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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
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Introduction to FoodCorps
Introduction
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Planning & evaluating your service
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Getting to Know Your Community
Getting to Know Your Community
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Facilitating
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Key Relationships in FoodCorps Service
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Tips for Celebrating and Sharing Success
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Teaching Hands-On Lessons
Teaching Hands-on Lessons
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Customizing Lessons to Climate, Community, and Students' Needs
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Preparing to Teach
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Setting the Tone to Make FoodCorps Time Special
Co-Teaching
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Tips for Improving Your Teaching Practice
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Safety with Students
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Structuring Student Participation in Discussion
Learning Models to Inform Hands-On Education
Learning Models to Inform Hands-On Education
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Social and Emotional Learning
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Place-Based Education
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Meeting the Needs of All Learners
Meeting the Needs of All Learners
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Reframing Classroom Management
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Developing Group Agreements
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Setting the Tone with Every Lesson
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Building and Maintaining School Gardens
Building and Maintaining School Gardens
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Keeping the Garden Growing
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Working and Learning in the Garden with Students
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Cooking with Students
Cooking with Students
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Activities to Engage Students in the Cafeteria
Activities to Engage Students in the Cafeteria
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Taste Test Basics
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Glossary, References, and Appendix
Glossary
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References
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Appendix
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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.

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