American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators Overview
Learn about the American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators (AAPSE), established in 1991, dedicated to protecting human health and the environment through education. Explore their leadership, board of directors, regional elections, impact facts, and 2015 activities.
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AAPSEUpdate SFIREG 2015Meeting Don L. Renchie, Ph.D. AAPSE President Program Leader and PSEP Coordinator TexasA&MAgriLife Extension Service - American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators - Established 1991 AAPSE.ORG - -Protecting Human Health and the Environment through Education- 1 1
AAPSEOfficers * President Don L. Renchie * President Elect Kerry Richards Immediate Past-President Mike Weaver Treasurer Drew Martin Secretary Rebecca Maguire SFIREG Impact President-Elect serves on SFIREG - American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators - Established 1991 AAPSE.ORG - -Protecting Human Health and the Environment through Education- 2
AAPSEBoardofDirectors NC Region Mark Shour Iowa State NC Region John Stone Michigan State NE Region - Rachel Maccini New Hampshire NE Region Candace Bartholomew - UCONN Southern Region Vickie Rengers Virginia Dept. of Ag. Southern Region - Pat Hipkins Virginia Tech Western Region Linda Johns Montana Dept. ofAg. Western Region Wendy Sue Wheeler WSU AAPCO Liaison (Ex Officio) Ryan Williams Oklahoma Dept. of Ag. EPARepresentative (Ex Officio) Kevin Keaney USDARepresentative (Ex Officio) - American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators - Established 1991 AAPSE.ORG - -Protecting Human Health and the Environment through Education- 3
Regional Elections * Regional Director elections are being scheduled for early 2016 * Solicitation notices are currently being distributed - American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators - Established 1991 AAPSE.ORG - -Protecting Human Health and the Environment through Education- 4
AAPSEFACTS Reach 2 million people annually From rural to urban communities Annually train more than 500,000 private & commercial applicators Primary source of education & educational media Enhance public health, food security, applicator safety, & environmental protection - American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators - Established 1991 AAPSE.ORG - - American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators - Established 1991 AAPSE.ORG - -Protecting Human Health and the Environment through Education- -Protecting Human Health and the Environment through Education- 5
Summaryof2015Activities March 12,2015 - American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators - Established 1991 AAPSE.ORG - - American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators - Established 1991 AAPSE.ORG - -Protecting Human Health and the Environment through Education- -Protecting Human Health and the Environment through Education- 6
MembershipPolicyReferendum Member statistics: 193 members CES/Academics (EDU): 114 SLA/EPA(GOV): 44 Commercial (COM): 24 International (CA): 11 USDA: 1 - American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators - Established 1991 AAPSE.ORG - -Protecting Human Health and the Environment through Education- 7
MembershipPolicyReferendum BOD assigned the task to the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws Committee First meeting was conducted in April 2015 Vote was taken and membership passed the referendum, Bylaws Committee will draft enabling language - American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators - Established 1991 AAPSE.ORG - -Protecting Human Health and the Environment through Education- 8
National Stakeholder Team 35-40 team members Chaired by: Jim Burnette, NCDACS/AAPCO Carol Somody, Syngenta T eam looking at funding solutions Andrew Thostenson officialAAPSE representative T eam Website http://www.psep.us - American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators - Established 1991 AAPSE.ORG - -Protecting Human Health and the Environment through Education- 9
PSEPFundingUpdate EPA should announce who will distribute the PRIA funds shortly Eligible entities are assessing their delivery capabilities - American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators - Established 1991 AAPSE.ORG - -Protecting Human Health and the Environment through Education- 10
WPS EPA released a RFA for PSEPs and others to develop training opportunities to address the new standards PSEPs are working with SLAs to gear up for facilitating applicator compliance - American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators - Established 1991 AAPSE.ORG - -Protecting Human Health and the Environment through Education- 11
Certification & Training Regs. AAPSE sent a 120 day letter of extension request Several states have posted information for use in submitting comments on allied association websites The challenges will be the potential for politicizing the issue and the economic impacts of implementing the programs - American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators - Established 1991 AAPSE.ORG - -Protecting Human Health and the Environment through Education- 12
Collaboration makes it work SLAs AAPCO CTAG SFIREG USDA EPA Industry Cooperative Extension Agriculture Community Y outh Development POM EQIWC Full SFIREG Others - American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators - Established 1991 AAPSE.ORG - -Protecting Human Health and the Environment through Education- 13
Promote the growth and development of AAPSE as a professional association. - American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators - Established 1991 AAPSE.ORG - -Protecting Human Health and the Environment through Education- 14
