TEAM NUTRITION LEADERS
Each participating elementary school designates a parent, teacher or community volunteer to be their Team Nutrition Leader. After selection and training, each TNL (with RfS support) focuses on implementing nutrition vertically throughout their school's curriculum, by utilizing the best available resources and programs that will fit their school's culture.
The goal is to put children back in touch with their food by making healthy eating fun, and to involve the community and parents in learning how to make good nutritional choices. Ideas are put into place using the impressive array of readily available programs and materials that are already researched and designed.
Projects might include a school green market, parent/child cooking classes, after school junior master gardener's programs, essay contests, math and science projects, cultural explorations, family interviews and collection of oral food histories--all interlaced with required learning skills that change perceptions and broaden horizons.
Each participating elementary school designates a parent, teacher or community volunteer to be their Team Nutrition Leader. After selection and training, each TNL (with RfS support) focuses on implementing nutrition vertically throughout their school's curriculum, by utilizing the best available resources and programs that will fit their school's culture.
The goal is to put children back in touch with their food by making healthy eating fun, and to involve the community and parents in learning how to make good nutritional choices. Ideas are put into place using the impressive array of readily available programs and materials that are already researched and designed.
Projects might include a school green market, parent/child cooking classes, after school junior master gardener's programs, essay contests, math and science projects, cultural explorations, family interviews and collection of oral food histories--all interlaced with required learning skills that change perceptions and broaden horizons.
