Harvest of the Month - Educator Survey

With USDA Farm to School grant funds, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and Minnesota Department of Education are developing a Harvest of the Month (HOTM) Program so schools can access local food monthly in the cafeteria, classroom, and community. The HOTM Program will promote the use of seasonally available and locally grown products in school nutrition programs. Marketing materials that showcase the use of these products to students and recipes to help food service staff utilize those products will be included in the HOTM program, as well as accompanying educational resources that will extend the program into classrooms.

The HOTM program’s goal is to encourage healthy food choices by increasing students’ exposure to and knowledge about seasonal foods while also supporting local farmers and building excitement about school meals.

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* 1. What grade do you teach? (select all that apply)

K- 2nd grade

3rd-5th grade

6th-8th grade

9th-12th grade

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What subject area(s) do you teach? (select all that apply)

Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

Art

Business, Marketing and Information Technology

Family and Consumer Sciences

Health

Industrial Arts and Technology

Math

Music

Physical Education

Science

Social Studies

STEM

Other (please specify)

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* 3. In your opinion, which students should be the target audience for the HOTM program? (select all that apply)

K-2nd grade students

3rd-5th grade students

6th-8th grade students

9th-12th grade students

All K-12 students

Other (please specify)

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* 4. As an educator, which of the following HOTM educational resources would you use? (select all that apply)

Standards-based lesson plans - Examples: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Discussion, writing prompt, or issue analysis focused on the HOTM food item - Examples: Discussion questions/analysis to accompany articles like Wild rice legal rights, MN “Club” apple varieties

Geography based investigation on the growing region, environmental requirements, etc. of the HOTM item.

Science based activity (experiment, observation, etc.) – Example: Carrots

Nutrition information and activities – Example: Eat a Rainbow

Growing/gardening activity – Example: Growing Microgreens

Cooking or taste-test activity to be completed with students in the classroom - Examples: Cucumber Preservation, Mixed Greens Taste Test

Event (class, grade-level, school-wide, and/or state-wide focused) – Example: Great Lakes Apple Crunch

Farm to Table Video – Example: Follow That Food-Carrot Edition

Virtual Field Trip – Example: Goldenrust Farm

List of related existing resources – books, websites, games, etc. Example: reading list

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Which HOTM resource would be the most useful to you? (select one response)

Standards-based lesson plans - Examples: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Discussion, writing prompt, or issue analysis focused on the HOTM food item - Examples: Discussion questions/analysis to accompany articles like Wild rice legal rights, MN “Club” apple varieties

Geography based investigation on the growing region, environmental requirements, etc. of the HOTM item.

Science based activity (experiment, observation, etc.) – Example: Carrots

Nutrition information and activities – Example: Eat a Rainbow

Growing/gardening activity – Example: Growing Microgreens

Cooking or taste-test activity to be completed with students in the classroom - Examples: Cucumber Preservation, Mixed Greens Taste Test

Event (class, grade-level, school-wide, and/or state-wide focused) – Example: Great Lakes Apple Crunch

Farm to Table Video – Example: Follow That Food-Carrot Edition

Virtual Field Trip – Example: Goldenrust Farm

List of related existing resources – books, websites, games, etc. Example: reading list

Other (please specify)

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* 6. How likely would you be to use HOTM resources with your students?

Very likely

Likely

Neither likely nor unlikely

Unlikely

Very unlikely

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* 7. Would you be interested in being part of a follow-up conversation (20-30 minutes) or focus group (45-60 min) to discuss HOTM educational resources in more detail?

Yes

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* 8. Would you be interested in piloting HOTM education resources and additional tools with your students during the 2021-22 school year?

Yes

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* 9. During which seasons/months would you prefer to pilot HOTM resources and tools? (select all that apply)

Fall (Sept-Nov 2021)

Winter (Dec 2021-Feb 2022)

Spring (March-May 2022)

Summer (June-August 2022)

Other (please specify)

Harvest of the Month - Educator Survey

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* 1. What grade do you teach? (select all that apply)

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* 2. What subject area(s) do you teach? (select all that apply)

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* 3. In your opinion, which students should be the target audience for the HOTM program? (select all that apply)

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* 4. As an educator, which of the following HOTM educational resources would you use? (select all that apply)

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* 5. Which HOTM resource would be the most useful to you? (select one response)

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* 6. How likely would you be to use HOTM resources with your students?

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* 7. Would you be interested in being part of a follow-up conversation (20-30 minutes) or focus group (45-60 min) to discuss HOTM educational resources in more detail?

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* 8. Would you be interested in piloting HOTM education resources and additional tools with your students during the 2021-22 school year?

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* 9. During which seasons/months would you prefer to pilot HOTM resources and tools? (select all that apply)

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* 10. If you answered yes to question 7 and/or 8, please email sue.knott@state.mn.us with your contact information. Thank you!