Organizations Filed Purposes:
PLANT THE SEED INSPIRES AND EMPOWERS YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH GARDEN-BASED LEARNING - CONNECTING THEM TO THE LAND, THEIR EDUCATION AND ONE ANOTHER. PLANT THE SEED PROVIDES HANDS-ON GARDEN-BASED LEARNING WITHIN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS METRO NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND WITHIN METRO NASHVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. OUR PROGRAMMING IS FULLY-INTEGRATED INTO THE LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR PREDOMINENTLY UNDER-RESOURCED PRE-KINDERGARTEN AND ELEMENTARY AGE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT NASHVILLE. WE CONDUCT SITE ASSESSMENTS AT EACH LOCATION, BUILD AGE-APPROPRIATE GROWING ENVIRONMENTS, ORIENT TEACHERS AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT STAFF TO THE GARDEN AND TRAIN THEM IN THE WAYS IT CAN ENHANCE THEIR CLASSROOM OR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING OBJECTIVES, AND DEVELOP AND FACILITATE SEASONALLY-RELEVANT, GARDEN-BASED LESSONS FOR EACH OF OUR APPROXIMATELY 1,400 STUDENTS AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. ADDITIONALLY, PLANT THE SEED HAS DEVELOPED A 138-PAGE TOOLKIT TO GUIDE OTHER PRE-K AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN ESTABLISHING
PLANT THE SEED PROVIDES HANDS-ON GARDEN-BASED LEARNING WITHIN SIX METRO NASHVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND IS ENTERING A SECOND YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY BRANCHES, GROWING PROGRAMMING IN YEAR TWO TO THREE PARTNER SITES. OUR PROGRAMMING IS FULLY-INTEGRATED INTO THE LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR APPROXIMATELY 1,400 PREDOMINATELY UNDER-RESOURCED STUDENTS THROUGHOUT NASHVILLE. AT EACH SITE WE CONDUCT ASSESSMENTS, BUILD SITE AND AGE-APPROPRIATE GROWING ENVIRONMENTS, ORIENT TEACHERS OR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT STAFF TO THE GARDEN AND TRAIN THEM IN WAYS THE GARDEN CAN ENHANCE THEIR CLASSROOM OR COMMUNITY-BASED YOUTH PROGRAM OBJECTIVES. WE ALSO DEVELOP AND FACILITATE SEASONALLY-RELEVANT, GARDEN-BASED LESSONS FOR EACH STUDENT AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A 138-PAGE, 27-LESSON GARDEN TOOLKIT TO GUIDE OTHER EARLY LEARNING AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN HOW TO INTEGRATE THE GARDEN INTO THEIR CLASSROOM OR COMMUNITY YOUTH PROGRAMMING.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Susannah Fotopulos | EXECUTIVE DI | 40 | $76,696 |
| Dawana Wade | TREASURER/BO | 1 | $0 |
| Aaron Rodriguez | SECRETARY/BO | 1 | $0 |
| Vesia Hawkins | PRESIDENT/BO | 2 | $0 |
| Annakate Ross | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Chris Jackson | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Lisa Hilko | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
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