Created by: Zenia Ventura, SNS
2012-13 Professional Development Chair
Revised: 04/23/12
Zenia Ventura
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MANAGING
ME
LEARNING
ONGOING
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Level 1
Minimum
Education
requirement
Core
Requirements
Key Area
Requirements
Total Hours
HS Diploma or
GED required
20 hours
Level 2
Level 3
HS diploma/
GED
Some college
20 hours
20 hours
10- Nutrition Ed 10- Nutrition Ed
10 – Sanitation 10 – Sanitation
& Safety
& Safety
None
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10- Nutrition Ed
10 – Sanitation &
Safety
20—Operations
35 Operations
20—Admin.
35 Nutrition
15—Nutrition 45 Admin/Com/Mkg.
15 General Areas
15--Com/Mark
70 Hours
130 Hours
90
150 or 9 college
credits
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Key Area Requirements Level 2
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1 college credit = 15 Key Area Hours
2 college credits = 30 Key Area Hours
3 college credits = 45 Key Area Hours
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Key Area Approved Courses
Organizations:
Dietary
Management
Association
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Certification is an ANNUAL program.
Certification requires earning CEUs and you may be audited to
prove you earned them.
CEUs must be from approved courses and earned within your
annual certification period. CEUs cannot be carried forward
from one year to the next.
Dues are paid with annual renewal fee. There is no grace
period for renewal.
Reinstatements can be done within 90 days of expiring. See
page 3 of the Certification Program Changes.
SNA will notify individuals who are selected for an audit of
the CEUs they need to submit. Notification will be on your
renewal form. Below is a list of the types of CEU
documentation accepted by SNA:
•Certificates of Completion
•Copies of Rosters
•College/University Transcripts
•Program Agendas
•Program Books/Brochures
•Registration Confirmation Letters
•Badges
•Payment Receipts
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Credentialing refers to a formalized process
which includes a standardized examination
designed to assess the competency of
personnel against established standards.
Personnel who meet all prerequisites and pass
the examination are awarded the designation School Nutrition Specialist (SNS).
Credentialing is separate from Certification.
Current test do not includes questions related
to the New Meal Pattern Standards.
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CREDENTIALING REQUIREMENTS
Must sit for the credentialing exam
and pay $190.
Must complete 45 CEUs within a 3 year
renewal period. Annual renewal fee for
members will be $50.
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Easiest to certify at Level 1 –
only takes 20 core hours - Recommend:
Free
Courses
Nutrition 10 Core Hours:
Florida Home Study Course:
Dietary Guidelines 2010
Sanitation & Safety 10 Core Hours:
Florida Home Study Course:
Sanitation & Safety
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10 Key
Area
Points in
Area 1:
Operations
Free
Course
Total 30 points
in year 1
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30 additional hours of Key Area Requirements
Key Area 1 – Operations: ServSafe® Essentials
(National Restaurant Association)
Key Area 2 – Nutrition: Planning for
Healthy Meals (test for course is USDA Menu Planner
shown on next slide)
Florida free home study course
Key Area 4 – Communication/Marketing:
Promoting Your Program
Florida free Home study course
Total 30 points
in year 2
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◦ FNS 303:
A Menu Planner
for Healthy School Meals:
http://teamnutrition.usda.
gov/Resources/
menuplanner.html
Link is also available on FSNA’s web site: www.floridaschoolnutrition.org
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30 additional hours of Key Area Requirements
(current courses make it 35 points for this year)
Key Area 2 – Nutrition: 10 points
Healthy Edge, Building Healthy School Meals, 10 points
(SNA course)
Key Area 3 – Administration: 20 points
Personnel Management,10 points (FSNA free course)
Your FSNA Professional Development Committee is working on
another FREE course for you to complete the additional 10 points
in Administration
Key Area 4 – Communications/Marketing: 5 points
Customer Service, 5 points (FSNA free course)
Total 35 points in year 3
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What kind of program is the SNA certification program?
What the requirements are for Level 1?
How can you make the Nutrition requirements?
How can you make the Food Safety Requirements?
When the HS Diploma or GED requirement will be
implemented for Level 1?
What additional requirements are for Level 2 than Level 1?
What are CEUs?
Do CEUs count before you become certified?
Do CEUs need to be received within your certification period?