SB.FF.CMMMOAB

In this training, early childhood care providers will identify menu planning and shopping strategies they can use to make the most of their food dollars.

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Course Delivery Method
Face to Face and Virtual Webinar options. Please see information below on how to register. Virtual webinars require internet access and a device, such as a laptop or desktop computer, to view the session.

Target Audience
Early childhood educators and directors, Family child care home providers, Cooks employed with early childhood programs 

serving primarily low-income families

Recommendations
Participants must be working in a home- or center-based early childhood education setting with children ages 0-5.

Fee

This training is offered at no cost to early childhood education professionals.

Upon completion, the learner will be able to:

• Name the benefits of planning menus in advance using Step-by-Step Menu Planning handout, Stretching Your Ingredients handout, and the Stocking Your Pantry handout and completion of the Recipe Makeover activity.
• Practice several strategies to save money when food shopping through completion of the Roadmap to Healthier Meals activity.
• Set goals and action items around food budgeting with the Menu Management on a Budget worksheet.

Competencies
This training aligns to Colorado's Competencies for Early Childhood Educators and Administrators.

• Program Planning and Development 13.1: Describe ways to use materials, supplies and equipment efficiently.

Registration
This course is available through Cooking Matters Colorado. Please contact Heather Aguilar (haguilar@strength.org or 303-801-0319) or Amber Troutman (atroutman@strength.org or 303-801-0178) with Cooking Matters Colorado to schedule a training for your program. It is recommended that programs schedule a 2-hour Cooking Matters course in conjunction with this training. Please see Colorado Shines PDIS course catalog for Creating Positive Mealtime Attitudes, Safe Cooking with Confidence, and Choosing Healthy Foods for Kids 2-hour courses.Please see below for scheduled events currently available for registration.

Last Update 11/14/2019

This course has been recognized as aligned to The Colorado Competencies and meeting best practice standards for adult instruction through the Colorado Shines PDIS Training Alignment Process. The Rules Regulating Child Care Facilities, issued by the Division of Early Care and Learning, Colorado Department of Human Services, take precedence over any course content.

To view Child Care Licensing Rules:
http://www.coloradoofficeofearlychildhood.com/rulesandregulations

For more information, contact your child care licensing specialist.

Please note, instructors will mark your attendance and course completion in the Colorado Shines PDIS within seven days of the course event date. Paper certificates might not be issued at this training. You may confirm your course completion, view, and print an online certificate through My Dashboard – My PDIS Transcript menu navigation of the Colorado Shines PDIS. Please do not upload a course certificate that is already linked to your Colorado Shines PDIS account as this may delay processing of professional credentials.

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