District-Led School Garden Peer Learning Community - 7/23 10:0am PT / 1:00pm ET
John Fisher
Join us Thursday 7/23 call at 10 PST / 1 EST
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/cxg-bkyw-mma
Or dial: (US) +1 813-774-6787 PIN: 300 206 026#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/cxg-bkyw-mma?pin=3032340424754
Recurring Meeting Times 4th Thursdays of the month at 10am PST / 1pm EST, except November is canceled, and December is moved to December 3rd.
Let me know if you'd like to receive calendar invites for the upcoming meetings. email jo...@lifelab.org
Phylicia and I are excited to hear about your program models and connect with peers to discuss successes and challenges.
Over the coming school year we look to have themed discussions on the following. A meeting topic calendar will be shared in a future communication.
Building your District's Framework | Investigating Planning Tools and Guides | Staffing Models | Managing Multiple School Gardens Sites | Professional Development Models | Building & Scaling Your Program | Measuring Impacts | Funding & Long Term Sustainability | Action Planning
PLC Purpose:
The District-Led School Garden Peer Learning Community (PLC) is a collaborative space for school district staff and partners responsible for coordinating and supporting district-wide school garden programs. Through peer-to-peer learning, shared problem-solving, case studies, and resource exchange, members strengthen the systems, strategies, and infrastructure needed to develop, manage, scale, and sustain school garden and Farm to School initiatives across districts of varying sizes and stages of development.
PLC Co-Coordinators:
Phylicia Moore, Houston Independent School District, Houston, TX
Phyllicia is the Farm to School Education Manager for Houston ISD, where she leads district-wide food and agriculture education initiatives connecting school gardens, agricultural literacy, nutrition, and experiential learning. A formally trained agricultural educator with more than a decade of experience in K–12 education, she brings a teacher's perspective and a systems-level approach to building sustainable Farm to School programs. Phyllicia holds degrees in Agriculture Science and Agricultural Education and is currently pursuing her doctorate in Organizational Leadership. She is passionate about creating practical, scalable ways for school gardens and Farm to School programs to thrive across entire districts.
John Fisher, Life Lab, Santa Cruz, CA - John’s experience in district-led school garden programs includes being a program site manager for Life Lab’s Partner School Program in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District and a collaborator with Live Oak School District school gardens and district farm. John has been engaged with teaching students & educators in school gardens for over 3 decades. Over the years he has co-founded the California School Garden Network and the SGSO Network. He worked for over a decade as a garden teacher at Pacific Elementary and Starlight Elementary.
John Fisher - Director of Programs & Partnerships - 831.471.7831
Life Lab cultivates children's love of learning, nourishing food, and nature through garden-based education. www.lifelab.org
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Phyllicia Moore
Phyllicia Moore, M.Ed.
Building systems that nourish students, schools, and communities.