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Smarter Meals, Successful Students:North Carolina K-12 Culinary Institute
Listening, Learning, LeadingSusan Thompson, MS, RDN, LDN
Chef Cyndie Story, PhD, RDN, CC, SNS
Catherine Strohbehn, PhD, RDN, CP-FS
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Smarter Meals, Successful Students
The Listening, Learning, Leading Recipe included many key
ingredients:
• Directors’ inputs via survey of current practice and operation
• Genesis workshop with subject matter experts
• NC K-12 Culinary Institute workshops
• Teach It Forward resources
• Chef-inspired recipes
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Today, we will discuss…
• Program Genesis and Key Ingredients
• Implementation Steps to Success
• Impact
• Lessons Learned
• The Future
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Objectives for Today
At the end of the session, participants will…
• Understand the steps in developing and evaluating a state-wide
school meal program initiative
• Identify at least three quality meal improvement strategies
• Recognize benefits of the Teach It Forward approach
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Vision – Smarter Meals, Successful Students
• Address concerns about lack of student acceptance of healthier
foods required by HHFKA
• Meet customers’ changing palettes
• Provide skills and knowledge to improve culinary proficiency and
image among school nutrition professionals
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Vision – Smarter Meals; Successful Students
• Promote transformation from lunch lady to school chef
• Integrate school meal programs – NC Whole School, Whole
Community, Whole Child model
• Continue NC's prideful efforts to always provide assistance to
SFAs to achieve successful implementation of USDA regulations
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NC K-12 Development Team
• Team Subject Matter Expertise in:
– Culinary Education
– Communication
– Curriculum
– Evaluation
– NC school meal operations
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Program Genesis
In the beginning….
• Gathered baseline information via surveys and site visits:
– August 2015 - CNP Director survey sought to capture the following:
• Operations
• Production systems
• Recipes
• Equipment
– September 2015 – NC School visits
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Genesis Workshop –September 2016
• Reviewed NC School Meal Operations Survey
• Y-Pulse research presentation:
– Trends in school meals
– Tomorrow’s Tastemakers
• Brainstormed transformational culinary program requirements
• Developed initiative name and tagline:
– Smarter Meals, Successful Students
– Listening, Learning, Leading
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Genesis: Key Outcomes
North Carolina K-12 Culinary Institute
Key Outcomes:
• Managers only as Chef
Ambassadors - 24
• Small group activities
– 6 teams of 4
• 3 day curriculum
• Teach it Forward resources
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Genesis: Key Outcomes
North Carolina K-12 Culinary Institute Key
Outcomes:
• Equipment package
• School chef apparel
• Evaluation – Pre and Post Workshop
– Measure confidence level
– What did you do?
– Who/How many did you teach?
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Program Development
• Experiential learning style
curriculum– Know, Show, Do approach
• Custom, standardized recipes
– NC signature recipes
– To the pan/can
– Step by step instructions with photographs
– TIF resources
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Program Development
• Teach It Forward Resource
• Premise of Know, Show, Do and Coach
• Short Sets
– 10 modules (15 minutes)
– Assigned Professional Standards Learning Codes
– Facilitator guide
– Format of No Time to Train
– Plan it! Teach it!
– Certificate of completion
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Program Development
• Teach It Forward Resource
• Short Sets Additional Resources
– Educational videoclips
– Virtual audiovisuals
• VAVs
– Handouts
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Implementation
• State Agency recruited and coordinated with host districts
• State wide Directors’ Preview May 2016
– Two day pilot of key concepts in a nutshell
• Kale Yeah! cheer
• Recruited Chef Ambassadors
• Chef led NC K-12 Culinary Institutes: June to August 2016
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NC K-12 Culinary Institute
• Day One: Fundamental Skills
• Day Two: Nuts and Bolts
• Day Three: Going Beyond – Having Fun with It!
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NC K-12 Culinary Institute
• Fundamental Skills
– Knife skills
– Chop and drop
– Blanching and steaming
– Weights and measures
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NC K-12 Culinary Institute
Five Cook
Times…Five
Tastings!
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NC K-12 Culinary Institute
• Nuts and Bolts
– Work schedules
– MPLH calculation
– Work simplification
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NC K-12 Culinary Institute
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NC K-12 Culinary Institute
• Nuts and Bolts
– What is quality food?
– Batch cooking emphasis
– Kitchen hacks – handout
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NC K-12 Culinary Institute
• Nuts and Bolts
– Time standard activity – Learning Is Fun!
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NC K-12 Culinary Institute
• Going Beyond – Having Fun with It!
– Merchandizing
– Marketing
– Communication
– Garnishing
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NC K-12 Culinary Institute
TIF: Leading the way
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NC K-12 Culinary Institute
Chef Ambassador Graduation Ceremony
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NC K-12 Culinary Institute
Chef Ambassador Graduation Ceremony
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Impact
• Director Preview – Pilot and feedback
• Pre – Post Administrator Culinary Institute Assessments
• Pre - Post Culinary Institute Assessments
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Impact
• A total of 381 managers participated in the Institute.
– Participants completed online post-workshop evaluations about
their activities and initiatives during each of the subsequent
quarters (3) since attending the Institute.
• Q1: 380 respondents
• Q2: 369 respondents
• Q3: 279 respondents
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TIF Topics Taught
57%
77%
47% 47% 49%
36%
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Batch cooking Knife skills Weights Measures Worksimplification
Communication
Q1 Q2 Q3
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TIF Topics Taught
37%
44%
25%
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Work schedules Knife types and care Garnishes Sampling techniques None
Q1 Q2 Q3
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Why Topic was Selected: Personal Interest
2% 3% 4%1%
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Not at all Very little Somewhat A great extent
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Why Topic was Selected: Greater Sense of Confidence
1% 2%4%4% 3%
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Why Topic was Selected: Greatest Perceived Need
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Approach to Teaching
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Do-it-yourself TIF lesson plans A mixture of both
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Changes Made
Based on your participation in the NC K-12 Culinary Institute, which
changes did you make to your school meals program during the time
frame? (check all that apply)
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Most Useful Equipment
• Digital thermometer
• Sunkist Sectionizer
• Cutting board
• Knife Sharpener
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New Recipe Additions: Hot Entrée
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New Recipe Additions: Cold Entrée
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New Recipe Additions: Entrée Salads
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New Recipe Additions: Hot Vegetable
Q1 Q2 Q3
Refried Beans Seasoned Pinto Beans Seasoned Black Beans
Seasoned Pinto Beans Seasoned Black Beans Seasoned Pinto Beans
Seasoned Black Beans Refried Beans Refried Beans
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New Recipe Additions: Cold Vegetable
Q1 Q2 Q3
Broccoli Salad withCranberries
Romaine Salad Broccoli Salad withCranberries
Romaine Salad Broccoli Salad withCranberries
Romaine Salad
Spinach Salad Lettuce and Salsa Cup Spinach Salad
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New Recipe Additions: Grains
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New Recipe Additions: Lunchmates
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New Recipe Additions: Fruit
Q1 Q2 Q3
Baked Pears Baked Pears Baked Pears
Crustless Apple Pie Crustless Apple Pie Tropical Apples
Tropical Apples Tropical Apples Blueberry Crisp
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New Recipe Additions: Condiments
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New Recipe Additions: Seasoning Blends
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Fruit is Displayed in Attractive Bowls/Baskets
26% 26%24%
51%
40%42%
16%
21% 22%
5% 5% 6%
2%
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0%
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Did not implement this concept Daily Weekly Biweekly Monthly
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Sliced or cut Fruit Available
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Individual Salads or Salad Bar Available
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Reach
What is the total number of people you have taught during the
time frame using the NC K-12 Culinary Institute lessons
learned?
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Reach
58%
65% 66%
9% 10%7%8%
6% 6%
10%
6% 7%
15%13%
15%
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Q1 Q2 Q31 to 2 schools 3 to 5 schools 6 to 8 schools 9 to 11 schools More than 11 schools
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Success of TIF
5%7% 7%
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45% 45%
50%
17%
10% 9%
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Q1 Q2 Q3
Not at all successful Slightly successful Moderately successful Very successful Extremely successful
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Introducing the REAL Chef Ambassadors of NC
•Lisa Altman
•Kim Hurley
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Lessons Learned
• Improve standardization of curriculum
• Use of TIF materials
• A little knowledge and the right tools
can make a difference
• Empowerment of staff is vital for
transformation to occur
• Management commitment is critical
– District Administrator only sessions
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Next Steps
• Summer 2017 – 17 workshops in progress
• Summer 2018 – 10 workshops
• Summer 2019 – 10 workshops
• Goal: Over 1200 statewide chef ambassadors
• Take home NC signature recipes for parents and guardians
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AFFILIATION OR FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
• Chef Cyndie Story - Consultant: Culinary Solution Centers, LLC
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PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS CODE
• This session provides one (1) CEU
– Key Area 1: Key Area 1 - Nutrition
– Key Topic: Nutrition
– Professional Standards Code: 1140