Lesson 1 T1

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FOOD SERVICE
ASSISTANT
you are important
YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN!
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How ImportantAre You?

• How one is being fed, and how one eats, has a
  larger impact on the personality than any other
  human experience.

Eating experiences condition our entire attitude
to the worldnot so much because of the
nutritious food we are served, but with what
feelings and attitudes it is given. Bruno
Bettelheim, PhD
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You Make It Happen!
What you will learn in this lesson

• You will learn three or more ways to help
  students develop healthy food habits.

You will learn the roles you play and some of the
skills you need to be successful in your job.
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Four Roles of the Food Service Assistant

• Interpersonal
• Getting along with people
• The school nutrition team is made up of people
  who are different in a variety of ways. The key
  to success is working as a team to get the job
  done.
• Informational
• Using and sharing information
• The Food Service Assistant (FSA) uses information
  in performing all tasks, including recipes for
  preparing food and putting signs on the counter
  to let students know the menu.
• Decisional
• Deciding how to do the job
• The FSA decides to get to work on time, be
  pleasant, work cooperatively, use recipes, and
  operate equipment properly.
• Technical
• Knowing how to do job tasks
• The FSA knows how to complete each job task
  correctly and efficiently.

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You Are Important Because You

• prepare and serve quality meals and food.
• make sure that the food served is safe.
• are friendly and caring.
• encourage students to select a complete meal and
  eat a variety of food.
• use standard work practices that help control
  costs and stay within the budget.
• help create a workplace that makes other FSAs
  want to be part of the team.

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FSAs Need Three Types of Skills
People Skills How to get along and work with many
different groups of peopleyour coworkers, the
manager, students, teachers, parents, and others

• Technical Skills
• How and when to do each of your job duties
• Personal Skills
• Work Ethic
• Attitude
• Education
• Physical health

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Examples of FSA Skills

• People skills, or how you get along and work with
  people
• Technical skills, or how you do your job
• Personal skills, or what others see in you

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What You Learned in the Lesson You Make It
Happen!

• How important you are in helping to meet the
  goals of the school nutrition program
• Ways you help students develop healthy food
  habits
• Four roles you play each day as you do your job
• Skills you need to be successful in your job