The Road to Successful Menu Planning for School Meals Training Series

Join Team Nutrition and the Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN) for free, live and recorded trainings on hot topics in school meals. This training series is designed to assist school food authorities, state agencies, and others in implementing the current program meal pattern requirements and nutrition standards.

60-Minute Webinars with ICN

Coming soon – registration for upcoming live webinars! The recordings of past webinars are listed below.

Creating Your Road Map to School Menu Planning Success! (September 2024)

15-Minute On-Demand Trainings

Reducing Added Sugars

• Defining Added Sugars and How to Find Them On a Nutrition Facts Label
• Choosing Yogurt That Is Lower in Added Sugars
• Choosing Breakfast Cereals That Are Lower in Added Sugars
• Choosing Flavored Milk That Is Lower in Added Sugars
• Identifying Top Sources of Added Sugars and Simple Swaps

Menu Planning

• Menu Planning for NSLP Afterschool Snack Service

Additional Trainings

Shaking It Up! sodium resources from ICN provide a range of educational resources and training materials, including training worksheets and online courses. These resources provide a deep dive into a sodium reduction topic and related strategies, feature scenarios or schools success stories to demonstrate sodium reduction best practices and include activities to test and reinforce key concepts.