Nutrition and Physical Activity Committee Resources
Hello Nutrition and Physical Activity Committee Members,
Thank you all for participating in the May 17th meeting.
In this email:
- NuPa May Meeting Summary
- Webinar of NuPA May Meeting
Upcoming Dates for NuPa Committee Meetings
- September 13, 2016 10:00am – 11:30am
- November 15, 2016 10:00am – 11:30am
Additional Resources:
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Child and Adult Care Food Program Meal Pattern Final Rule
Through the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act, the USDA made their first major changes to the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) since 1968. The California Department of Education (CDE) Nutrition Services Division (NSD) is pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service released the final rule for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meal pattern on Monday, April 25, 2016. Under the new CACFP nutrition standards, meals and snacks served will include a greater variety of vegetables and fruit, more whole grains, and less added sugar and saturated fat. The new standards for meals and snacks served in the CACFP are based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The USDA is providing guidance, resources, best practices, and training for CACFP centers and day care homes to support them. All CACFP agencies must comply with the new meal pattern (NMP) standards by October 1, 2017. For details on the NMP requirement, visit the USDA CACFP Nutrition Standards for CACFP Meals and Snacks webpage.
Homeroom: Finding Success with Afterschool P.E. Programs
Homeroom, the official blog of the U.S. Department of Education, recently published a blog on physical activity by Wylie Chen, Vice President of Programs and Grants at the U.S. Soccer Foundation. Experts say school-age children should be physically active for at least an hour a day. In 2013, less than a third of high school students met the one-hour mark. Schools are an important answer to helping kids get the suggested daily exercise. Due to lack of funding and resources, P.E. has endured many cut backs. But recently, the U.S. Soccer Foundation has collaborated with the U.S. Department of Education and schools across the country to help underserved communities to build safe spaces for physical activity and supply athletic equipment that schools are unable to provide children. To learn more and access the complete blog, click here.
Summer Learning Network Launch of A Network Seed Fund
The Network
Seed Fund is an experiment in supporting self-organizing
across organizations that are interested in learning or working
together to benefit summer learning experiences for
California youth. The fund is a small pot of funding,
$10,000 that is being used for small grants that seed creativity,
joint projects and/or learning. Up to $2,000 will be dispensed
to
5-6 teams. This fund is intended to increase connection
among organizations in the summer learning network. For this
reason, proposals must include at least two organizations who
will be learning or working together on a project that has the
potential to increase the quality of and access to summer
learning opportunities. The application is a fun and easy
process. For project ideas, check out
Summer Learning site or listen to the
recorded webinar explaining the Network Seed fund in greater
detail. Awards will be made in early August 2016 and projects are
expected to be completed within six months (August 2016 -
February 2017). Apply
here.
Healthy and Fun Staff Meetings
Daniel W. Hatcher, National Out-of-School Advisor, and the Alliance for A Healthier Generation, collaborated and came up with ideas to make your next staff meeting motivational, fun, and productive. The blog gives ideas on icebreakers and team-building activities, including fun water and healthy energizing snacks, and adapting meeting formats to include shared responsibility and personal/professional successes. Access the blog: 6 Ideas to Make Your Next Staff Meeting Fun and Healthy This Summer.
ASES and 21st CCLC 2017 Field and Site Coordinator Surveys Open Through June 8, 2018
About the ASES and 21st CCLC Expanded Learning Field and Site Coordinator Surveys 2018
Purpose
The California AfterSchool Network (CAN) in partnership with the
California Department of Education’s Expanded Learning Division
(CDE-EXLD), is seeking information regarding After School
Education and Safety (ASES) and 21st Century Community
Learning Centers (21st CCLC) practitioners and
supporter’s knowledge of the Quality Standards for Expanded
Learning in California, and understanding of the requirements to
implement a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) process. The
surveys are also intended to surface current field
challenges and needs.
The survey will provide assessment data to inform a CQI process at the statewide level. We are gathering this end-of-year data to assess how the statewide System of Support can further support the field. The surveys will be open until June 8, 2018.
Two Surveys for Different Audiences
Hard copies of each survey are attached for previewing.
Field Survey
The Field Survey
is intended for all ASES and 21st CCLC expanded learning field
practitioners, supporters and administrators, except for Site
Coordinators (e.g., Grant Manager, Program Director, State,
District or Community Based Organization (CBO) Administrator,
Technical Assistance Provider, School Teacher or Principal,
Front-Line Staff).
Site Coordinator Survey
The Site
Coordinator Surveyis intended for Site Coordinators of
ASES or 21st CCLC, including After School Safety and
Enrichment for Teens, or ASSETs programs.
- A Site Coordinator is someone who oversees a program at one site and is responsible for the supervision of frontline staff.
Why take this survey?
- Ten Site Coordinators who take the Site Coordinator survey will be selected to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card.
- Your participation will provide data to statewide and regional leaders, and the field at-large to inform efforts to support expanded learning programs.
- CAN and the CDE will be releasing a summary of the aggregate data gathered in this survey regionally and statewide.