access to healthy meals learn. teach. innovate presenter: richard kane
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ACCESS TO HEALTHY MEALSLearn. Teach. Innovate
Presenter: Richard Kane
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Understand – Current State
• Talk to your staff
• Talk to your students (informal and formal groups)
• Talk to the faculty and administration
• Talk to the parents and community
Learn
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Gather Your Facts
• Survey – for anonymous feedback
• Invite email communications
• Review your product line– What Sells and Why?– What Doesn’t Sell?
Learn
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Evaluate Your Staff
• Skill Sets?– Computer Skills– Certifications– Culinary Skills
• Attitudes - Ability to adapt to change
• Capacity – Hours and Availability
• Do they have creativity?
Learn
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Evaluate Your Environment
• Equipment
• Facility Limitations
• Computer System
• Online Access
Learn
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Opportunities
• Areas for innovation
• Areas for revenue channels
• Areas to build a community
• Areas to engage your student base
• Areas to build partnerships
Learn
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Analyze Your Results
• Look for consistent themes between all groups
• Identify what students seem to like most and what is important to them.
• Weigh their desires against that of your parents and community
Learn
Inspire Your TransformationFood and Quality
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Build a Strategy – Inside and Out
• Change the culture through partnerships– Your Staff– Administration– Local School Board
• Foster an environment of support
Teach
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Staff Transformation
• Training– Food Handling and Safety– Food Presentation– Creativity– Culinary Skills
• Computer Skills
• Customer Service
• Professional Appearance
Teach
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Policy Transformation
School Board Policy Decisions– Any student who qualifies for the free or
reduced program receives meals at no cost
– No fried foods are produced within the FCCPS School District foodservice program
– No junk food offered at any of the FCCPS Schools
– The Foodservice Dept manages all vending
Teach
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We Bake!
Teach
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Meals are prepared from scratch
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Healthy Options - Sell
Teach
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Online Transformation
• Use your online options– Post Menus– Setup Lunch Accounts– Post Nutritional Information– Provide Access to Forms
• Point of Sales– Tracking– Reporting
Teach
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Let Technology Work for You
Teach
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Cultural Transformation
• Invite Honest Feedback
• Be responsive to all comments
• Insist on Accountability
• Involve the School Board and Parents in program changes
• Everyone becomes a partner
Teach
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Visit the Classroom
• Welcome the opportunity to speak to your students– Student Groups– Health Classes– Student Council
• Help students get excited about the your foodservice program
Teach
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Educate When You Can
TeachCan you tell the difference between these two donuts?
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Can you tell the difference between these two?
Teach
Implement and Fuel New IdeasContinue to Evolve
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High School and Middle School
Daily Salad Bar
Innovate
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Cafeteria Trays Are Recyclable
Innovate
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Meals for Activities & Games
Innovate
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Special Event Catering
Innovate
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Partnered with Culinary School to offer "Lunch Taste Test"
Innovate
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Grab-an-Go breakfast for elementary and middle schools
Innovate
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Food Services Sponsored Poster & Video Contest
Students make a 15-second commercial about good healthy foods and good nutritional choices.
Innovate
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Take A Look…
• Student Video Contest EntriesInnovate
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Community participated in International Walk to School Day
Innovate
You Can Do It!Let’s Recap
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Important Steps
• Built community support by working with teacher, administrators and parents.
• Identified vendors that provide the high-
quality fresh food we require.
• Trained food services staff to cook fresh meals and do real food prep and cooking.
• Reward staff for their creativity and willingness to try something new in the kitchen.
Recap
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Important Steps
Recap
Just Joking!
But don’t forget to show your appreciation for your home team, school board, students, and parents, without them you can not be successful!
Thank You!
Presenter: Richard Kane