To better support school districts with professional development and school food change, we are excited to offer up opportunities for districts to enroll as a cohort!
Why enroll as a district?
When you enroll as a district, your school food team is demonstrating your commitment to healthy, scratch cooked meals. Your team can learn as a community, monitor course progress, assess learning outcomes, and establish goals for school food change.

District Benefits
- Meet USDA Professional Development Standards for staff
- Benefit from program support to establish strategic objectives for school food change
- Gain operational support and program assistance through facilitated study groups with leaders in school food operations
- Receive customized district-level reports on course progress and learning outcomes
- Enhance school food program’s commitment to healthy, scratch cooked food through cross-trained team
Individual Learner Benefits
- Earn certificates in school food change and scratch cook operations, providing a professional competitive edge
- Benefit from peer-to-peer learning about school food change
- Work closely with colleagues to align and implement programmatic goals
- Receive individual feedback and support
What do we recommend?
We highly recommend both School Food 101 and School Food Finance for districts’ school food professionals. These two courses lay a great foundation to ensure all team members have the same basic understanding of the complex world of child nutrition.

District Packages

If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact sfi@chefannfoundation.org.