School IPM Workshops Underway!

With the October 2011 deadline for implementing IPM in Schools coming up so quickly, we have been traveling across NC to offer 3-hour workshops for IPM Coordinators and maintenance personnel. The primary purpose of the workshops is to distribute IPM kits for the school systems to use to conduct their own in-house training and information sessions about school IPM for staff, teachers, parents, and other interested parties.

Each IPM kit contains:

A collection of common insect pests:

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A CD of Powerpoint presentations and scripts for use in training and a DVD on School IPM (produced by Dr. Godfrey Nalyanya before he left NCSU):

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     A set of identification guides and CDs donated by Syngenta:

The topics for the workshops include instructions on how to use the training materials for promoting IPM in schools, as well as discussion of suggested protocol for bed bugs found in schools. In addition, Chris Mills, IPM Coordinator for Union County Schools, has been sharing his experiences with school IPM, from start to implementation, including problems and solutions he has encountered along the way.

Currently, we've scheduled the workshops listed below. We are working on scheduling workshops for the eastern part of NC and will let you know as soon as those are scheduled.

   

Wednesday, May 4th, 1:00pm - 4:15pm

Cumberland County Cooperative Extension

301 E Mountain Drive

Fayetteville, NC 28306

http://cumberland.ces.ncsu.edu/

Wednesday, May 11th, 1:00pm - 4:15pm

Caldwell County Cooperative Extension

120 Hospital Avenue NE, Suite 1

Lenoir, NC 28645

http://caldwell.ces.ncsu.edu/

Thursday, May 12th, 1:00pm - 4:15pm

Macon County Cooperative Extension

193 Thomas Heights Road

Franklin, NC 28734

http://macon.ces.ncsu.edu/

Please contact Patty Alder at patricia_alder@ncsu.edu if you plan on attending a workshop so that we will have enough materials to distribute.