51品茶SNAP-Ed team conducts training for state-wide SNAP-Ed program staff
UNE鈥檚 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) team conducted a two-day training at the Sugarloaf Hotel and Conference Center in Carrabassett Valley on September 16 and 17, 2014.
The purpose the event was to provide Nutrition Educators with the tools and skills necessary to efficiently implement the Maine SNAP-Ed work plans for the 2015 fiscal year. Attendees included 41 Maine SNAP-Ed Nutrition Educators, 14 Healthy Maine Partnership directors, and a host of guest presenters including Altarum, RTI, Ethos Marketing, Share Our Strength鈥檚 Cooking Matters Program, and the Food Bank for New York City.
Presentations by 51品茶faculty and staff included:
路 Michele Polacsek, Ph.D., M.H.S., associate professor of Public Health, presented 鈥淭he Ecological Model and Policy, Systems, and Environmental (PSE) Change: Public Health Approaches for Improving Physical Activity and Nutrition through SNAP-Ed鈥.
路 Anne-Marie Davee, M.S., R.D., L.D., senior nutrition program coordinator, and Leslie Ouellette, M.S., R.D., L.D., nutrition program coordinator, presented 鈥淐lassroom Management Techniques鈥 and 鈥淔Y 2015 Curriculum Updates鈥.
路 Joan Ingram, M.P.H., Leslie Ouellette, M.S., R.D., L.D., and Rob O鈥橬eil Vadakin, M.B.A., presented 鈥淩eporting in FY 2015: Review of New Workplans and Reporting Procedures鈥
路 Kim Bowie presented 鈥淔inancial Procedures and Protocols for FY 2015鈥