ARecapoftheSTECFoodandNutritionScienceInstitutefor
MiddleandHighSchoolTeachers
DannE.Husmann,Ph.D.- UNLJasonD.Ellis,Ph.D.- KSU
AttractingtheNextGenerationofProfessionalsinFoodandFoodSafety
• Overallgoaloftheeducationalcomponentoftheproject:– Trainingthecurrentandfuture
workforceandconsumerstocontrolSTEC
– SummerInstitutesfrom2012through2017• HeldthreetimesinKansas• HeldfourtimesinNebraska• WeeklongInstitutesforTeachers
– TeacherTrainingOutsidetheInstitute• Souderton,PA• DodgeCity,KS• Maize,KS
AttractingtheNextGenerationofProfessionalsinFoodandFoodSafety
• Howdowereachourintendedaudienceoftheproject…secondarystudents?
AttractingtheNextGenerationofProfessionalsinFoodandFoodSafety
• Youreachstudentsthroughtheirteachers.
AttractingtheNextGenerationofProfessionalsinFoodandFoodSafety
• Teachersfollowastateapprovedcurriculumprovidedthrougheachstate’sDepartmentofEducation.
• Teachersarestronglyencouragednottodeviatefromthestateapprovedcurriculum.
• Weneedbuy-infromStateDepartmentsofEducation!
ApprovedbytheNebraskaStateDepartmentofEducation
FoodandNutritionalSciencesCurriculumWebsiteatKansasStateUniversity
FinishingTouchesontheCurriculumandtheLessons
AttractingtheNextGenerationofProfessionalsinFoodandFoodSafety
• Tasksstilloutstanding:– Uploadthefinalizedcurriculumfor
eachcourse– Attachteachercreated“exemplars”to
eachcourseinthecurriculum– Deliverthe2017FNSTeacherand
StudentInstituteattheNebraskaInnovationCampusonJune26throughJune30
– FinalizeCourse4andthevariousartifactstotheKSUwebsite
AttractingtheNextGenerationofProfessionalsinFoodandFoodSafety
• Course4– FNSFood&NutritionResearchandDevelopment– Involvesteachersandtheirstudents– Projectbased…studentsfollowthe
scientificmethodfortheweek– Researchdevelopment,researchposter
creation,andresearchposterpresentations
– Includescampustours,guestspeakers,studentrecruitment,andlivingintheresidencehallatUNL
AttractingtheNextGenerationofProfessionalsinFoodandFoodSafety
• Studentswillearncreditforthissummer’sexperience
• SCIL300– ExperientialLearninginFood,EnergyandWaterSystemsI:FoodandNutritionSciences
• Coursecanbeusedasanelectiveorbeusedasarequirementinthecollege’sFood,EnergyandWaterinSocietyMinorattheUniversityofNebraska-Lincoln