Educators

Upcoming Discussions

• Listening sessions for educators are now the third Thursday of each month at 2:00 pm,  Central time.  If you have a topic you would like to see discussed during these session or would like to lead a discussion, we would like to hear from you.  Contact us for call-in details or to submit a suggested topic at: NCRFSMA@iastate.edu.
• Past Sessions- find minutes, powerpoints, and recordings in the NCR CyBox.  Don't have access?  Contact Ellen.
• Tentative Agenda

Remote PSA courses for collaboration- has been moved

Trainer Sharing Program

Are you short a trainer for your class?  Do you need someone to fill in for a couple of modules?  We can help.  The Center has funds to help bring in trainers to your state to ensure every farmer has an equal chance to attend a class near them.  Contact Ellen for details.
Formally request trainer sharing funds here.

Funding is available to support sending a lead trainer of the Produce Safety Alliance grower training, Preventive Controls Human Food training, or other food safety certified program training in the absence of lead trainers.
Twelve travel stipends (up to $500) will be available each year.  All funds are distributed on a first come, first served basis.
Funding can be requested for a niche population training, but not for an individual company.  

Professional Development Travel Funds

FIVE stipends are currently available.
In support of professional development and our mentorship program, we are offering eight stipends (up to $750 each) for educators and inspectors to travel to state (cannot be in your employment state), regional, and national produce safety conferences for professional development. You will be expected to have goal for your travel and report back impacts after the travel. Contact Angela for more information or apply for the program. All funds are distributed on a first come, first served basis.  Exact details are listed in the program guidelines.

professional_development_travel_funds.pdf

New Trainer Mentorship Program

Want to learn new skills to use in your role as a trainer?  Looking to expand your knowledge in a particular area?  The Center is creating a new trainer mentorship program.  Contact Angela for more information. 
Apply for the program here.

Each pair will make a 6-9 month commitment to meeting monthly online and once in person.  Eight stipends (up to $1000) are available each year to be used for travel expenses to meet in person.  All funds are distributed on a first come, first served basis.

Participants are expected to attend a pre-program webinar and program evaluation.  
Each mentoring pair will establish their own goals for the match.

Once you have been matched, please fill out the form below (either as a PDF or Word document) and email it to Ellen.
ncr_fsma_peer_mentorship_form_beginning_of_match_form.pdf
ncr_fsma_peer_mentorship_form_beginning_of_match_form_as.docx

Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) Curriculum

• Produce Safety Alliance Curriculum Resources

Evaluations

The NCR FSMA Center asks each instructor in the region to conduct pre and post knowledge evaluations to gauge progress of students across the region.  Directions and materials necessary to conduct the pre and post evaluations are found below.  Contact us for information about using an online survey during virtual trainings.

• Directions
• Cover Page
• PSA  pre-numbered pre and post
• PSA unnumbered pre and post
• PSA single for multi-color printing

Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training Evaluations 

The evaluation team at NCR FSMA analyzed the results of the pre- and post-test knowledge assessments from July through June of each year.  The results are found below.

Summer 2020 results

• Regional Results

Summer 2018 results

• Executive Summary
• Full Results

One year after participants completed a PSA course, the NCR FSMA asked them to report on the changes they had made on their farms.  You can read the entire report and the executive summary below.

• Full Report
  all_states_results_12_month_follow_up_survey_2019_final.pdf
• Executive Summary
  executive_summary_12_month_follow_up_survey_2019.pdf

Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance Curriculum (FSPCA)

• FSPCA Resources

Training Needs

This list of needed training was developed at the 2019 NCR FSMA Annual Conference.  Existing trainings, journal articles, and Extension fact sheets that might help fill those needs are included.
training_needs_and_where_to_find_them.pdf

This work is supported by the Food Safety Outreach Program [grant no. 2018-70020-28877] from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.