Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.60
Liaison Mary Lucus
Submission Date Feb. 26, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Belmont University
EN-7: Employee Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Mary Lucus
Director, IR
Provost
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Total number of employees (staff + faculty, headcount):
1,474

Number of employees served (i.e. directly targeted) by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program (avoid double-counting):
1,474

Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer educator program:
100

1st Program 

Name of the employee educators program:
Belmont Be You: Core Competencies

Number of employees served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (headcount):
1,474

A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities:
Belmont has identified six core competencies that are expected of individuals in our community, which are as follows: Diversity and Inclusion, Critical Thinking, Customer Focus, Communication, Managing Change, and Collaboration and Teamwork. Our employees are required to complete a training course on each core competency, which are facilitated by trained peer volunteers. The sessions are presented in a small group format to allow for peer-to-peer discussions, learning, and the sharing of best practices. For example, the Diversity and Inclusion course has small groups assess Belmont Diversity efforts and provide feedback for further strengthening our culture of inclusion. The Customer Focus course introduces our five guiding principles of service to the Belmont community, including “Show We Care” and “Do it Right” which focus on caring for one another and for our surroundings.

A brief description of how the employee educators are selected:
41 peer educators were nominated by their leaders and Human Resources to attend train the trainer sessions and then facilitate workshops throughout the year.

A brief description of the formal training that the employee educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach:
Human Resources conducted train the trainer sessions in each of the 6 modules.

A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or paid faculty/staff coordination):
All facilitators conduct sessions during their regular work schedule and therefor are paid for their time. All materials and the program administrator's salary are included in the Office of Human Resources annual budget.

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2nd Program

Name of the employee educators program (2nd program):
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Number of employees served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (headcount) (2nd program):
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A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (2nd program):
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A brief description of how the employee educators are selected (2nd program):
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A brief description of the formal training that the employee educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach (2nd program):
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A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or paid faculty/staff coordination) (2nd program):
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Additional Programs 

A brief description of all other employee peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs, including the number of employees served and how employee educators are selected, trained, and supported by the institution:
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Optional Fields 

Total number of hours employee educators are engaged in peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education activities annually:
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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