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Principal Investigator Stacy Carlsen Marin County Agricultural Commissioner Project Coordinator

Principal Investigator Stacy Carlsen Marin County Agricultural Commissioner Project Coordinator Tanya Drlik. The Model School IPM Project. The Model School IPM Project: Year I. Assessment Training Outreach Demonstration. The Model School IPM Project: Year I. Assessment

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Principal Investigator Stacy Carlsen Marin County Agricultural Commissioner Project Coordinator

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  1. Principal Investigator Stacy Carlsen Marin County Agricultural Commissioner Project Coordinator Tanya Drlik The Model School IPM Project

  2. The Model School IPM Project: Year I • Assessment • Training • Outreach • Demonstration

  3. The Model School IPM Project: Year I • Assessment • Assessed pests and pest management practices at 3 Marin County schools • Created an assessment tool for use in schools throughout California

  4. The Model School IPM Project: Year I • Training • Developed two workshops • 8-hour landscape IPM • 3-hour structural IPM • Trained maintenance directors, groundskeepers, & custodians • Developed & distributed educational material for teachers, parents, & administrators • Conducted training sessions for parents & teachers

  5. The Model School IPM Project: Year I • Outreach • Published articles • Developed a school IPM section on Marin Co. Dept. of Ag. Web site • Fact sheets • Assessment tool • Info on HSA • Pesticide use, storage, & disposal

  6. The Model School IPM Project: Year I • Demonstration

  7. The Model School IPM Project: Year I • Demonstration • Held School IPM Expo at San Marin High School in Novato • Attended by 250 from throughout California • Guest speakers + 30 exhibits • Representatives from 18 counties, 19 school districts & 6 cities attended

  8. The Model School IPM Project: Year II • Marin, Alameda, Contra Costa, Solano, & Madera counties • Goals • Use what we learned in Marin County • Implement the best in other counties

  9. The Model School IPM Project: Year IIMarin County • Involve all maintenance & operations directors and their staff • Develop a model school IPM monitoring program at San Marin High School • Send out monitoring reports • Hold quarterly IPM seminars • Publish an electronic newsletter • Continue training in landscape & structural IPM

  10. The Model School IPM Project: Year IIAlameda, Contra Costa, & Solano counties • Hold landscape & structural IPM workshops for maintenance directors and their staff • Conduct outreach on the Healthy Schools Act

  11. The Model School IPM Project: Year IIMadera County • Repeat the Marin model from Year I for Madera Unified School District • Assess pests & pest management practices • Implement an IPM program for a single pest in one school • Train staff & administrators • Conduct outreach throughout county

  12. The Model School IPM Project establishes standard for DPR’s train-the-trainer program • DPR is using curricula developed during Year I • Lecture/demo format coupled with hands-on field exercises • Taught by professionals with experience in school settings • Small class size makes interaction among participants possible

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