Pre-Course
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Goals and Assignments:
1. GOAL: Assess previous understanding, skills, and applications related to gardening, teaching, nutrition, and sustainable living Assignments:
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Background Knowledge
When: Beginning of Coordinator term, before garden implementation Approximate Dates: Term beginning to mid-April |
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1. GOAL: Identify benefits of a school garden Assignment for Goal:
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Assignments for Goal: · Write your first assessment of your garden based on your current position and progress with the host and the garden preparation. Choose a format that you can continue to use bi-weekly that assesses personal and project-wide progress and failures. (Example: A blog post, a running Word document, physical journal that you don’t mind leaving with Lettuce Learn) Format is up to you, but needs to be something that can be passed on to next year’s garden coordinator, preferably including one visual per entry (examples: sketch of layout, photo of first seeds sprouting, photo of kids learning, etc.). |
Experiment and Plan
Description: In Module 2 coordinators will Experiment with ideas and Illustrate Implementation-Coordinator will demonstrate application of Module One by relating the information even more to the assigned space and experiment with a plan of action
When: At the beginning of planting, garden bed prep Approximate Dates: Mid-April to the end of May |
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1. GOAL: Self-Regulate, Organization of Time Assignment for Goal:
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Create and Share
Description: In Module 3, coordinators will combine the original knowledge gained in Module One with the plans drawn in Module Two to implement the garden in the space
When: Crossing into the end of Module Two and Module Four Approximate Dates: May-October |
Goals and Assignments: 1. GOAL: Execute planned map, lessons, volunteer management, measure successes and failures. Assist each other with issues faced Assignments for Goals:
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Analyze and Reflect
Description: In Module 4, coordinators will reflect and analyze their work through a final assessment of successes and failures in a form of choice to be passed on to next year’s intern. They will demonstrate an ability to see a project through to completion by providing a final portfolio.
When: As the growing season comes to an end Approximate Dates: September-October |
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1. GOAL: Conclude successes and failures based on original analysis and new information gained throughout the internship Assignment for Goal:
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