The Park and Recreation Maintenance Management School (MMS) is a comprehensive two-year professional development program designed to teach park and recreation professionals how to develop and manage a wide variety of maintenance programs.

 

January 30-February 4, 2022
Oglebay
Wheeling, West Virginia
 

 

Year One Session Topics	Year Two Session Topics
Planning and Organizing the Maintenance Program	Development of a Maintenance Plan
Financial Management	Public Image and Customer Service
Management of Change	Technology and Computer Applications
Communication	Contract Management
Employee Evaluation	Career Development
Employee Motivation and Ethics	Visitor and Employee Safety and Risk Management
Supervisor as Trainer	Integrated Pest Management
Leadership and Supervision	Maintenance of Trees and Shrubs
Creating a Respectful Workplace	Wildlife Management
Developing a Culture of Innovation	Management of Special Use Facilities
Time Management	Trails and Greenways
Legal Liability	Design of Signs and Sign Maintenance
Turf Care and Maintenance	Preventive Maintenance of Vehicles and Equipment
Environmental Maintenance	Emergency Management
Site Security	Court and Athletic Field Maintenance
Facility Design and Maintenance
Program and Facility Accessibility

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New for 2022! Leadership Development Graduate Program

The Leadership Development Graduate Program is an intensive 4.5 day experience designed for graduates of Park and Recreation Maintenance Management School who are interested in further developing their leadership and relationship skills to be able to meet the challenges that face them today.

The Leadership Development Graduate Program will run in conjunction with the 2022 Park and Recreation Maintenance Management School, January 30-February 4, 2022, at Oglebay.

Tuition:

NRPA Member: $770
Nonmember: $802

Register Now for MMS Leadership Development Program

Learning Objectives:

• Identify and develop emotional and social skills to improve your work effectiveness.
• Learn how to work more effectively across boundaries (i.e., levels, functions, departments and organizations) as a means to increase productivity and overall work satisfaction.
• Identify how misunderstanding and miscommunication happen across organizational lines and to develop effective strategies to address them.
• Identify how individual behaviors impact others.
• Develop methods to interact more strategically and effectively with all levels in the organization, including creating and deploying various communication vehicles to increase your influence.
• Increase individual self-awareness around the concepts of diversity and leadership and to apply these learnings to specific situations and/or projects in your organization.
• Learn how to stop being your own worst enemy!

 

 

Participant Insight

“The Maintenance Management School brings together parks and recreation leaders from around the country, providing a unique opportunity to diversify your professional knowledge and relationships. I look forward to attending the second year.” — Glen Poole, Colorado

“The networking opportunities were awesome. I came in with just my agency way of doing things and left with 65+ other ideas and suggestions. Great school!” — Shaniqua Simmons, Florida

“Great to meet other people in the same field with some of the same issues that I see. Awesome to see us put our minds together as one and overcome the challenges that we are facing now and the ones in the future.” — Anthony McLamb, North Carolina

 

Future Maintenance Management School Dates:

• January 30-February 4, 2022
   

Additional Information

For more information about the program content, contact customer service at customerservice@nrpa.org

For more information on registration and other details, contact Oglebay at ntc@oglebay.com