Crew Leader
Online Training

Welcome to the Friends of Trees Crew Leader Training Portal. Thank you for joining Friends of Trees as a Crew Leader to help plant 3,000 trees in neighborhoods around our region this season. We really appreciate that you are taking the time to complete this training at home, and we’re looking forward to meeting you at your first planting soon!

These training modules are open until 11/10/23. Once you’ve completed the online training, we’ll see you at the in-person November training/planting.

- CL Training Overview

This training is presented by Friends of Trees staff members Mario Catani, Haley Miller, Ian Bonham, Rudy Roquemore and Christine Smith. An outline of the training is below:

1. Review Three Instructional Modules
2. Complete a short Training Review
  • The Training Review [10 min] will let us know that we’ve communicated key concepts clearly.
  • When you submit your review, we’ll know you’ve completed the training so that we can send you a list of plantings to choose from.
3. Attend an in-person training/planting!
  • Put your newfound knowledge into practice at an in-person training/planting! This is a unique style of planting where you will spend the morning learning about our program and how to properly plant a large stock tree. In the afternoon, you will plant and learn alongside other trainees, community volunteer planters and veteran crew leaders.
  • You will need to complete the online training review before attending the in-person training.

- 1. FRIENDS OF TREES & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

In this module, we will go over everything you need to know about Friends of Trees:

  1. About Friends of Trees [00:30]
  2. The Urban Forest [2:30]
  3. The Neighborhood Trees Program [7:20]
  4. Environmental Justice [9:50]

When you finish viewing this video, please proceed to the next section. If you are having trouble viewing this video, follow this link to view the video on Youtube.

- 2. THE PLANTING CREW LEADER ROLE

This module will cover everything you need to know about your role as a Crew Leader on planting day and how to prepare for a successful day:

  1. What Is a Planting Crew Leader? [00:40]
  2. A Day in the Vest [07:00]
  3. Crew Leader Resources [15:40]
  4. Leading Volunteers [20:55]

 

To review the resources discussed in this module, please expand the CL Resources for Planting Day menu below the video. When you finish viewing this video, please proceed to the next section. If you are having trouble viewing the video on here, follow this link to watch it on Youtube.

CL Resources for Planting Day

Crew Leader Handbook 

This handbook contains all of the information covered in this training, and more!

Crew Leader Checklist

The CL Checklist is a timeline of the planting day. It also outlines the tree planting process, step by step. This will be on every clipboard on planting day for reference.

EDI Toolkit

The EDI Toolkit is a great resource to review prior to your first planting! It includes several tools for working with others and managing team dynamics.

Emergency Protocol Checklist

The Emergency Protocol Checklist provides a step-by-step action process in the event of an emergency. It also contains non-emergency numbers for every municipality we work in. This will be available as a resource on your clipboard on planting day.

- 3. A CRASH COURSE IN TREES

This module contains important information about the logistics of urban tree planting:

  1. Tools for Planting Day [00:33]
  2. Right Tree – Right Place [03:56]
  3. Tree Planting Techniques [07:22]

When you have completed this module, please proceed to the training review for the last step in the training process. If you are having trouble viewing this video, follow this link to view the video on Youtube.

- 4. TRAINING REVIEW

Please click on the orange button below to open the Crew Leader Training Review in a new window.

Start the Review!

Thank you!

Thank you for completing this training!  Your next step is to attend the In-person training on Sat Nov 4th in Beaverton or Sat Nov 11th in Vancouver.  Following the In-Person training, you’ll be invited to use a special portal to sign-up for your events.  In the meantime, if you have any questions, feel free to contact [email protected]!