School Share Table Success: Strategies for Food Safety, Feasibility, Launch and Maintenance

Description

Learning Objectives

• Apply evidence-based implementation strategies to facilitate feasible share table operation.
• Identify effective strategies to mitigate school share table norovirus risk.
• Collaborate with local health departments and other community partners to develop and implement share table standard operating procedures.

Performance Indicators

• 8.2.2 Develops and provides education on safe food procurement and handling and sustainable practices to prevent and minimize contamination.
• 13.1.3 Collaborates with community partners and stakeholders in promoting health and disease prevention.
• 13.4.1 Communicates with stakeholders using agricultural terminology and concepts.

Speakers

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  Melissa Prescott

  Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

  Melissa Pflugh Prescott is a behavioral nutrition scientist and her research examines systems approaches to modify food behaviors to improve nutrition security and planetary health, particularly among populations with socioeconomic disadvantage. She is a registered dietitian and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine and Co-Director of the USDA-funded Center for Food Conservation and Waste Reduction. Dr. Prescott has 20 years of experience implementing and evaluating school nutrition and wellness policies and over 25 peer reviewed research articles on school nutrition and wellness. Dr. Prescott’s current and past leadership roles include serving on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior and past Chair of the Council on Future Practice for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She obtained her PhD in Public Health at New York University and her BS in Food Science & Human Nutrition at the University of Florida.

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  Justine Britten

  Food and Nutrition Program Manager, Chicago Public Schools

  Justine Britten is the Food & Nutrition Program Manager at Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Justine provides strategic leadership and vision in the implementation of the district’s school food and nutrition programming, serving over 320,000 students. Justine is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and previously served as a board member with the Chicago Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Prior to CPS, Justine worked as a clinical dietitian and earned her Master's in Public Health from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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Moderator

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  Cyndie Story

  Founder, SproutCNP and Culinary Solution Centers, LLC

  Chef Cyndie is the owner of Culinary Solution Centers and co-founder of SproutCNP. She leads the K12 Culinary Team in creating engaging online education for beginners to master levels. With over 30 years in school nutrition and foodservice management, she is well-connected at the local, state, and USDA levels including industry leaders. Her deep connections enable her to listen to child nutrition partners about their wants and needs, from frontline staff to industry partners. Out of these conversations emerged the need and desire for accessible, interesting, practical online training. This feedback led to the creation of SproutCNP, a testament to her commitment to understanding and meeting the needs of child nutrition partners. When she’s not teaching the next generation of school nutrition professionals, she travels the world and cooks for her family and friends. For more information, go to www.chefcyndie.com and www.sproutcnp.com.

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