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32 CHAPTER 04: PRIORITY OUTCOMES, INDICATORS AND MEASURESStudents in Riverside, CA show their approval for local salad greens. (Credit: Emily Hart Roth)In addition to describing the core and supporting farmto school elements, it is useful to track how activitieswere implemented over the course of a school year.Table 4 provides a sample table shell that can be usedfor this purpose. This tool can be used for planningat the beginning of each year for those sites withmultiple teachers and nutrition service staff workingin a team. It provides a quick snapshot description ofhow and when the different core and supplementalelements are being implemented at a site.Logic ModelsA logic model can strengthen consistent programarticulation, help practitioners easily describe themultiple components of farm to school, and supportprogram planning and evaluation. It can assistprogram coordinators in identifying strategies andactivities that most align with their goals, identifypotential outputs and consider how those outputs canlead to outcomes 6 . It can help practitioners examineprogram strengths and weaknesses, identify whichelements of a program are working, and identifyareas that need improvement. See Table 5 for atemplate and Appendix 4 for an example of a programlogic model.Theory of Change ModelsEspecially for sites that seek to support family andcommunity level changes, the articulation of atheory of change may serve as a useful tool to guideefforts. This version of a logic model has communitymembers and program designers identify thecommunity problem, assess a community’s needs,note assumptions and take stock of other influentialfactors that may contribute to how the programcould work 7 .EVALUATION FOR TRANSFORMATION