Daycare cook

Prepares and/or serves snacks and hot lunches for children enrolled in Child Care Center. Plans

weekly menus, develops shopping lists, calculates amounts of food and makes purchases. Organizes

and cleans kitchen according to health department standards. Maintain nutritional requirements as

identified by supervisor.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Proposes menus for daily snacks and lunches on a weekly basis and submits to supervisor for

nutritional content and budget review.

• Prepares weekly shopping list to support approved menus and purchases items.
• Prepares snacks and lunches to be served on schedule identified by supervisor; assists in serving

children during mealtime.

• Record the distribution of proper food measurements on the daily basis to comply with local and state

(TDA, Food and Nutrition-CACFP) requirements.

• Cleans and maintains kitchen area in a sanitary, safe and organized manner as required by the

Center and health department.

• Observes student teachers in the kitchen during scheduled cooking examinations; provides input

to staff as required.

• Attends the workplace regularly as per the defined work schedule and reports to work punctually.
• Working hours may include evenings, holidays or weekends depending on deadline requirements

and special events.

• Completes duties and responsibilities in compliance with college standards, policies and

guidelines.

• Completes all required training and professional development sessions.
• Supports the values and institutional goals as defined in the daycares Strategic Plan.
• Participates in the development of outcomes, monitors assessment of those appropriate

outcomes, and assists in the development of plans of action for improvement based on the

assessment of those outcomes.

• Participates in the process for systematic review and evaluation per the institutional effectiveness

model adopted by the daycare.