Statewide Survey Master Gardener Volunteer Program

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Statewide SurveyMaster Gardener Volunteer Program

• Summary of Results for Strategic Planning May 29,
  2008

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Survey Process

• Sub-group of MGVP Advisory committee members via
  emails and phone created the survey
• Email invitation for online survey sent to the
  following listservs
• MG Coordinators
• CEDs
• Regional Directors
• MSUE Educators
• MGVP Association Officers invited by MG
  Coordinators
• Online survey was available from 4/28/2008
  through 5/9/2008
• Survey included invitation to attend Visioning
  session
• Collected responses analyzed for input at MGVP
  Strategic Planning
• Open-ended responses collected for input at
  Visioning session

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Who responded?
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From Which Regions
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Level of Experience with MGVP
Over half of the respondents have been involved
with program more than five years.
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Program Components Rating

• On average, for all types of respondents, the 18
  Program components received a ranking of
• Excellent 4
• Good 12
• Satisfactory 1
• Poor 0
• Unknown 1

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As a result of ranking satisfactory, these are
possible areas of focus
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Unknown Components

• New Coordinator Training unknown to 26 of 60
  respondents
• CEDs, Instructors and Educators responded
  Unknown for
• Twice a Year Coordinator meetings
• Monthly calls
• CEDs also responded unknown for Coordinator
  Website

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Declining Enrollment2000-2007

• Number of locations offering the program has
  dropped 27
• Number of Individuals trained has dropped 59
• Consensus across all types of respondents
• Constituents cant afford the class
• No Time
• Enrollments have not declined
• Local Coordinators also identify
• Lack of Administrative Support
• Lack of Resources
• Lack of a Coordinator

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Enrollment in the MGVP statewide has declined
59 from 2,078 students in 2000 to 1,224 students
in 2007

• From the survey
• 25 respondents representing 17 locations chose
  Enrollment has not declined
• 12 of these 17 locations did have a decline in
  enrollment 2000-2007
• It is unclear why 70.6 of the locations with
  declining enrollment think their enrollment has
  not declined.

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Lack of Resources means

• Lack of MGVP Coordinator/Time
• Lack of Hort/Ag support
• Lack of Money
• Lack of County Support financial
• Lack of instructors/money for instructors
• Lack of Marketing

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Fall of 2008 25 respondents from 18
locations Spring of 2009 35 respondents from 24
locations Fall of 2009 10 respondents from 9
locations