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Earn 6 hours of USDA Professional Standards for school nutrition staff at no charge! Individual pre-registration is required as space is limited. Lunch and light refreshments will be provided. Tentative topics: Incorporating Cultural Foods in the School Lunchroom; ISBE Update; Staff Recruitment and Training; Healthy Lunchrooms

Earn four (4) hours of USDA Professional Standards for school nutrition team members from the ABCs of School Nutrition. ABCs of School Nutrition is provided by University of Illinois Extension and funded by the Illinois State Board of Education. There is no charge for the training, but individual pre-registration is required as space is limited. Lunch and light refreshments will be provided. Agenda: 9 – 9:30 am: Welcome & Orientation. 9:30 – 10:30 am: Incorporating Cultural Foods in the Lunchroom. 10:30 – 11:30 am: Reducing Sugar at Meals. 11:30 am – 12:30 pm: Lunch. 12:30 -1:30 pm: Reducing School Food Waste. 1:30 – 2:30 pm: Taste Tests. Registration will close on 7/22/25 or when location meets capacity. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate, please contact James McCombs at jmccomb2@illinois.edu. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs.

Earn four (4) hours of USDA Professional Standards for school nutrition team members. There is no charge for the training, but individual pre-registration is required as space is limited. Lunch will be provided. Topics: Recruiting and Training New Staff, Incorporating Cultural Foods in the Lunchroom, Rethink the Sweet, HACCP and Food Safety Plans. Registration will close on 7/22/25 or when location meets capacity. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate, please contact Karina Moore at kmoors02s@illinois.edu. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs.

Earn five (5) hours of USDA Professional Standards for school nutrition team members from the ABCs of School Nutrition. ABCs of School Nutrition is provided by University of Illinois Extension and funded by the Illinois State Board of Education. There is no charge for the training, but individual pre-registration is required as space is limited. Lunch and light refreshments will be provided. Topics: Healthy Lunchrooms; Incorporating Cultural Foods in the Lunchroom; Staff Recruitment and Training; Taste Tests; Fifth topic to be announced. Registration will close on 7/23/25 or when location meets capacity. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate, please contact Hannah Fee at hcgravot@illinois.edu . Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs.

Earn 6 hours of USDA Professional Standards for school nutrition staff at no charge! Individual pre-registration is required as space is limited. Lunch and light refreshments will be provided. If you need reasonable accommodation to participate, please contact Meredith Probst at maepley@illinois.edu . Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs.

Earn five (5) hours of USDA Professional Standards for school nutrition team members from the ABCs of School Nutrition. ABCs of School Nutrition is provided by University of Illinois Extension and funded by the Illinois State Board of Education. There is no charge for the training, but individual pre-registration is required as space is limited. Lunch and light refreshments will be provided. Agenda: 8:30-9 a.m. Welcome & Check In. 9-10 a.m. Culinary Math - Part 1. 10-10:30 a.m. Communicating with Families. 10:30-11:30 a.m. Incorporating Cultural Foods. 11:45-12:15 p.m. Lunch. 12:15-2:15 p.m. Breakout Sessions. 2:30-3 p.m. Taste Tests. Registration will close on 7/23/25 or when location meets capacity. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate, please contact Caitlin Mellendorf at chuth2@illinois.edu or 217-300-9226. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs.

This training will provide six hours of USDA Professional Standards credits. There is no charge for this training; however, pre-registration is required. Registration is from 7:30 to 8:00 a.m. The training will start promptly at 8:00 a.m. and last until 3:30 p.m. We look forward to seeing you there!

Earn six (6) hours of USDA Professional Standards for school nutrition team members from the ABCs of School Nutrition. ABCs of School Nutrition is provided by the University of Illinois Extension and funded by the Illinois State Board of Education. There is no charge for the training, but individual pre-registration is required as space is limited. Lunch and light refreshments will be provided. Tentative Schedule: 9-10 am: Vegetarian Options in the Lunchroom. 10-11 am: Incorporating Cultural Foods in the School Lunchroom. 11-12 pm: Farm to School. 12-1 pm: Lunch. 1-2 pm: ISBE presentation (Topic TBD). 2-4 pm: Bridges Toward Better Cultural Humility. Registration will close on 7/30/25 or when the location meets capacity. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate, please contact Tracy Bowden at tbowden@illinois.edu. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs.

Earn 6 hours of USDA Professional Standards for school nutrition staff at no charge! Individual pre-registration is required as space is limited. Lunch and light refreshments will be provided. If you need reasonable accommodation to participate, please contact Kara Boozer at karacox2@illinois.edu or 618-242-0780. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs.

Earn four (4) hours of USDA Professional Standards for school nutrition team members from the ABCs of School Nutrition. ABCs of School Nutrition is provided by University of Illinois Extension and funded by the Illinois State Board of Education. There is no charge for the training, but individual pre-registration is required as space is limited. Lunch and light refreshments will be provided. Agenda: 8:30 a.m. Welcome. 9 – 10 a.m. Breakout Session 1: Incorporating Cultural foods in the School Lunchroom. 10 – 11 a.m. Breakout Session 2: Vegetarian Options in the Lunchroom. 11 a.m. – noon: ISBE Speaker. Noon – 1 p.m.: Lunch. 1 – 2 p.m.: Rethink the Sweet. Registration will close on 7/22/25 or when location meets capacity. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate, please contact Susan Glassman at susang@illinois.edu. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs.