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Funding Program: IPM Partnership Grants

Project Title: School IPM Leadership Training Program: Developing a Learning Community

Project Director (PD): Lynn Braband [1]

Lead State: NY Lead Organization: Cornell University

Undesignated Funding: $53,785

Start Date: Jul-01-2004 End Date: Jun-30-2006

Site/Commodity: schools, structural, community

Summary: Children, because of their size and developmental stage, are more vulnerable to pesticides than adults. To protect them we must decrease pesticide use in schools. Yet we cannot compromise the quality of pest control because pests such as cockroaches and mice present equally important health hazards. Pest management in schools is challenging because of the variety of heavily used settings, including classrooms, cafeterias, auditoriums, and playing fields. A 2002 statewide survey revealed that many New York State schools want to adopt IPM but they need in-depth training, technical assistance, and on-going support. Our long-term goal is to help all of the state's 703 school districts adopt IPM, protecting over 3 million students by reducing the risks posed by pests and pesticides. We've laid the foundation for this effort by working with over 150 schools. Now, the next step: developing a model school IPM program that can be replicated throughout the state (and later, the region) and training local leaders to guide IPM adoption in schools. We'll begin with school buildings and grounds personnel in four school districts. As part of their intensive hands-on training, they, with their peer mentors and IPM trainers, will develop and refine the model. Each school will be alloted up to $6,000 to help implement its IPM plan. Their goal: become eligible for the national "IPM STAR certified school" standard created by the IPM Institute of America. The level of risk reduction achieved by each school will be evaluated using this standard. Later, our IPM leaders will educate and mentor their peers. Objectives: 1. Organize the "learning community" team that will develop the four model programs. 2. Utilize the IPM Institute's "IPM Standards for Schools" to assess the current status of the pest management programs of the cooperating schools. 3.Develop and pursue individualized IPM improvement plans via collaborative interaction among the four cooperating school districts, extension IPM specialists, and peer mentors. The goal will be qualification for the IPM Institute's STAR school certification. 4. Evaluate the success of the cooperating districts' IPM development plans. 5. Communicate the results of the four model programs locally, statewide, and throughout the Northeast. Progress Report 2005 Final Report 2006 Turf Magazine article Poster

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