Joe Simmons, Best Mgmt Practices, Education - North Carolina ...

IPM, IMM, BMP, NPDES, and SOL’s
R. Joe Simmons, B.A., M.S.Ed.
Director
Chesapeake Mosquito Control Commission
Chesapeake, Virginia

IPM
• IPM or IMM have become very common acronyms for
most of us.
• Integrated Pest Management or Integrated
Mosquito Management are important components
of any BMP (Best Management Practices).
• IPM defined as-an effective and environmentally
sensitive approach to pest management relying on a
combination of common sense practices. This
management should be accomplished by the most
economical means with the least possible hazard to
people, property and the environment.

What is included in IPM?

Source Reduction
• Get rid of standing water whenever possible.

Larviciding & Adulticiding

Education!
If we can convince the public to
eliminate mosquito breeding sites
and protect themselves from
biting mosquitoes, we have just
made out jobs much easier!

HOW DO WE EDUCATE?
Who is easier to teach-children or adults?
Obviously it is children!
There was a time when teachers would
welcome people from the community,
including mosquito control personnel, into
their classrooms to give presentations.
Times have changed!

S.O.L.

In 1995 the Virginia State Board of
Education set clear and concise
expectations for student learning
and achievement.
Rigorous
Academic
Measurable
Clear and understandable

WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN?
•SOL testing has huge implications
for schools, teachers, students,
and school divisions.
•The pass rate on these tests is
the determining factor on
whether a school retains its
accreditation status.

• Test results are widely publicized and
have even influenced real estate
values as parents seek to purchase
homes in neighborhoods with high
achieving students.
• Added to this is the
No Child Left Behind Act
which adds additional testing and
requirements on schools, teachers
and school divisions. (AYP)

Goals of NCLB Act (2013-2014)
• All children achieve high academic standards and
are proficient in reading and mathematics
• All children of limited English proficiency become
proficient in English
• All children are taught by highly qualified teachers
• All students attend schools that are safe, drug free,
and conducive to learning
• All students graduate from high school.

Teachers are now very conscious of time and
time management. The standards must be
covered, and there is little time for “extra’s”
including visits from the local mosquito control
people.

• In order to EDUCATE you must first have
ACCESS!
• In order to get ACCESS you must be
RELEVANT to what the teacher and students
want.
• In the past we have concentrated on what was
important to US as mosquito control personnel,
but in order to get ACCESS to schools we must
change the way we think.

What does this have to do with me?
• Pennsylvania-Pennsylvania Academic Stanards and
Pennsylvania System of Assessment Anchors-PSSA
• Maryland-Maryland High School Assessments-HSA)
• North Carolina-ABC’s Accountability
• South Carolina-End of Course Examination Program
• Georgia-Georgia Student Assessment Program
• Delaware-Delaware Student Testing Program
• West Virginia-WESTEST

Give ‘em what they want!
• Incorporate the “STANDARDS” into any
education program.
• Help make teacher’s jobs easier and they
will welcome you into their classrooms.
• Give materials to students that will be
beneficial.
• Make yourself known and available!

Using these ideas as a basis, CMCC applied
for an EPA grant.
The logic behind the grant was that
“Education” could reduce the number of
breeding sites in our city and thus reduce the
amount pesticides we use.
Grant funds were used to develop a
comprehensive program targeted at
elementary children.

Third Grade Standards
Standard 2.4
The student will investigate and understand that plants and animals undergo a series of
orderly changes in their life cycles. Key concepts include
a) some animals (frogs and butterflies) undergo distinct stages during their lives, while others
generally resemble their parents; and
Standard 3.5
• The student will investigate and understand relationships among organisms in aquatic and
terrestrial food chains. Key concepts include
• producer, consumer, decomposer;
• herbivore, carnivore, omnivore; and
• predator and prey.
Standard 3.6
• The student will investigate and understand that environments support a diversity of plants
and animals that share limited resources. Key concepts include
• water-related environments (pond, marshland, swamp, stream, river, and ocean
environments);
c.) population and community.

Life Cycles

HABITATS

Algae (producer)
Mosquito
larvae
Mosquito-fish
Blue Heron
Bluegill

PROTECT YOURSELF
•Get rid of standing water around
your home
•Without water, mosquitoes cannot
breed

Wear long-sleeved, light colored, loose
fitting clothing!

Use insect repellents containing DEET!

Program included a packet of school
related materials for each student.
•Coloring book (life cycles,
food chains, ways of protecting
yourself, diseases, mosquito
predators, breeding sites, etc.
•Crayons, pens, pencils, rulers
•Scratch pad, magnet, etc. (all
with our phone number)

• The original proposal estimated that we
would present our program to 1000 third
graders during the two year life of the
grant.
• We targeted four elementary schools the
first year with approximately 500 students.
• Teachers liked our program and the “word
got out”!

Number of Schools 11
Number of Classes 64
Number of Students 1605
Additional Students
(Career Days-Six Schools) 1720
Total Students 3325

Number of Schools 17
Number of Classes 133
Number of Students 2642
Career Day Presentations 8
Career Day Students 1785
Total Number of Students 4427

SIX YEAR TOTALS
Number of Students
Full Program (45 Minutes) 14,517
Career Day Students
(Short Program 10 Minutes) 9,906
Total Number Students 24,423

Moral of the Story
• Never be Arrogant!
• Don’t waste your ammunition!
• Whiskey makes you think you’re smarter than
you really are!
• Always make sure that you know who has the
REAL power!
• Don’t mess with old men! They didn’t get old
by being STUPID!

• If you build it, they will come.
• If you make it RELEVANT,
They will call!
And if all else fails------------------

GO FISHING!