Aim 1 Title:
Develop and conduct science teachers' workshops that enable the teachers to use food safety experiments in the classroom and advise students on careers in food safety
Aim 1 Project Team:
Aim 1 team leader:
Salam A. Ibrahim, North Carolina A&T State University; contact ibrah001@ncat.edu
Aim 1 team members:
Martha Verghese, Alabama A&M University; contact martha.verghese@aamu.edu
Angela J. Roberts, Texas Wesleyan University; contact anroberts@txwes.edu
Alicia Orta Ramirez, Cornell University; contact ao98@cornell.edu
Rachel Pfuntner, Cornell University; contact rcp26@cornell.edu
Aim 1 Current Efforts:
During the NCA&TSU Food and Nutritional Sciences summer conference (described below under "Aim 1 Completed Efforts"), Salam Ibrahim identified one school per district to host the one day Food Technology/Food Safety training to raise the awareness of the need for better staff development in these areas based on feedback from teachers.
Salam will schedule these trainings with these sites/teachers. Judy Simon will help to market and advertise the trainings over the Foods II Food Technology Moodle and the FACS e-group. There will be 4 trainings in Fall 2011 and 4 trainings in Spring 2012.
Salam will, with the feedback from teachers, plan and deliver a five day workshop (DATE TBD) on food science/food technology/food safety which will substitute for the three hour licensure requirement.
Aim 1 Completed Efforts:
Cornell University held their first high school teachers' workshop on October 22, 2011. Nine teachers from NY state attended the 6-hour course which included lectures, demos and hands-on sessions. For an agenda and learning outcomes, click here.
Cornell University submitted an abstract, entitled "Introducing Food Safety Investigation in the Science Classroom" and presented two back-to-back sessions at the 2011 Science Teachers Association of New York State (STANYS) conference on November 7, 2011.
Texas Wesleyan University hosted a one-day "Teaching Food Safety Workshop" for High School Science Teachers on August 3rd, 2011 from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. The workshop was led by Dr. Angela J. Roberts from the Department of Biology. Nine teachers attended the workshop and participated in hands-on activities and discussions focusing on i) the GAPS Food Safety Investigation Curriculum, ii) the Pathogen Tracker Game, and iii) careers in food safety. More information can be found at http://www.txwes.edu/biology/TeachingFoodSafetyWorkshop.htm or by calling Dr. Roberts at (817) 531-6559.
Martha - please add currnet efforts at Alabma A&M