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Live Webinars

• ​ ISBE Update, 9-10:30 a.m. Monday, July 25, 2022
  
• ​July 25, 2022, ISBE Update PowerPoint Presentation
  
• Procurement, 1-2:30 p.m. Monday, July 25, 2022
  
• ​July 25, 2022, Procurement PowerPoint Presentation
  
• Meal Pattern and Planning, 9-10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 26, 2022
  
• Meal Pattern and Planning PowerPoint Presentation​​
• Additional Resources
  
• Breakfast Menu Planner
• Converting Common Measures​​
• Exhibit A Grains Requirement Chart
• How to Plan Your Menus: A Step-By-Step Instruction​​​
• Lunch Menu Planner
• USDA Foods Product Information Sheets
• USDA Foods, 1-2:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 26, 2022
  
• USDA Foods PowerPoint Presentation​​​
  
• Monitoring, Part 1, 9-10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 27, 2022
  
• Monitoring, Part 1 PowerPoint Presentation
  
• Monitoring, Part 2​, 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, 2022​​
  
• Monitoring, Part 2 PowerPoint Presentation​
  
• Monitoring, Part 1:Build a Binder for Success​​
  

​ON-DEMAND Trainings

• Certification of Household Eligibility Applications (HEAs)
• ​Certification of Household Eligibility Applications (HEAs)PowerPoint Presentation​​​
• Direct Certification
  
• ​Direct Certification PowerPoint Presentation
  
• How to Complete Production Records​
  
• How to Complete Production Records PowerPoint Presentation
  
• Local Wellness Policies: Completing the Triennial Assessment​
  
• Local Wellness Policies: Completing the Triennial Assessment PowerPoint Presentation
• Local Wellness Policy Content Requirements
  
• Local Wellness Policy Content Requirements PowerPoint Presentation​
• National School Lunch Program Menu Planning:
• National School Lunch Program - Overview (13:24)
• National School Lunch Program - Overview PowerPoint Presentation
• NSLP Meat/Meat Alternate (6:30)
• NSLP Meat/Meat Alternate PowerPoint Presentation
• NSLP Grains Component (7:33)
• NSLP Grains Component PowerPoint Presentation
• NSLP Vegetable Subgroup Component (23:50)
• NSLP Vegetable Subgroup Component PowerPoint Presentation​​​
• NSLP Fruit Component (3:43)
• NSLP Fruit Component PowerPoint Presentation
• NSLP Fluid Milk Component (3:50)
• NSLP Fluid Milk Component PowerPoint Presentation
  
• Professional Standards: Hiring Standards for SNP Directors
  
• Professional Standards: Hiring Standards for SNP Directors PowerPoint Presentation​
  
• Professional Standards: Required Training Hours and Resources
  
• ​Professional Standards: Required Training Hours and Resources PowerPoint Presentation​
  
• Reading the Nutrition Facts Label​​​
  
• Reading the Nutrition Facts Label PowerPoint Presentation
• School-Based Afterschool Snack Program​​
  
• School-Based Afterschool Snack Program PowerPoint Presentation
• School Breakfast Program Menu Planning Trainings:
• School Breakfast Program- Overview (6:34)
• School Breakfast Program- Overview PowerPoint Presentation
• School Breakfast ITEM vs School Breakfast COMPONENT (4:23)
• School Breakfast ITEM vs School Breakfast COMPONENT PowerPoint Presentation
• SBP Grains Component (8:05)
• SBP Grains Component PowerPoint Presentation
• SBP Fruit Component (10:50)
• SBP Fruit Component PowerPoint Presentation​
• SBP Fluid Milk (4:00)
• SBP Fluid Milk PowerPoint Presentation​
• SBP Meat/Meat Alternate (3:40)
• SBP Meat/Meat Alternate PowerPoint Presentation​
  
• Smart Snacks
• ​Smart Snacks PowerPoint Presentation​
  
• Transitional Standards for Milk, Whole Grains, & Sodium (SY 22-23 through SY 23-24)
  
• Transitional Standards for Milk, Whole Grains, & Sodium (SY 22-23 through SY 23-24) PowerPoint Presentation
  
• WINS Claim Submission and FRIS Payment Information
  
• ​WINS Claim Submission and FRIS Payment Information PowerPoint Presentation​​
  

USDA Food Buying Guide

The USDA Food Buying Guide (FBG) is an essential tool developed to assist operators in purchasing the right amount of food and purchasing it most economically. In addition, the FBG is a good resource for determining the specific contribution each food makes toward the meal pattern requirements to ensure that meals provide necessary nourishment and meet program requirements for reimbursement. To help you become more familiar and comfortable using the FBG, the USDA has developed the following training modules:​

• Overview of the FBG for Child Nutrition Programs
• FBG Recipe Analysis Workbook
• FBG Product Formulation Statement
• FBG Goes Digital
• Navigating the FBG Calculator
• FBG’s Exhibit A Grains Tool to the Rescue
• How to Maximize the FBG’s Exhibit A Grains Tool
  

These modules may be accessed at https://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/food-buying-guide-training-resources​. Another helpful FBG resource is the User Manual for FBG​.

SY 2022-23 RESOURCES

Live Webinars

• ISBE Update, 1:04:15, 7/19/21
• ​ISBE Update Presentation
  
• Menu Planning, 1:17:10, 7/19/21
• Menu Planning Presentation​
  
• USDA Foods, 1:05:55, 7/20/21
• ​USDA Foods Presentation​
  
• Financial Management, 1:01:27, 7/20/21
• Financial Management Presentation​
• Monitoring, 1:15:30, 7/21/21
• ​Monitoring Presentation​
  
• Wrap-Up Game​​, 1:35:30, 7/21/21​
  
• Wrap-Up Game​​ ​Presentation​

School Year 2021-22 Resources

• Planning for a Dynamic School Environment During School Year 2021-2022: Supply Chain Issues​
  
• Sample Letter to Families Regarding Menu Changes/Product Substitutions​
• Talk to ISBE Tuesday Webinar Series
• Aug. 17​ 
  
• ​​​Talk to ISBE Tuesday Webinar Series: Aug. 17 Presentation​
  
• Sept. 21
  
• ​​Talk to ISBE Tuesday Webinar Series: Sept. 21 ​Presentation​
  
• Oct. 12
  
• ​​Talk to ISBE Tuesday Webinar Series: Oct. 12 Presentation
• Nov. 16 
  
• ​​​Talk to ISBE Tuesday Webinar Series: Nov. 16 Presentation
• Dec. 14​ 
  
• ​​​Talk to ISBE Tuesday Webinar Series: Dec. 14Presentation
• CDC Guidance for COVID-19 Prevention in K-12 Schools (updated July 9, 2021)
• HEAs and Alternative Socioeconomic Forms Comparison​
  
• ​ISBE SY 21-22 FAQs​
  
• Meal Pattern Waiver Chart for SY 21-22​​​
  
• Program Year 2022 SNP Application Instructions for Seamless Summer Option​
  
• ​Recorded Webinar: 2022 SNP Application Instructions for SSO​​​​
  
• Reimbursement Rate Comparison Chart SY 21-22​
  
• Waiver Submission Process Update​
  • School Nutrition Programs: ISBE Waiver Submission Process​​​​
• SSO School Meals Announcement to Parents Template
• ​Spanish Version​of SSO School Meals Announcement to Parents Template
• USDA Q&A for Child Nutrition Program Operations in SY 21-22​​
  

On-Demand Training

• Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the Connection to School Nutrition
• Recorded Webinar
• Food Distribution
  
• Fact Sheet: Diversion to Processor
• Fact Sheet: DOD
• Fact Sheet: USDA Foods
• Financial Management
• Fact Sheet: Code of Conduct​
• ​Fact Sheet: Large/Formal Purchase Method: For FSMC/Vended Meals
• Fact Sheet: Large/Formal Purchase Method: For Food/Supplies/Equipment/Services
• Fact Sheet: Maintenance of the Non-Profit School Food Account
• Fact Sheet: Micro Purchase Method​
• Fact Sheet: Procurement Procedure
• Fact Sheet: Small Purchase Method
• Fact Sheet: Terminologies
• Local Wellness Policies
• Fact Sheet​
  
• Recorded Webinar: Local Wellness Policy Content Requirements
• Recorded Webinar: Completing the Triennial Assessment​
• Offering Smoothies as Part of Reimbursable School Meals: Grades K-12
• USDA Professional Standards for School Nutrition Programs
  
• ​Fact Sheet​​
  

Live Webinars

• ISBE Update, 1:33:18, 07/20/20​ 
  
• ISBE Update, 1:33:18, 07/20/20Presentation
• USDA Foods, 56:00, 07/21/20
• USDA Foods, 56:00, 07/21/20Presentation
• Financial Management, 1:12:37, 07/21/20
• Financial Management, 1:12:37, 07/21/20Presentation
• Monitoring, 1:10:45, 07/22/20
• Monitoring, 1:10:45, 07/22/20Presentation
• Nutritional Pursuit: Test Your Knowledge, 25:48, 07/22/20
• ISBE Update, 1:17:10, 8/11/20 
  
• ISBE Update, 1:17:10, 8/11/20 Presentation
• ISBE Update, 1:21:20, 9/2/20
• ISBE Update, 1:21:20, 9/2/20Presentation 
  

On-Demand Trainings

• Benefit Issuance & Meal Counting and Claiming
• DOD Fresh (Food Distribution Program) , 08:05
  
• General Procurement, 23:05
• Fact Sheets
• Local Wellness Policies & the Triennial Assessment, 17:02
• Webinar slides with links
• Local Wellness Policy Webpage
• Menu Recordkeeping
• Production Records and Menus, 27:12
• CN Labels, Product Formulation Statements, and Nutritional Labels, 22:41 
  
• Standardized Recipes and The Food Buying Guide, 11:01
• NSLP Meal Pattern Requirements, 31:00
• Vegetable Subgroups
• Grain Requirements
• Lunch Meal Pattern Requirements
• Steer Clear of Common Administrative Revie w Findings , 39:15
• Twists and Turns of Preschool Meals, 15:40
• Preschool Meals Fact Sheet
• Serving School Meals to Preschoolers
• Choose Yogurts Lower in Sugar
• Calculating Sugar Limits in Breakfast Cereals
• USDA Foods: Placing Your Annual Order  

Fact Sheets

• Diversion to Processor
• DOD Fresh
• Preschool Meals
• USDA Foods 
  
• USDA Professional Standards for School Nutrition Programs 
  

Financial Management

• Code of Conduct
• General Procurement
• Indirect Cost
• Maintenance of Nonprofit School Foodservice Account
• Paid Lunch Equity
• Procurement Policy
• Procurement Review
• Resource Management 
  
• Revenue From Nonprogram Foods 
  

• Accommodations of Special Dietary Needs​​
  
• ​Modified Meal Request By Parent/Guardian Form
  
• Medical Authority Modified Meal Request Form​
  
• Benefit Issuance and Meal Counting
  
• Breakfast Meal Pattern
  
• Certification of Household Eligibility Applications​
  
• Civil Rights
  
• Claims/FRIS​​
• Common Administrative Review Findings
  
• Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) 
  
• Direct Certification​
  
• Farm to School
  
• ​Food Allergy Book
  
• ​Spanish​
  
• General Procurement​
  
• Grain Requirements for School Year 2019-20
  
• ISBE Update​
  
• Local Wellness Policy Regulations and Resources
  
• Mega Discussion: Unpaid Meal Policy​
  
• Menu Recordkeeping, Including Leftovers/Share Tables
  
• Sample Production Record​
  
• Overview of the CACFP
  
• Overview of the Procurement Reviews​
  
• Overview of the School Nutrition Programs
  
• Overview of the Summer Programs, SFSP and SSO​
  
• Preschool Meal Pattern
  
• Processed USDA Foods: How to Order? Should You Order?​
  
• Resource Management: Maintenance of Nonprofit School Foodservice Account and Indirect Cost​​
  
• Resource Management: Paid Lunch Equity and Nonprogram Foods​​
  
• School Lunch Meal Pattern
  
• Smarter Lunchroom Techniques
  
• SNP Data Available, Now What?​
  
• USDA Foods: Overview of the Three Options to Maximize PAL Dollars
  
• USDA Professional Standards​​​
  
• USDA Web Based Household Eligibility Application​
  
• Vegetable Subgroups​​​
  
• Verification​
  
• ​Verification Process Timeline​
  
• What You Can Do To Help Prevent Wasted Food​​​​​​
  

• The ABCs of School Nutrition (University of Illinois Extension)​
  
• ​​ISBE Resources, Webinars, and Workshops
• ISBE Nutrition Department List of Events
  
• Professional Standards for All School Nutrition Programs
• Institute of Child Nutrition​