Follow up questions for Joe and Tania

[communi...@farmtoschoolbc.ca]

Hello all, welcome to the Agriculture Teaching Resources group for Cultivating Curiosity. 

I'd like to pass along a few thoughts and questions from Daniel Schulbeck for Joe and Tania following their webinar on April 29th. Feel free to respond and add to this growing conversation:

"I had a follow-up question for Joe and Tania’s presentation that I watched on YouTube yesterday. It was an amazing summary that I feel was squeezed into the 30 min - I understand how difficult it is to summarize 20 + years of work into a short amount of time. I have been thinking about their project since yesterday.

One thing that was not mentioned that is very crucial for any teachers/schools thinking about either starting or expanding a garden/growing program is the teacher allotment of time… 

I’m not sure of the words, but what I would like to ask Joe and Tania is what their teaching assignment looks like: does Joe teach any other classes other than the Environmental 11 and 12 class, and are the ones mentioned involved with the greenhouse/farm? How about Tania?

The allotment of teacher hours is a crucial factor for an administrator to have in mind when it comes to their role in creating the space for a garden program. For a teacher, how much of their workload is dedicated to a garden program will determine how big to dream."

[Madison Pinder]

Follow-up response to Dan's question from Emmy (thanks Emmy, for joining the conversation): 

"Thanks to Dan for this question, I was wondering the same while sitting in awe of the project/learning space.  I have long envisioned a school district employee (we are a rural district) who travels from school to school, on a schedule, to maintain the growing spaces."

Emmy

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Madison Pinder (she/her)

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[Tania Toth]

Hello, 

When we started BCAITC provided a block of time for a few years, the district ended up matching that so we could work together on projects. Now our district supports on prep block of time that is alternated between us each year. 

We have recently had 2 more teachers come in.

Tania Toth

Science Teacher and Agriculture Program Leader

Sardis Secondary School

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From: Madison Pinder <communi...@farmtoschoolbc.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 1:50 PM

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Cc: Joe Massie <joe_m...@sd33.bc.ca>; Tania Toth <tania...@sd33.bc.ca>
Subject: RE: Follow up questions for Joe and Tania