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Listing of all of Project PA's produced teleconferences.
 
Teleconference 1: Making the Choice PDF Print E-mail
"Teleconference 1: Making the Choice", was arranged to reach the widely dispersed audience of Pennsylvania School Food Service personnel. "Making the Choice" aimed to provide SFS personnel with sufficient knowledge to enable them to select a menu planning system that matched the needs of their facility. It also sought to address concerns and to generate a positive team approach toward implementation of the new regulations. This teleconference reached 1300 SFS staff at 28 sites in Pennsylvania, 13 sites in New Jersey, and 1 site in Delaware. Project PA's "Making the Choice" poster won "Nutrition Education and Training" poster award at the American School Food Service Association's conference in Houston, TX, in July, 1996.See Project PA Abstracts.
 
Teleconference II: Taking the Steps PDF Print E-mail
"Teleconference II: Taking the Steps" aimed to define and clarify what constitutes compliance with the School Meals Initiative and to give SFSD the opportunity to practice applying the dietary guidelines to menu planning and/or modifying menus to meet the Nutrient Standards.

In July 1997, 50 SFSD in the Cadre were trained to facilitate the second teleconference. In August 1997, this teleconference reached 570 SFS employees at 24 downlink sites in PA. Their knowledge and attitudes about the SMI review improved significantly (p<0.0001).See Project PA Abstracts.
 
Teleconference III: Making it Work PDF Print E-mail
Project PA's third teleconference was conducted on May 2, 2000.  "Teleconference III: Making it Work", presented case studies of the steps taken by 2 PA SFSD's to meet the SMI guidelines.  Best Practices in school meals programs across the state were showcased in video and discussion formats.  Other topics covered were: Steps to successful SMI Action Planning and using resources to enhance implementation of an Action Plan.

21 Master Instructors and 15 PDE staff members met in April 2000 to prepare to facilitate the teleconference, which was then broadcast in May to 24 downlink sites across PA with over 500 people again participating.
 
Teleconference IV — Increasing School Meals Participation: Creative Strategies that Work! PDF Print E-mail

On May 12, 2004, Project PA, a collaboration between the Pennsylvania Department of Education and Penn State University, presented a one-day teleconference, “Increasing School Meals Participation: Creative Strategies that Work!”

  • The primary target audience for the teleconference was school foodservice employees.
  • The teleconference was broadcast to 27 sites in Pennsylvania, reaching 350 participants.
  • Funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Division of Food and Nutrition, with
  • Federal State Administrative Expense funds provided by the Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture.

The objectives of the teleconference were for participants to:

  1. Be motivated to take positive action to improve school meals participation
  2. List barriers to improving participation
  3. Identify effective, feasible solutions to barriers
  4. Identify action steps to improve participation
  5. Identify creative strategies they can implement in their own schools
  6. Identify resources to help improve school meals participation