Overall ConceptOverall Concept Food Safety Professional Development for Food Safety Professional Development for

Early Childhood Educators Early Childhood Educators

Teacher Training

Teaching practices

Children’s practicing food safety behaviors

Risk of food-bourn illness

Affects

TeachersReduces

Project GoalsProject Goals

Children will demonstrate improved food Children will demonstrate improved food safety practices in the classroom.safety practices in the classroom.

There will reduce the risk of the food-borne There will reduce the risk of the food-borne illness in Alabama.illness in Alabama.

Overall ConceptOverall Concept Food Safety Professional Development for Food Safety Professional Development for

Early Childhood Educators Early Childhood Educators

Teacher Training

Teaching practices

Children’s practicing food safety behaviors

Risk of food-bourn illness

Affects

TeachersReduces

Project GoalsProject Goals ECE teachers and parents will increase ECE teachers and parents will increase

knowledge and understanding of effective knowledge and understanding of effective strategies to teach children about food safety strategies to teach children about food safety behaviors in classrooms.behaviors in classrooms.

ECE teachers will more frequently apply and ECE teachers will more frequently apply and teach food safety practices in the classroom.teach food safety practices in the classroom.

Overall ConceptOverall Concept Food Safety Professional Development for Food Safety Professional Development for

Early Childhood Educators Early Childhood Educators

Teacher Training

Teaching practices

Children’s practicing food safety behaviors

Risk of food-bourn illness

Affects

TeachersReduces

Project GoalsProject Goals

Project will develop research based food Project will develop research based food safety education training module.safety education training module.

ECE teachers and parents will participate and ECE teachers and parents will participate and increase number of hours in food safety increase number of hours in food safety education training.education training.

Project Activities Project Activities

Multidisciplinary teams will develop a Multidisciplinary teams will develop a research-based food safety education research-based food safety education training module. training module.

Project ActivitiesProject Activities

ECE administrator, teacher and parent ECE administrator, teacher and parent team will participate in one day “Teach-to-team will participate in one day “Teach-to-Others” food safety education training.Others” food safety education training.

Project ActivitiesProject Activities

Mini grants and technical assistance will Mini grants and technical assistance will be provided to assist the participating be provided to assist the participating teams in conducting “Share-the-Training” teams in conducting “Share-the-Training” with their colleagues and parents.with their colleagues and parents.

Overall ConceptOverall Concept Food Safety Professional Development for Food Safety Professional Development for

Early Childhood Educators Early Childhood Educators

Teacher Training

Teaching practices

Children’s practicing food safety behaviors

Risk of food-bourn illness

Affects

TeachersReduces

Where we are now:Where we are now:Multidisciplinary teams will develop a research-based Multidisciplinary teams will develop a research-based

food safety education training module. food safety education training module.

Training ModuleTraining Module How teachers teach - childrenHow teachers teach - children

How trainers train teams How trainers train teams (director/teacher/parent)(director/teacher/parent)

Goal 1: Children will demonstrate Goal 1: Children will demonstrate improved food safety practices in the improved food safety practices in the classroom.classroom.

KnowledgeKnowledge

SkillSkill

AttitudeAttitude

Goal 2: ECE teachers and parents will increase knowledge Goal 2: ECE teachers and parents will increase knowledge and understanding of effective strategies to teach and understanding of effective strategies to teach children about food safety behaviors in classrooms.children about food safety behaviors in classrooms.

Goal 3: ECE teachers will more frequently apply and teach Goal 3: ECE teachers will more frequently apply and teach food safety practices in the classroom.food safety practices in the classroom.

KnowledgeKnowledge

Instructional strategiesInstructional strategies

Parent involvement (creating relationships)Parent involvement (creating relationships)

Train-the-trainer Train-the-trainer modulemodule1) improve ECE teachers’ food safety subject knowledge1) improve ECE teachers’ food safety subject knowledge

2) improve teaching strategies for food safety 2) improve teaching strategies for food safety

3) will be high quality, sustained, and intensive3) will be high quality, sustained, and intensive

4) teach effective, research-based strategies4) teach effective, research-based strategies

5) include instruction in the use of data and assessments to 5) include instruction in the use of data and assessments to inform classroom practiceinform classroom practice

6) include strategies to build partnerships with parents 6) include strategies to build partnerships with parents

7) use experienced teachers and college faculty7) use experienced teachers and college faculty

8) provide follow-up to ensure implementation8) provide follow-up to ensure implementation

Accomplishments Accomplishments from WGM1from WGM1

Identified food safety conceptsIdentified food safety concepts

Identified strategies teacher can use to teach Identified strategies teacher can use to teach childrenchildren

Identified a model for conducting the workshop Identified a model for conducting the workshop

Food Safety Training Food Safety Training ContentContent

Recognizing symptoms of food-bore illness (Web source)Recognizing symptoms of food-bore illness (Web source) Recognizing the cause of food-borne illness (Web source)Recognizing the cause of food-borne illness (Web source) Prevention of transmission of food-borne illness (Web Prevention of transmission of food-borne illness (Web

source)source) Food handling procedures (Web source)Food handling procedures (Web source) Correct food serving (Web source)Correct food serving (Web source) Hand washing techniques (Web source)Hand washing techniques (Web source) Teaching food safety promotion concepts Teaching food safety promotion concepts ((What What

Can You DO! From Concept team)Can You DO! From Concept team) to children and parents to children and parents as part of the planning program of activities as part of the planning program of activities (General guideline From Strategy team)(General guideline From Strategy team)

Planning Worksheet for TeachersPlanning Worksheet for Teachers

Skills and ConceptsSkills and Concepts

Classroom ActivitiesClassroom Activities AssessmentAssessment

Template/Example for Teaching StrategiesTemplate/Example for Teaching Strategies

Direct Instruction ModelDirect Instruction Model

Structured Discovery ModelStructured Discovery Model

WorkshopWorkshop● ● 1 1 Tips for good presentation (Web source)Tips for good presentation (Web source)●● 1 Outcome of workshop1 Outcome of workshop●● 2 Process (pre-workshop survey, send out booklets 2 Process (pre-workshop survey, send out booklets

before workshop….)before workshop….)●● 2 Training tool (Kit)2 Training tool (Kit)● ● 1 1 A presentation plan templateA presentation plan template●● 1 Training strategies and tips1 Training strategies and tips●● 2 Implementation steps2 Implementation steps●● 2 Follow-up activities for teachers/parents2 Follow-up activities for teachers/parents●● 2 Follow-up activities for administrators/directors2 Follow-up activities for administrators/directors●● 2 Learning assessment2 Learning assessment●● CertificateCertificate● ● 1 1 Use of videoUse of video

What do we go from What do we go from here?here?

Identify outcome of childrenIdentify outcome of children Identify teaching strategies to Identify teaching strategies to

achieve the outcome of childrenachieve the outcome of children Identify the training workshop Identify the training workshop

strategies for training the team of strategies for training the team of director/teacher/parentdirector/teacher/parent

Goal 1: Children will demonstrate Goal 1: Children will demonstrate improved food safety practices in the improved food safety practices in the classroom.classroom.

KnowledgeKnowledge

SkillSkill

AttitudeAttitude