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Teacher Training Program

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Become a Dairy Council of California Certified Teacher

Welcome to the Dairy Council of California’s Teacher Training Program. This 25 minute professional development program will provide you with a basic overview of nutrition information to help you feel comfortable and confident to teach nutrition in your classroom. You will also learn from teachers who have taught the Dairy Council’s nutrition education programs. These teachers will provide an overview of the content of the program, review student outcomes, show the materials that are provided to you FREE of charge, and share best practices of how to best implement the program in your classroom. Now, let’s get started. Select the grade level and program below that you would like to become certified in.

Kindergarten
Building a healthy me! Stacking Up Choices for Good Nutrition

This six-lesson program teaches fundamental nutrition concepts that introduce students to a range of healthy food choices. It reinforces language arts and math while teaching health in a fun way.

First and Second Grades
Healthy Choices, Healthy Me!

This ten-lesson unit focuses on food choice behaviors while reinforcing language arts and math. Engages students in learning that is developmentally appropriate, fun and it fosters their development. Personal responsibliity for life-long good health.

Third Grade
Shaping Up My Choices

This ten-lesson unit helps students apply problem-solving, reasoning and critical-thinking techniques as they learn about nutrition and physical activity. Students draw upon relevant health and nutrition concepts in authentic, meaningful ways.

Fourth and Fifth Grades
Nutrition Pathfinders

This five-lesson unit reinforces language arts and math while teaching health in a fun way. The program contributes to students resiliency by providing opportunities to practice decision-making skills.

Middle School
Exercise Your Options

This eight-lesson unit helps students assess their current food and activity choices and plan for improvement. The lessons focus on improvement rather than perfection.

For the past 90 years, Dairy Council of California has been dedicated to helping children and adults improve their health by making informed food choices and being more physically active. Dairy Council’s nutrition education programs, websites and other services are provided in California free of charge – it’s one way the California dairy industry gives back to its communities. California’s dairy producers and processors strongly believe that milk and dairy foods are the cornerstone of a healthy diet; that’s why they have funded Dairy Council of California’s nutrition education programs for nearly a century.

Nutrition education programs

align to California state standards
have been field-tested for success; and
are available free-of-charge for California teachers and at reasonable rates for teachers outside California.

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