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   LA Outstanding Educator  |  Accomplishments  |  Fund Raisers
Teacher Tour  |  Tree Trunk

A C C O M P L I S H M E N T S                                                                   

  • 38 Workshops

  • 954 Educators Trained
  • Melissa Whittington named LA PLT Outstanding Educator

  • 721 pre-service teachers certified in 25 workshops representing: University of Louisiana - Lafayette, University of Louisiana - Monroe, Southeastern Louisiana University - Hammond, Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University - Alexandria, McNeese State University, Nichols State University, Our Lady of Holy Cross College. All pre-service educator workshops were funded by U.S.F.S. Natural Resource Conservation Education program grant.

  • Received a NRCE grant to train pre-service teachers in the fall of 2001 and the spring of 2002.

  • Participated in the PLT/Tree Farm silent auction fundraiser at the LFA annual meeting. Proceeds were shared by PLT and the Tree Farm.
  • Conducted the fifth annual Louisiana Forestry Teachers Tour. Twenty-nine teachers from across Louisiana attended the tour.

  • 18,511 educators trained in PLT since 1987.