Food Safety Professional Development for Early Childhood Educators

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Food Safety Professional Development for Early
Childhood Educators

• Dr. Huey-Ling Lin, Project Director
• Alabama State University

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Overview

• Funding Agency
• Project Goals
• Project Activities
• Q A

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An Integrated Research, Education, and Extension
Competitive Grant

• Has been funded through U.S. Department of
  Agriculture (500,000 for three years)

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Overall Concept
Childrens practicing food safety behaviors
Reduces
Teacher Training
Teaching practices
Risk of food-bourn illness
Affects
Teachers
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Project Goals

• Project will develop research based food safety
  education training module.
• ECE teachers and parents will participate and
  increase number of hours in food safety education
  training.

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Project Goals

• ECE teachers and parents will increase knowledge
  and understanding of effective strategies to
  teach children about food safety behaviors in
  classrooms.
• ECE teachers will more frequently apply and teach
  food safety practices in the classroom.

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Project Goals

• Children will demonstrate improved food safety
  practices in the classroom.
• There will reduce the risk of the food-borne
  illness in Alabama.

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Project Activities

• Multidisciplinary teams will develop a
  research-based food safety education training
  module.

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Project Activities

• ECE administrator, teacher and parent team will
  participate in one day Teach-to-Others food
  safety education training.

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Project Activities

• Mini grants and technical assistance will be
  provided to assist the participating teams in
  conducting Share-the-Training with their
  colleagues and parents.

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Conclusion

• Funding Agency
• Project Goals
• Project Activities
• Q A