
October Career Development Events are Here – October 28
Burger Battle, Creative Cakes, Creative Cakes BAKERS edition, and Mocktail Madness are being held at the Delaware County Fairgrounds on October 28. There is no limit to the number of teams you can enter.
If you know you are attending but do not have student names yet, let us know. We need to make sure we have enough judges available to attend.
Register by October 10.
Register for the events at the following links:
Burger Battle - $25/team – REGISTER HERE
Creative Cakes - $20/team – REGISTER HERE
Mocktail Madness - $15/team – REGISTER HERE
Leadership Lab – October 29
Registration is open for Leadership Lab. We know many of you stay overnight, so we scheduled these two events back-to-back. Registration closes October 17.
Leadership Lab - $25/student - REGISTER HERE
School Contact Information – Separate from Data Collection
Help us update our records – complete the form here – CONTACT INFO UPDATE

October Office Hours
October Office Hours are today! Thursday, October 2, from 2:30-3:30. We will be discussing Pre-Apprenticeship and continuing the conversation from Teacher Institute. Teams Invites were sent out yesterday. Reach out ASAP if you didn't receive your invite.

Data Collection – COMPLETE ASAP
Data Collection survey from the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF/National ProStart) is closing. The survey takes about 10 minutes to complete. If you are having any trouble with the survey, please reach out to sdelaney@ohiorestaurant.org asap.
The following schools HAVE NOT completed the Data Collection Survey. If your school name is bolded, Sonya will be in touch.
Bedford High School
Delaware Area Career Center
EHOVE
Garfield-CLC Akron
Gilbert A Dater
Greene County Vocational
Mansfield Senior High School
Maritime Academy of Toledo
Millstream Career Center
Ohio Hi Point
Pioneer Career & Tech Center
Springfield Clark CTC
Vantage Career Center
Warrensville Heights High School
Wayne County Schools Career Center
Teacher Institute
Information from TI has been added to the Educator Portal. Thank you to those who attended. We have started receiving feedback from the surveys, and we have started planning for the 2026 TI.
Mobilize Platform
Mobilize is a platform managed by NRAEF. Educators can share ideas, tips, and resources. Access is by invitation only. If you would like access to the platform, please let Sonya know. For those that have a login – here is the link - https://community.restaurant.org/main/groups/47337/lounge
Ohio Hospitality CTSO
Registration for Ohio Hospitality CTSO is still open for a limited time. You can use the link HERE to register your students for the 2025-26 school year.
Student Waiver Link is HERE
CTSO Handbook is HERE
Submit your CTSO Chapter Leaders so that we can send out the online training. The link to submit is HERE
Are you registered for the CTSO? Check the list HERE.
2025-2026 Calendar
If you haven’t seen the calendar yet – click HERE