Training Opportunities

CACFP

SFSP

School Nutrition Programs

USDA Commodity Program

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Child and Adult Care Food Program

• 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 2008 Nutrition Training: If you missed the nutrition training last summer, we've posted the PowerPoint presentations for you to view. There 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.

Summer Food Service Program

• Training for New and Returning Sponsors: New sponsors are required to attend training which will be held in Madison, March 26, 2010. Training for Returning 2009 Sponsors will begin March 2nd, 2010. It is recommended (not required) that all returning sponsors attend a 3 hour refresher training session. These refresher sessions will be offered by sponsor type (camp & non-camp) at 3 locations - Oak Creek, Madison, & Rice Lake. Please note that there will be one combined camp/non-camp refresher session in Rhinelander. If your agency will NOT be attending training, but plans to participate in the SFSP, you MUST register to receive the 2010 training binder. Please view the webcast trainings if you are unable to attend one of the refresher training session.

• SFSP Training and Materials Request Registration

• SFSP Training WebcastsThere are currently 3 webcast trainings available for returning sponsors that are unable to attend one of the refresher training sessions. The training is split out by Eligibility, Meal Service, and Administrative Requirements.

• Please contact Amy Kolano, (608) 266-7124 for questions regarding te program. Visit the DPI SFSP web pages for more information.

School Nutrition Programs

• 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 Wednesday - Free for SNA members opportunities to train at your desk. Topics are timely and sessions are archived for review whenever convenient.
• 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.
• Direct Certification WisLine Web Conference - 9/26/08
  • Listen to Recorded Session
  • PowerPoint Presentation
  • Sample Marked Computer Access Request Form
  • Written Instructions for Direct Certification Set Up and First Transfer
  • Direct Certification Eligibility Codes
  • Direct Certification Excel Spreadsheet Template
  • Frequently Asked Questions
• Automated Direct Certification Process Training Videos - These six videos and a trouble shooting guide are highly recommended viewing prior to starting your direct certification process..
  
  

  Video Handouts - Please print these prior to watching the videos for note taking.

  • Process Overview
  • Create WAMS ID
  • Request Mainframe ID
    If you have any questions on procedures in the above 3 videos please contact Karen Lavallee, (608) 267-8934.
  • Create Your Student File
  • Transfer Student File using HOD
  • Transfer Student File using WS FTP Client
    If you have any questions on procedures in the above 3 videos please contact Diana Gleichauf, (608) 261-6984.
• 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.
• Small Victories - Training especially tailored for small schools.
• 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.
• Child Nutrition U - 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
  DPI Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP)	9/7/06	This is a summary of the FFVP conference in Seattle, WA on 6/8/06. Hear about FFVP success stories from around the nation.	PowerPoint
  Offer versus Serve (Great Beginnings Academy)	11/21/06	Learn all about the Offer versus Serve options for menu planning systems.	PowerPoint Handout
  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
  Great Ideas for School Breakfast	2/7/07	We opened the phone lines to share our breakfast success stories, recipes and plans for the future. Learn from the best, our Wisconsin colleagues.	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. New Food Guidelines for Student Health - Thursday, November 3, 2005
  4. Finance for Food Service Managers - May 5, 2005
  5. Customer Service and School Meals - February 22, 2005
  6. How to Coach Staff to Better Performance - December 16, 2004

USDA Commodity Program

Upcoming Training Opportunities

New Programs and New Staff Training for the Annual Commodity Order: December 3, 2009; 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM. Department of Public Instruction, GEF 3, Conf Rm. 041, 125 S. Webster Street, Madison, WI 53703.

Registration is closed. For further information, please contact Dino Ante, 608.266.3615.

Recent Training Opportunities

Direct Diversion Processing Training: September 30, 2009
DPI conducted a no-fee training session on Direct Diversion prior to the 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 commodities directly to selected processors to process into finished end-products. With this option, each school is directly responsible for selecting processors and finished end-product. Click Here for the Power Point presentation.

Commodity Team Webcasts

• Commodity Team Webcasts Missed training? Need a refresher? The Commodity 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 1/21/2010 10:44:07 AM