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 D.E.A.L. (Deal for Education and Learning) of the Week #2
THE NATIONAL AQUACULTURE ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES FREE EDUCATIONAL MODULE
To help meet the needs of educators, the NAA is offering a new teaching module, "Purchasing and Preparing U.S. Farm-Raised Seafood." The module consists of a short (12 minute) narrated PowerPoint presentation and accompanying lesson plan. It is perfect for classrooms and other teaching venues.
To receive a FREE copy, please contact the NAA at naa@thenaa.net and include your mailing addressing in your email.
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POSTSECONDARY DEANS AND DIRECTORS RETREAT
"Measurements of Success" is the theme for the 2015 Postsecondary Deans and Directors Retreat, February 20-22, 2015, in Chicago.
How do you build your mission? Build your team? Build your brand? Build your assessment choices? Build your faculty? Re-Build yourself?
This event is limited to 50 leaders of postsecondary programs and is a week-end devoted to their challenges and opportunities.
To see the agenda, go to http://www.cafemeetingplace.com/pdf/events/agenda_feb15.pdf
Hotel information can be found at http://www.cafemeetingplace.com/pdf/events/chicago_hotel15.pdf ($119/night which includes breakfast and free Internet at the Marriott Residence Inn located behind the Water Tower on Michigan Avenue.
ACF Continuing Education Hours are offered for all CAFÉ events.
There is an optional hosted social opportunity Friday evening. Buses will be provided from/to the hotel and the host college on Saturday and Sunday.
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FOODSERVICE EDUCATORS: HAVE YOU LOOKED AT ALL OF THE AWARDS AND CONTESTS WE ARE PROMOTING?
- Idaho Potato Commission Innovation Awards
- CAFÉ/Kendall College Green Award
- Sysco Educators of the Year Award
- Unilever's Recipe and Lesson Plan Contest
All of these programs offer cash prizes and complimentary registrations to the CAFÉ Leadership Conference next June.
All of them are open to both secondary and postsecondary programs.
- What innovations are you trying in your program that other schools could copy?
- What green and sustainable practices with what results have you instituted?
- What makes for a great high school teacher? A great college teacher?
- How can you re-engineer a recipe to make it more healthful and then create a lesson plan?
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Upcoming Schedule
February 20-22, 2015
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Deans and Directors Retreat
Hosted by Kendall College, Chicago
| April 1, 2015
| Deadline for Program and Instructor Awards and Scholarships. Go to http://cafemeetingplace.com/scholarships-awards for more info
| June 18-20, 2015
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11th Annual CAFÉ Leadership Conference
Hosted by Niagara Culinary Institute, Niagara Falls, NY
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D.E.A.L. (Deal for Education and Learning) of the Week #1