Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana has signed an agreement with the Tennessee Technology Center at Elizabethton, Tenn., to offer an online Dietary Manager Training Program to Ivy Tech students, officials at the two educational institutions announced today.

Jerry Patton, director of TTC-Elizabethton, and Dr. Daniel Schenk, chancellor of Ivy Tech, signed the agreement, which was also approved by James King, vice chancellor for the Tennessee Technology Centers.

“We are pleased to have the opportunity to provide the online Dietary Manager Training Program to students of Ivy Tech, the second largest postsecondary institution in Indiana serving more than 102,000 students each year from 23 campus locations,” Patton said. 

Ivy Tech, Indiana’s statewide community college system, offers two-year associate degrees, one-year technical certificates and certification training related to workforce and economic development.

More than 104 students from 72 cities in 29 states have enrolled in the online Dietary Manager Training Program at the Tennessee Technology Center at Elizabethton since the program began in 2003.  The eight-month program consists of one to two lessons per week and 150 hours of field training in the student’s hometown.

Dietary Managers are employed in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living centers, large childcare centers, correctional and rehabilitative centers, restaurants and schools. Nationally, the average annual salary of Dietary Managers is $39,201.