| Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 33.18 |
| Liaison | Doug Oetter |
| Submission Date | April 4, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Georgia College & State University
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Doug
Oetter Professor History and Geography |
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Does the institution have an ongoing incentives program or programs that meet the criteria for this credit?:
Yes
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A brief description of the program(s), including positive outcomes during the previous three years:
There has been considerable interest in creating a core course on Sustainability that would be targeted at students who have declared an interest in environmental responsibility. The main outcome of this course would be to produce students who understand energy and material flows, appreciate biodiversity and carbon footprints, promote conservation and recycling, debate current issues on sustainability, and share their knowledge with other students to create a peer-reinforced culture of sustainability.
Our teaching circle began with several discussions about the concepts of sustainability and the most effective ways to address sustainability within an educational institution. We updated the excellent work done by the 2009-10 Sustainability Teaching Circle to catalog existing courses on Georgia College campus. We created an inventory of over 50 professors who teach and research on topics related to sustainability. Our examination included conversations about engaged learning, including concepts such as the National Wildlife Federation's Student Sustainability Educators program. To help move our work forward, we produced three posters for display at various campus functions.
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A brief description of the incentives that faculty members who participate in the program(s) receive:
Collaboration and extra funding award.
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The website URL where information about the incentive program(s) is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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