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Food: Just Grow It! Using the Logic Model as a Project Framework. Presented by Pamela Kutara University of Hawaii-Cooperative Extension Service For CYFARnet October 24, 2002. Project Overview. Partners & Products. Partners. Hawaii State Department of Health
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Food: Just Grow It!Using the Logic Model as a Project Framework Presented by Pamela Kutara University of Hawaii-Cooperative Extension Service For CYFARnet October 24, 2002
Project Overview Partners & Products
Partners • Hawaii State Department of Health • University of Hawaii Cooperative Extension Service • Hawaii State Department of Education
Products • Compendium • Website • Learning Gardens • School Gardens
FOOD: JUST GROW IT! Project Websitewww2.hawaii.edu/foodskills/fjgi/
Logic Model DevelopmentIntegration for multiple stakeholders
A Multitude of Concerns • Department of Health • Cooperative Extension Service • Agriculture, Nutrition, & Family Resources • Project Logic Model • Subject Matter Outcomes • Department of Education • Content Standards • Project-based Learning • Classroom Teacher
Hawaii Department of Education Standards Content Standards Content area: Health Grades: 9-12 Benchmarks doe.k12.hi.us/standards/index.htm
Logic Model Development • CES Faculty & Staff training—Oct. 2000 • Challenge to focus on a current project -- Food: Just Grow It! • Project Logic Model • Assessment Matrixes • Checklist • DOE Teacher training—June 2002 • School team Logic Model
Framework for Planning & Evaluation Planning Inputs Outputs Outcomes Programmatic Investments Activities Participation Short Term Medium Term Long Term Evaluation
Assessment Matrixes • 1.0 Rot for Your Plot • 2.0 Know Your Pests • 3.0 5-A-Day • 4.0 Sense of Caring • 5.0 It’s the Dirt • 6.0 Why Organic Growing? • 7.0 Keep it Clean
Team FJGI 2002Six High Schools • Kauai Island Waimea Kauai • Hawaii Island Konawaena Kealakehe • Oahu Island Waianae Leilehua
Reflections of Experience • Advantages • Challenges • Suggestions
Advantages • Visual picture that helps people focus on the project goals and objectives • Provides a tool to use in discussions and planning details • Assists with identifying gaps utilizing one question, “So What?” • Simple, “logical” structure
Challenges • “Unnatural” teams • Extension interdisciplinary programs • High school classroom programs • Politics • Cultural issues • Follow through
Suggestions from the Field • Have Patience • Be Inclusive • Keep asking questions • Be Flexible • Continue Persistence