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Small Fish in a Big Pond: Setting Up Young and New SNP’s for Success
Learn what obstacles young and new school nutrition professionals face when starting out in the field and discover tangible solutions directors can implement.
Tips and Tricks for Menu Planning Success
Learn how to use USDA’s menu planning tools to help reinvigorate your school menu and discover new techniques from seasoned directors on effective, innovative menu planning tips and tricks they have incorporated.
SNA 2023 Legislative Update
Learn more about SNA’s 2023 advocacy efforts and how child nutrition programs fit into the current landscape and potential impacts on your school meal programs.
The Velvet Rope Workplace: Where Every Employee Feels Like a V.I.P and No One Wants to Leave!
Learn how to create a work culture that attracts high quality people to your program with Fred Schafer’s “Velvet Rope Workplace” formula.
Unlocking Operational Effectiveness through Quality KPIs
Discover how you can use KPIs to garner insights to drive financially sound school nutrition programs and how identifying and using KPIs allows school nutrition directors and school districts to make thoughtful, data-driven decisions to continue operating school nutrition programs effectively.
Expanding the Mobile Breakfast Culture: How a K-12 CEP District Launched Breakfast After the Bell for All Students
Hear from school nutrition operators with Redlands (Calif.) USD—and how they achieved their goal (for SY2021-22) to provide breakfast after the bell to ALL students.
Presenting Your Program Realities to Your Admin and Boards 3.0
It’s vital that school administrators and School Board members clearly understand the realities of operating your school foodservice program—learn tricks of the trade from past SNA presidents on how to present yourself, your team and your program in the best light.
Conversation with Schools Regarding Procurement Strategies and Best Practices
Representatives from USDA provide a brief update on Federal procurement requirements, followed by a roundtable discussion with school nutrition operators.
Ensuring Equitable Access: Kosher and Halal School Meals–Part of SNA’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access Series
Join us to understand how halal and kosher foods fit into the meal patterns of the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs and how to better serve students and families who observe these diets.
You’ve Got This! Starting and Strengthening a Successful Farm-to-School Program
Learn how to start conversations with local producers to integrate local foods into your school meal program, hear best practices for weaving hands-on agricultural lessons into the curriculum and discover ways to market your farm to school efforts.