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SNE to Explore Credentialing Programs for NutritionEducation Professionals and Paraprofessionals
What’s in a credential? Plenty if it canhelp establish your credibility with anew audience or ensure a client thatyou have received the training neededto provide sound nutrition education ina clear consistent manner. As part ofour mission to advance the food andnutrition education profession to im-pact healthful food choices and lifestylebehaviors at the individual, communityand policy levels, the Society for Nutri-tion Education (SNE) is exploring thedevelopment of two distinct credential-ing programs, one for nutrition educa-tion professionals and another for nutri-tion education paraprofessionals.Among the strategies explored by theSNE Board at our Strategic Planningretreat and Fall Board meeting, creden-tialing continued to surface as a needand important opportunity the Societyshould undertake to help achieve itsgoal of enhancing the nutrition educa-tion profession. Both programs will be
driven by the SNE membership and de-other in a few short months.
signed to enhance the credibility of thenutrition education professional andparaprofessional.
The credentialing program for para-professionals will be based on core com-petencies identified by experienced pro-gram coordinators in the ExpandedFood and Nutrition Education Program(EFNEP) and Food Stamp NutritionEducation (FSNE) program as impor-tant for paraprofessionals implementingnutrition education outreach programs.As with the American Dietetic Asso-ciation’s Registration program, cre-dentialing will be competency based,require continued educational develop-ment and be self-sustaining. Member-ship in SNE will not be a requirement,but will be encouraged. One of the post-workshops for this year’s SNE AnnualConference in San Francisco will focuson developing standards for credential-ing paraprofessional staff in federal nu-trition education programs. Starting
with the recently developed core com-rich history of heroes of science who
petencies and combining with the ex-perience of program coordinators acrossthe country and in the federal govern-ment, standards for a nutrition educatorcredential will be developed with thegoal of enriching and achieving a newstandard of excellence across all pro-grams. If you are interested in learningmore about and assisting in the devel-opment of the credentialing program fornutrition education paraprofessionals besure to sign up for this post-workshop.SNE is also looking for volunteers tohelp with the exploration and develop-ment of the credentialing program fornutrition education professionals. If youhave experience with developing ormanaging credentialing programs orhave an interest in serving on one ofthe task forces to develop either creden-tialing program, please contact me [email protected].
Pat Kendall, PhD, RD
2005-2006 SNE PresidentFROM JNEB
To Preserve and Protect
The world of science has been shakento its core lately with an admission offraud from the lead author of an arti-cle on cloning published in one of ourmost distinguished scholarly journals,reports of scientific findings fromNASA being altered through its pub-lic relations department, and intensi-fying questions about gifts to physi-cians and pharmacists from makers ofmedical devices and drugs. Readingabout these serious breaches of publictrust on the part of scientists is alarm-ing, especially coming one after the
As scientists, our reputations areeverything. The public relies on us totell it like it is, pulling no punches andallowing no quarter for bias or influ-ence. We all have our biases but weexamine them (scientist know thy-self), acknowledge them, and do ev-erything in our power to put themaside as we design studies and drawconclusions from them
At one time, scientists were ex-communicated, held under house ar-rest, jailed, tortured and killed forspeaking truth to power. We have a
gave their all to ensure a better futurefor us and for the world. We will notlet them down.
All staff at JNEB take very seri-ously their role in the preservationof scientific information, protectedfrom unacknowledged conflicts ofinterest. Of course, nutrition educa-tors rarely serve as the beneficiariesof financial largess from private en-tities; nevertheless, conflicts of in-terest, both real and perceived, ex-ist. Most authors rely on publicationof their work to advance their ca-
reers and ensure financial security
for their families. It’s not expensivegifts or free trips to exclusive resortsor even prestigious internationalawards that drive us. It’s our liveli-hood and our commitment to theprofession.
the reviewers who, individually andcollectively, build the body of knowl-edge on which we rely as nutritioneducators. We honor their contribu-tions by doing our part to ensure thatJNEB remains the most trusted source
Due diligence aside, it just makes goodsense.
Faithfully Yours,Sandi
Sandra K. Shepherd, PhD, RD
My hat’s off to the authors and of information for nutrition educators. EditorInvitation for Letters to the EditorThe Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior welcomes timely and succinct lettersexpressing responsible criticism or reaction to material published in previous issues and letterscalling attention to topics of general interest to nutrition education professionals. Letters shouldbe addressed “To the Editor.” The Editor may send letters to other persons for reaction orrebuttal.
Submission of a letter to the editor constitutes permission for the Journal of Nutrition Educationand Behavior to publish it in our pages with appropriate editing and abridgment. Authors ofletters to the editor must acknowledge financial and other conflicts of interest within the letterand/or in an author affiliation footnote to accompany the letter.
Letters should be no more than 200 words. They should be typewritten and double-spaced with1" margins.
Letters regarding articles published in JNEB will receive priority preference for publishing.
Send letters to:Sandra K. Shepherd, PhD, RD, EditorJournal of Nutrition Education and BehaviorDepartment of Food Science and Human NutritionColorado State University502 W. Lake Street, Campus Delivery 1571Fort Collins, CO 80523-1571Tel: (970) 491-3060; Fax: (970) 491-7252e-mail: [email protected]
