Professional Development for 
Tribes with Pesticide Issues
 

Draft Agenda

University of California, Davis

March 9-11, 2009

[updated 2/5/09]

 

Monday
March 9, 2008

Effective Communication

Tuesday
March 10, 2008

Scientific Issues
Communication, continued

Wednesday
March 11, 2008

Working Together & Leadership

8:00
Registration/Refreshments

8:15
Welcome & Opening Ceremony

8:25
Course Overview

8:45
Icebreaker & Introductory Exercise

9:45
Break

10:00
Overview of TPPC: Past, Present and Future
Irving Provost, director/inspector, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pesticide Enforcement Program; &
Mary Powell, tribal coordinator, U.S. EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs

11:00
Effective Communications in Handling Conflicts on the Job: Risk Communication & Public Involvement

  1. Know who you are and what you want to accomplish with people
  2. How to represent yourself well
  3. Working with People: handling conflicts and crisis; delivering bad news
  4. Planning for Tuesday’s 9:45 AM Session

Alvin Chun, president, The Chun Group

12:15
Lunch

1:00
Group Photo

1:15
Effective Communications in Handling Conflicts on the Job: Risk Communication & Public Involvement, continued
Alvin Chun, president, The Chun Group

2:30
Break

2:45
Effective Communications in Handling Conflicts on the Job: Risk Communication & Public Involvement, continued
Alvin Chun, president, The Chun Group

4:00
Adjourn & bus pick-up

8:00
Opening Reflection

8:05
Pesticide Chemistry and Toxicity

bulletpesticide families
bulletmodes of action

Ron Tjeerdema, professor, UC Davis, Department of Environmental Toxicology

9:30
Break

9:45
Getting to Know Members of TPPC and EPA

  1. A. Our Relationship with Each Other Part I – Introductions: personal item, one proud moment in their life
  2. Our Relationship with Each Other Part II – Introductions: Your role in TPPC and its connection to your tribe or agency; How has TPPC been useful for you and your tribe and do you have any suggestions for how TPPC could be more useful for you and your tribe?
  3. Conclusions, thoughts on actions? What? Why? Who? When?
  4. Planning for Wednesday’s session – agenda-setting

Alvin Chun, president, The Chun Group

12:00
Lunch

1:00
Getting to Know Members of TPPC and EPA, continued
Alvin Chun, president, The Chun Group

2:00
Break

2:15
Community-Based IPM

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bulletintro to IPM
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bulletemphasis more on structural pests

Mary Louise Flint, associate director, Statewide IPM Program, UC Davis, Department of Entomology

3:15
Tour of UC Davis campus IPM examples and applications

5:00
Adjourn & bus pick-up

8:00
Opening Reflection

8:05
Future Needs of TPPC Members & EPA

  1. Discuss conclusion on needs from Tuesday’s session
  2. Priorities?
  3. Share experiences and stories on addressing some of the identified needs

Alvin Chun, president, The Chun Group

9:30
Break

9:45
Strategic Planning, Goal-Setting and Implementation
Margaret Cook, executive director, Gila River Indian Community

11:45
Lunch

12:45
Grant & Project Management Considerations

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Pamela Cooper, manager, U.S. EPA, Region 9, Pesticides Program

2:15
Break

2:30
Leading Change

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Harry Peasley, principal, New Heights

4:00
Closing Ceremony & Wrap-Up

4:30
Adjourn

5:45
Bus pick up at hotel for Graduation Dinner

6:00
Graduation Dinner at the University Club Lounge, Davis

8:00
Load bus and return to hotel