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