Help! I'm a new Coordinator!

Are you new to school nutrition?

Are you looking for more resources?

Trying to find a place to start with where to get information about meal pattern information?

I'm super excited to be starting some blog posts with resources to share with you. A lot of my clients often are looking for resources but aren't sure where to go.

The cool thing about the National School Lunch Program is that it's a federal program. Meaning all of the same rules apply state to state. Only a few states enforce stricter rules. It will never be more relaxed, but it can be stricter. This is a good place to start while getting your toes wet.

Today I want to highlight some resources from my home state Arizona!

You can find their meal patterns laid out in a very easy to read pattern. Click here to visit their site.

ADE - Arizona Department of Education has some great webinars, helpful resources that I've definitely benefited from over the past few years! It's a great place to start if you're new to school nutrition or are looking to find out more about what is the FOUNDATION of the regulations.

If you're like me, I thought it was just about meeting the meal pattern but so much more goes into components.

I'm thinking in the next few weeks I'll do a post about meal pattern crediting, recipe crediting, teaching offer vs. serve and more. Stay tuned!

As always, my best! - Kylie

Again these are property of Arizona Department of Education and are here to highlight what an amazing job they have done to help us interoperate the regulations. For full versions please click HERE.