Culinary dual credit students visit campus

Dual credit students from Nokomis High School participating in Pastry Arts CLA 142 and Food Pro 1 CLA 131 recently visited LLCC Culinary and Hospitality on the Springfield campus to complete finals for their prospective classes. In an effort to calibrate the teaching and learning occurring in both places, ongoing connection between the main campus program and the dual credit program is something that the culinary and hospitality program has focused on this school year. In the fall, Sheridan Lane, director of programs and operations, and Jeff Martin, workforce recruitment coordinator, visited the classrooms to talk about career pathways in the culinary and hospitality industry as well as available programing at the Workforce Institute and LLCC as a whole. Then this spring, students participated in the calibration/final exam at the Workforce Careers Center at the end of their learning periods on March 31 for Pastry Arts, and April 21 for Food Pro 1. We hope to use the results of students’ final exam data collected in both dual credit and on-campus classes to inform and guide the ongoing partnership.

Two students in red chef coats cooking on a stoveMany students in white chef coats and hats standing around prep tables, preparing chicken