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innville School District is looking for a District Nutrition Services Manager to lead the Nutrition Services Department operations, including management of daily operations, staff development, policies and operational procedures, records management and regulatory compliance with State and Federal agencies. The position will also ensure the Nutrition Services team is fully compliant with all regulations related to food service in schools, and develop and implement both short- and long range planning for the department.
For full job description and to apply online, please click here.
Are you ready to serve up change? Applications are open through March 3rd for our next class of FoodCorps AmeriCorps service members!
Put your application in at www.foodcorps.org/apply!
As a service member, you’ll connect kids to healthy food in school, from the classroom to the garden to the cafeteria.
What makes a great service member? A motivated leader who’s passionate about food education, and eager to serve—especially in a community you call home. Your unique strengths will shape your service, and with the support of our program resources, we’ll get kids excited about nourishing food together.
You’ll grow through your service, too. In addition to a stipend, you’ll get access to dozens of resources and training opportunities and gain a network of inspired food education colleagues. After your service, our alumni program can help you make meaningful connections and build your career in public health, education, food justice, school food leadership, nonprofit management, and more.
St. Helens School District has an opening for Director of Nutrition Services. Responsibilities include management of planning, organizing, supervising, and coordination of district-wide food service operations, in conformance with local, state and federal regulations and requirements.
Applications close on Feb. 10. Click here for job details and to apply online.
The Philomath School District seeks an ambitious, forward thinking Nutrition Services Program Manager to oversee all aspects of the school nutrition program. The district provides breakfast and lunch service for students in five schools. Current responsibilities include planning, organizing, directing, staffing, and controlling the program in accordance with local, state and federal regulations.
At the present time, the district holds an inter-governmental agreement with a neighboring district for the school nutrition program that includes meal planning, nutritional requirements, and procurement of food and supplies.
The position is open until filled. Click here for additional job details and to apply online.
Hillsboro School District is looking for an Executive Director of Nutrition Services. The Executive Director of Nutrition Services plans, develops, directs, monitors, and maintains the operational and fiscal resources of the Nutrition Services Department in accordance with the District’s Strategic Plan. The Executive Director provides guidance and leadership to department supervisors in planning and implementing department services and programs to meet the various department and District needs. In addition, the Executive Director contributes to the development of long-range goals and operating plans for the department by participating with other executive leaders and school community members in the formulation of goals and priorities included in the District’s Strategic Plan.
Applications are still open. Visit the website for job details and to apply online, or you can view this video for more info!
POSITION
Cook V – Executive Chef
LOCATION
Fir Ridge Campus
DATE POSTED
November 8, 2024
DATE CLOSES
November 20, 2024 – 4:00pm
The David Douglas School District welcomes applications from candidates that expand the
District’s diversity.
Multi-Cultural preferred. Bi-Lingual candidate preferred.
The complete Job Description can be found and reviewed HERE.
Classified Instructions:
If you are a Classified employee you will click on the word “Internal”, which is located on the top right of the screen. You will be taken to a section where you will fill out minimal basic personal information. The minimal basic personal section is a one-time only registration. You will then be taken to the Classified Transfer Request Form. In the future, if your personal information (name, address, phone number, or location) changes, it is your responsibility to update those changes in the system.
Apply at: https://daviddouglas.tedk12.com//hire/index.aspx
External Applicant Instructions:
If you are an External Applicant applying for a position, you will complete the EXTERNAL TalentEd application. Please see link above.
David Douglas School District Drug Testing and Criminal Background check: Per district policy all offers of employment shall be contingent upon the successful passing of a district required drug test and criminal background check. David Douglas School District’s Human Resources will designate where and when the testing will be conducted. The offer of employment will be withdrawn from candidates who test positive for drugs.
The McMinnville School District has a job opening for Foodservice Catering Manager, which provides catering services for District functions.
For more details and to apply online, click here!
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today joined the U.S. Department of Education along with education, parent, and school meal partner organizations to host a virtual pep rally to celebrate the back-to-school season and thank the champions that educate and nourish our nation’s school children. The pep rally highlighted key steps the Biden-Harris Administration has taken to support school meals and nutrition as a key educational tool that kids need to be successful in the classroom.
“Healthy school meals are an essential part of the educational environment and fuel children to learn, grow and thrive,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “USDA is fully committed to setting kids up for success and this rally gives us the opportunity to come together and encourage one another to raise the bar for school meals in this new school year and beyond. We’re grateful to our partners at the Department of Education, along with all the schools, districts, states, and industry who care so much about the connection between healthy meals and our children’s futures, and we’re excited to continue to work together to make this back-to-school season a success.
“As someone who’s been a teacher and a school principal, I’ve seen how hard our school nutrition professionals work every day – and I’ve seen the incredible difference it makes when a student comes to class after a healthy meal, energized, with a smile on their face, ready to learn,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, “This rally is a reminder: school is not just a place where students go to learn reading and math. At its best, a school is a hub of the community, and one of the first places that a student and their family can get their most basic needs met.”
Earlier this year, USDA announced updated nutrition standards, which include changes that provide schools more options to successfully plan and prepare healthy meals. K-12 schools serve nutritious meals to about 30 million children every school day and these meals are an important source of nutrition for many children.
What’s New: Tastier, Healthier Options for Schools
Beginning this school year, schools have more options to:
- Serve protein-rich breakfast foods such as yogurt, tofu, eggs, nuts and seeds, which can help them offer less sugary foods, while also supporting vegetarian diets and other food preferences.
- Buy local foods. Schools can require unprocessed agricultural products to be locally grown, raised or caught when making purchases for school meal programs. More information about these new options is available on the Procuring Local Foods webpage.
Learn about how some school districts are already cutting down on added sugars and bringing more local foods into the cafeteria, with support from USDA:
Regional School Unit (RSU) #89, Maine
“We are no longer offering breakfast bars that had so much sugar in them. Our lunches feature either USDA meats or meats from our local butcher. We also use vegetables, eggs, potatoes, and fresh sausages and bacon from local farms. We are constantly trying to reduce sugar and sodium in all our foods and use more local foods.” – Denise Tapley Proctor, food service director
Visit this video blog to learn more about RSU #89’s strategies for improving their school meals.
Thornton Fractional High School District (HSD) #215, Illinois
“We have started to revamp our breakfast menu by removing sugary cereal items and adding more protein breakfast items. We have added yogurt parfaits, overnight oats, egg bites and boiled eggs to our breakfast charcuterie.” – Phylicia Burford, director of food services
Visit this video blog to learn more about Thornton Fractional HSD #215’s strategies for improving their school meals.
Both RSU #89 and Thornton HSD #215 received USDA Healthy Meals Incentives grants to improve their school meal operations — part of the largest targeted investment USDA has ever made for school meal programs in small and- rural communities — and have been recognized for their progress. USDA, in partnership with Action for Healthy Kids, also provides grants, technical assistance and shares innovative ideas and practices through the $100 million initiative. To learn more about other award-winning school districts, please visit the HMI Awardee Spotlight webpage.
Healthy School Meals for All
Advancing a pathway to free healthy school meals for all is a priority set forth in the Biden-Harris Administration’s White House National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health.
Eight states have taken permanent actions to provide healthy school meals at no cost to all their students: California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico and Vermont.
Meanwhile, in other states, many schools in high-need areas provide free meals to all their students through the Community Eligibility Provision, commonly known as CEP. Last year, USDA gave an estimated 3,000 more school districts the option to serve breakfast and lunch to all students at no cost, by expanding the availability of CEP.
Next Steps in Strengthening School Meals
School meals will also be strengthened in upcoming years through gradual reductions to added sugars and sodium. For information about how these updates will be implemented, see this video:
Support for Healthy Kids
USDA is committed to helping kids lead healthy lives. The Department has taken several actions to bolster the programs that provide critical nutrition to infants and children.
Through a variety of programs and initiatives, USDA has provided nearly $13.7 billion in financial support to schools across the country since January 2021. Some investments that USDA has made in school meals this year include:
- Awarding a record-breaking $14.3 million in Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grants to 154 projects in 43 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico. These investments will help 1.9 million children eat more tasty, nutritious foods in school, while supporting farmers and producers in their local and regional communities.
- Awarding nearly $16.5 million in Healthy Meals Incentives grants to spark innovation in the school meals marketplace by incentivizing collaboration between schools, the food industry and other stakeholders. Learn about the grant recipients.
- Providing $10 million in grants for schools to invest in new food service equipment that will enable them to continue serving nutritious meals.
- Opened applications to award a $600,000 cooperative agreement for an organization to provide trainings that will improve food safety knowledge and communications for school nutrition professionals.
Additional Resources
- Infographic – The Biden-Harris Administration Supports Healthy Kids
- Webpage – Back to School Toolkit
- Webpage – Updates to the School Nutrition Standards
- Webpage – Healthy Meals Incentives
USDA touches the lives of all Americans each day in so many positive ways. Under the Biden-Harris Administration, USDA is transforming America’s food system with a greater focus on more resilient local and regional food production, fairer markets for all producers, ensuring access to safe, healthy and nutritious food in all communities, building new markets and streams of income for farmers and producers using climate-smart food and forestry practices, making historic investments in infrastructure and clean energy capabilities in rural America, and committing to equity across the Department by removing systemic barriers and building a workforce more representative of America. To learn more, visit www.usda.gov.
Click here to learn more and to register and download a free Crunch toolkit!
How about adopting a 1,500-pound dairy cow for your cafeteria or classroom mascot? Don’t worry about finding a pen big enough to hold her. The photos and stories we’ll send you about her life on the farm will make her come alive for your students! The Discover Dairy “Adopt a Cow” program is an exciting, year-long experience for your cafeteria or classroom.
Throughout the program, you’ll get an inside look at dairy farming and be paired with a calf from a working dairy farm in Oregon. You’ll find out what her name is, when her birthday is, where she lives, and how the farmer takes care of her. You’ll also receive progress updates, photos of the cow, live chats from the farm, activity sheets for your students, suggested lessons that follow Common CORE standards, and even opportunities to write letters to your calf! All updates are easily accessible via an online portal and app for Apple and Android.
Enroll in the free program this school year before September 15 and join the moo-vement that has impacted 1+ million students across the globe! Visit www.discoverdairy.com/adopt to learn more about the free program.