Marketing and Lunchroom Education

Associated Courses

$99.00

Course Length: 2 Hours

Course access lasts for 12 months from purchase for all individual courses and Certificates.

Increasing your average daily participation (ADP) is key to sustaining a higher quality school food program. Marketing is essential for increasing your ADP, especially when transitioning to a scratch-cook model.

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Description

Course Description

Increasing your average daily participation (ADP) is key to sustaining a higher quality school food program. Marketing is essential for increasing your ADP, especially when transitioning to a scratch-cook model. In Marketing and Lunchroom Education, we’ll discuss the importance of having a brand for your school food program, and we’ll look at various tools for promoting your program brand to students, parents and the community. We’ll focus on specific tactics for marketing to students through lunchroom education events, including how to build an annual lunchroom education event plan. And finally, we’ll discuss strategies for engaging the other stakeholders in school food, from parents to school administrators to the larger community.

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Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Develop a brand for your school food program that communicates your vision and values.
  2. Identify the key stakeholders of your school food program.
  3. Target your marketing, communications and education efforts to your stakeholder audiences.
  4. Evaluate specific marketing and education tactics for communicating your mission and vision to students, foodservice staff, administrators, and parents and community members.
  5. Develop a comprehensive yearlong calendar and execution plan for lunchroom education events.
  6. Identify community partnership and sponsorship opportunities for marketing and communications.

USDA Codes

  • 1200
  • 4110
  • 4120
  • 4150

Course Outline

  • Course Introduction
  • The Importance of Marketing in School Food
  • Developing your Marketing Strategy
  • How to Market to your Audience
    • Who the Stakeholders Are
    • Student Marketing Tactics
    • Planning for Student Events
    • Creating your Yearlong Event Calendar
    • Tactics for Marketing to Parents and Community Members
    • Tactics for Marketing to Foodservice Staff and Teachers
    • Tactics for Marketing to School Administrators
  • Sponsorships and Partnerships
  • Course Conclusion

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