The Pyramid Model 100 is a comprehensive, resource for implementing the Pyramid Model for Promoting Social Emotional Competence in young children. Developed by leading experts including Mary Louise Hemmeter, Lise Fox, and Michaelene Ostrosky, it translates decades of research into actionable strategies for providers working with young children. 

UNR-EC Pyramid Model 300- Environments, Schedules and Routines

The Pyramid Model is a comprehensive, resource for implementing the Pyramid Model for Promoting Social Emotional Competence in young children. Developed by leading experts including Mary Louise Hemmeter, Lise Fox, and Michaelene Ostrosky, it translates decades of research into actionable strategies for providers working with young children. 

UNR-EC Pyramid Model 300 Fee: $5.99

This course will issue a certificate for 1 hour of Nevada Registry approved training.

UNR-EC Pyramid Model 500- Promoting Child Engagement and 

Using Positive Descriptive Feedback

UNR-EC Pyramid Model 700- Friendship Skills and Social Problem Solving

This course presents information on calibrating application equipment and calculating the amount of pesticide needed for applications, specifically pyrethroids to impervious and porous surfaces. In addition, the steps of pesticide reporting on monthly pesticide use reports are explained. This course is available for free. The course contains video so it requires a device that can play audio and video.

Who should enroll?
Pest management professionals who work primarily in structural pest control or landscape maintenance.

Continuing Education Units
California Department of Pesticide Regulation (1.0 hour Other) and by the Structural Pest Control Board (1.0 hour towards Rules & Regulations, Technical (Br 2 or 3), or PAU for Applicators, FR, or OPR).

Enrollment period
This course must be completed by December 30 of the current year. Download the certificate immediately when you complete the course. You will not be able to retrieve your certificate after December 30.

Need help?
For assistance with login or course enrollment, contact campushelp@extension.org. For assistance with progress through the course or certificate, contact UCIPMcourses@ucanr.edu.

Course overview

This course won 2023 Gold Award from the Association for Communication Excellence (ACE). The course presents information on the Surface Water Protection Regulations that were put into place to reduce the amount of pyrethroids in surface water runoff. It discusses the types of applications allowed under the regulations as well as those that are prohibited and those that are exempt. This course is available for free. The course contains video so it requires a device that can play audio and video.

Who should enroll?
Pest management professionals who work primarily in structural pest control or landscape maintenance.

Continuing Education Units
California Department of Pesticide Regulation (1.5 hours Laws & Regulations) and by the Structural Pest Control Board (1.5 hours Rules and Regulations). To get the Continuing Education Units certificate you will be charged a fee of $60. To encourage taking the course earlier in the year, we offer 50% off the regular price from January through October 31st – use the code ipm50 at checkout. You must download the certificate (PDF file) to receive your CEU credits.

Enrollment period
This course must be completed by December 30 of the current year. Download the certificate immediately when you complete the course. You will not be able to retrieve your certificate after December 30.

Need help?
For assistance with login or course enrollment, contact campushelp@extension.org. For assistance with progress through the course or certificate, contact UCIPMcourses@ucanr.edu.

Veterans Agriculture Education and Assistance Program (VAEAP) in the Southwest 

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  This VAEAP orientation video will ensure you are aware of the requirements of the program and will also cover the last paperwork you need to fill out and return. After the orientation video, please fill out and sign the last three pages of the Participant Protocols.

  Once your paperwork is submitted, you'll be sent a code so that you can access all of the VAEAP curriculum. 

Are you curious about how to start growing your own vegetables? Do you have gaps in your vegetable gardening knowledge that might be holding you back? Would you like to become familiar with world-class UCANR resources that will help you solve your gardening problems?

If so, please join us, as we guide a series of discussions on topics that will help answer your questions and give you the skills and confidence to grow vegetables successfully. Discover the value of learning about UCANR's science resources.

This Vegetable Gardening for Beginners course covers the basic principles of growing your own vegetables. After you complete the course by attending all four days of instruction, you receive a UCMGCC certificate as a Growing Gardener in Vegetable Gardening.

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This course is ideal for beginners. Lessons cover the basic principles of gardening and include guidelines for Contra Costa County’s unique growing conditions. Participants who complete the course by attending all four days of instruction will become UC certified Growing Gardeners In Vegetable Gardening

Vermont's Forest Pest First Detectors Program

Help protect Vermont’s forests against invasive forest pests. Learn to detect, report, and educate others on pests such as hemlock woolly adelgid, emerald ash borer and spotted lanternfly.

Who Should Join?

• Graduates of UVM Extension's Master Gardener program.
• Anyone interested in trees and forests.
• Beginners welcome; no prior knowledge required.
• Forest Pest First Detectors looking for a refresher.

 By the end of this course, you will be able to:

1. Understand and explain the threat of introduced tree pests to forest health.
2. Identify the host trees, signs and symptoms, and look-alikes of key forest insects and pathogens.
3. Use resources like VTinvasives.org for information.
4. Report suspected pest infestations.
5. Volunteer to help in your community (optional)

Course Dates: March 8 – May 2, 2026

This free, course features 10 sections with videos, articles, podcasts, and self-assessment exercises.

Questions?

Contact Ginger at ginger.nickerson@uvm.edu or 802-656-4831

Note: Continuing education credits are not available for this course.

• This course is for anyone wishing a Vermont* 7A General (Structural) Pest Control pesticide applicator license: pest control operators, government or municipal employees, university employees, etc.
• This course is not intended as a substitute for study of the manual and inserts (see list below).
• This course does not provide recertification credit. Please see related Vermont Pesticide Safety Education course offerings for recertification credits.

For more information please contact Sarah Kingsley-Richards at sarah.kingsley@uvm.edu.

Presented by University of Vermont Extension Pesticide Safety Education Program and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets. [Published 2020]

*NOTE: Anyone using the Category 7a Subcategory Structural and Rodent manual for other state pesticide applicator certification may also use this review.  Please check with your state certifying agency for local laws, regulations, and additional required study materials.

The fee for this course is $40.  To purchase and enroll in the course, click the following button:

• This course is for anyone wishing a Vermont* 7F Disinfection & Antimicrobial Pest Control pesticide applicator license (required to perform disinfecting or sanitizing services to the property of others using an EPA registered pesticide): pest control operators, government or municipal employees, university employees, etc.
• This course is not intended as a substitute for study of the manual and inserts (see list below).
• This course does not provide recertification credit. Please see related Vermont Pesticide Safety Education course offerings for recertification credits.

For more information please contact Sarah Kingsley-Richards at sarah.kingsley@uvm.edu.

Presented by University of Vermont Extension Pesticide Safety Education Program and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets. [Published 2022]

The fee for this course is $30. To purchase and enroll in the course, click the following button:

As a result of taking this course, participants will learn about Vermont’s Required Agricultural Practices (RAPs), how to take a soil sample and interpret results, how to take a manure sample and interpret results, field by field nutrient management planning, record-keeping requirements, and how to calibrate manure spreaders. This course includes videos, resources, references, and worksheets.  

For more information or to enroll contact: Lindsey Ruhl, University of Vermont Extension, lindsey.ruhl@uvm.edu.

This course has been made possible with generous funding from the Vermont Agency of Agricultural Food and Markets Clean Water Initiative Grant, "Innovative Training Tools to Help Small Farm Operations Comply with Required Agricultural Practices," grant #02200-ARM-CWF-2017-UVM.

This course is set up for the Western Region Volunteer Specialists to review materials for the 4-H Orientation Refresher project. 

This is not available to the general public.

If you are a Western Region Volunteer Specialist working on this project and are having difficulty enrolling, please contact me using the information below:

Scott Mautte
Email: scmautte@ucanr.edu
4-H Community Education Specialist III: Statewide Staff and Volunteer Development
University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources