Earn your Bronze Certificate by completing School Food 101 and two additional courses of your choice.
With a Bronze Certificate, you get:
Earn your Gold Certificate by completing School Food 101 and seven additional courses of your choice.
With a Gold Certificate, you get:
Course Length: 2 Hours
Course access lasts for 12 months from purchase for all individual courses and Certificates.
Ingredients for Healthier Kids walks you through some of the most common ingredients that are detrimental to our health and provides guidance for reducing and eliminating these from school menus.
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.
Course Length: 2 Hours
Course access lasts for 12 months from purchase for all individual courses and Certificates.
Mission, Vision, and Strategic Planning guides participants through the process of planning for systemic, sustainable change in their school meal programs.
Course Length: 1.5 Hours
Course access lasts for 12 months from purchase for all individual courses and Certificates.
In Plant Forward you will learn about the health, environmental and financial benefits of eating plant-based proteins. The course also teaches you how to serve more plant forward meals in your school.
Course Length: 2 Hours
Course access lasts for 12 months from purchase for all individual courses and Certificates.
Recipes and menus are the heartbeat of a scratch-cook school food operation. In Recipes and Menu Development, we’ll discuss why recipes are important for a sustainable scratch-cook model, what makes a good recipe for school food, and what it might look like to transition some of your most popular menu items to scratch-cooked incrementally over a 3-year period.
Course Length: 2 Hours
Course access lasts for 12 months from purchase for all individual courses and Certificates.
In Salad Bars in Schools, we’re going to look at one of the most exciting trends in school food – the salad bar. Salad bars are a great way to get kids eating more fresh produce, but having a successful salad bar program requires a plan.
Course Length: 3 Hours
Course access lasts for 12 months from purchase for all individual courses and Certificates.
School Food 101 provides the overview and context of the operational demands of school food and the urgency of school food change. Participants will gain foundational knowledge about school food history, regulations, policy, and funding that will support informed advocacy for healthier food in schools.
Course Length: 2 Hours
Course access lasts for 12 months from purchase for all individual courses and Certificates.
Managing the financial resources in school food programs is a complex process, and it can be even more complicated in a scratch-cook operation. Fiscal accountability is essential for school food programs to be successful in transitioning to scratch-cooking.
Course Length: 2 Hours
Course access lasts for 12 months from purchase for all individual courses and Certificates.
School Food Operational Models walks you through the complicated web of school food operations and how each operational model affects the food on the lunch tray.
Course Length: 2 Hours
Course access lasts for 12 months from purchase for all individual courses and Certificates.
With over 30 million school lunches served every day, school food is big business. In School Food Procurement, we’ll discuss why procurement is so important in school food, and how to align your procurement practices with the mission and vision of your school meal program.
