer Training PowerPoint Presentations

Feeding Kids in the CACFP

• Nutrition and Meal Planning
• Sample Menus and Recipes
• Portion Sizes
• CN Labels - Crediting Foods
• Food Safety and Sanitation

CACFP Recordkeeping Essentials

• Are you ready for a CACFP Review?
• Sample Corrective Action Responses: The responses in this handout are only samples to guide your center in properly writing corrective action in response to a DPI review.
• Civil Rights PowerPoint Presentation
• Civil Rights Handout: This is a handout of the Civil Rights presentation posted above that can be printed and given to staff.

Other Nutrition Trainings and HandoutsThere are notes at the bottom of each PP slide that may give more information than what is on the slide. You may need to increase the slide size for some slides in order to read the content.

• Production Records: This presentation details how to complete production records using the Food Buying Guide.
• Instructions for Production Records
• Production Records Samples
• Menus, Meal Service Types, Vendor Agreements: This presentation goes through 3 menu exercises, talks about meal service types and briefly discusses vendor agreements.
• Whole Grains: This presentation discusses how to determine if a product is whole grain. Specific examples are provided.
• CACFP Menu Planning Guide

CACFP Training Webcasts Missed training? Need a refresher? The Community Nutrition Team provides CACFP training via webcasts. Webcasts allow you to view taped presentations that include PowerPoint slides on the web. We currently 12 webcasts posted. Three new webcasts reviewing the CACFP Infant Meal Pattern Requirements and Claiming for Meals served to Infants have been added recently.

Summer Food Service Program

• Training for New Sponsors:Please contact Amy Kolano, (608) 266-7124 if your agency is interested in Sponsoring the SFSP this coming summer and then Register Online for Training. The New Sponsor/Administrative Personnel training will be held in Madison on Friday, March 23rd. New sponsors will also receive an on-site visit from DPI prior to operation to review program requirements, answer questions, view meal service area, etc.
• Training for Returning Sponsors: Registration for Refresher Sponsor Training is now open! Group training will be held in Rhinelander, Feb. 24th, Oak Creek, March 2, Madison, March 9th, and Rice Lake, March 20th. New Sponsor/Administrative Personnel Training will be in Madison on March 23rd.
• SFSP Training Webcasts Missed training? Need a refresher? Webcasts allow you to view taped presentations that include PowerPoint slides on the web. Updated webcasts for 2012 will be available late February!
• Please contact Amy Kolano, (608) 266-7124 for questions regarding the program. Visit the DPI SFSP web pages for more information.

School Nutrition Programs

• Welcome to Our Comfortable Cafeteria – Creating Pleasant and Positive Mealtimes at School - Montana Team Nutrition Webinar, Tuesday, 2/21/12 from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm (CST). There is no charge for this training.
• What's New with School Nutrition - Monthly webcasts that include updates for all school nutrition programs, grants and reauthorization guidance.
  • Agendas, past recorded webcasts or to to join webcast Click Here
• Great Beginnings Academy - A one year training experience for managers/directors new to School Nutrition Programs. Full day classes will be in Madison at the Department of Public Instruction. Please contact Cindy Loechler, 608-266-5185, for more information.
• Summer Training - School Nutrition Skills Development Courses (SNSDC) - View Recorded Webcasts
• National Food Service Management Institute Web-based Trainings on Procurement - Initially only offered to State Agency staff this training is now available for school personnel and the public. Click on the link and locate the USDA State Agency Guidance to Procurement Topic 1 or 2 courses. Users will need to register for the courses, and first time users will need to create a profile.
• School Nutrition Programs Getting Started Resource - New to School Nutrition Programs or need a refresher? This is an on-line manual that will help you get started and put resources at your finger tips.
• Civil Rights Training for Front-Line Staff
  • PowerPoint Presentation
  • Attendance Record
• School Nutrition Team Webcasts for Training - Missed training? Need a refresher? The School Nutrition Team now provides training via webcasts. Webcasts allow you to view taped presentations that include PowerPoint slides on the web.
• Small Victories
• Food Allergy eCourse - Children's Health Education Center provides Learning all about Food Allergies a short on-line course that informs on the basics of food allergies.
• School Nutrition Association (SNA) Webinar Wednesdays - Free for SNA members opportunities to train at your desk. Topics are timely and sessions are archived for review whenever convenient.
• ServSafe: Food Safety and Sanitation Course - Offered Around the State per the Wisconsin Restaurant Association.
• ServSafe: Food Safety and Sanitation Course - Classes offered on-site on an 'as needed' basis. Please contact Julie Shelton, 608-267-9132, for more information.
• Healthy Edge: Building Healthy School Meals Course
  • Check SNA of WI website for scheduled trainings
  • Available on an "as needed" basis. Please contact Cindy Loechler, 608-266-5185, for more information.
  • Check School Nutrition University the School Nutrition Association On-line training schedule.
• School Nutrition University - School Nutrition Association On-line training. Browse their COURSE CATALOG and Check out the classes you can take right from your own computer.
• Cooks for Kids - A series of nine 30-minute training programs from the National Food Service Management Institute that showcases the fact that children should have access to healthy food and be able to make healthy food choices wherever they are. View live or recorded.
• School Food Service Forum for School Year 2006-2007 - WisLine Web presentations
  
  

  Topic (Click on title to view presentation)	Date	Description	PowerPoint
  Making $en$e out of Your Child Nutrition Report	12/11/06	Armed with the information provided in this session, you will have the basic knowledge to analyze program participation trends, establish meal prices, and to determine staffing patterns for each program offered.	PowerPoint
  Lights, Camera, Promotions! (Great Beginnings Academy)	3/13/07	Ideas to help you market your programs.	PowerPoint

• School Food Service Forum Library- - You may request a CD from our library of a past session by contacting Julie Cox at 608.267.9206.
  
  1. Maximizing Meal Participation - Thursday, February 23, 2006
  2. Managing Challenging Staff - Tuesday, January 10, 2006
  3. Finance for Food Service Managers - May 5, 2005
  4. Customer Service and School Meals - February 22, 2005
  5. How to Coach Staff to Better Performance - December 16, 2004

USDA Food Distribution Program

Upcoming Training Opportunities

None at this time.

Recent Training Opportunities

Training for New Programs and New Staff Regarding the Annual USDA Food Order: December 6, 2011.
DPI conducted a training session specifically for new Food Service Staff and programs new to the USDA Food Program. The session is designed to prepare participating agencies in placing the Annual USDA Food Order. The training session covers the basics of planning for an annual order (i.e. what USDA foods to orders, the amounts to order, how to receive the orders, etc.). Powerpoint Presentation For more information, please visit the Annual Order website.

Direct Diversion Processing Training: October 4, 2011.
DPI offered a no-fee training session on Direct Diversion Processing prior to the Direct Diversion Food Show scheduled on the same day. The session covered the basics of the process, requirements at the school level, etc. Direct Diversion is the process of sending selected bulk, raw USDA foods directly to the selected processors to process into finished end-products. With this option, each school is directly responsible for procuring and selecting processors and finished end-products. Powerpoint Presentation For more information, please visit the Direct Diversion website.

Wisconsin USDA Foods Webcasts

• WI USDA Food Team Webcasts Missed training? Need a refresher? The WI USDA Food Team now provides training via webcasts. Webcasts allow you to view taped presentations that include PowerPoint slides on the web.

For questions about this information, contact Julie A. Cox (608) 267-9206

Last updated on 2/7/2012 9:46:04 AM