Davidsohn honored by Mass. Association of Landscape Professionals
Michael Davidsohn, instructor of Landscape Architecture and Landscape Construction, received the Massachusetts Association of Landscape Professionals’ Beacon Award on Nov. 12 during the group’s meeting in Framingham.
The award is the highest individual honor given by the association, according to Kristen Dreyer, MALP education manager. It recognizes his “outstanding dedication” and leadership since 2001 in developing the first digital field tool and study guide (V4.0) for the rigorous Massachusetts Certified Landscape Professional (MCLP) certification exam. The comprehensive guide he helped to develop features tutorials, video demonstrations, a plant identification key, high-quality maps and fact sheets, combining knowledge from leading educators and leading business minds, enhanced by real-life experience.
Davidsohn, who is also director of the Stockbridge School’s Landscape Contracting Program, led the team that transformed the guide from “a 10-pound paper monstrosity into a three-ounce, plastic-encased CD,” according to the association, saving hundreds of pounds of paper. The switch to digital allows more frequent updates that keep information current for landscape contractors studying for the MCLP exam and offers a convenient, portable resource for professionals in the field.
In February, Davidsohn and colleagues completed an updated version 5.0 of the 1,500-page industry resource.
“Putting together the first digital study guide was a learning experience. The latest version navigates much better than the first, has better graphics and contains significantly more information,” he said.
Davidsohn added that the MCLP program and its high quality study materials exemplify how the professional group is ensuring business success for its members. The guide is applicable not only to Massachusetts, but to the New England region and is helping to establish MCLP certification as a valued mark of professionalism sought by general contractors, landscape architects, property managers and homeowners when they are looking for landscape guidance.
Davidsohn’s work on the study guide will be featured in the association’s winter newsletter.
December 1, 2008.
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