Farm to School Consultant Salem Public Schools INTERNAL CANDIDATES ONLY SY 2025-2026
Farm to School Consultant Salem Public Schools INTERNAL CANDIDATES ONLY SY 2025-2026
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Farm to School Consultant Salem Public Schools INTERNAL CANDIDATES ONLY SY
Scope of Work
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Salem Public Schools(SPS) seeks a Farm to School (FTS) consultant to work with the SPS FTS Team to integrate a PreK through fifth grade FTS lesson plan into classrooms and Outside of School Time (OST) programs (afterschool vacation academies and summer programming). The FTS Team members include: the Curriculum Instruction & Assessment Department; Food & Nutrition Services; the City of Salems Health & Wellness Coordinator; SPS educators and the Assistant Superintendent of Finance & Operations. A K5 lesson plan has been developed through a previous grant but more work is required to align these lessons with SPS curriculum standards and to include PreK lessons. It is estimated that this project will require between 58 total hours per week for up to a 16month period.
This Scope of Work includes:
- Completing the PreK5 FTS lesson plan and working with SPS staff to align lessons with curriculum standards
- Creating a PreK5 Professional Development plan
- Identifying and training FTS Coaches at each PreK5 school to coordinate and lead FTS Professional Development workshops by the end of the grant period
- Identifying School Garden Leaders at 5 of the PreK5 schools (may be a family volunteer or outside organization)
- Collaborating with grade 68 Consultant to create a sustainable School Garden Master Plan that includes using and maintaining the gardens during school hours and OST programs
- Providing school garden technical assistance to educators (classroom and OST) and School Garden Leaders as needed
- Data collection and evaluation
Hours of Work: Will require up to 10 hours of work total.
- Open to collaborations and partnerships on this work to complete approximately 10 hours of work a week.
- Applicants can indicate whether they are interested in FY25 or both FY25 & FY26 scopes of work.
Timeline
- Review of applicants will begin on Wednesday April 23rd. It is encouraged to apply as soon as possible for strong consideration.
To Apply:
- Apply TalendEd and email a letter of interest indicating the duration of the project you are interested in to
FY25: Onboarding/Planning
MarchJune 2025
- Attend weekly meetings with members of SPS Farm to School Team to set shared goals and deliverables.
- Create data collection and project evaluation plan; begin data collection
- Work with Curriculum team to create a Professional Development calendar for.
- Work with Curriculum team and Administration to identify Farm to School Coaches at the 7 SPS schools serving PreK5.
- Coordinate with grade 68 FTS consultant to conduct onsite visits to each school garden.
- Collaborate with grade 68 FTS Consultant and School Garden Leaders on the development of a School Garden Master Plan ensuring gardens are used consistently and equitably each has a point person and to coordinate OST use.
- Begin creating PreK FTS lessons and work with SPS staff to align all PreK5 lessons with SPS curriculum standards.
FY 26: Planning/Professional Development
JulyOctober 2025
- Attend weekly progress meetings with members of SPS Farm to School Team.
- Host one summer PreK5 Professional Development workshop.
- Continue FTS lesson development and curriculum alignment.
- Continue work on the School Garden Master Plan.
- Continue data collection for evaluation report.
- Work with School Garden Leaders to ensure all gardens are in use and maintained; provide weekly technical assistance as needed.
- Begin training FTS Coaches building their capacity to support educators in delivering FTS lessons in schools and gardens.
Implementation
November 2025 June 30 2026
- Continue weekly progress meetings with SPS FTS Team.
- Work with FTS Coaches to plan and lead up to four Professional Development Workshops.
- Finalize School Garden Master Plan; continue providing school garden technical assistance.
- Finalize PreK5 FTS lesson plans with FTS Team; Work with FTS Coaches to complete evaluation and sustainability plan
- Finalize data collection and complete evaluation report.
Project Deliverables:
- PreK5 FTS Lesson Plan
- PreK5 FTS Professional Development Plan
- School Garden Master Plan
- Evaluation Report
Qualifications/Requirements
Candidates must have:
- At least 3 years experience working with school districts on FTS and school garden training. Referrals should be provided upon request.
- At least three years of agricultural experience.
- Experience creating and leading professional development activities for educators.
- Experience leading data collection and evaluation activities
- Ability to attend weekly meetings with the SPS FTS Team. Most can be attended virtually but some inperson meetings will be required. Candidates should expect one meeting per month to be inperson.
Referrals should be provided upon request.
Required Experience:
Contract
Employment Type
Part-Time
