Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.69
Liaison Laurie Husted
Submission Date June 8, 2020

STARS v2.2

Bard College
EN-1: Student Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.39 / 4.00 Laurie Husted
Sustainability Manager
Bard Office of Sustainability (BoS)
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Number of students enrolled for credit:
2,192

Total number of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
1,523

Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
69.48

Name of the student educators program (1st program):
BardE3s

A brief description of the student educators program (1st program):

The BardE3 Program is the student-side of the Bard Office of Sustainability. BardE3s are trained on the principles of the three Es: Environment, Economy, and Equity; they in turn engage Bard students to be more educated and active citizens on campus and beyond.


A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):

Students are paid to carry out programming and recruit volunteers. They are trained in campus systems and how to map the Global Goals to coursework. There are generally four Program Leaders in charge of 4 BardE3s each. BardE3s mostly promote residence hall sustainability, though actions are not exclusive to the residential college. They maintain recycling/reuse/compost stations (and EcoBoxes), create educational pieces, help Peer Counselors with programming and work on campus life sustainability efforts including Recyclemania and the EcoChallenge. Public-use buildings (campus center and academic buildings) are targets for outreach and awareness initiatives.


Number of trained student educators (1st program):
20

Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (1st program):
32

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (1st program):
4

Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (1st program):
2,560

Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (1st program):
Name of the student educators program (2nd program):
Peer Counselors

A brief description of the student educators program (2nd program):

Peer Counselors (PCs) are students who live alongside students and serve as leaders as well as resources for their residents. PCs are trained each year in topics such as: student development and transitions, listening and referral skills, recognizing students in distress, sustainable life practices and community building. Each PC is required to present programming each semester on a variety of topics including social justice, independent living, fostering ownership, sustainable life practices and active citizenship. PCs are also utilized in dish return drives for our dining hall, helping with PopUp FreeUse stores at move out and reporting any missing/mis-labeled recycling bins.


A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (2nd program):

all residence hall students


Number of trained student educators (2nd program):
48

Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (2nd program):
42

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (2nd program):
15

Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (2nd program):
30,240

Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (2nd program):
Name of the student educators program (3rd program):
Peer Health Educators

A brief description of the student educators program (3rd program):

Peer Health Educators are a group of Bard students trained by a team of professionals and supervised by Annia Reyes. Students facilitate conversations and events around a variety of health topics, including body positivity, sexual health, contraception, safer sex, navigating relationships, sex positivity, self-care strategies in college, alcohol/drug harm reduction and more.


A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (3rd program):

The Bard student body


Number of trained student educators (3rd program):
15

Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (3rd program):
27

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (3rd program):
3.50

Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (3rd program):
1,418

Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (3rd program):
A brief description of all other student peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs:

BRAVE is a professionally directed student-service organization whose members provide anonymous and confidential crisis intervention, supportive counseling, advocacy, and ongoing education to the Bard community. Although BRAVE student staff members receive particular training in issues relating to sexual assault, sexual harassment, relationship violence, and sexuality, BRAVE counselors also receive training in eating disorders, depression and suicide, sexual orientation, loneliness, isolation, anxiety, and social and academic issues. Their mission is to create public awareness about emotional and psychological challenges, provide a place of support for those who need it, and inspire discussion in our community. Bard student-counselors provide anonymous and confidential crisis intervention, supportive counseling, advocacy, and ongoing education to the Bard community. Every fall, Bard students host a training session to train new Bard students to become Brave counselors.


Number of trained student educators (all other programs):
25

Number of weeks, on average, the student educators programs are active annually (all other programs):
32

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per student educator (all other programs) :
8

Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (all other programs):
720

Grand total number of hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators (all programs):
34,938

Hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators per student served by a peer-to-peer program:
22.94

Website URL where information about the student sustainability educators programs is available:
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