Food Technician and Support Staff (in person)

Description

Food Technician and Support Staff in Person Training

Overview

Join like-minded Secondary FOOD TECHNICIANS and TEACHING ASSISTANTS for this one-day course to share best practice, top tips and great ideas when working in the food room.

We are providing a one-day training course for food technicians and support staff. This is a practical, hands-on training day providing the skills and resources for secondary schools, with opportunities for discussion.

Programme for the day

The day will consist of a combination of information, discussion, practical tasks and hands on learning:

Everyone who comes gets access to a digital course folder with all the presentations, useful handouts and resources. This includes a technician’s guide, health and safety systems, logs and checklists.

Benefits of the training

What Technicians say about their day:

“The course excelled in covering Health and Safety and the new Food and Nutrition requirements. I was also very impressed with the presentation pack to refer to later.”

“It was a really useful event meeting others in the same position as oneself. The course was very informative and will help me a lot in the near future.”

Your presenter

Jill Oliver (Food Teachers Centre Ambassador)

I have been a Teacher of Food for over 28 years and Head of Dept for 8 or those years and have been involved in many projects both online and face to face offered by the Food Teachers Centre since becoming an Ambassador in 2017.

In the different secondary schools I have been in, I have had the privilege of working with some fantastic technicians, and I am fully aware of the importance they have in both the teachers life and in the teaching & learning of the students. Since taking early retirement, I have successfully supported secondary schools in mentoring food teachers, as well as having short term supply contracts in schools where they were left with no food teacher to get their y11 groups through their GCSE. I have also been involved in delivering practical food lessons to primary groups. I firmly believe all students should have the experience of high-quality practical food lessons as this is a life skill once learnt will be always used.

I have a great passion and love to share my experience with teachers coming into this exciting area of the National Curriculum. My aim is to support teachers, technicians and support staff to build their confidence in teaching practical food sessions.

PROGRAMME FOR THE ONE DAY TRAINING

Session 1 – Getting started

· What's your role? - the day to day tasks for a food technician

· Self-Assessment - skills (where am I now and what are my priorities?)

· Being an effective member of the team

· Health and safety in the Food room

Session 2 – Food Preparation

· Sourcing recipes that work well with secondary age pupils

· Setting up and supporting demonstrations and full class practical lessons

· Improving knife skills - safety and correct techniques

· Practical activity - putting it all into practice and discussion

Lunch (Provided)

Session 3 – Managing the Food Room

· Ordering ingredients - systems and storage, budgets and pupil premium

· Managing allergies and intolerances

· Managing equipment and classroom resources

· Understanding the Food curriculum for KS3 and KS4

· Displays made easy

Summary & Next steps