ffvp training presentation staff administrators

• Clinton Central Elementary School was one of 76 schools in the state of Indiana to be chosen to participate in this USDA funded program.. • The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program pro

USDA’s Fruit and

Vegetable Program

• Clinton Central Elementary School was

one of 76 schools in the state of Indiana

to be chosen to participate in this USDA funded program.

• The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program

provides all children in participating

schools with a variety of free fresh fruits and vegetables throughout the school

day It is an effective and creative way of introducing fresh fruits and vegetables

as healthy snack options

Who Gets to Participate?

- All students enrolled at Clinton

Central Elementary.

- All teachers and administrators

employed at Clinton Central

Elementary.

A Few Rules to Follow

- The FFVP is not intended for

community residents or for adults who are attending school

functions

- Free fruits and vegetables are

intended for all children and

cannot be used as gifts or

rewards You cannot withhold

them or use them to discipline

children

- The FFVP cannot be used to

replace foods that are part of the reimbursable school meal

How Can the Fruits and Vegetables

Be Used?

• The FREE fresh fruits and vegetables

must be served during the school day in order to provide the opportunity to

incorporate a nutrition lesson along with the service of produce

• Ideas of how teachers will incorporate

these fruits and vegetables.

• While studying atoms.

– Grapes to make atom forms

• While studying plants.

– Looking at seeds – Tops and Bottoms

Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Resources

• http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/library.html

• Fruit and Vegetables Galore,

http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/Resources/fv_galore.html

• http://www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org/

• http://www.choosemyplate.gov/

• http://www.doe.in.gov/FFVP

• http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/FFVP/

• http://www.harvestofthemonth.cdph.ca.gov/

• http://www.jmgkids.us/

• http://www.csgn.org

• http://www.nourishinteractive.com/

When and Where will the Fresh

Fruits and Vegetables Be Served?

• The fresh fruits and vegetables will

be served in your classroom at a time that you feel will be most beneficial

to you and your students

– Maybe after your specials time.

– Upper grades – morning, Lower grades – afternoon – During a time when they will be incorporated into a lesson

Why Serve it in Your Classroom?

• Offering fruits and vegetables to

children in their classrooms helps you reduce messes, deal more

effectively with disruptive behavior, and make the most of learning time

• To minimize interruptions during

learning time, find ways to balance eating with classroom activities,

such as silent reading or a nutrition education lesson

FFVP Procedures

• To help our school’s FFVP run

smoothly, you can develop

procedures to remind children of good manners for when they

receive and eat their fruit and

vegetable snacks and dispose of their trash

• Setting up procedures on trash

disposal and clean up will also

improve the fruit and vegetable

Parent Notification

• School Newsletter

• Student/Parent FFVP Night

• Flyers

• Posters

• Brochures

• Parent-teacher conferences

• PTA/PTO meeting

How will you be affected?

• Create lessons that incorporate

fresh fruits and vegetables

• Serve and distribute fresh fruits

and vegetables

• Create procedures for serving

and distribution

How Can You Help Make This

Program Successful?

• Plan fresh fruits and vegetables

into your lessons

• Be willing to work out the kinks

• Express and share things that

are working or are not working

• Assist with the FFVP

Parent/Student Night

• Ask questions

• Have an open mind!