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Funding Program:
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Project Title:
North Central School IPM Working Group |
Project Director (PD):
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Lead State: WI Lead Organization: IPM Institute of North America |
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Cooperating State(s):
North Dakota |
| Undesignated Funding: $20,000 |
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Start Date: Mar-01-2016 End Date: Feb-28-2017 |
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Pests Involved: Structural and landscape pests |
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Site/Commodity: Schools |
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Area of Emphasis: IPM adoption |
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Summary:
IPM in schools reduces pesticide use, residues and toxicity, and pest complaints and pest-related asthmagens. Our group has been working in our region and nationally since 2008 to increase IPM adoption in schools, and has grown from 11 to 36 diverse stakeholders from every state in our region, with 20 members participating regularly. Our primary goal is to implement the National Pest Management Strategic Plan for IPM in the North Central Region (Green and Gouge 2015). If funded, we will complete four objectives in this grant period: 1) Launch Stop School Pests training by providing mini-grants to working group members to introduce the training to school districts in our region. Stop School Pests is a national IPM training program that provides the opportunity for school staff to learn about their IPM role through the completion of standardized training materials and proficiency exams for certification. We will provide ongoing access to online training modules and quiz/exam participation, free of charge for nine key school roles. 2) Coordinate monthly North Central School IPM Working Group and National School IPM Working Group Joint Steering and Advisory Committee meeting conference calls and support in person meetings to share information and tools, address opportunities and challenges. (3) Circulate a monthly eNews sent to over 8,500 individuals with the latest news in the school IPM field. (4) Update stakeholder priorities.
Objectives: 1) Launch Stop School Pests training by providing mini-grants to working group members to introduce the training to school districts in our region. Stop School Pests is a national IPM training program that provides the opportunity for school staff to learn about their IPM role through the completion of standardized training materials and proficiency exams for certification. We will provide ongoing access to online training modules and quiz/exam participation, free of charge for nine key school roles. 2) Coordinate monthly North Central School IPM Working Group and National School IPM Working Group Joint Steering and Advisory Committee meeting conference calls and support in person meetings to share information and tools, address opportunities and challenges. (3) Circulate a monthly eNews sent to over 8,500 individuals with the latest news in the school IPM field. (4) Update stakeholder priorities. |
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