Dr. Yetunde Alade spoke to SNIC about ways her team at Clayton County Public Schools is using an employee perks program to help with recruitment and retainment.
During a panel, manufactures shared that AI is not a focus for them at this time and cautioned K-12 nu - trition professionals from using the technology for things like writing bid equipment specifications. “I would recommend on spec - ifications to pull it from the manu - facturer’s website because if you’ve ever tried to generate anything on AI, it doesn’t look anything like what you would write,” Carroll Bender, director of consultant services for Jackson WWS, shared during the panel. 3. School nutrition teams get creative as labor and challenges continue Labor continues to be a challenge for K-12 operators and many are un - able to offer competitive wages to attract and retain new employees. As a result, some nutrition teams have started thinking outside the box to come up with other ways to
boost their recruitment and retain - ment efforts. During a session led by Dr. Ye - tunde Alade, assistant director for the nutrition team at Clayton Coun - ty Public Schools in Jonesboro, Geor - gia, Alade shared how the nutrition department came up with an em - ployee perks program after expe - riencing severe staffing shortages due to COVID-19. The program allows employees to receive financial rewards if they do well on the job. For example, em - ployees who receive perfect atten - dance every quarter receive a $500 bonus on their next paycheck.
“ Operators and their manufacturer partners are currently paying special attention to the first added sugar phase, which will begin at the start of next school year and will put product-based added sugar restrictions on breakfast cereals, yogurts and flavored milk.”
PHOTOS COURTESY OF BENITA GINGERELLA
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