| Spreading the Word of Arboriculture |
The NEC-ISA is pleased to support the "Spreading the Word of
Arboriculture" an ISA Special Project. The goals of "Spreading the Word of
Arboriculture" project are to educate the general public about the
profession of arboriculture, to generate awareness to secondary school
career advisors, and to recruit youth into the many arboricultural careers.
This special project's goal is to develop a repeatable, turn-key program for
regional Chapters of International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), other
green organizations, and local groups needing professional tree care
information to continue spreading the word within their areas.
The tools developed to meet the project goals are to share market space
on the treesaregood.org website, opt-in broadcast e-mails, t-shirts,
stickers, and consumer-friendly, educational programs brought to schools
and organizations by arborists teaching people about the importance of
trees and their profession of arboriculture. Many of these are available at
very little or no cost.
If you are interested in helping "Spread the Word", complete the survey
questions from the treesaregood.org website.
Funding is being researched to deliver educational presentations to your
school and/or organization. If you are located in the North East (the
"Spreading the Word" project test area), email your local representative:
Melissa to check availability.
Bookmark this website for continuing updates and new community
resources as they become available. Thank you for your interest in
"Spreading the Word".
See the DVD online: STW Part 1 | STW Part 2
Arboriculture" an ISA Special Project. The goals of "Spreading the Word of
Arboriculture" project are to educate the general public about the
profession of arboriculture, to generate awareness to secondary school
career advisors, and to recruit youth into the many arboricultural careers.
This special project's goal is to develop a repeatable, turn-key program for
regional Chapters of International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), other
green organizations, and local groups needing professional tree care
information to continue spreading the word within their areas.
The tools developed to meet the project goals are to share market space
on the treesaregood.org website, opt-in broadcast e-mails, t-shirts,
stickers, and consumer-friendly, educational programs brought to schools
and organizations by arborists teaching people about the importance of
trees and their profession of arboriculture. Many of these are available at
very little or no cost.
If you are interested in helping "Spread the Word", complete the survey
questions from the treesaregood.org website.
Funding is being researched to deliver educational presentations to your
school and/or organization. If you are located in the North East (the
"Spreading the Word" project test area), email your local representative:
Melissa to check availability.
Bookmark this website for continuing updates and new community
resources as they become available. Thank you for your interest in
"Spreading the Word".
See the DVD online: STW Part 1 | STW Part 2
| Project Successes - An Ongoing Blog |
May 2012
Continually over the past 5 years the New England Chapter has tried to successfully reach out
to children, young adults, and career changing professionals looking to the field of
arboriculture for information and training. We now have a successful job postings page with
opportunities all around the New England region.
January 2010
Plans for a educational presentation about the profession of Arboriculture will be given in New
York at the Society of American Foresters, and arrangements are being made for Southern
Maine Community College.
July 2009
At ISA Providence, 'Arbor Fair' show cased a Spreading the Word of Arboriculture. Educational
materials were made available and free 'Careers of Arboriculture' were made available to
teachers.
May 2009
Tree Climbing Classes were provided to a local central Massachusetts Boy Scout Troop.
January 2009
January 13th, the Spreading the Word of Arboriculture stretched to South Portland Maine to
Southern Maine Community College. Twenty-four new students were welcomed into the
arboricultural class of Tom Hoerth at SMCC.
November 2008
Coming soon - an online resource describing many of the different careers within arboriculture!
October 2008
T-shirts have been replenished! Order yours now for the arborist(s) in your company!
July 22, 2008
To date the following presentations have been made:
3/6 - Monson High School, Monson, MA with Kathy Conway, UMass Stockbridge
3/29 - Minds in Motion, Coleytown High School, Westport, CT
4/25 - Manchester, VT Arbor Day Celebration
5/17 - Kids Climb, Patten Free Library, Bath, ME
5/21 - Hardwick Library, Hardwick, MA, Girl Scout Troop - Outdoor Career Badge
7/9, 14-15 - Rosie's Girls Summer Camp, Brattleboro, VT
July 2008
Rosie's Girls Summer Camp - An outreach 3 day program was developed to teach 26 girls the
basics about the tree care profession (Arboriculture 101 Program).
Ten local instructors helped develop the agenda of the course; 25 cumulative days were
needed to fine tune the curriculum. Thank you to the local arborists:
Mark Przekurat, Tchukkie Andersen, Rob McCardell, Bear Scovil, Melissa Duffy, Kayla Perry, Ed
Carpenter, Marcy Gladdys, and Kevin Shrader.
Another special thank you to the Director of Rosie's Girls, Diane Heileman for asking us to be a
part of this unique and fantastic program! Lastly, I want to thank Beth Shrader and Rob Van
Zant for helping when hands were big enough to pick up all the pieces. They stepped up to
help make the logistics possible! THANK YOU!
June 2008
NEC-ISA continues to sponsor the STW initiative with a $3,000 grant.
April 2008
Connecticut Career Days Pictures
March 2008
One of the great resources created from the grant was a complete Media Kit. The Media Kit
binder is 103 pages of an overview of careers offered in the field of arboriculture. Educational
resources, books, and web links are also identified in the three ring binder. This valuable
resource will be made available for download soon!
Stayed tuned for more details to be posted soon!
January 28, 2008
The grant has official ended for the 'first round'. I am concluding my project summary to ISA
and our supporting partners. The goal is to continue to Spread the Word by sharing the
successful format we have developed with other Chapters of the ISA. On the next request for
support I feel it will be important to create a stand alone website for "Spreading the Word".
This objective will allow many other organizations to sponsor the program and be recognized
at levels of involvement.
On June 28, 2007, a survey was posted to ISA's treesaregood.org website. Since the survey
has been online, we have received over 60 responses. Fourteen of those have been from
other countries! Each person who responds is emailed directly by Melissa LeVangie
encouraging their support and asking how she can transfer any information they might be
seeking. Additionally a STW Sticker is mailed to each person. All information is collected in a
database for future contact with these individuals.
The survey has also generated many requests to bring an informational program to a local
school or organization. This is exciting for it opens many opportunities for local ISA and
Arboricultural Organizations to reach out to these communities.
As for merchandise marketing to get the visual word out T-shirts, stickers and bookmarks have
been created. Companies, like National Grid, have used them as 'atta-boys' for their crews.
There is not many offerings in the way of Arborist clothing, this is a simple way to help the
cause become more visible! (For t-shirt requests email Melissa. T-shirts can be purchased for $15
plus shipping.)
On October 2-3, 2007, the Spreading the Word Arboriculture Campaign will share a booth at
the CT Construction Career Day with CT Urban Forest Council, Milford Trees & CTPA at
Mountain Ridge in Wallingford, CT.
Event Update: The CT Career Day was a great success! Over 15 contacts with school
advisors/career counselors were made. Of these contacts the goal is to bring a one hour
presentation to each school about the Profession and Careers in Arboriculture. Spreading the Word
Stickers were handed out to the 1,000 students who attended over the two day fair. Thank you to
Mary Ludwig (CT Urban Forest Council), Erwin Languish (Milford Trees, Inc.), Rita Smith (CTPA
Executive Secretary) and Chris Donnelly (CT State Urban Forester & CTPA) who helped make this
day possible!
On October 12th we attended the RI Tree Council Annual Meeting at the Aldrich Mansion in
Warwick Neck.
On October 30th there will be a demonstration of the educational presentations offered to
schools and organizations. The presentation will be held at the NEC-ISA Annual Conference in
N. Conway, NH.
On November 7th the second educational presentation was given at Naugatuck Community
College in Waterbury, CT
The STW Arboriculture presentation at the NEC-ISA went really well. It was the first pilot
presentation to be given to an audience. The response was overwhelmingly positive.
As of October 13th - Two schools from last week's Construction Career Days have scheduled
school presentations.
- Connections with Eagle Eye Institute and Youth Build USA have been made to Spread the
Word Arboriculture with these like minded organizations promoting career opportunities to
urban youth.
Continually over the past 5 years the New England Chapter has tried to successfully reach out
to children, young adults, and career changing professionals looking to the field of
arboriculture for information and training. We now have a successful job postings page with
opportunities all around the New England region.
January 2010
Plans for a educational presentation about the profession of Arboriculture will be given in New
York at the Society of American Foresters, and arrangements are being made for Southern
Maine Community College.
July 2009
At ISA Providence, 'Arbor Fair' show cased a Spreading the Word of Arboriculture. Educational
materials were made available and free 'Careers of Arboriculture' were made available to
teachers.
May 2009
Tree Climbing Classes were provided to a local central Massachusetts Boy Scout Troop.
January 2009
January 13th, the Spreading the Word of Arboriculture stretched to South Portland Maine to
Southern Maine Community College. Twenty-four new students were welcomed into the
arboricultural class of Tom Hoerth at SMCC.
November 2008
Coming soon - an online resource describing many of the different careers within arboriculture!
October 2008
T-shirts have been replenished! Order yours now for the arborist(s) in your company!
July 22, 2008
To date the following presentations have been made:
3/6 - Monson High School, Monson, MA with Kathy Conway, UMass Stockbridge
3/29 - Minds in Motion, Coleytown High School, Westport, CT
4/25 - Manchester, VT Arbor Day Celebration
5/17 - Kids Climb, Patten Free Library, Bath, ME
5/21 - Hardwick Library, Hardwick, MA, Girl Scout Troop - Outdoor Career Badge
7/9, 14-15 - Rosie's Girls Summer Camp, Brattleboro, VT
July 2008
Rosie's Girls Summer Camp - An outreach 3 day program was developed to teach 26 girls the
basics about the tree care profession (Arboriculture 101 Program).
Ten local instructors helped develop the agenda of the course; 25 cumulative days were
needed to fine tune the curriculum. Thank you to the local arborists:
Mark Przekurat, Tchukkie Andersen, Rob McCardell, Bear Scovil, Melissa Duffy, Kayla Perry, Ed
Carpenter, Marcy Gladdys, and Kevin Shrader.
Another special thank you to the Director of Rosie's Girls, Diane Heileman for asking us to be a
part of this unique and fantastic program! Lastly, I want to thank Beth Shrader and Rob Van
Zant for helping when hands were big enough to pick up all the pieces. They stepped up to
help make the logistics possible! THANK YOU!
June 2008
NEC-ISA continues to sponsor the STW initiative with a $3,000 grant.
April 2008
Connecticut Career Days Pictures
March 2008
One of the great resources created from the grant was a complete Media Kit. The Media Kit
binder is 103 pages of an overview of careers offered in the field of arboriculture. Educational
resources, books, and web links are also identified in the three ring binder. This valuable
resource will be made available for download soon!
Stayed tuned for more details to be posted soon!
January 28, 2008
The grant has official ended for the 'first round'. I am concluding my project summary to ISA
and our supporting partners. The goal is to continue to Spread the Word by sharing the
successful format we have developed with other Chapters of the ISA. On the next request for
support I feel it will be important to create a stand alone website for "Spreading the Word".
This objective will allow many other organizations to sponsor the program and be recognized
at levels of involvement.
On June 28, 2007, a survey was posted to ISA's treesaregood.org website. Since the survey
has been online, we have received over 60 responses. Fourteen of those have been from
other countries! Each person who responds is emailed directly by Melissa LeVangie
encouraging their support and asking how she can transfer any information they might be
seeking. Additionally a STW Sticker is mailed to each person. All information is collected in a
database for future contact with these individuals.
The survey has also generated many requests to bring an informational program to a local
school or organization. This is exciting for it opens many opportunities for local ISA and
Arboricultural Organizations to reach out to these communities.
As for merchandise marketing to get the visual word out T-shirts, stickers and bookmarks have
been created. Companies, like National Grid, have used them as 'atta-boys' for their crews.
There is not many offerings in the way of Arborist clothing, this is a simple way to help the
cause become more visible! (For t-shirt requests email Melissa. T-shirts can be purchased for $15
plus shipping.)
On October 2-3, 2007, the Spreading the Word Arboriculture Campaign will share a booth at
the CT Construction Career Day with CT Urban Forest Council, Milford Trees & CTPA at
Mountain Ridge in Wallingford, CT.
Event Update: The CT Career Day was a great success! Over 15 contacts with school
advisors/career counselors were made. Of these contacts the goal is to bring a one hour
presentation to each school about the Profession and Careers in Arboriculture. Spreading the Word
Stickers were handed out to the 1,000 students who attended over the two day fair. Thank you to
Mary Ludwig (CT Urban Forest Council), Erwin Languish (Milford Trees, Inc.), Rita Smith (CTPA
Executive Secretary) and Chris Donnelly (CT State Urban Forester & CTPA) who helped make this
day possible!
On October 12th we attended the RI Tree Council Annual Meeting at the Aldrich Mansion in
Warwick Neck.
On October 30th there will be a demonstration of the educational presentations offered to
schools and organizations. The presentation will be held at the NEC-ISA Annual Conference in
N. Conway, NH.
On November 7th the second educational presentation was given at Naugatuck Community
College in Waterbury, CT
The STW Arboriculture presentation at the NEC-ISA went really well. It was the first pilot
presentation to be given to an audience. The response was overwhelmingly positive.
As of October 13th - Two schools from last week's Construction Career Days have scheduled
school presentations.
- Connections with Eagle Eye Institute and Youth Build USA have been made to Spread the
Word Arboriculture with these like minded organizations promoting career opportunities to
urban youth.
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