Stop School Pests - A National IPM Standard Training and Certificate Program

 

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Description of the Project
Committee Members
Strategy Meeting
Simplified Learning Objectives
Detailed Learning Objectives
Stakeholder Feedback Reports
Learning Lessons
Support Documents

 

Stop School Pests: Professional Development Training for Schools

The Stakeholder learning objective weighting score sheet
Poster at the 8th International IPM Symposium: Stop School Pests: Standardized National School IPM Training
Presentation at the 8th International IPM Symposium: Stop School Pests

 

Description of the Project

The Stop School Pests project was initiated to address the need for a recognized, standardized, peer-reviewed national IPM training program for school communities.

The program is a collaborative effort that includes extension, university, government, private and non-profit organizations and individuals (see Committee Members).

Stop School Pests IPM education materials include on-line and in-class instruction. Learning lessons for specific school community stakeholder groups exist including: school administrators, facility managers, pest management professionals/school IPM coordinators, landscape and grounds staff, custodians, maintenance staff, nurses, food service staff and teachers. Exams will be used to allow successful students to receive proficiency certificates. Students completing courses, but not undertaking tests are eligible for certificates of completion. Materials are housed on-line and may be downloaded free of charge http://articles.extension.org/pages/73468/self-paced-learning-page-for-urban-ipm. Education event templates are available on-line. In-class materials are formatted using PowerPoint and instructors are permitted to modify the materials for their own purposes.

Grant Citation: Gouge, D. H., Green, T., Fournier, A., Li, S., Nair, S., Kopec, D., Baker, P., Umeda, K., Foss, C., Stock, T., and Ratcliffe, S. T. 2014 - 2016. Building sustainable school IPM inside and out: Developing and implementing standardized training materials and IPM proficiency exams for certification, EPA $250,000.

 

Committee Members

Committee Members

 

Stop School Pests Strategy Meeting Texas September 23, 2014

1_Stop-School-Pests-Agenda-and-Logistics_TX_Sep23_2014.pdf (PDF, 57KB).

2_Biosheet-V3.pdf (PDF, 819KB).

3_All-Hands-Memebers-090914.pdf (PDF, 82KB).

4_Executive-Summary.pdf (PDF, 8KB).

 

Simplified Learning Objectives

1) All Hands
2) Custodians
3) Facility managers
4) Landscape and grounds staff
5) Teachers
6) Nurses
7) Food service staff
8) School administrators
9) Maintenance staff
10) Pest management professionals/school IPM coordinators

 

Detailed Learning Objectives

1) All Hands
2) Custodians
3) Facility managers
4) Landscape and grounds staff
5) Teachers
6) Nurses
7) Food service staff
8) School administrators
9) Maintenance staff
10) Pest management professionals/school IPM coordinators

 

Stakeholder Feedback Reports

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1) All Hands
2) Custodians
3) Facility managers
4) Landscape and grounds staff
5) Teachers
6) Nurses
7) Food service staff
8) School administrators
9) Maintenance staff
10) Pest management professionals/school IPM coordinators

 

Learning Lessons

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1) All Hands
Introduction to School IPM
In-Class Introduction to School IPM

 

2) Custodians
Custodian Module
In-Class Custodian Module

 

3) Facility managers
IPM Policy
In-Class IPM Policy
Responsibilities
In-Class Responsibilities
Key pest groups
In-Class Key pest groups

 

4) Landscape and grounds staff
Practices to maintain healthy landscapes
In-Class Practices to maintain healthy landscapes
Cultural Turf Management Practices
In-Class Cultural Turf Management Practices
Common turfgrass weeds and insects
In-Class Common turfgrass weeds and insects
Common turfgrass disease
In-Class Common turfgrass disease

 

5) Teachers
Teacher Module 1
In-Class Teacher Module 1
Teacher Module 2
In-Class Teacher Module 2

 

6) Nurses
School Nurse Module 1
In-Class School Nurse Module 1
School Nurse Module 2
In-Class School Nurse Module 2

 

7) Food service staff
Food Service Module 1
In-Class Food Service Module 1
Food Service Module 2
In-Class Food Service Module 2

 

8) School administrators
Administrators lesson one
In-Class Administrators lesson one
Administrators lesson two
In-Class Administrators lesson two

 

9) Maintenance staff
IPM For Maintenance Staff
In-Class IPM For Maintenance Staff

 

10) Pest management professionals/school IPM coordinators

Contributors to each module above

 

Support Documents

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Business plan
SOP for education day
Event evaluation

Templates
Save the date template 1
Save the date template 2
Agenda template
Sign-in sheet template
Photo waiver template
Certificate of completion template