Outcomes Framework & Sample Surveys

Survey Outcomes Framework

The following resources were curated by 2021 SGSO Leadership Working Group Members Katie Donohoe – Growing Minds Farm, Heather Polonsky – FoodCorps, Grace McGuirk – Sage Garden Project, & Leah Hillman – Jones Valley Teaching Farm. We invite you to contribute your own resources to share with the SGSO Network on the topic of program assessment & sharing results.

Outcomes Framework & Example Surveys

The following evaluation resources can help you develop new data collection tools and/or align your existing data collection tools with your desired performance measures.

Vegetable Consumption

Changes in preferences or attitudes towards fruits & veggies
# of new vegetables introduced, tasted, or cooked
Neophobia / New Foods Ranking
# of pounds of produce sent into schools
Decrease of fruit/vegetable waste at lunch
Increased student meal participation
Increase in student choice of fruits & veggies at school meals
Consumption Habits

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City Sprouts 2015-16 Evaluation (post)

Student Engagement

# of standards addressed in garden education
Change in school attendance , attitudes towards coming to school
Average $ earned per students employed/youth involved in program
Total amount of $ paid to student / youth job opportunities
Teacher perceptions of student learning, behavior, interaction with natural world
Academic gains via grades, test scores, STEM attainment, language acquisition
Garden engagement / knowledge
Nutrition knowledge
# of student garden visits

Life Lab’s Post Teacher Survey for Partner Schools

Life Lab’s Post Teacher Survey for Partner Schools

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Activation Lab: STEM Engagement Data Collection Tools

City Sprouts 2015-16 Evaluation (post)

Community Engagement

# volunteer hours
# unique volunteers
# parents / family members
# new / ongoing community members
# hours of parent / community involvement
# events / workshops open to community
# families that garden/cook at home
# pounds of produce taken home by students

Farming Concrete – comprehensive toolkit for various types of data collection at community farms and gardens

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Farming Concrete – comprehensive toolkit for various types of data collection at community farms and gardens

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Teacher Engagement

# trainings offered
# unique participants
# hours of training total / per participant
# staff visits to school
# staff hours at school
Teachers attitudes towards gardens
Skills developed by teachers
Meaningful use of gardens by teachers
# of independent teachers visits to garden
# hours spent during teacher visits

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Fit4Kids Garden Survey

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Garden Productivity

Pounds of produce harvested
# of plantings
# of harvests
# of different crops grown

Farming Concrete – comprehensive toolkit for various types of data collection at community farms and gardens

Farming Concrete – comprehensive toolkit for various types of data collection at community farms and gardens

Farming Concrete – comprehensive toolkit for various types of data collection at community farms and gardens

Farming Concrete – comprehensive toolkit for various types of data collection at community farms and gardens

Social Emotional Wellbeing

Social / emotional behavioral changes
Quality of youth to adult relationships
Self-efficacy
Quality of peer to peer relationships
Increase in # of students expressing school pride
Youth voice in decision making

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City Sprouts 2015-16 Evaluation (post)

Life Lab’s Post Teacher Survey for Partner Schools

Survey Question Resources

Find a collection of sample survey questions taken from the surveys listed above

Visit Key Characteristics of Great Surveys

The resources on this page have been shared by SGSO Network members, and collectively curated by participants in the 2021 National SGSO Leadership Institute, listed below. We invite you to contribute your own resources to share with the SGSO Network on the topic of program assessment & sharing results.