CAFE Update March 28, 2018

02 April 2018

Educational Best Practices

Kicked off by a panel discussion highlighting the James Beard curriculum to reduce waste, attendees of the 14th annual leadership conference will have choices when they sign up to hear from peer presenters from around the U.S. on topics which affect them all.

Reaching All Students to Enable Success (choose one)

“Beyond the Traditional Student: Partnerships in Education”
“Community Collaborative Jobs Training Programs”
“Teaching Your Students Financial Literacy”

Innovative Classroom Practices for Engagement and Outcomes (choose one)

“Tips and Trips for Culinary Math”
“Integrating Financial Analysis and Management Throughout the Curriculum”
Panel: “Interdisciplinary Focus,” “Technology Integration,” “Community Engagement”

Who Needs Culinary School Anyway? (choose one)

Panel: “Beyond Cooking Skills”
“Techniques for Service Skills”
“Recruit, Maintain and Motivate Culinary Students”

The CAFE Leadership Conference is the only conference which is totally dedicated to help culinary/baking/pastry/hospitality instructors do a better job by keeping up with industry trends as well as educational best practices. Friday of the conference is devoted to Industry Outreach. Saturday has the educational best practices program.

HOST HOTEL HAS A LIMITED NUMBER OF KING SUITES LEFT IN THE CAFE BLOCK. (We are working on obtaining additional rooms in the vicinity.)

Job Opening in NOLA!

New Orleans' first ever post-secondary culinary school is on track to open its doors in January 2019 and is looking for an experienced, hard-working and ambitious person to serve at its helm as Director of Culinary Education.

S/he will be required to wear a wide range of "hats" that span both academic and operational responsibilities in a truly start-up environment that requires an ability to "figure things out" and deliver results with very limited support. Are you excited by the opportunity to do something entrepreneurial in the culinary ed space? Are you up for the challenges that it entails? Could you see yourself in New Orleans this year?

If you said "yes" to all three questions, please click here for more details!

Award Deadlines Moved to April 7

So many of you are involved with spring break, we moved up the deadline by almost a week!

Are you practicing innovations in linking your students with industry? Through externship, field trips, guest speakers, other ways? Tell us about it. And enter to win a cash award.
Have you been an innovative teacher? Nominate yourself or someone else. Tell us about his/her efforts and successes. And enter to win a cash award.
Are you not only implementing sustainable practices in your program, but have also made them a part of your curriculum? We have a GREEN AWARD. Tell us about it. And enter to win a cash award.
NEW THIS YEAR: Food Entrepreneurship Award: Award recognizes that innovation within our food system is critical to finding solutions to some of the greatest societal challenges of our time. This award honors secondary and post-secondary culinary programs that either 1) teach, encourage, or incubate entrepreneurship in their programming or 2) implement revenue-generation and cost-savings into their operations. Tell us about it. And enter to win a cash award.

DEADLINE IS APRIL 7

Award winners (and runners up) are also given complimentary registrations to the CAFE Leadership Conference June 14-16 in Milwaukee.

2018 Awards

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