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Would be a great to have scalealike PLCs or quarterly calls. More time to connect and talk. John Fisher Life Lab

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Would be a great to have scalealike PLCs or quarterly calls. More time to connect and talk. John Fisher Life Lab

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What is our district currently spending money on? -Allie D.C.

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Listening to Dr Rodríguez talk about how to fund programs / and providing programming that fits the needs of the students they serve.

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Hearing about getting constituent buy in to influence board of ed

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How to work within a larger, +300 schools, district? Advice and funding sources. How to get a seat at the table? -Jessica Openlands

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I really liked the focus on not just whole child, but whole community as well.

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How do we help Districts understand their funding models that can help support garden education ( how can they include it in their LCAP plans?) Jenn & Marie Santa Clara COE

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One garden educator at every elementary school!

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One garden educator at every elementary school!

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Instead of doing our own pilot to scale in Houston, maybe we could use data from other districts like this one to show what can be done . —Matt

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Katie
Columbus City School
I was inspired by the cooking/tasting component of the garden programs.

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District support is amazing. I think it would be hard to secure this level of financial support elsewhere.

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District support is amazing. I think it would be hard to secure this level of financial support elsewhere.

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The buy-in from the top level,
school level and community level!

Meghan (LA)

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asking the community what they care about and delivering it

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Life Lab should create a SoCal hub and work with all of the districts down there! Upland and Temecula would like that very much! ❤️🌿✨

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Seeing the Superintendent knowledge and support of the program is so inspiring! It is so amazing that she is connected with what is going on in the program and is making the connection to the community! - Cassidy

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Middle school education programming? Is their a garden education curriculum or program specifically for garden education?

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What can this funding pay for? Only nutrition education? Can it extend to garden education if the end result is increased nutrition education?

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The superintendent of Watsonville

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Ideas of how to structure PDs for garden instruction Rebekka SCSD

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Ideas of how to structure PDs for garden instruction Rebekka SCSD

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What are the specific funds that can be utilized? (ESSR, LCAP, etc.)

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What are the specific funds that can be utilized? (ESSR, LCAP, etc.)

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The cooking nutrition lessons, kitchen, planning are amazing

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Loved the superintendent level acknowledgment that qualitative data is as important as quantitative data and often brings earlier results so don’t give up before quantitative results are achieved.
- Redding @ Grow Pgh

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I need support getting the district to hire garden educators. 🫐🥦🍌

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How long term vision from the superintendent can sustain garden Ed.  Also awareness by the superintendent about how garden ed satisfies so many academic and social emotional needs.
-Laney, Growing Healthy Kids

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How to apply this model in larger districts where universal board and superintendent buy-in is highly politicized.

Meghan (LA)

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Having a garden educator at every site in PVUSD ( soon). Having student led tours and conversations. And PVUSD having the vision to prioritize garden education in all schools. Jen & Marie SCCOE

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Having a garden educator at every site in PVUSD ( soon). Having student led tours and conversations. And PVUSD having the vision to prioritize garden education in all schools. Jen & Marie SCCOE

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Pilot to scale approach.

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Second how to get a seat at the table to advocate for garden / kitchen programming

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Professional development and district buy in 

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Professional development and district buy in 

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Funding redistribution to support garden education.

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Columbus City Schools
Any suggestions on how to reach district leadership in a larger school district?

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Hearing Dr. R talk about getting stakeholder buy in

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Love the idea of a SoCal hub! Perhaps successes in smaller districts could be used to gain but-in in the neighboring larger districts!

Meghan (LA)

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I want to echo what Matt said in the “inspiration” section - it would be helpful to have the data that PVUSD currently has to show what’s possible with garden programming when trying to implement gardens in other districts. Rebecca Gardeneers.

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Is there concern that funds will shift once COVID funding is spent? Are these COVID relief funds?

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What ways could we fund streamlined PD framework that could support the in sustainability of our district programing?

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Education of junior high students how to eat them

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Hearing all the ways districts are making School gardens happen

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Hearing all the ways districts are making School gardens happen

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Would love to strategize using the PVUSD Superintendent’s experience on how to shift (re-purpose) funds so they can be used for garden ed. deep dive into how to frame LCAP language for this purpose. Use of supplemental funds for garden ed.

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The most effective way to support our Districts with school gardens-  Garden educators, teachers, volunteers and connections with community partners. Jenn & Marie SCCOE

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The most effective way to support our Districts with school gardens-  Garden educators, teachers, volunteers and connections with community partners. Jenn & Marie SCCOE

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How do you maintain the balance with having consistency across programs and gardens but also tailor it to the needs of the community? Rebecca Gardeneers

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Columbus City Schools
Ideas for grants to apply to that will help pay for more garden instructors for a district.

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How PVUSD reimagined required courses as CTE courses

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The garden coordinators in every Life Lab school. The way in which the school gardens are utilized in the elementaries. The culinary kitchen and garden. The way the district utilizes the data they have to provide garden education as part of the elementary school curriculum.

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I really enjoyed the idea of inviting folks to imagine the space through tours in order to create community engagement and excitement around the garden project

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Sustained commitment and promise- pvusd has framed school gardens as part of who they are

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The support that is available here is inspiring. 

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The support that is available here is inspiring. 

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Is there a resource created for school districts who want to move from not having garden staff to having garden support staff in each school?
Sara Reveile

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I am so impressed with the dedication from the district!! And everyone else!! 🤩🎸🤘🏼

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How to get superintendent and admin buy in -Danielle from Chicago

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How to get superintendent and admin buy in -Danielle from Chicago

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I’m already sad about leaving everyone at the Institute so I would love the opportunity to keep the collaboration going!! Cassidy

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Columbus City Schools
Help with tried and true garden curriculum for all grade level so we don’t have to recreate the wheel.

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Strategy or implementation plan, timeline of activities to scale up.  Criteria for readiness and willingness of a building - Kaitlyn @ Waukee

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Strategy or implementation plan, timeline of activities to scale up.  Criteria for readiness and willingness of a building - Kaitlyn @ Waukee

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What funding strategies are there for school districts who do not have garden nonprofits in the region to fund full-time garden educators?
Sara Revile

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How to streamline the process for garden implementation and continued management district wide when dealing with a variety of entities and funding inputs? - Miriam at BVSD

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How to streamline the process for garden implementation and continued management district wide when dealing with a variety of entities and funding inputs? - Miriam at BVSD

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Curriculum that can be integrated into/connected to existing core curriculum.

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Curriculum that can be integrated into/connected to existing core curriculum.

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More curriculum for grades 6-12
-Redding @ Grow Pgh

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I appreciated the acknowledgement that the teaching kitchen has created additional custodial work.

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What wording/phrases/language will help with superintendent level buy in of garden education as worth an significant investment of district funds.  We have made a lot of success with this, but no where near the level of investment that PVUSD has.  What language and strategies help in getting that level of investment.
-Laney, Growing Healthy Kids

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Hearing about the engineering lesson integration at Amesti.

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More support for middle school garden education

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Listening to Dr Rodriguez speak about the vision behind the work and partnership with Life Lab. Super powerful and inspiring to hear from someone in a position of influence and decision-making about how to create more engaging learning opportunities for our students.

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Listening to Dr Rodriguez speak about the vision behind the work and partnership with Life Lab. Super powerful and inspiring to hear from someone in a position of influence and decision-making about how to create more engaging learning opportunities for our students.

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What has it looked like to create paid garden support positions within a school district?
-Redding @ Grow Pgh

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Family engagement in after school programming.

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Policy, commitment at board, district level, school level, parent, students

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SWOT Analysis of district program that includes consideration of political and school realities around teacher retention and loss of enrollment

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SWOT Analysis of district program that includes consideration of political and school realities around teacher retention and loss of enrollment

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The pilot to scale program

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Project tours and asking participants to be ambassadors for the project. Getting stakeholders to envision the project.

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The pilot to small scale to large scale implementation model is inspiring! Jessica, Openlands

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The pilot to small scale to large scale implementation model is inspiring! Jessica, Openlands

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What data is most important to collect for an overall picture of success in a school garden program?
Ashley Fine

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How can we use the garden to facilitate the inner restoration of teachers and their passion for education? Kaitlyn @ Waukee

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How can we use the garden to facilitate the inner restoration of teachers and their passion for education? Kaitlyn @ Waukee

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The focus on nutrition and cooking as well as the buy in from all levels from non-profits, school leaders, families, and community members

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Whole child, whole family, whole community

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How can we get funding to support garden coordinator positions at schools