Register Your Workshop

As a First Detector Educator, you can register your training program on our training site. When the workshop is complete, please upload participant information into our First Detector database.

Once you have logged in, you can access the workshop tools by selecting "Lead a Workshop" under the "My Account" dropdown menu.
 

Who Educators Are

Educators are trained First Detectors who recruit and train other individuals to notice and report exotic plant pest and pathogen activity. They build the First Detector network within their own professional realms, dramatically increasing the program's reach. Professionally, these individuals may be educators, diagnosticians, plant health care professionals, or conservationists.

What Educators Do

First Detector Educators play two main roles: authoring educational content and conducting face-to-face First Detector certification training programs in their communities. These workshops cover:

• an introduction to the First Detector program
• how individuals can get involved and expectations of First Detectors
• the environmental and economic impacts of introduced plant pests and the crucial role of early detection of introduced species
• how to recognize suspect target pests
• procedures and protocol for submitting samples to the local diagnostic lab

How to become a First Detector Educator

If you are a professional educator, you can become part of the First Detector Educator team as a workshop coordinator or state coordinator! First, you must complete First Detector training by:

1. Participating in a First Detector or Sentinel Plant Network training program
   OR
2. Successfully completing the First Detector online certification and special topic courses.

If you are not an Educator, the NPDN Training and Education committee will consider individual requests for Educator access. Please email the NPDN Outreach and Extension committee for more information.