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LEARNING TO LEAD: SCHOOL CAFETERIA MANAGERS
TO RECEIVE TRAINING THROUGH UNCG PROGRAM

Dr. Larry Coble

GREENSBORO–They know volumes about food, nutrition and food preparation, but for the next three years, almost 2,000 school of the state’s cafeteria managers will receive leadership skills training through a project at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Child nutrition program managers will receive training in team development, planning and goal setting, improving professional and personal relationships and effective strategies for resolving conflicts. The sessions will be conducted in each of the six child nutrition service regions across the state and will expand on two earlier programs. The program is funded by a $941,565 contract from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.

Administering the program will be Dr. Larry D. Coble, who is director of the Collegium for the Advancement of Schools, Schooling and Education at UNCG and is a faculty member in the Department Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations. Daily activities will be coordinated by project director Melody Clodfelter.

“These are people who run small, medium and large cafeterias at individual schools and who experience the same management and leadership challenges that are found in any organization,” said Coble. “This program will continue leadership training that was begun for these cafeteria managers across the entire state. Through the training, the nutrition program managers will develop greater self-efficacy and empowerment as school leaders, they will be able to continuously improve the overall child nutrition programs in their school facilities.”

Cafeteria managers will be able to attend the sessions in each of the 2001-02, 2002-03 and 2003-04 years, Coble said. During the year, training sessions and followup sessions will be conducted at regional sites for as many as 30 persons at each location.

Coble has been teaching educational leadership since he came to UNCG in 1994.  Since 1997, he has received more the $2,750,000 in contracts to conduct leadership workshops. He was previously superintendent of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools from 1989-94 and of the Durham County Schools from 1985-89. He held a joint appointment as director of the Collegium at UNCG and as a senior program associate with the Center for Creative Leadership from 1994-97, but is now full-time with the School of Education.

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