School IPM Working Group
Since 2009, representatives from land-grant IPM programs, government, private industry, and nonprofits from 11 northeastern states, have coordinated with other regional school IPM working groups and the national school IPM steering committee to promote School IPM practices. Leveraging EPA grants, they’ve conducted IPM demonstrations, drafted priorities for research, extension, and regulations for the Northeast, contributed to School IPM sessions at International IPM Symposiums and created the Best Management Practices website linked below. Members encourage partnerships with diverse stakeholders focusing on landscape, turf, schools, homes, structures, gardens, urban forests, and public health issues.
- Meet our members; contact our group leaders
- School IPM Contacts: Key contacts with regulatory agencies and universities in the northeastern United States
- Priorities and Reports: View the priority-setting documents and reports generated by this working group.
- Advance IPM in Schools Nationwide: School IPM 2020 is a long-term collaborative initiative working to reduce pest problems and pesticide hazards in U.S. schools.
In addition to involvement with the EPA grant referenced above, the following funded projects were developed by the Northeast School IPM Working Group.
Best Management Practices for School IPM
- Best Management Practices for School IPM: This online resource provides easy to use information to assist implementation of IPM on school property and facilitate reduced dependence on pesticides. (created 2014; updated 2020)
- Resources for School Nurses: School nurses play a critical role in integrated pest management. Take action to safeguard children’s health in your schools. (created 2018)
IPM Curricula for Staff and Students
- IPM Brochure for Teachers (PDF, 2012)
- IPM Literacy Plan for K–12 Education (PDF, 2012)
- No More Pests! IPM for Teachers and Kids Facebook Page
- School IPM Curriculum, part of Maine’s School IPM site
- IPM for Schools—A Program of an Environmental Management System: A framework of documents to help schools implement an IPM operations and management plan (2012)
- IPM Cost Calculator
- IPM Institute of North America
- School IPM Directory: The IPM Institute’s directory and resources for schools
- Resources from the EPA: School-related resources created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
- School IPM Resources: More information from the Northeastern IPM Center’s resources database
- Pest Defense for Healthy Schools: Formerly known as “Stop School Pests”
- iSchool Pest Manager
- National School IPM Information Source