Field Coordinator Orientation

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Field Coordinator Orientation

Who is Healthy Planet?

  • 501(c)3 Nonprofit
  • Founded in 2012
  • Mission: To Inspire The Next Generation of Conscious Eaters

What does Healthy Planet do?

  • Healthy Growing
  • Camp Food Fight
  • Farmers Markets
  • Giving Tuesday
Photo by The Big Lunch

Healthy Growing
1. Customized
2. Community Engagement
3. Comprehensive

Healthy Growing is a customized school garden program rooted in project-based learning and community development. Our program brings teachers, students, parents and businesses together around a common goal.

Photo by cafemama

Customized

  • School Field Coordinator
  • Site Visit
  • Program Plan and Design
  • Based on School Strengths

Curriculum

  • Over 40 ready-to-go lesson plans
  • Align with the garden
  • Align with common core

Community Engagement

  • Bring teachers, students, parents and local businesses together around a common goal
  • Empowerment, Ownership, Pride, Responsibility
  • PTA and Community Meetings
  • Community Crowdfunding
Community Development is at the core of the Healthy Growing programs.

When we engage the whole community, there’s more people to help lookout for the garden’s well being in the long-term. It creates more ownership, pride, and empowerment, so when one person leaves, the garden is safe in the hands of others.

We engage the community through PTA meetings and community meet-ups.

Community Crowdfunding

  • Average cost is $4000
  • Subsidize low income schools
  • $1 campaign at minimum
  • Time + $$ = ownership, pride, responsibility

School Champions

Entrepreneurship

An enterprise project is also an optional part of the program.

Part of our lesson plans cover entrepreneurship such as project planning, budgeting, marketing, writing a business plan, etc.

The end result is a student-driven, healthy, ethical, and recurring school fundraising Enterprise Project

This is for kids as young as 2nd grade.

Possible ideas are:
Fruit salad sale, design an app, sell salsa, sell compost, farm stand, sell seeds, create a recipe book, etc.

Is there space?

  • Lack of space for a garden is a common misperception
  • Asphalt, behind classroom, pots, 4x4 raised beds, vertical gardens, etc.
Photo by Peter Baer

We don't have time!

  • Lesson plans align with what teachers are already teaching
  • We personally come to the school to engage the community
  • We source and deliver all the tools, seeds, soil, etc.
  • We help build the garden and much more

Water Conservation

  • Drip Irrigation
  • Drought Tolerant Plants
  • Grouping
  • Mulch
  • Water Conservation Lessons
  • Learning Opportunity
Drip irrigation uses up to 50% less water by delivering the water directly to where it's needed.

Planting seeds that use less water then others (carrots, tomatoes, lettuce, broccoli, potatoes, squash, etc)

Grouping plants with similar water needs helps to prevent over watering and under watering

Mulch keeps soil moist and cool which saves water

We have lesson plans that teach students about the importance of water conservation - align with common core.
Photo by JobyOne

Outcomes

  • 15% increase - students choosing healthy food instead of fast food
  • 44% increase in academic performance
  • Improvements in attendance, attitudes, and employability
  • Connected, proud, & responsible community
  • Long-term school garden

Results

  • 39 schools
  • Over 18,000 children
  • 10+ cities
  • Over 200 Raised Garden Beds
  • Over 10,000 seeds

2017 Projections

  • 50 schools
  • Over 22,500 children

Timeline

  • School Registers: Jan 25th Deadline
  • School Site Visits (FC): Now - Feb 28th
  • School Plans Drafted: March
  • School/Community Meetings: April/May
  • Healthy Planet Planning: Summer
  • School Garden Campaigns: Fall
  • Dig Days (FC): 3 weeks after campaigns
  • Evaluation (FC): Pre and 2-month Post
Photo by DafneCholet

Resources

Site Visit Assessment

  • Goal: Learn about school, community and garden vision
  • "Check off" and/or answer every question
  • Be detailed/specific
  • 2 - 3 potential locations for a garden
  • Draw rough garden design

Site Visit - PHOTOS

  • Take a lot of photos
  • Potential garden locations
  • Current garden(s)
  • Water access
  • Photos of garden in relation to school
Photo by Thomas Hawk

Site Visit - WATER

  • Describe the water access situation
  • Where is it?
  • How close to the garden?
  • Is it water faucet/spigot or irrigation coming direct from the ground?
Photo by stockerre

Site Visit: What to Bring & Expect

  • Site Visit Form (Print)
  • “Keys to a Great Garden Location”
  • Clipboard, Pencil/Pen
  • Camera or phone for photos
  • Wear your Healthy Planet t-shirt
  • 45 min - 1 ½ hours
  • Ask questions
  • Don't be afraid to "get back to them"

Bottom Line: There's always a way...let's figure out.

Photo by Nicholas_T

Your Care Package

  • Healthy Planet T-Shirt (your size?)
  • HP Seed Packets
  • HP Brochures
Photo by Smoochi

Stipend

  • Up to $200 Total
  • 1st $50 after submit Site Visit Form
  • 2nd $50 after PTA/Community Presentation
  • 3rd $50 after submit Dig Day recap
  • 4th $50 after administer 2-month Eval
Photo by stevendepolo

Dig Day

  • Collect Potential Fall Dates at Site Visit
  • Online Training in Aug
  • Instructions
  • What to Bring/Expect

Evaluation

  • Pre Survey - Dig Day
  • 2-month Post Surveys - Winter
  • 6-month Assessment - Spring
  • 1-year Assessment - Fall

Next Steps

  • Tell me your t-shirt size
  • You'll receive your care package
  • I'll send a recap Orientation email
  • I'll send a school introduction email
  • You Schedule day/time with school for Site Visit - Deadline Feb 29th
  • You submit Site Visit Materials via (1) Email & (2) Regular mail

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