We continue our Leadership Series with special guest Joan Shorter, Director, Prince George’s County Public Schools, Maryland
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A message from our Executive Director
As ICN continues its 30th anniversary celebration, we have much to look forward to and much to reflect on. Our 30th year brings record number trainings, face-to-face and through our eLearning portal, as well as outreach through ICN’s [Read More]
Throughout the spring quarter, Applied Research Division (ARD) researchers engaged in a variety of outreach and professional development activities as ambassadors of ICN. Activities included publications and traveling to several states to present at or to participate in conferences that addressed a diverse spectrum of needs in the field of child nutrition.
During the month [Read More]
As the Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN) celebrates 30 years of ICNspiring child nutrition professionals, we reflect on what has been accomplished and what is still to come. We have three new oral histories that tell the stories of child nutrition professionals from [Read More]
ICN’s Applied Research Division (ARD) conducts research and develops resources to assist child nutrition professionals in the successful operation of their programs. In the first quarter, ARD staff provided learning sessions, webinars, and presentations for several events.
1. Dr. Keith Rushing presented a learning session: Essential Key Performance Indicators for School Nutrition Success at TASBO’s [Read More]
The Institute of Child Nutrition provides face-to-face group training FREE of charge on a variety of child nutrition management topics that are aligned with USDA’s Professional Standards.
Over 14,000 Trained in 2017
By the end of 2017, ICN will have conducted over 400 on-site trainings in 45 States and Guam reaching over 14,000 participants with free materials and training. Included in these numbers are the CACFP Meal Pattern Requirements training for which ICN provided 92 trainings in 24 states and territories and reached [Read More]
Thousands of users are taking advantage of ICN’s new eLearning Portal. The new system offers free, self-paced online courses that provide an excellent method of meeting professional standards requirements. Courses can be taken over multiple sessions, on different computers and mobile devices, and they are coded with USDA Professional Standards Codes and SNA Key Areas. [Read More]
The Applied Research Division of the Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN) recently developed a research based resource to assist school nutrition (SN) professionals in identifying and utilizing 12 standard SN Key Performance indicators for managing and evaluating the following areas of their programs:
The resource [Read More]
Beverly Cross
Almost exactly 27 years ago, just as the National Food Service Management Institute was established, Beverly Pittman Cross began her dedicated career at what is now known as the Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN). She has contributed to growth, seen and affected [Read More]
