To Your Credit - Online Professional Development Articles (PDAs) Earn CEUs online using School Nutrition magazine's monthly "To Your Credit" CEU tests! To complete a Professional Development Article (PDA) test: Decide which month’s article you would like to read prior to taking the exam (see charts organized by Key Area below).* Don’t have your magazine handy? Review and/or print an article from the archive list below. Note: You will need to be an SNA member and/or registered user of SchoolNutrition.org to access articles. Place an “order” for the test and pay for it through SNA’s Shopping Cart before you start answering the questions. Once you have paid for the test, you will be taken to a page to select the specific month’s test that you would like to complete (see charts below). Follow the instructions for payment and for completing the test page. Once you submit your answers, you will receive an e-mail acknowledgement immediately. CEUs will be recorded on MyAccount once you have passed the test. To pass the test, you must earn a grade of 80% or higher. SNA Service Center staff will inform you if do not pass the test. Once you place your order, you will not be able to cancel it and start again. Please be prepared to take the test at the time you place your order and make your payment. If the test page is idle for 20 minutes without refreshing the web page, members will be logged out and redirected to the SNA homepage. There will be no refunds. *Participants in the SNA Certificate in School Nutrition program are only allowed to submit three passing PDA tests per year. Each PDA has been aligned to USDA's Professional Standards Learning Codes. Ready to take the test and earn CEUs? Click here to take a test! Magazine Article Archive Key Area 1: Nutrition Article Title Date of Publication USDA Professional Standard Code Cool Beans! November 2019 1210: Nutrition Education Fats: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly February 2019 1320: General Nutrition Refresh Your Menus the Crazy-Easy Way September 2018 1140: Menu Planning Fuel the Student Machine May 2018 1300: General Nutrition Are You (and Your Students)Ready to Veg Out? January 2018 1160: Menu Planning Key Area 2: Operations Article Title Date of Publication USDA Professional Standard Code Thinking HAACP in a COVID-19 World October 2020 2610: Food Safety & HACCP Readying Your Recall Reactions June/July 2020 2530: Food Production Records An Authoritative “Record” Collection March 2019 2120: Food Production Records Buy American, Eat American October 2018 2400: Purchasing/Procurement Know Your Enemy April 2018 2630: General Food Safety Procedures Key Area 3: Administration Article Title Date of Publication USDA Professional Standard Code Managerial Mistakes to Avoid January 2020 3210: Manage Staff Work Right On Schedule September 2019 3210: Program Management Who's Got Your Back? June/July 2019 3450: Employee Health, Safety & Wellness Don't Be Trashy: Recycle January 2019 3250: Manage Water, Energy & Waste Training Plans 101 November 2018 3430: Training Plans & Tracking Revisiting Recess Before Lunch June/July 2018 3230: Healthy Food & Environment When Kids Pay? March 2018 3300: Financial Management Key Area 4: Communications & Marketing Article Title Date of Publication USDA Professional Standard Code Lights, Camera, Lunchtime! May 2019 4120: Program Promotion Social Media Butterfly or Buffoon? December 2018 4120: Social Media Understanding Tomorrow’s Tastemakers Today August 2018 4120: Program Promotion 10 Secrets to Body Language Literacy February 2018 4140: Communication Skills