Educators

Upcoming Discussions

  • Listening sessions for educators are now the third Thursday of each month at 2:00 pm.  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
March 19 Brandon Carpenter, keeping animal scat out of produce production
April 16 Annual Conference Re-Cap
May 21 Maggie Kaiser and Cara Fraver, National Young Farmers Union
June 18 Open Discussion

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

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.

2018 Evaluations Executive Summary

The evaluation team at NCR FSMA analyzed the results of the pre and post test evaluations through Summer 2018.  The results are found below.

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.

Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance Curriculum (FSPCA)

 

 

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

 

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