View our teacher resources for A Tase of African Heritage Diet. Get lessons plans, video tutorials, class resources, etc.
Class schedule: 1 class per week, for 6 weeks
Number of recipes per class: 2–3
Class components: Each class is divided up into
1) an intro, 2) an historical and nutritional discussion,
3) a cooking lesson, and 4) a time to eat together and reflect.
Tracking success: Using confidential lifestyle and physical health evaluations, instructors and students track their success to make sure that A Taste of African Heritage helps its participants make lasting changes for their health and wellbeing.
Lesson 1: Traditional Herbs and Spices
Lesson 2: Greens
Lesson 3: Whole Grains
Lesson 4: Beans and Rice
Lesson 5: Tubers and Stews
Lesson 6: Fruits and Vegetables
Thank you for your interest in teaching Oldways’ A Taste of Heritage cooking programs! Please note that while we ask for credentials, teachers are not required to have a professional degree. A strong interest and passion for teaching the curriculum, and also a willingness to help Oldways monitor success, are the key elements.
Watch the entire (56-minute) webinar video below to begin the course. (If you’d like, you can follow along with handouts of the slides from the webinar video, or print them to refer back to.)
Building your familiarity with African Heritage nutrition concepts is a great first step for getting familiar with the course material.
Download Oldways’ Certificate of Completion for this course.
Organizations interested in teaching can license the curriculum on an annual basis will allow the licensee to download a PDF version of the curriculum, the trifold brochure and required entrance/exit surveys for printing.
Alternatively, organizations can purchase the printed teacher’s manual and student handbooks in our webstore with or without a license. If you purchase the curriculum, you do not need to obtain a license. It is an ‘either/or’ situation. Please note however that the purchased printed curriculum may not be printed, published, copied, scanned, or resold; and that you will need to sign an Agreement. The minimum order of student handbooks is 15. Classes are also encouraged to purchase the corresponding Pyramid poster to display in the class as well as the trifold brochures.
Even If your class series is not open to the public, we encourage you to add your upcoming class series to our online class directory.
We walk you through every step of the way to make your teaching experience as turnkey and rewarding as possible.
Download Oldways’ Certificate of Completion for this course. We can also mail the certificate to you after you have confirmed logistical details with us for teaching a class series.
Download Oldways’ Certificate of Completion for this course. We can also mail the certificate to you after you have confirmed logistical details with us for teaching a class series.
Download Oldways’ Certificate of Completion for this course. We can also mail the certificate to you after you have confirmed logistical details with us for teaching a class series.
View our teacher resources for A Tase of African Heritage Diet. Get lessons plans, video tutorials, class resources, etc.