Description
Description: Food Smarts is a flexible, learner-centered cooking and nutrition curriculum with materials and lesson plans appropriate for K-12 youth and adults (including older adults). Participants of this training program will:
- Learn how to implement the Food Smarts nutrition and cooking program
- Explore the relationship between positive and adverse experiences and nourishment
- Develop trauma-informed engagement and facilitation strategies
- Learn how to facilitate virtual and in-person recipe demonstrations and group cooking activities that do not require a full kitchen.
Audience: For agency staff, volunteers, and community leaders. [If an agency has multiple participants, each participant must register separately so that their registration email address can then be added to our online training system.]
Training Delivery and Dates: This program includes self-paced content (videos, reflection activities, and readings) and live, instructor-led virtual sessions. Registered participants will gain access to our online training system (TalentLMS) beginning late-April and will need to complete about a half-hour of self-paced work prior to the first live session on 8/3. Participants will have access to digital curriculum files and will be mailed a Food Smarts curriculum bundle (includes an Adult workbook and instructor guide and a Kids workbook and instructor guide). Key dates are as follows:
- Self-Paced Course Opens: late-July
- Registration Closes: 8/2
- Live Zoom Sessions: 8/3 and 8/17; Times: 10am-12pm PST
NOTE: Although registration will remain open until 8/2, participants who register after 7/22 may not receive the hardcopy curriculum bundle until after the first session, in which case participants will have to rely on the digital curriculum for reference.
Total Training Time: Approximately eight hours total (four hours of live sessions and about four hours of self-paced work)
Next Steps: Upon completion of this program, participants are certified to deliver the Food Smarts Adult and Kids curriculum.
Note for CalFresh Participants: To obtain your discount, CalFresh Healthy Living funded agencies must first register as a partner. Then, click on the CalFresh Healthy Living logo under Partner Resources to reveal the promo code. CFHL will receive a sample curriculum bundle, please enter your shipping address when purchasing.
Food Smarts Training Participant –
I like how we actively used the instructor guide and workbook in the zoom sessions. I also like that there were moments that cater to mental, emotional and physical health to combat zoom fatigue.
Food Smarts Training Participant –
I love every bit about this curriculum, how it was implemented, the concepts that were discussed and the classroom management topics discussed. This was WAY more thorough than other normal trainings we have and I have been in this position 3 years so far.
Food Smarts Training Participant –
Great job! I looked forward to the trainings because they were positive, interactive, not with a monotone voice or simply reading off of a powerpoint and therefore made me not feel like I was still in school as a recent grad.
Food Smarts Training Participant –
You all did a fabulous job! Looking forward to implementing this curriculum to the community for our organization!