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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), Offer Versus Serve, Production Records/Standardized Recipes, Knife Skills and ServSafe. SFAs requesting training must have a minimum of 10 participants able to attend and provide a training location. Please contact Master Instructors at least 3 months in advance to schedule training. 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.

MASTER INSTRUCTOR NAME

COUNTIES SERVED

TRAINING TOPICS

EMAIL

Judi Pellerite

Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Wyoming, Others As Needed

Offer vs. Serve, Production Records/Standardized Recipes

jlpellerite@gmail.com

 

Karen Clark

Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates

ServSafe, Sanitation, Managing Personalities and Conflict

Karen_clark@boces.monroe.edu

Karen Pagano

Dutchess, Orange, Ulster 

Offer vs. Serve, Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes

pagano.k@beaconk12.org

 

Craig P. Orvis

Will travel to any location needed

Offer vs Serve, ServSafe, Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes

craig.orvis@sllboces.org 

 

Sue Bell

Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming

Offer vs. Serve, ServSafe, Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes

sbell@wilsoncsd.org

Barbara Goodman

Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans

Offer vs. Serve, ServSafe, Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes,  Managing Personalities and Conflict

bgoodman@akronk12.org

Lauri Broady

Albany, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, Washington

Offer vs. Serve, ServSafe, Sanitation,  Managing Personalities and Conflict

Lauri.broady@fortplain.org

 

Ruth Pino

Clinton, Columbia, Essex, Franklyn, Hamilton, Lewis, Saratoga, St. Lawrence, Warren

Offer vs. Serve, Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes

pinorut@slcs.org

Warren Bushart

Monroe, Ontario, Oswego, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming, Others As Needed

Offer vs. Serve, Sanitation,  Managing Personalities and Conflict, New Manager Assistance,  Production Records/Standardized Recipes

wbushart@marioncs.org

Kim A. Roll

Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Madison, Niagara, Oneida, Ontario, Orleans, Saratoga, Wyoming, Others As Needed

Offer Vs. Serve, Production Records/Standardized Recipes,  New Manager Assistance, Financial Management

kroll@ktufsd.org

 

Nancy Padrone

Suffolk, Nassau, Westchester, Queens, Rockland, Dutchess, Orange

Offer vs. Serve, ServSafe, Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes,  Managing Personalities and Conflict, Knife Skills

Nanrd.gl@gmail.com

Lisa Ostrowski

Albany, Saratoga, Warren

Offer Vs. Serve, ServSafe, Sanitation,  Managing Personalities and Conflict

LisaOstrowski@NCOLONIE.ORG

 

Katy Headwell

Albany & surrounding area

ServSafe, Sanitation

HeadKath@SHENET.ORG

Susan Romano

Nassau and Suffolk

Offer vs. Serve,  ServSafe, Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes

Susanromano816@gmail.com

Darla Sanford

Fulton, Montgomery, Hamilton, Herkimer

OVS,  Production Records/Standardized Recipes

dsandford@hfmboces.org

Ruth Connor

Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Madison, Oneida, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca,  Wayne, Wyoming 

Offer vs. Serve, Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes, Managing Personalities and Conflict 

RLConner@buffaloschools.org

Kathleen Whitmarsh

Franklin, St Lawrence, Jefferson, Lewis

Offer vs. Serve, Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes

Kathywhit13@yahoo.com

Deborah Mackey

Essex, Hamilton, Clinton, Warren, Washington

ServSafe, Offer vs. Serve, Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes

dmackey@mechanicville.org

Karl Geiger

Clinton, Franklin, Hamilton, Saratoga, St. Lawrence, Warren

Offer vs. Serve, Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes, Knife Skills (School requesting training must provide knives and materials)

kgeiger@longlakecsd.org

Patricia Meyer

Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Ulster Westchester

Offer vs. Serve, ServSafe, Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes

punski@optonline.net
Kathleen Garrant  Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Monroe, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, Erie

New Managers Assistance, Sanitation, Offer Versus Serve, ServSafe, Production Records/ Standardized Recipes

 kmgarrant1006@gmail.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. 

USDA Nondiscrimination Statement

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA. 

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.  Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: https://www.usda.gov/oascr/how-to-file-a-program-discrimination-complaint, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:

(1)     mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
         Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
         1400 Independence Avenue, SW
         Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;

(2)     fax: (202) 690-7442; or

(3)     email: program.intake@usda.gov.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

 

Click here for Nondiscrimination Statement translations.

Los demás programas de asistencia nutricional del FNS, las agencias estatales y locales, y sus beneficiarios secundarios, deben publicar el siguiente Aviso de No Discriminación:

De conformidad con la Ley Federal de Derechos Civiles y los reglamentos y políticas de derechos civiles del Departamento de Agricultura de los EE. UU. (USDA, por sus siglas en ingles), se prohíbe que el USDA, sus agencias, oficinas, empleados e instituciones que participan o administran programas del USDA discriminen sobre la base de raza, color, nacionalidad, sexo, discapacidad, edad, o en represalia o venganza por actividades previas de derechos civiles en algún programa o actividad realizados o financiados por el USDA.

Las personas con discapacidades que necesiten medios alternativos para la comunicación de la información del programa (por ejemplo, sistema Braille, letras grandes, cintas de audio, lenguaje de seas americano, etc.), deben ponerse en contacto con la agencia (estatal o local) en la que solicitaron los beneficios. Las personas sordas, con dificultades de audición o discapacidades del habla pueden comunicarse con el USDA por medio del Federal Relay Service [Servicio Federal de Retransmisión] al (800) 877-8339. Además, la información del programa se puede proporcionar en otros idiomas.

Para presentar una denuncia de discriminación, complete el Formulario de Denuncia de Discriminación del Programa del USDA, (AD-3027) que está disponible en linea en: http://www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2012/Spanish_Form_508_Compliant_6_8_12_0.pdf. y en cualquier oficina del USDA, o bien escriba una carta dirigida al USDA e incluya en la carta toda la información solicitada en el formulario. Para solicitar una copia del formulario de denuncia, llame al (866) 632-9992. Haga llegar su formulario lleno o carta al USDA por:

(1)     correo: U.S. Department of Agriculture
         Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
         1400 Independence Avenue, SW
         Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;

(2)     fax: (202) 690-7442; o

(3)     correo electrónico: program.intake@usda.gov.

Esta institución es un proveedor que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades.

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