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  • 1.  Community Chat 3/20 on Impact and Evaluation

    Posted 03-19-2024 10:06:00 AM

    Hi all! Hoping to see many of you at tomorrow's Community Chat (3/20 at 3PM ET) on impact and evaluation! 

    We can chat about why garden evaluation is important, tools and methods to measure impact, what to do with your data, and anything else you'd like to discuss. From those new to gardening to seasoned educators, everyone is welcome!

    We have some great topic specialists on board to help share resources and answer questions. And, if you can't make it, feel free to register and ask any questions in the registration or here in this thread. The recording and resources will also be shared here. 

    Register



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    Amelia Dupuis
    Kids Garden Community Manager
    KidsGardening
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  • 2.  RE: Community Chat 3/20 on Impact and Evaluation

    Posted 03-19-2024 03:08:00 PM
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    Thank you for this notice. I will look forward to listening to the taped session after as I am still involved in the Daniel Morgan School (Middle and Intermediate) in Winchester, VA that day, but am keenly interested in upping our evaluation methods for this ongoing program of 5th, 6th and 8th grade students growing food in their own food in their school garden. We currently ask students to complete a three question evaluation tool at the end which includes: 1. Rank the class from 1 (terrible) to 10 (fantastic) 2. Identify one thing you would like us to do better or improve. 3. Would you recommend this class to a friend with yes no, maybe (why). We (EMGs) supervise their hands on work very closely. We also distribute a Science Journal sheet each time we visit which includes current weather discussion and sometimes other pertinent questions to the lesson at hand, fairly easy. For example, the mnemonic PLANTS is used frequently to help students diagnose plants growing inside the classroom. I am particularly interested any tools or forms used by others with similar or better questions.  Thanks very much. 



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    Karen Kelly
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  • 3.  RE: Community Chat 3/20 on Impact and Evaluation

    Posted 03-25-2024 04:54:00 PM

    Sharing the recording and resources from last week's Community Chat! This Chat was fantastic (huge thanks to our topic specialists and everyone on the call!) and I highly recommend watching the recording (attached to this post) if this is a topic you're interested in. 


    Contact info for topic specialists if you'd like to connect:


    Resources from the Chat:


    Recording Time Stamps: 

    10:50 - Why is it important to evaluate your garden program?

    19:25 - Tips for grant reporting and general reporting out on impact

    30:20 - Focusing on the "what" instead of the "why"

    41:10 - Tips for doing evaluation with young kids

    45:15 - Tips for the methods you choose to use for assessment

    56:35 - Ideas for sharing out impact



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    Amelia Dupuis
    Kids Garden Community Manager
    KidsGardening
    she/her
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  • 4.  RE: Community Chat 3/20 on Impact and Evaluation

    Posted 03-27-2024 10:14:00 PM

    This was SO good! I just wanted to say thank you so much for always sharing the recordings, as it's often hard for me personally to make the live chats. But these are so valuable and I'm grateful for the flexibility when it comes to viewing :) 



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    Alicia Rodriguez
    Conway Elementary School
    Fredericksburg VA
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