Child Nutrition Training

If you have questions regarding any of our trainings, please contact a member of the Child Nutrition staff.

Back to Basics Handbook (Updated 8/19/2024)

Child & Adult Food Care Program (CACFP)

• CACFP Claim Demo (60:00) 
  For additional CACFP training, please use this link to visit the CACFP pages.

CNPWeb

• Please use this link to find information and webinars for CNPWeb.

Financial

Please use this link to find information and webinars on financial reporting.

• Know Your Numbers Webinar
• Know Your Numbers (pdf)

National School Lunch Program (NSLP)

• A review of traditional NSLP (15:00) 
• A review of traditional NSLP (pdf)
• Accountability (30:00)
• Afterschool Snack Program (10:00)
• Breakfast (15:00) - (Recorded SY22)
• Counting & Claiming Reimbursable Meals (15:00) 
• Crediting Meal Components (30:00) 
• Dietary Accommodations (30:00) 
• Edit Checks
• Food Safety and HACCP Plans (30:00)
• Informal Procurement (30:00) 
• Introduction to Child Nutrition Programs (15:00) 
• Local Foods (30:00)  
• Offer Versus Serve (30:00) 
• Onsite Monitoring Requirements (15:00) 
• Pre-K Meal Pattern (30:00)
• Procurement Basics (15:00) 
• Production Records (15:00) 
• Professional Standards (15:00)
• Reducing Sodium in Meals (25:00)
• Reducing Sugar Limits in Schools (20:00)
• Resource Management (15:00) 
• Smart Snacks (15:00) 
• Standardized Recipes (15:00) 
• The School Breakfast Program (15:00) 
• The School Lunch Program (30:00) 
• Triennial Assessment of the Local Wellness Policy (15:00)
• Whole Grains (10:00) 

New Director Bootcamp 

The following presentations are from the SY2025 New Director Bootcamp

• Additional Requirements
• Civil Rights and Dietary Accommodations
  • This is an overview of Civil Rights and does not count as the required annual training.
    You can find the training on the Civil Rights page of our website. 
• Crediting Meal Components
• Meal Counting and Claiming
• Meal Pattern Overview
• Navigating CNPweb
• Overview of School Nutrition Programs
• Procurement 101
• Professional Standards
• Resource Management
• Smart Snacks
• Standardized Recipes and Production Records
• USDA Foods 

Handouts

• Annual Requirements
• Exhibit A
• Key Terms and Definitions
• Lunch Menu Planning Form
• National School Lunch Program Quick Guide
• National School Lunch Program Meal Pattern 
• Offer vs Serve Breakfast Tip Sheet
• Offer vs Serve Lunch Tip Sheet
• Production Record
• School Breakfast Program Quick Guide
• School Breakfast Program Meal Pattern
• Special Dietary Needs Quick Guide
• Vegetable Subgroup

ServSafe

These classes are for Maine School Food Service workers only

For Maine Child Nutrition to travel to your District to present a ServSafe class the following requirements must be meet:

• A minimum of 15 students
• Registrants from a minimum of 3 Districts
• A screen to project onto
• The room the training will be conducted in is not a pass through to someplace else.
• Signage on the doors “Class in Session: Do not Disturb”
• Room for individuals to separate during the exam. People cannot sit next to someone else. Think social distancing

The class and test will be over two (2) days, either:

• A full day with the test on the next day or,
• Start at noon on the first day and finish in the morning on the second day.

 

The cost for a full class, which includes the book and answer sheet, is $102.  If a person has a current book and is retesting, the cost is $51.00 for an answer sheet.

Once a class is scheduled, it will be posted to the Child Nutrition Thursday update and on the Events page of the Child Nutrition website.

Registration for the class ends two weeks before the day of the class.  Books will be ordered the day after registration ends.

ServSafe.com offers a class and the ability to take the exam online.  In order for the exam to be taken online the device used must have a working camera.  The person taking the exam must be visible to the proctor.

ServSafe Posters

• Basic Food Safety Practices Checklist
• Food Safety Basics Comprehensive Chart
• Restaurant Manager's Guide to Passing a Health Inspection
• Self-inspection Checklist
• Developing a Culture of Food Safety-Manager's Edition
• Culture of Food Safety Scorecard
• Developing a Culture of Food Safety
• Big 9 Allergens

Child Nutrition Updates

• SY 2024 End-of-Year Webinar
• SY 2024 End-of-Year Webinar (PDF)

Verification

Please use this link to find Verification information and webinars