The Education Service Center, Region 2 is pleased to announce the 2020 Summer Conference for School Nutrition Programs to be held virtually from ESC-2 on July 28-30, 2020. This year’s conference will feature a diverse offering of virtual training opportunities for participants to gain experience in a variety of areas that provide professional development credit hours to help school nutrition employees meet the necessary training hours. These sessions will all be live, instructor-paced workshops that school nutrition staff at all levels will engage in.

These sessions can help school nutrition employees meet the training hours needed as outlined in the Professional Standards for School Nutrition Programs regulations.

Please register for each session you would like to participate in; there is no minimum number of sessions you must select. Please ensure that staff registering for these events has a valid email address in your ESC 2 Workshop account. Important information will be sent to each registrant’s email address on file prior to your session including links to join the virtual platform, materials, and course evaluations that must be completed in order to access your certificate.

Important Notices

• Conference registration will open May 20th, 2020
• Registration closes on July 27th, 2020
• Registration fee: None
• Each participant is required to register for your individual sessions prior to the event.
• Please email fnp@esc2.net if you plan to have more than one participant view the training from a single location. We will send you additional documentation to ensure all staff in attendance get credit for the session.
• We will be utilizing Sched to keep all the conference details, training links, and materials in a single location. The F&N team will be sending out additional details.

Conference Planning Staff

• Suzanne Horine – Food and Nutrition Program Specialist for School Nutrition
• Carly Shock – Food and Nutrition Program Specialist for School Nutrition
• Kristina Bednorz – Food and Nutrition Program Specialist for Community Nutrition
• Valerie Fountain – Food and Nutrition Program Specialist for Community Nutrition