Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.36
Liaison Ian Johnson
Submission Date June 8, 2015
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STARS v2.0

Colorado College
EN-6: Employee Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.74 / 3.00 Ian Johnson
Sustainability Director
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution administer or oversee an ongoing faculty/staff peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

Total number of employees:
667

Name of the employee educators program (1st program) :
Sustainability Across the Curriculum

Number of employees served by the program (1st program):
164
+ Date Revised: Aug. 24, 2015

A brief description of how the employee educators are selected (1st program):

Tenured faculty may apply to become Faculty Sustainability Scholars and participate in the Sustainability Across the Curriculum Workshop. Faculty wishing to apply must fill out an application. Ten applications are selected annually.


A brief description of the formal training that the employee educators receive (1st program):

The faculty engage in exercises that foster a broad and deep understanding of sustainability, including reflection, field trips, and group discussion to support the development of a greater sense of place. The workshop provides formal training on how to incorporate facets of sustainability into all classes across various departments. At the end of the workshop, participants will have an outline or course module that integrates a module of broad sustainability into an existing course, develops a sustainability focus within an existing course. or creates a new course that includes or focuses on sustainability


A brief description of the staff and/or other financial support the institution provides to the program (1st program):

The institution offers a $1000 stipend to faculty that participate in the program. Faculty receive $500 for completing the 2-day workshop and the additional $500 for submitting a course design and lesson plan for a class after the workshop.


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