A Distance Learning Workshop will be held on THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2008. The three-hour Workshop covering Financial Management will be offered from 1:00pm until 4:00pm. The training will include completing the Severe Need Application, Claims for Meals Reimbursement, and Direct Certification schedule, allowable and non-allowable costs for federal Child Nutrition Programs and new Claim Form requirements. Jimmy Burks, Missy Harris, Donna Ratliff and Robert Ginder will share information on forms associated with the finance section of the Child Nutrition Unit.
This training will be beneficial for experienced as well as inexperienced bookkeepers, Administrators and support staff that complete forms for the Child Nutrition financial section.
REGISTRATION:
Please register for the Workshop directly with a site BY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2008. Follow each site’s process for registration.
The following educational cooperatives will host this Workshop:
Arch Ford, Room 1, Plumerville - 501-354-2269
Arkansas River, Room 1, Pine Bluff - 870-534-6129
Crowley’s Ridge, Room 2 Harrisburg - 870-578-5426
Dawson, Room 1, Arkadelphia - 870-246-3077
DeQueen/Mena, DM Coop #1, Gillham - 870-386-2251
Great Rivers, Instructional Bldg./Admin., West Helena - 870-338-6461
Northcentral, Room 1, Melbourne - 870-368-7955
Northeast, Room 1, Walnut Ridge - 870-886-7717
Northwest, Room 1, Farmington - 479-267-7450
O U R, Room 2, Harrison - 870-743-9100
South Central, Room 2, Camden - 870-836-2213
Southeast, Room 1, Monticello - 870-367-6848
Southwest, Lab 1, Hope - 870-777-3076
Western, Room 1, Branch - 479-965-2191
Wilbur D. Mills, Room 2, Beebe - 501-882-5467
Additional viewing locations:
Hot Springs High School, Hot Springs – 501-624-5286 ext. 17
Lake Hamilton School District, Admin., Pearcy – 501-767-2306
Mountain Home High School, Mountain Home – 870-424-6932
Metropolitan Tech Center, Little Rock – 501-539-0303
Tri District, Fuller Admin. PCSSD, Little Rock - 501-539-0303
Van Buren School District, Central Office, Van Buren – 479-471-3113 ext. 1
Training will be cancelled at any site that does not have a registered participant by the deadline.
REQUIRED HANDOUT:
Handouts may be printed by going to the Child Nutrition Web page http://cnn.k12.ar.us after Monday, March 3, 2008. Click on the following:
Training
Monthly ADE Distance Education
School Year 2007-08 Distance Education Program
March 2008
For questions regarding Workshop content, please contact Louann Griswood of the Child Nutrition Unit (CNU), Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) at 501-324-9502. For questions regarding site participation, please contact Sheila Brown at 501-324-9502.