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.
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MASTER INSTRUCTOR NAME |
COUNTIES SERVED |
TRAINING TOPICS |
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| Alessandro Palumbo | Suffolk, Nassau, Westchester, Rockland | Offer Vs. Serve, Production Records/Standardized Recipes, New Manager Assistance, Financial Management, Sanitation, ServSafe | apalumbo@farmingdaleschools.org |
| Barbara Goodman | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans | Offer vs. Serve, ServSafe, Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes, Managing Personalities and Conflict | bgooodman0203@gmail.com |
| Blue Jay Fenlong | Will travel to any location needed | Sanitation, Offer Versus Serve, Production Records/Standardized Recipes | efenlong@ccsdk12.org |
| Craig P. Orvis | Will travel to any location needed | Offer vs Serve, ServSafe, Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes | craig.orvis@sllboces.org |
| Deborah Mackey | Essex, Hamilton, Clinton, Warren, Washington | ServSafe, Offer vs. Serve, Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes, New Manager Assistance | dmackey@mechanicville.org |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Katy Headwell | Albany & surrounding area | ServSafe, Sanitation | HeadKath@SHENET.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 |
| Patricia Meyer | Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Ulster Westchester | Offer vs. Serve, ServSafe, Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes | punski@optonline.net |
| 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 |
| Ruth Pino | Clinton, Columbia, Essex, Franklyn, Hamilton, Lewis, Saratoga, St. Lawrence, Warren | Offer vs. Serve, Sanitation, Production Records/Standardized Recipes | pinorut@slcs.org |
| Sarah Keen | Saratoga, Essex, Hamilton, Clinton, Fulton, Montgomery, Schenectady, Albany, Rensselaer, Warren, Washington | Offer vs. Serve, Sanitation, Financial Management, New Manager Assistance, Meal Patter, Farm to School | keens@schuylerville.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 |
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.
