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District-Wide Teacher Focus Group Guide (Page 1 of 1)Th e BSFP has been working in your school district for 3 years and has taken on thesethree goals:1. Increased awareness, engagement, and consumption of local and healthyfoods by Burlington School children2. Implementation of a Food Action Plan to increase access and use of local andhealthy foods3. Build community capacity to meet the food needs of low-income Burlingtonschool district studentsTh e following are questions on what impacts you have seen as a result of this project inyour school district.By food, farm and nutrition education we mean a way to naturally integrate critical issuesof children’s diets and health and the impact of nutrition on academic performanceinto your existing curriculum.1. Since this project started working with the school district 2 years ago, whatchanges have you seen in your students skills, knowledge and attitude towardsfood, farm and nutrition education?2. Since this project started working with the school district 2 years ago, whatchanges in your school’s curriculum have been made in food, farm and nutritioneducation? What resources have been used to make this happen?3. Since this project started working with the school district 2 years ago, whatchanges have you seen in the overall school culture towards in food, farm andnutrition education?Farm Conclusions to School and Sample RecommendationsTools and Resources4. What impacts have you seen on the larger community as a result of this project?Th ank you for your participation in the Burlington School Food Project and for takingthe time to complete these questionsAdapted from “District-Wide Teacher Focus Group Guide,” Schmidt M.C., Kolodinsky J, The BurlingtonSchool Food Project, Final Evaluation Report, December 2006, Center for Rural Studies.www.farmtoschool.org 165