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Promote a clean environment in your school
classrooms and cafeteria, and report which areas of the school have the most
pests or are easiest for pests to get in. If you want, you may want to
hold a competition between students in different lunch periods or classrooms to
see who can leave their area the cleanest after use. |
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Contact or visit another school (in your region
if possible) that already has an IPM policy. Students, interview members
of the other schools’ team and or staff and faculty who are involved in the IPM
program and write up a one-page summary of the meeting. |
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Interview the pesticide applicator and ask
him/her questions about his/her work. |
| Visit the school office to see what pest
management information is on file, how long the school keeps it, and the
reasoning behind this. |
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Produce a school staff education packet from
available materials on IPM for teachers, faculty, and staff who are interested
in IPM for their school. Get faculty, staff and students to sign a
petition in favor of IPM to develop a support base. Submit the petition
and the education packet to the Green Flag Program. |
| Advertise your presentations through creative
flyers. Make the presentation visually interesting and attractive to
people who need to be educated. Submit the flyers or other visuals to the
Green Flag Program. |
| Conduct a research project about IPM in your
state. Describe what legislation is available, and contrast it to
legislation in surrounding states. Write what needs to be done to improve
the situation in your state and your school. |
| Develop a one-page informative fact sheet for
science students to receive, which includes information about your Green Flag
team’s upcoming presentations and meetings. If possible, get the head of
the science department involved, and encourage science teachers to use the fact
sheet to discuss IPM in the classroom. Make sure the fact sheet is
readable for different grade levels. Submit the fact sheet (and all other
materials you make) to the Green Flag Program Coordinator and your mentor. |
| Identify and prioritize the repair of areas
within your school to prevent pest accessibility (using the IPM level two
survey for three months. Submit a detective list). |
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Consistently monitor pest sightings on a
bi-weekly basis through pest logs and evaluate the particular sources.
Submit a copy of the pest-sighting log covering at least three months, if pests
have been sighted.
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Ensure the consistent, timely, and informative
notification of students, staff, faculty, and parents every time pesticide
application is to occur. Submit notices sent out to school community. |
| Mentor younger students in your school by making
an IPM presentation to them. |
| Organize a trip to your local county seat or
statehouse to educate your legislators on IPM issues. |
