Ohio Department of Education (ODOE)25 South Front Street. Columbus, 43215-4104 The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce is a diverse team of passionate, education-focused professionals responsible for overseeing and enhancing the quality of education for each of Ohio’s 1.7 million students. The Department provides the resources and supports essential to raising student achievement and accelerating learning opportunities, advancing the connectivity between K-12 and postsecondary learning, creating programs to support and expand workforce experiences, and ensuring students have the necessary supports to be ready each day to learn. As the governing body responsible for overseeing and enhancing the quality of education within the State of Ohio, the Department of Education and Workforce is dedicated to promoting educational excellence and ensuring equal access to learning opportunities for all students. The Department is committed to collaborating with schools, districts, educators, students, families, businesses, nonprofits and all stakeholders to achieve our educational goals. Acts as a lead worker (i.e., provides work direction & training) over Education Program Specialists in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) by assisting and supporting the Assistant Administrator of the CACFP: - Assists with planning, developing, and implementation of operating procedures for the CACFP; - Develops policies/processes for state and federal regulations to support and implement programs within the state; - Develops internal and external training and marketing materials; - Develops and refines menus, forms, handbooks, and procedures; - Establishes process for reviewing sponsors based on federal requirements; - Serves as the technical program contact for the education program specialists. - Conducts program training for the CACFP statewide; - Develops internal and external policies and procedures to increase office efficiency; - Assigns work to education program specialists and may perform operational activities if assigned (e.g., approvals state car and/or travel requests, receives and/or responds to weekly reports, makes recommendations for performance reviews). - Plan and execute the CACFP statewide conference. Conducts specifically assigned onsite reviews of the CACFP program operations and sponsors, in particular cases where there is sponsor compliance concern. This may include the evaluation of menus, attendance documents, meal counts, receipts and other applicable records: - Conducts onsite reviews of sponsors to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations; - Makes appropriate recommendations based on findings; - Approves or disapproves new and existing agreements and applications pursuant to federal regulations for CACFP. Updates and maintains CACFP program policy and guidance documents. Actively stay informed of the latest Microsoft technology trends to ensure innovative and efficient solutions for updating and maintaining program materials.