Overall Rating Reporter - expired
Overall Score
Liaison Amy Spark
Submission Date April 5, 2018
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STARS v2.1

Bow Valley College
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses

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Does the institution have an ongoing program or programs that offer incentives for faculty in multiple disciplines or departments to develop new sustainability courses and/or incorporate sustainability into existing courses?:
No

A brief description of the program(s), including positive outcomes during the previous three years (e.g. descriptions of new courses or course content resulting from the program):
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A brief description of the incentives that faculty members who participate in the program(s) receive:
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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:

Although there are no incentive programs for instructors to develop new sustainability courses, this is a message communicated to instructors. The Sustainability Coordinator spoke at a College-wide meeting day in October 2017, with a call-to-action for instructors to embrace the values of sustainability and work to embed sustainability into their courses. From this presentation, 7 instructors from 4 departments have contacted the Coordinator for help incorporating sustainability into their new and existing courses.


Although there are no incentive programs for instructors to develop new sustainability courses, this is a message communicated to instructors. The Sustainability Coordinator spoke at a College-wide meeting day in October 2017, with a call-to-action for instructors to embrace the values of sustainability and work to embed sustainability into their courses. From this presentation, 7 instructors from 4 departments have contacted the Coordinator for help incorporating sustainability into their new and existing courses.

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