identifying partners and school responsibilities
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Identifying Partners and School Responsibilities. Getting Started. Garden Preparation Collaborate Site Responsibility. Garden Preparation. Encourage sites to explore gardening grant opportunities starting local and working their way out Existing (you never know) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
IdentifyingPartners and
School Responsibilities
Getting Started
Garden Preparation
Collaborate
Site Responsibility
Garden Preparation
Encourage sites to explore gardening grant opportunities starting local and working their way out– Existing (you never know)– Local “Mom and Pop” hardware stores– Local Gardening Club Scholarships – National Gardening Grants (Home Depot, National
Gardening Association).
Prepare GardenGardening area
should be prepared before classes
Youth, teachers, and families should be involved
It doesn’t have to be overwhelming!
Collaboration
Work with schools to get participation with garden maintenance
"Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade."...Rudyard Kipling
Collaborate
To work together,
especially in a joint intellectual effort Team Up
Work Together
Join Forces
Participate
Team Up Contact 4-H and Master Gardener programs
for possible involvement.- Team teaching opportunities.
Local Gardening Clubs may have volunteers.- Volunteers to help school with garden.
Make sure teacher is supportive of classroom responsibilities outside of EFTG lessons.- Gardening responsibilities.
Working TogetherEncourage involvement of whole school and
community.
- Principals- Teachers and staff- Parent involvement - Community garden leaders
Join Forces Teaching and encouraging garden
maintenance.
- Involve other grades-Before and after school groups-Parent volunteers and teachers over breaks-Turn into a community garden during the summer
Participate EFTG requires participation from everyone
involved outside of lessons for the curriculum to go well.
- Email reminders for teachers to take kids out- Schools thinking a head for garden maintenance
over breaks and summer- All year long!
Kansas City Area• Kansas City Community Gardens• Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City• Family Nutrition Education Program• Greater Kansas City Health Care Foundation• Jackson County Extension Council• Jackson County 4-H• Phoenix Family Housing Corporation• Local Investment Commission• Independence Health Department• Mattie Rhodes Center
