MARCAS DE SERVICIO

Participant’s Name: Work Location: Supervisor:

Observer: Date:

Description Yes No Not observed Comments Wears required personal protective equipment Follows safe work procedures and policies Ask questions when does not know how to do a task safely Practices good housekeeping Demonstrates a safe attitude every day

General comments and observations:

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Appendix D: Participant Journal Information and Directions

Good Day and thank you for taking part in this important research! The future of the culinary profession begins with the new graduates that you may potentially help to make an informed decision about attending culinary school. To this end, we will focus on the individual career progression of you, the participant. Your participant journal will be used to supplement the interviews and observations that I will be conducting. You will be expected to write as you see fit, adding any additional thoughts a full month after we complete our interviews.

Here are some guidelines:

Based on the interview questions (see below), please pick a minimum of five questions that you would like to expand upon. Please add any thoughts or ideas that you may have come up with after our interview. The journal is your reflection, your opportunity to contribute to the future of the culinary profession.

Please return the completed journals to me one month after our initial interview. I will be contacting you at that time to retrieve the journal. You can contact me any time via cell phone at (352)457-1625. Thank you again and I applaud your efforts!

Here are the interview questions, please pick at least five to reflect on in your journal:

Standardized Open-Ended Interview Questions

1. Do you have a culinary arts degree?

3. What other fields have you studied?

4. If you have studied other fields, how does the total education experience make you feel?

5. If so, how much did you invest in your education?

6. How would you describe the hardest part in earning a culinary degree? 7. Can you recall the best part about earning a culinary degree?

8. Can you contrast how the best and hardest part of earning your culinary degree made you feel?

9. Why or why wouldn’t you recommend a culinary education to others? 10. What are your plans, if any, to continue your education?

11. What factors satisfy you with regards to career progression? 12. What was your starting salary?

13. Based on your starting salary, what factor did completion of culinary school play in determining your salary?

14. Considering the amount, you invested in your education and the amount you pay in student loans; how does your starting salary measure up?

15. What knowledge from culinary school helped you transition into the culinary field?

16. How does the overall culinary school experience make you feel?

17. What advice would you give people interested in attending culinary school? 18. Based on your experiences and knowing the culinary profession as you do now,

what if anything, would you do differently regarding your education, career and job choices?

19. What impact do you expect culinary school attendance to have on your future career?

20. Is there anything else that you would like to mention about your culinary educational experience and your future career opportunities?

Appendix E: Standardized Open-Ended Interview Questions 1. Do you have a culinary arts degree?

2. How long did it take to complete your degree? 3. What other fields have you studied?

4. If you have studied other fields, how does the total education experience make you feel?

5. If so, how much did you invest in your education?

6. How would you describe the hardest part in earning a culinary degree? 7. Can you recall the best part about earning a culinary degree?

8. Can you contrast how the best and hardest part of earning your culinary degree made you feel?

9. Why or why wouldn’t you recommend a culinary education to others? 10. What are your plans, if any, to continue your education?

11. What factors satisfy you with regards to career progression? 12. What was your starting salary?

13. Based on your starting salary, what factor did completion of culinary school play in determining your salary?

14. Considering the amount, you invested in your education and the amount you pay in student loans; how does your starting salary measure up?

15. What knowledge from culinary school helped you transition into the culinary field?

16. How does the overall culinary school experience make you feel?

18. Based on your experiences and knowing the culinary profession as you do now, what if anything, would you do differently regarding your education, career and job choices?

19. What impact do you expect culinary school attendance to have on your future career?

20. Is there anything else that you would like to mention about your culinary educational experience and your future career opportunities?

Appendix F: Consent Form

The Liberty University Institutional Review Board has approved this document for use from 7/13/2018 to 7/12/2019 Protocol # 3335.071318 CONSENT FORM

A PHENOMENOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF CAREER PROGRESSION AMONG CULINARY SCHOOL GRADUATES

Anthony J. Padavan Liberty University School of Education

You are invited to be in a research study of career progression among culinary school graduates. You were selected as a possible participant because you are a member of the ACF who has completed a two year culinary arts program and has a minimum of 10 years industry experience. Please read this form and ask any questions you may have before agreeing to be in the study.

Anthony J. Padavan, a doctoral candidate in the School of Education at Liberty University, is conducting this study.

Background Information: The purpose of this study is to determine if the attendance at culinary school was worth the time, money, and effort required as a measure of career

progression.

Procedures: If you agree to be in this study, I would ask you to do the following things: 1. The first task will be to schedule a workplace observation. I would simply like to spend

15-30 minutes observing your operation.

2. The second task will be a 60-90-minute recorded interview regarding your experiences in culinary school and your career. Ideally, this interview will take place along with the workplace observation.

3. The third task will be the completion of a provided personal reflection journal that will be due back 30 days after the interview. Specific direction will be included.

4. The fourth task will include both member checking/going over study results through a 30-minute phone conversation with each participant.

Risks: The risks involved in this study are minimal, which means they are equal to the risks you would encounter in everyday life.

Benefits: Participants should not expect to receive a direct benefit from taking part in this study. Benefits to society include helping future potential culinary students to make a decision based on real world input and experience.

Compensation: Participants will be compensated for participating in this study. As a token of appreciation, each participant will receive a $20 gift card from Publix super markets. Participants will be compensated at the conclusion of the study when the journals are returned. Failure to complete the study will result in a loss of compensation.

Confidentiality: The records of this study will be kept private. In any sort of report, I might publish, I will not include any information that will make it possible to identify a subject.

Research records will be stored securely, and only the researcher will have access to the records.

• In order to protect your privacy, you will be assigned a number (1-15) for the purpose of the study. Your name will not be associated with the research material. Furthermore, I will conduct the interviews in a location where others will not easily overhear the conversation.

• Data will be stored on a password locked computer and may be used in future presentations. Per federal regulations, data must be retained for three years upon completion of the study. After three years, all electronic records will be deleted.

• Recordings will be stored on a password locked computer for three years and then erased. Only the researcher will have access to these recordings.

Voluntary Nature of the Study: Participation in this study is voluntary. Your decision whether or not to participate will not affect your current or future relations with Liberty

University or the American Culinary Federation. If you decide to participate, you are free to not answer any question or withdraw at any time without affecting those relationships.

How to Withdraw from the Study: If you choose to withdraw from the study, please contact the researcher at the email address/phone number included in the next paragraph. Should you choose to withdraw, data collected from you will be destroyed immediately and will not be included in this study.

Contacts and Questions: The researcher conducting this study is Anthony J. Padavan. You may ask any questions you have now. If you have questions later, you are encouraged to contact him at (352)457-1625 or via e-mail at [email protected]. You may also contact the researcher’s faculty chair, Dr. Meredith Park, at [email protected].

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this study and would like to talk to someone other than the researcher[s], you are encouraged to contact the Institutional Review Board, 1971 University Blvd., Green Hall Ste. 1887, Lynchburg, VA 24515 or email at [email protected].

Please notify the researcher if you would like a copy of this information for your records. Statement of Consent: I have read and understood the above information. I have asked

questions and have received answers. I consent to participate in the study.

The researcher has my permission to audio-record me as part of my participation in this study.

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Signature of Participant Date

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