Master Instructor Training Network
SED Master Instructors provide valuable training free of charge to schools that participate in Child Nutrition Programs. Currently, Master Instructors are available to teach the NYS 10 Hour Sanitation Course (five two-hour modules), Meal Pattern/Offer Vs. Serve, Production Records/Standardized Recipes, New Manager Assistance, Financial Management, Managing Personalities and Conflict, and Knife Skills. SFAs requesting training must have a minimum of 10 participants able to attend and provide a training location. Please refer to the chart below for each instructor’s contact information, as well as training topics and counties served. SED does not provide training for Food Service Management Company employees.
NYSED is seeking experienced School Food Service Managers/Directors, who meet the minimum qualifications as outlined in the posting, to conduct training on NYSED’s behalf. The posting can be found at: https://www.cn.nysed.gov/sites/cn/files/seekingmasterinstructors.pdf. Meet the Master Instructors
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MASTER INSTRUCTOR NAME |
COUNTIES SERVED |
TRAINING TOPICS |
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| Alessandro Palumbo | Suffolk, Nassau, Westchester, Rockland | Meal Pattern/Offer Vs. Serve, Production Records/Standardized Recipes, New Manager Assistance, Financial Management, NYS 10 Hour Sanitation | Dro1029@yahoo.com |
| Blue Jay Fenlong | Will travel to any location needed | NYS 10 Hour Sanitation, Meal Pattern/Offer Vs. Serve, Production Records/Standardized Recipes, Managing Personalities and Conflict, New Manager Assistance | bfenlong@icloud.com |
| Bridget Wood | Will travel to any location needed | Meal Pattern/Offer Vs. Serve, ServSafe, NYS 10 Hour Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes, Managing Personalities and Conflict, New Manager Assistance | BOWood62@gmail.com |
| Dave Scroggins | Clinton, Essex, Franklin; Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Oneida, Oswego, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Warren, Washington, Other regions as needed | NYS 10 Hour Sanitation, Managing Personalities and Conflict, Meal Pattern/Offer Vs. Serve, New Manager Assistance, Production Records/Standardized Recipes, Knife Skills | dscroggins@northwarrencsd.org |
| Deborah Mackey | Will travel to any location needed | ServSafe, Meal Pattern/Offer Vs. Serve, NYS 10 Hour Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes, New Manager Assistance | |
| Karen Clark | Will travel to any location needed | ServSafe, NYS 10 Hour Sanitation, Managing Personalities and Conflict, New Manager Assistance | Kjbclark@gmail.com |
| Karen Pagano | Dutchess, Orange, Ulster | Meal Pattern/Offer Vs. Serve, NYS 10 Hour Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes, New Manager Assistance | karen.pagano57@gmail.com |
| Kathy Garrant | Will travel to any location needed |
Meal Pattern/ Offer vs. Serve, NYS 10 hour Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes, Managing Personalities and Conflict, New Manager’s Assistance one on one, Financial Management, Communications, Customer Service, Marketing, Farm to School, Culinary Training with Local Foods |
kmgarrant1006@gmail.com |
| Katy Headwell | Albany & surrounding counties | ServSafe, NYS 10 Hour Sanitation, New Manager Assistance, Managing Personalities and Conflict | HeadKath@SHENET.ORG |
| Kim Roll | Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Madison, Niagara, Oneida, Ontario, Orleans, Saratoga, Wyoming, Others As Needed | Meal Pattern/Offer Vs. Serve, Production Records/Standardized Recipes, New Manager Assistance, Financial Management | kroll@ktufsd.org |
| Kristin Colarusso-Martin | Frankin, Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence | NYS 10-Hour Sanitation, Meal Pattern/Offer Vs. Serve, Communications & Marketing, Farm to School, New Manager Assistance | kcmartin@mcs.k12.ny.us |
| Larry Anthony | Albany, Dutchess, Putnam, Columbia, Westchester, Orange, Ulster, Rockland, Sullivan, Greene, Rensselaer | Meal Pattern/Offer Vs. Serve, ServSafe, Production Records/Standardized Recipes, New Manager Assistance | mr.lawrenceanthony414@gmail.com |
| Lyn Prestia | Orange, Sullivan, Ulster | Managing Personalities and Conflict, Meal Pattern/Offer Vs. Serve; Production Records/Standardized Recipes | mprestia@mw.k12.ny.us |
| Nicole VanDerMeid | Monroe, Others As Needed | Meal Pattern/Offer Vs. Serve, ServSafe, NYS 10 Hour Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes, New Manager Assistance, Managing Personalities and Conflict | Nicole_VanDerMeid@bcsd.org |
| Patricia Meyer | Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Ulster Westchester, Others As Needed | Meal Pattern/Offer Vs. Serve, ServSafe, NYS 10 Hour Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes | punski@optonline.net |
| Rita Morrow | Steuben, Livingston, Monroe | New Manager Assistance, Managing Conflict and Personalities, NYS 10 Hour Sanitation | |
| Ruth Connor | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Madison, Oneida, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming | Meal Pattern/Offer Vs. Serve, NYS 10 Hour Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes, Managing Personalities and Conflict | RLConner@buffaloschools.org |
| Ruth Pino | Clinton, Columbia, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Lewis, Saratoga, St. Lawrence, Warren | Meal Pattern/Offer Vs. Serve, NYS 10 Hour Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes | pinorut@slcs.org |
| Tracy Horn | Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara | Managing Personalities and Conflict, Production Records/Standardized Recipes, New Manager Assistance | taogilvie@roadrunner.com |
All training must be conducted at a facility, which will, to the greatest extent possible, meet the accessibility needs of individuals with disabilities. In addition, if special accommodations, such as interpreters, large print or Braille materials are needed, please notify the instructor when scheduling training.
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