ARecapoftheSTECFoodandNutritionScienceInstitutefor

MiddleandHighSchoolTeachers

DannE.Husmann,Ph.D.- UNLJasonD.Ellis,Ph.D.- KSU

AttractingtheNextGenerationofProfessionalsinFoodandFoodSafety

• Overallgoaloftheeducationalcomponentoftheproject:– Trainingthecurrentandfuture

workforceandconsumerstocontrolSTEC

– SummerInstitutesfrom2012through2017• HeldthreetimesinKansas• HeldfourtimesinNebraska• WeeklongInstitutesforTeachers

– TeacherTrainingOutsidetheInstitute• Souderton,PA• DodgeCity,KS• Maize,KS

AttractingtheNextGenerationofProfessionalsinFoodandFoodSafety

• Howdowereachourintendedaudienceoftheproject…secondarystudents?

AttractingtheNextGenerationofProfessionalsinFoodandFoodSafety

• Youreachstudentsthroughtheirteachers.

AttractingtheNextGenerationofProfessionalsinFoodandFoodSafety

• Teachersfollowastateapprovedcurriculumprovidedthrougheachstate’sDepartmentofEducation.

• Teachersarestronglyencouragednottodeviatefromthestateapprovedcurriculum.

• Weneedbuy-infromStateDepartmentsofEducation!

ApprovedbytheNebraskaStateDepartmentofEducation

FoodandNutritionalSciencesCurriculumWebsiteatKansasStateUniversity

FinishingTouchesontheCurriculumandtheLessons

AttractingtheNextGenerationofProfessionalsinFoodandFoodSafety

• Tasksstilloutstanding:– Uploadthefinalizedcurriculumfor

eachcourse– Attachteachercreated“exemplars”to

eachcourseinthecurriculum– Deliverthe2017FNSTeacherand

StudentInstituteattheNebraskaInnovationCampusonJune26throughJune30

– FinalizeCourse4andthevariousartifactstotheKSUwebsite

AttractingtheNextGenerationofProfessionalsinFoodandFoodSafety

• Course4– FNSFood&NutritionResearchandDevelopment– Involvesteachersandtheirstudents– Projectbased…studentsfollowthe

scientificmethodfortheweek– Researchdevelopment,researchposter

creation,andresearchposterpresentations

– Includescampustours,guestspeakers,studentrecruitment,andlivingintheresidencehallatUNL

AttractingtheNextGenerationofProfessionalsinFoodandFoodSafety

• Studentswillearncreditforthissummer’sexperience

• SCIL300– ExperientialLearninginFood,EnergyandWaterSystemsI:FoodandNutritionSciences

• Coursecanbeusedasanelectiveorbeusedasarequirementinthecollege’sFood,EnergyandWaterinSocietyMinorattheUniversityofNebraska-Lincoln