Keys to Excellence: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask

ANC 2015 Salt Lake City

TODAY’S TAKEAWAYS

Understand the Keys to Excellence Program Hear from a district

director and state agency director about the benefits of the program Navigate the online

platform and learn tips

KEYS TO EXCELLENCE

Best Practice Standards Self-Assessment Tool Evaluates Your Program in Four Key Areas:

Operations

Nutrition, Nutrition Education & Physical Activity Administration Marketing & Communications

KEYS BASICS

500+ Users 4 Key Areas of Assessment

Participants earn 4 CEUS for completing the

questionnaire

A score of 90% or above earns a personalized certificate!

KEYS HELPS:

• Benchmark your program’s quality • Demonstrate your commitment to excellence

in school nutrition • Win respect from the broader educational

community

HOW DO I GET STARTED?

First, let’s get these guys in a row!

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Financial reports for school year (2013-2014) Yearly audit report or year end reports District enrollment and free/reduced-price eligibility

Download the Tip Sheet!

GETTING STARTED

• Use the Quick Start Guide www.schoolnutrition.org/keys

• Provides guidelines on data entry and accessing reports

• Use the Data Collection Worksheet as a support tool

• Questions? Email: keys@schoolnutrition.org

DATA COLLECTION PERIOD

We are currently collecting data for the 2013-2014 school year

Data collection will close on August 1, 2015, then access to comparison information becomes available

FULL RESULTS LAUNCH

After 2014 Data Collection ends, participants will have access to: Comparison Data Reports and Charts Program’s Score

Full results launched (ANC 2014)

Homepage

Enter District Data

Compare Data

Compare Data

BENEFITS FOR STATE AGENCY

The history of the Keys to Excellence in Wyoming

Why the Keys? District Memberships paid by the state

agency.

BENEFITS FOR STATE AGENCY

What does the State Agency do with the information?

How do the SFAs feel about the Keys?

How does the Keys to Excellence Benefit the School Nutrition Programs in the state of Wyoming?

TESTIMONIALS FROM WYOMING

“I was a bit intimidated to do the Keys to Excellence for the first time. Now that I've done it, I would highly recommend it to any district. It helped me create goals to work toward in my business. Since it has so many sections, I can really define some areas of improvement. It really is a great tool.” Shannon Thompson-Emslie, MS, RD Nutrition Services Program Administrator Laramie County School District 1

TESTIMONIALS FROM WYOMING

“I have found the data to be very enlightening. I can see areas we can focus on to improve our program and areas where we excel. These areas can then be highlighted to our board. Some of my staff really like to see the numbers as well – they’re motivated to better their results from previous years. The data also gives me a way to create incentives for improved performance by school.”

Linda Martin Food Service Director Sweetwater School Dist. #2

TESTIMONIALS FROM WYOMING

“Keys is a very effective tool in helping us assess where our operations could improve. It covered all the basics and I can see how it would be especially helpful to Food Service Directors that are just starting out.” Christopher Hinds Director of Dining Services LCSD#2

COMPLETE YOUR ONLINE KEYS ASSESSMENT TODAY!

Now: Data collection for 2013-2014 August 1, 2015: Access to Keys closes before

launch of comparisons and data!

www.schoolnutrition.org/keys

QUESTIONS?

THANK YOU!

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