FoodCorps Program Guide
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About the Program Guide
This guide is a set of resources for FoodCorps members, designed to support effective FoodCorps programming. FoodCorps members should use this guide alongside FoodCorps’ trainings.
In this guide, you will find:
- Resources for planning and evaluating your year with FoodCorps
- Tips for getting to know your school community
- Teaching approaches and considerations
- Best practices in classroom management
- Tips for cooking with students
- Tips for building and maintaining school gardens
- Activities to engage students in the cafeteria
- Best practices for safety during hands-on activities
Key FoodCorps tools
The guide also includes key FoodCorps tools, some of which are required during your year of service:
- FoodCorps Menu & Action Plan
- Member Transition Guide
Explore by Section
- Introduction to FoodCorps
- Getting to Know Your Community
- Teaching Hands-On Lessons
- Learning Models to Inform Hands-On Education
- Meeting the Needs of All Learners
- Building and Maintaining School Gardens
- Cooking with Students
- Cooking with StudentsDownload
- Activities to Engage Students in the Cafeteria
- Glossary, References, and Appendix
FoodCorps Lesson Plans
The FoodCorps Lessons include hands-on experiential activities to engage kids in learning about healthy food. These lessons are for grades K-5, and are organized by grade, season, and theme. The lessons are tied to national academic standards and were developed following best practices and frameworks.
