Products — Manuals, Training Materials, Videos & DVDs
A Training for Sponsors Participating in the National School Lunch Program
The Pennsylvania Department of Education offered free training sessions on administrative requirements associated with school meal programs on April 10-11 and April 23-24, 2007. Identical sessions were held in Harrisburg and Pittsburgh at the PATTAN facilities.
Promising Practices
Schools throughout Pennsylvania are implementing creative and successful strategies to promote healthier eating and physical activity for students. We’d like to share these strategies with other schools.
Preventing Childhood Overweight and Obesity: Parents Can Make a Difference
In recognition of the important role parent involvement plays in children's school success, the "Parents Project" contributed to the establishment of Nutrition-Friendly Schools by creating and expanding links between communities and schools, with the focus on parents. To mobilize parents to become part of Pennsylvania's team working toward Nutrition-Friendly Schools, Project PA developed this kit.
Team Nutrition Action Plan Grants
The purpose of the Project PA Team Nutrition Action Plan grant program was to help schools develop and implement action plans through which cafeteria, classroom, and community members worked together to improve school nutrition and participation in the school meals programs.
Teleconference 4
On May 12, 2004, Project PA, a collaboration between the Pennsylvania Department of Education and Penn State University, presented a one-day teleconference, “Increasing School Meals Participation: Creative Strategies that Work!”
Students Serving it Safe
Students Serving it Safe is an interactive CD-ROM program on the topic of food safety specifically developed for middle school students. The student user explores different areas of a food service operation, learning basic food safety techniques and strategies along the way. The program contains various short quizzes and provides immediate feedback to students as they navigate through the program. The CD also provides a medium for case-based learning by setting the scenario for a relevant and compelling case study.
Computer Exploration Kit
The "Computer Exploration Kit" was produced in July of 1997 to reduce anxiety towards computers among the SFS personnel least interested in using computers. Subsequently, 875 copies of the kit were distributed to all NSLP sponsors in the state, to be used for on-site training. It is also available from PDE.