Metrics for SGSO-supported gardens and learning

[Sherman Garden]

For SGSOs:

What metrics do you use for reviewing and evaluating your success? And how do you identify and describe quality indicators?

I have a better handle on lessons, where you can document topics, length, frequency and # of students reached.

But, for example, let's say you support X number of school gardens. What qualifies as a school garden? (One or more garden beds, a container garden?) What are the minimum requirements? Is a patch of mint in an otherwise barren garden a "garden?"

Thank you,

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Christina Abuelo

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Sherman Elementary School Garden & Barrio Botany

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[Ullery, Sam (OSSE)]

Hi Sherman,

 

Great questions. First I would define what success is for your program- then start looking at ways to measure this success.  

 

I recommend this collection of evaluation resources shared by SGSOs here: Measuring Impact and sharing Results Promising Practice. The survey outcomes framework may be particularly useful.

 

What qualifies as a school garden? We’ve moved away from defining a school garden based on the physical space, and towards the programing (student engagement). We landed on this:

 

A school garden is considered “active” when at least one teacher incorporates at least five garden-based lessons into their teaching practice and when at least one student is exposed to at least 10 hours of garden-based education per school year.

 

 

We’ve attempted to define other commonly used terms such as school garden program, and school garden educator in our school garden guide (pg 18) here

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sam Ullery

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