It is anticipated that results of such assessments would be built into local school improvement plans. The goal is that characteristics as exhibited by local programs can be measured. Quality Measures for Georgia's School Nutrition Program is written under some basic assumptions. The position or organizational level within the program of the person responsible for overseeing that a characteristic is exhibited is not specified since school districts have the latitude of assigning these responsibilities. As discussed elsewhere implementation of many characteristics is on a continuum, beginning where the local program is and moving forward to an optimal level for the particular operation based upon requirements of the customer and stakeholder.
Excellent resources exist to help in quality improvement efforts.
They have been identified as Resources Recommended for Use in Implementing Quality Measures and are located in the Appendix. Additionally, the department recognizes that there are numerous other documents that are referenced throughout the characteristics that need to be developed or identified for full implementation of Quality Measures . They are referred to as Documents to be Developed for Implementation of Quality Measures and are located in the Appendix. Also in the Appendix are the Proposed Contents of Employee Handbook and Proposed Contents of the Kitchen Manual . These materials will be developed in the future by the expert teams discussed above.