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Tim Stock<\/a>, Director, OSU School IPM Program<\/strong><\/p>\n Amy Carpenter, Program Support Specialist<\/strong><\/p>\n The mission of the OSU School IPM Program is to work with schools and other stakeholders to improve pest management while reducing costs, workload, pests and pesticides.<\/p>\n The ultimate goal of the Program is to protect the health and safety of students and school staff<\/strong> via sustainable and continual improvement of pest management in Oregon\u2019s schools.<\/p>\n The need for effective pest management is clear:\u00a0 Asthma is the leading cause of absenteeism in schools, which directly affects academic achievement.\u00a0 Pests such as mice and cockroaches can be asthma triggers.\u00a0 These and other pests can also be vectors of serious diseases such as typhus, plague and West Nile virus.\u00a0 Turf pests can lead to increased accidents and injuries.\u00a0 Pesticides can pose special risks for children.<\/p>\n Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a common-sense strategy that focuses on long-term solutions to pest problems based on better understanding of pest biology, and with minimum impact on human health and the environment.\u00a0 Preventing pests by removing their access to food, water and shelter is a key part of an IPM program.\u00a0 Pest prevention reduces costs while protecting the health and safety of students and staff.<\/p>\n All Program activities are based on needs identified through site visits, training and regular contact with hundreds of IPM Coordinators from all over the state.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Annual IPM Coordinator Training<\/strong>.\u00a0 Meets the training requirements for all designated School IPM Coordinators. \u00a0This is the best time\/place to learn new IPM techniques and share with peers.\u00a0 Training events take place at a school, and include indoor and outdoor hands-on site inspections. \u00a0The OSU Turf Management Program co-trains at every annual IPM coordinator training event.<\/p>\n Model IPM Plans<\/strong>.\u00a0 The governing body of each school district or school (as defined by ORS 634.700 (8)) is required to have and implement an IPM plan. The Program developed three different model IPM plan templates which were used by schools to create plans that fit their own unique situations.\u00a0 Through ongoing training, one-on-one consults and supportive resource materials, the Program works with schools to update and improve their plans.<\/p>\n Other Training and Resource Materials<\/strong>.\u00a0 The OSU School IPM Program website houses a number of materials created by the Program, as well as others created by or with school districts, the OSU Turf Management Program, Washington State University, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and others.\u00a0 Additional materials are provided to participants at Annual School IPM Coordinator Training events.<\/p>\n Special Projects and Initiatives<\/strong>.\u00a0 The OSU School IPM Program has led or contributed to a number of special projects and initiatives:<\/p>\n Low-Impact Pesticide List<\/strong>.\u00a0 The Program assembled and maintains the list at the request of school IPM coordinators.<\/p>\n A note about in-person versus online IPM coordinator training:\u00a0 <\/strong>The great majority of participants prefer in-person to online training for a variety of reasons including networking, more time to share and discuss problems and solutions, group activities, and the in-person\/hands-on IPM inspections and assessments which take up most of the afternoon.\u00a0 We know from research and experience that these methods are more effective at building and retention of knowledge and skills.<\/p>\n \u201cSensitive Sites\u201d include places such as adult and child care facilities, multifamily housing, shelters, correctional facilities, city parks, and other public buildings and spaces where people live, work and play.<\/p>\n The OSU School IPM Program plans to expand its efforts to improve IPM implementation in these sites as well.<\/p>\n Contact Info for Program Staff<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cEverybody knows something.\u00a0 Nobody knows everything.\u00a0 Although the individual may know little, the group as a whole knows a lot.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 Anon \u00a0Program Staff Tim Stock, Director, OSU School IPM Program Amy Carpenter, Program Support Specialist Our Mission The mission of the OSU School IPM Program is to work with schools and other stakeholders to improve pest management while reducing costs, workload, pests and pesticides. The ultimate goal of the Program is to protect the health and… Continue reading Our Mission<\/h2>\n
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