1. This presentation was created with funding support from the USDA/NIFA E-IPM grant program

2. Outline 1.Communicating with staff about IPM 2.Reporting pests 3.Follow-up to this presentation This presentation was created with funding support from the USDA/NIFA E-IPM grant program Jennifer L. Snyder

3. Communicating with StaffCommunicating with Staff  Everyone has a role in IPM: teachers, kitchen staff, administrators, and custodians  Custodians are critical in communicating these roles, and occasionally reminding staff about their role in pest management  IPM is not another job: most of you are already doing it This presentation was created with funding support from the USDA/NIFA E-IPM grant program Jennifer L. Snyder

4. Communicating with StaffCommunicating with Staff Custodian’s role in IPM  The IPM Coordinator may choose to delegate some responsibilities to the custodian:  Monitoring trap placement, checking, recording?  Some types of maintenance (sealing gaps, etc.)?  Staff education (informal/day-to-day, or more formal?)  Annual inspection?  Turf and weed management?  Other?  Ask! Be clear about what your IPM Coordinator expects you to do Jennifer L. Snyder This presentation was created with funding support from the USDA/NIFA E-IPM grant program

5. Communicating with StaffCommunicating with Staff Custodian’s role in IPM  How to communicate with teachers, kitchen staff, admin about their role in IPM?  Don’t recreate the wheel; use materials already out there for this purpose!  Share the PNW Pest Press  OSU School IPM program website http://www.ipmnet.org/tim/IPM_in_Schools/IPM_in_Schools- Main_Page.html  Choose Pest Press topic  Print Pest Press, save/e-mail to staff, ask principal to e- mail/distribute, etc.  Choose method that works best for you Jennifer L. Snyder This presentation was created with funding support from the USDA/NIFA E-IPM grant program

6. Communicating with StaffCommunicating with Staff Custodian’s role in IPM  PNW Pest Press topics:  Ants  Bed Bugs  Birds  Cats  Drain flies  Food in the classroom  Head Lice  House Mouse  Mosquitoes  Pest-proofing Before a School Break  Spiders  Wasps Jennifer L. Snyder This presentation was created with funding support from the USDA/NIFA E-IPM grant program

7. Communicating with StaffCommunicating with Staff Custodian’s role in IPM  How else may custodians communicate IPM to teachers, kitchen staff, admin?  Your district’s IPM Plan  The school IPM law (ORS 634.700-634.750)  Other IPM educational resources on the OSU School IPM program page, or your district’s materials  Opportunistically: SHOW staff the relationship between their pest issue and the source of the problem Jennifer L. Snyder This presentation was created with funding support from the USDA/NIFA E-IPM grant program

8. Communicating with StaffCommunicating with Staff Custodian’s role in IPM  How else may custodians communicate IPM to teachers, kitchen staff, admin?  Your district’s IPM Plan  The school IPM law (ORS 634.700-634.750)  Other IPM educational resources on the OSU School IPM program page, or your district’s materials  Opportunistically: SHOW staff the relationship between their pest issue and the source of the problem Jennifer L. Snyder This presentation was created with funding support from the USDA/NIFA E-IPM grant program

9. Reporting PestsReporting Pests  How do teachers, kitchen staff, admin, etc., report pests?  How do they report pest conducive conditions (broken screen, need for door sweep, a water leak, etc)?  On-the-fly as the custodian is going about their daily business?  Via e-mail?  Via phone?  Other method? Jennifer L. Snyder This presentation was created with funding support from the USDA/NIFA E-IPM grant program

10. Reporting PestsReporting Pests  Most efficient, better overall to document staff reports of pest issues and pest conducive conditions in HARD COPY log  Proof that your district is employing IPM  Useful to a contracted pest management professional diagnosing the issue  Facilitates communication among custodial staff (e.g., who followed up on the issue?)  Allows IPM Coordinator to assess IPM solutions, program annually (what are the most frequent pest complaints? Are our solutions working?) Jennifer L. Snyder This presentation was created with funding support from the USDA/NIFA E-IPM grant program

11. Reporting PestsReporting Pests  Pest sighting log sample form Jennifer L. Snyder Staff Lounge Kitchen Main office This presentation was created with funding support from the USDA/NIFA E-IPM grant program

12. Reporting PestsReporting Pests  Pest sighting logs allow for communication on follow-up to pest reports Jennifer L. Snyder GOOD COMMUNICATION! This presentation was created with funding support from the USDA/NIFA E-IPM grant program

13. Communication and Pest Reporting  As a follow-up to this presentation, consider an activity module :  Case Scenario #3: IPM Communication Jennifer L. Snyder This presentation was created with funding support from the USDA/NIFA E-IPM grant program