MOVING GROWINGGREAT NUTRITION TRAINING ONLINE
GrowingGreat is a nutrition education organization dedicated to inspiring children to make healthier eating choices. Through their pay it forward model, students enjoy classroom nutrition lessons, garden plantings and farm-to-school tastings, all presented by trained volunteers and teachers. GG provides volunteer docents everything they need to go into classrooms and not only successfully teach a nutrition lesson, but to empower kids to choose wisely in the face of social pressures, advertising ploys and family habits.
Until 2011, docent training had taken place in person at GG's location in Manhattan Beach, CA. As their nutrition program grew and was adopted in other school systems, it became apparent they needed a more scalable approach.
OUR GOALS:
to provide GrowingGreat the guidance and expertise to put their docent training online, while maintaining the very personal, non-judgemental GrowingGreat approach. A first time volunteer docent should, after going through the lessons, understand the nutritional material as well as how to handle the classroom, the optional food samples, and any dietary restrictions or allergies. Returning docents could refresh their knowledge of each lesson, download materials and share their experiences and best practices.
THE ESTIMATE: Generally, when we prepare proposals, we include everything from discovery through development, testing and delivery. We include assumptions and goals and provide an estimated range of costs and fees.
Since GrowingGreat needed an accurate and specific number for their Board of Directors, we proposed a separate Analysis and Design phase with it's own discrete estimate. At the end of this period we would be able to provide a detailed budget and timeline.
Growing Great agreed and we proceeded to delve into content, learning objectives, existing brand, audience and technological requirements. We delivered a Content Outline, Wireframes, Tech Specs and an approved Visual Design and all of these could be applied to the development of the final product. The groundwork was laid for a running start.
TRADEOFFS: We found several ways to reduce costs. Instead of actors, we would use volunteers. GG was willing to accept the tradeoff, believing whatever was lacking in performance would be acceptable for this round. We also decided to shoot the training video at one of GrowingGreat's schools over the summer, and reduce the production to two long days (rather than three). Our videographer was helpful in providing minimal equipment needed for the shoot while maintaining a high standard of quality. We replaced a custom quiz with a Flash template we'd used in the past and found several other ways to reduce the bottom line of the development phase. It worked! We arrived at a reasonable number, an agressive but acceptable schedule, a process and a design. We were ready.
OUR TEAM
Project Manager
Creative Director/Designer
Lead Developer
Instructional Design Consultant
Writer
Video Team (Production and Editing)
THE RESULT: We created a complete training site with an Expression Engine CMS. The video is served via Amazon Web Services and need only be linked. We made it extremely easy for anyone at GrowingGreat to post a new lesson including video, documents for download and text.
We recommend docents go through each section of the lessons in the order we present them, but they are free to explore on their own or to return for a refresher. The materials that accompany each lesson are accessible from the Docent Library at any time, and Docents are encouraged to share their experiences, best practices and lessons learned in the Docent Community Forum.
The training includes:
Docent Orientation: A message from the founders, general on-boarding lessons. An overview of the courseware and downloadable packets (for docents, teachers and parents). Explicit information regarding the required approach to children's allergies and dietary restrictions. Information about food handling and procuring the optional food samples.
Lessons:
Each of the five yearly lessons include:
Introduction: Learning objectives for the kids, general scope of the lesson and GrowingGreat's philosophy of non-judgemental teaching.
Nutrition 101: Background information needed to teach the particular lesson, including recommended reading, checklists, handouts etc.
In The Classroom: The actual lesson performed on video as if the docent were in a classroom interacting with children, handling props, activities etc.
Food Samples: Providing food samples is an option for any school. Sometimes they are provided by donors, or the schools, or PTA. They are used to illustrate the core principles of each lesson (for example: whole grain foods, reading food labels, advertising, low fat foods). Our docent spokesperson reinforces the food handling techniques and general approach to food samples. Specific instructions are provided in a pdf in the lesson packet.
Review and Quiz: Key points of the lesson are reviewed and a brief quiz is provided to allow the docent to test his or her knowledge of the material.
Docent Resources:
Resource Library
FAQ
Docent Community Forum
UPDATE: The launch of GrowingGreat's Online model was a beta test involving all of the docents who had previously participated in face-to-face training, plus a few brand new volunteers. We received overwhelmingly good reviews, with a few very helpful comments that will be considered and integrated in the next version.
We are now working on the second year of lessons and the GrowingGreat Garden program. If you would like to consider bringing nutrition training into your child's school, contact GrowingGreat.org for more information and a demonstration
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