

 Involvement  Competition  Trainings  Community Partners  Communication

 Help o LA Seafood Money o ProStart Teacher Grant o Chapter Support for Events/Meetings  Help o Will remain the same

 July 1 st deadline for how the money was spent o Photos Appreciated  Spent: o Seafood o Fieldtrips  Funds will be sent out at the start of the school year to the ProStart schools we have W9’s on

 End of Year form due by July 1 st  o Applications will be sent late Fall o Funds letter will be sent in January o Checks cut afterwards  Foundational Resources o ProStart I & II Testing o ServSafe o Textbooks  Need to know what is needed to make program better

As Stated in the ProStart Agreement (School):  Implement the ProStart ® curriculum and materials in their entirety;  Schedule only juniors and seniors with minimum 2.0 cumulative grade point average (“GPA”) for ProStart ® ;  Purchase current ProStart ® materials for school and student use;  Require students to take the national ProStart ® I & II examinations as the final examination for each class;  The educator(s) teaching the ProStart® Program must have or achieve the following industry-based certifications: o ServSafe Instructor o NRAEF Certified Secondary Foodservice Educator;  Educator must teach ServSafe as part of the ProStart ® curriculum;  Maintain over a 50% completion rate with the ProStart ® Certificate of Achievement and/or ServSafe Certification;

Continued:  Educators must attend LRAEF ProStart Trainings  Instruction will be taught utilizing commercial kitchen equipment for the ProStart ® Program;  The School’s administration must allow the educator(s) to be given release time to attend the following ProStart ® or LRA industry-related activities: Professional development workshops Educator-employer networking meetings LRAEF ProStart Student Competition  Any funds or materials provided by NRAEF, industry sponsors or LRAEF must be used exclusively for ProStart ® Program and deposited in interest-bearing accounts with such interest accruing and payable to the ProStart ® Program.

As Stated in the ProStart Agreement (Educator):  Managing, monitoring and maintaining program goals and objectives as defined by the LRAEF;  Recruiting students for ProStart ® I & II;  Teaching the entire curriculum and giving the national ProStart ® I & II examination as the final examination for each class;  Placing students in mentored worksites in accordance with LRAEF internship criteria;  Coordinating foodservice industry guest speakers and job shadowing opportunities;  Teaching ServSafe as part of the ProStart ® curriculum;  Maintaining at least a 50% completion rate with ProStart ® Certificate of Achievement and/or ServSafe certification; o Attending the following ProStart ® or LRA industry-related activities: o Professional development workshops o Educator-employer networking meetings o LRAEF ProStart Student Competition  Communicating with students, parents, counselors, employers and administrators on the requirements necessary to complete the ProStart ® Program;  Signing agreements with employers, parents, and students specifying roles and responsibilities;  Providing program updates to the LRAEF ProStart ® Coordinator, including, but not limited to: o Annual program profiles; o Tracking/Graduate report; and o Mentor and student surveys; and o Serve as a liaison to the LRAEF staff

In Addition:  Let us know what is going on Positive and Negative in your Parish  Testing needs to take place – especially with Teacher Grants  Competition as a Competitor or Spectator  Chapter Events o Networking for you and your students o LRAEF or Chapter will pay  NRAEF Certification, 5 years to complete o Level 1,2,3 and internship o Optional Level 4 available  Work Hour Tracking

New (Career & Basic) Diploma  ON YOUR SIDE!  Our Vision is ProStart o Share it, ask questions, provide ideas, talk about it  What have we done: o Taken the WIC research and corrected it to support our Industry o We have fought to have ProStart on the Approved IBC list o Working with Post-Secondary to write a Pathway o Communicate with your CTE to share our ideas o Attend Regional Meetings o Stay on top of DOE news

August 2-4 LRA EXPO New Orleans Morial Convention Center August 2, 2014 LRAEF GALA Hilton Riverside Hotel, New Orleans Early Fall 2014LA Seafood MoneySent to ProStart programs September 1, 2014 ProStart Documents ProStart School Standards Agreement, School Profile, ProStart Course size, W9 forms for new schools or schools with changes September, 2014COA Documents Due school year COA docs must be submitted with workplace verification form, checklist and proof of 400 hours, submitted to Coordinator for submission to NRAEF October, 2014Teacher Support GrantGrant Document due to LRAEF December 2014NRAEF Summer Institute Summer Institutes registration opens December 5, 2014 Winter Training Louisiana Culinary Institute, Baton Rouge, Louisiana January 2015Teacher Support Grant Funding letters returned to teachers February 2015 NRAEF Summer Institute Scholarship Professional Development for Educators Scholarship application due March 3-4, 2015 Louisiana ProStart Competition New Orleans Morial Convention Center, New Orleans April 18-20, 2015 National ProStart Competition The Disneyland Hotel at Disneyland in Anaheim, California May 2015EEA Award & NRA ShowNRA Show – Chicago, IL May End of Year Support Grant summary Retuned to LRAEF