1. Professional Standards MASBO JUNE 18, 2015

2. The Basics 1. Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 established minimum professional standards for school employees who manage and operate the NSLP and SBPminimum professional standards Training standards Hiring standards 2. Effective July 1, 2015 3. Compliance assessed during an Administrative Review 2

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4. Handouts Today’s discussion will cover training & hiring standards using two handouts USDA HandoutOPI Handout

5. Training Standards Based on job duties and hours of employment

6. 4 Areas of Training 1.Nutrition 2.Operations 3.Administration 4.Communications and Marketing Each area has a list of Learning Codes Learning Objectives Learning Topics

7. Any training that lasts 15 minutes or longer counts! “Teachable Moments” in the kitchen can be counted towards Professional Standards training hours. Resources: Annual continuing education/training is an allowable use of the nonprofit school food service account. Professional Standards Website http://professionalstandards.nal.usda.gov/ OPI School Nutrition http://opi.mt.gov/Programs/SchoolPrograms/School_Nutri tionhttp://opi.mt.gov/Programs/SchoolPrograms/School_Nutri tion/ School Nutrition Association https://schoolnutrition.org/ MT School Nutrition Association http://www.mtsna.org/ 18

8. Documentation of training hours must be available for Administrative Review. An easy to use Professional Standards Training Tracking Tool is available here: http://www.fns.usda.gov/school-meals/professional-standards

13. USDA’s training tracker is not required. Keeping training records for 3 years is required.

14. Hiring Standards 14 What is your school’s enrollment?

15. Hiring Standards Grandfathering

16. Hiring Standards

17. SFA is required to monitor employee’s continuing education progress. Keep a record of hours. Training agenda (include date, time, objectives, etc.) Sign-in/Attendance sheet Certificates Other paper documentation Records must be retained for 3 years Administrative Review 17

18. Thank You! The USDA released memo SP 39-2015 on June 26, 2015.SP 39-2015 It addresses many of the questions that were asked during MASBO. More details on Professional Standards will be provided during the 2015-16SY. If you have questions or need more information, please contact: Teresa Motlas OPI School Nutrition Programs 406-444-3532 or tmotlas@mt.govtmotlas@mt.gov