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SURVIVING Y our First F ew Y ears

SURVIVING Y our First F ew Y ears. By Sydney High. Eureka Springs School District Demographics. 646 Student Enrollment 58% Free & Reduced 9 Employees. Schools Elementary School Middle School High School. Eureka Springs School District Demographics. Participation Elementary

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SURVIVING Y our First F ew Y ears

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  1. SURVIVINGYour First Few Years By Sydney High

  2. Eureka Springs School District Demographics • 646 Student Enrollment • 58% Free & Reduced • 9 Employees • Schools • Elementary School • Middle School • High School

  3. Eureka Springs School District Demographics • Participation • Elementary • Breakfast 42 % • Lunch 62% • Middle School • Breakfast 23% • Lunch 60% • High School • Breakfast 26% • Lunch 44% • Overall Participation • Breakfast 30% • Lunch 55%

  4. Get Organized • Block out time to organize • Schedule out your work day • Develop monthly, weekly, and daily checklists for yourself and managers

  5. Get Organized Embrace Technology! • Invest in a menu planning program • Healthe Meal Planner Pro • http://www.healtheliving.net/instance/2043331/district/21 • Invest in a POS Systemthat allows you to process and track applications, and enables you to pull any report your heart desires! • eTrition • Consider entering and submitting your own orders online to your food distributor • Cuts out the middle man, which saves you time in the long run • Exposes you to new products and gives you more information upfront

  6. Focus on Menu Planning • Develop a menu outline/checklist that will serve as a guide during the menu planning process to ensure that the menu you are creating is meeting all of your criteria.

  7. Focus on the Menu • Menu Criteria • Student preferences • USDA inventory • Regular inventory • Meal pattern • Calories and sodium • Cost • Product availability • Color • Texture • Culturally relevant • Age appropriate • Labor utilization • Allowable time • Serving space • How do you want to serve each meal? • Days of the week • Delivery days • Convenience vs Conventional food items

  8. Stay Inspired Try new things • What has worked in the past • What is currently working • What is going to work in the future Consider new recipes, food combinations, serving ideas, and increasing choices!

  9. Stay Inspired • Check out Pinterest and menus from different schools • Visit another district’s Child Nutrition Program • Remind yourself of what you’re already excelling at! • Set goals and meet them! • Go to Team Up! • Keep reminding yourself of your purpose Your Students!

  10. Stay Inspired…… • Increase Choices at Breakfast • Increasing entrée choices at the beginning of February resulted in increasing our participation • Introduce Smoothies or Slushies at Lunch • Our slushy machine in the High School boosted a la cart sales

  11. The key ingredients to surviving your first few years…… Organization Passionate Menu Planning Staying on the Inspiration Train!

  12. Bonus Tips! • Take inventory on how your program is doing and identify the areas that you would like for it to improve • Evaluate your parent, staff, and student relations • Evaluate feedback on your meals and customer service • Frequently and thoroughly assess your program’s financial situation • Don’t be offended, don’t be afraid, and STAY POSITIVE! • Your staff will follow your lead

  13. The End

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