Action Project Overview

What is an action project?

An action project provides an opportunity for you to practice sharing garden educational information with your peers to enhance your learning, skills, and confidence. Your project should be a manageable, effective, and rewarding experience that builds on your strengths and interest as well as the learning activities and materials from the volunteer preparation sessions. You may work on an action project individually, with a partner, or in a small group.

What are examples of action projects?

You will develop a tangible product of your choice. Look to your program coordinator for guidance as you identify a gardening related topic that is important to you, you wish to learn more about, and connects with the local program goals. Depending on program needs as well as your skills and interests, you may wish to update or create a:

  • Short video
  • Presentation
  • Infographic
  • Display
  • Hands-on activity
  • Article or blog
  • Fact sheet
  • Project plan for group or school garden-based learning project
  • Another educational product

See the sample Action Projects done by Master Gardener Volunteers in this Module.

Action Project Overview

Use the steps detailed in this worksheet to guide the development of your action project. If you have been assigned due dates for each step, follow those guidelines for each benchmark in your timeline.

As you progress through the steps you may find you wish to adjust what you initially set out to do. An iterative process is encouraged and be sure to communicate to your coordinator any significant changes.

Timeline Action Project 

Step

Activity/Assignment

Due Date*

Done?

1

Propose Project and Identify Your Team

 

 

2

Assess Needs

 

 

3

Design Objectives

 

 

4

Develop Delivery Strategies 

 

 

5

Implement Design 

 

 

6

Program Evaluation/Feedback

 

 

7

Dry Run and Discussion

 

 

8

Project Showcase 

 

 

9

Self-Review

 

 

10

Follow-Up/Next Steps

 

 

 

*Additional Assignments and Discussion Forums

Should you be assigned to work on these steps in three assignments as suggested, this will help you complete each task toward the final Project Showcase.  As you work through these steps, you can informally share your ongoing process in this Discussion Forum. This is an opportunity to gather feedback as well as discuss questions and challenges along the way.

You will post your final project in the Project Showcase forum. 

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