| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 75.88 |
| Liaison | Deborah Steinberg |
| Submission Date | Dec. 17, 2024 |
Carnegie Mellon University
EN-1: Student Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.75 / 4.00 |
Deborah
Steinberg Green Practices and Sustainability Manager FMCS |
Part 1. Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer, sustainability educators program
Total number of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
1st program
A brief description of the student educators program (1st program):
The Student College (StuCo) has provided opportunities for Carnegie Mellon students to design and teach courses since 2001. More than 16,000 students have participated in a peer-taught class. Many of these credit-bearing classes focus on SDG-related topics: gender identity, personal wellbeing, cultural awareness, meaningful employment, effective educational methods and environmental issues. A variety of topics are taught - only those which are focused on sustainability are counted here.
Each semester there is typically at least one course focused on decent work and economic growth. For example, almost every semester, classes like "Financial Literacy for Beginners" or "Excelling in Excel" instruct students on simple monetary biases that people have, and how to tackle and handle those situations as well to develop the ability to balance finances and have financial goals, or to use technological resources like Excel and Google Sheets to acheive both personally and professionally.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):
University undergraduate students plan and teach these registrar-recognized courses for their peers. All undergraduate students are eligible to enroll in these student-taught courses.
Number of trained student educators (1st program):
Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (1st program):
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (1st program):
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (1st program):
Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (1st program):
If reporting students served by additional peer-to-peer programs, provide:
2nd program
A brief description of the student educators program (2nd program):
The mission of Carnegie Mellon University’s SEED (Sustainability Education + Empowerment = Doing) Leadership Program is to build a network of sustainability-literate student leaders capable of empowering and educating peers about sustainability issues and campus sustainability initiatives by training leaders to initiate positive infrastructural change on campus and to educate their peers on campus resources and practices.
Each academic year SEED Leaders choose a number of projects to implement and then educate their peers on that effort and its impacts.
As a result of participation in the program, SEED Leaders will be able to:
- Explain current environmental issues to a wide variety of audiences
- Work as professionals and navigate campus administrative processes
- Develop programming that improves campus sustainability while educating the campus community
- Serve as sustainability leaders supporting campus sustainability efforts
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (2nd program):
All students benefit from SEED initiatives and all are invited to participate in SEED programs. Some projects also benefit faculty and staff.
Number of trained student educators (2nd program):
Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (2nd program):
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (2nd program):
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (2nd program):
Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (2nd program):
If reporting students served by three or more peer-to-peer programs, provide:
3rd program
A brief description of the student educators program (3rd program):
PACE coordinates direct service and philanthropic opportunities, organizes programming and annual events, and develops a network of student leaders committed to civic engagement. The group defines civic engagement as a range of individual and/or collective efforts including but not limited to philanthropy, direct service, civic discourse, activism, and social justice towards identifying, deliberating on, and addressing issues of public concern. Their programs and outreach support all graduate and undergraduate students at Carnegie Mellon University.
Members of PACE participate in an annual, one-day orientation and training retreat. Additional education opportunities, through guest speakers and hands-on experiences are occasionally presented during their weekly meeting time.
Embedded in all of CMU's civic engagement efforts are issue education and reflection. We strive to grow the campus’ collective understanding of particular social and community issues through educational opportunities with annual themes. These themes help you to identify your passions and connect you to the issues you care about most. Past themes have included education inequality, hunger and homelessness, women and children (with a focus on human trafficking), food insecurity and environmental justice. PACE incorporates issue education and reflection into each of their service projects.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (3rd program):
All students can participate in PACE events and programming, though undergraduates are the primary audience.
Number of trained student educators (3rd program):
Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (3rd program):
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (3rd program):
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (3rd program):
Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (3rd program):
Additional programs
Number of trained student educators (all other programs):
Number of weeks, on average, the student educators programs are active annually (all other programs):
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per student educator (all other programs) :
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (all other programs):
Part 2. Educator hours per student served by a peer-to-peer educator program
Hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators per student served by a peer-to-peer program:
Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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