Course Description
Documentation of on-site participation in job-related activities required of a School Nutrition Director that focuses on practice and demonstration of the knowledge, skills, and dispositions delineated in state and national standards.
Athena Title
School Nutrition Field Exp II
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in NUTR 7970
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online. Submission of documentation of successful completion of worksite-embedded tasks; documentation submitted when at least 500 total verified contact hours in the workplace have been met. Ensures needed skill set for ongoing job-related activities has been developed prior to receiving a recommendation for the clear, renewal certificate required for job retention.
Prerequisite
NUTR 7950 or NUTR 7959E
Pre or Corequisite
NUTR 6770E and FDNS 6670E
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Course Objectives
1. To recognize personal professional strengths and weaknesses and the need to become a life-long learner. 2. To document service of menus appropriate at each school level and their compliance with federal nutritional guidance. 3. To document successful oversight and the application of improvement strategies, if necessary with lack of compliance, of the meal counting and claiming system in individual schools (SFA). 4. To document appropriate application of federal criteria when evaluating applications for free and reduced meal eligibility. 5. To document compliance with production procedures and established food safety standards and the ability to access the situation and recommend appropriate corrective action in day-to-day operations if necessary. 6. To use available School Nutrition Operation Financial Reports to accurately describe the financial status of the program and to identify any needed changes. 7. To illustrate the ability to communicate the mission of the School Nutrition Program to at least one group of stakeholders.
Topical Outline
1. A task analysis for one week with linkages made to managerial functions, and required skills with a comparison to job description and self efficacy assessment and plans for future professional development 2. Submission of a week of menus from each school level served within the current school year with nutritional compliance documentation 3. Assessment provided for the meal counting and claiming system on-site review for each school in the district with recommended actions and documentation of the follow-up visit if appropriate (both specific schools and school representative may be redacted) 4. Submission of eligibility decision for free/reduced applications along with a brief statement outlining criteria used as the basis of decision-making (identifying information should be redacted) 5. Documentation of compliance with health and safety regulations (submit health inspection reports by SFA); completion of production assessment for any site not meeting state standards with specific recommendations for corrective action 6. Analysis of School Nutrition Operations Financial Management Reports (Lunch Participation and Cost Report, Breakfast Participation and Cost Report, Snack Participation and Cost Report, Non-reimbursable Sales Report, Statement of Revenues and Expenditures, and Cash Resource Management Report) along with an assessment of where the program stands and plans for any needed adjustments (based primarily on Cash Resource Management Report with remaining reports used to support needed adjustments) 7. Documentation and evaluation of a School Nutrition Program promotion (nutrition education, wellness and/or marketing related) 8. Performance assessments to be completed on-line by immediate supervisors (local and state)
Syllabus
Public CV