| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 71.75 |
| Liaison | Jauna Vitale |
| Submission Date | Feb. 14, 2025 |
New York University
EN-1: Student Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.24 / 4.00 |
Jauna
Vitale Assistant Director, Sustainability NYU Office of Sustainability |
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 NYU Office of Sustainability hires students to be student educators as Engagement Coordinators and Communications Coordinators. In this role, student employees manage and execute peer-to-peer outreach programs while receiving administrative coordination with the Office of Sustainability staff. These are paid positions whose primary roles are sustainability education and outreach through programming and communications.
The student employees aid in managing the sustainability outreach and education for the following events and programs:
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Welcome Week sustainability programming (green campus tour, climate action mixer, plant meditation, orientation performance including information on NYU Sustainability)
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NYC Climate Week (an annual climate event that features 600 events & activities in New York City)
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NYU Earth Month (sustainability-related events, panels, lectures, and activities all month long)
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Social media engagement and events promotion
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A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):
All undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply for these two positions. The outreach and programs conducted by student employees targets all undergraduate and graduate students.
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 Sustainability Leaders Fellowship hosted by the Office of Sustainability is an intensive cohort-based paid fellowship for students to explore climate advocacy, outreach, and peer-to-peer education. In this year-long program, fellows attend workshops led by community organizers, educators, and experts in the sustainability field. Students ill learn about sustainability topics, develop a toolkit to share sustainability knowledge with their peers, gain leadership skills to galvanize action and join a network of peer leaders and sustainability professionals in co-creating a climate-neutral campus. In the second half of the program, fellows work in groups to develop project proposals that tackle sustainability challenges at NYU. This final project aims to give students a better understanding of how departments across NYU work in collaboration to advance sustainability on campus and the challenges of doing so.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (2nd program):
All undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply for this program, with preference towards student leaders who are engaged in student clubs and organizations. These student leaders come from groups such as the Student Sustainability Committee within Student Government, Earth Matters (NYU’s primary environmental student club), and other student clubs with focus topics such as fashion, renewable energy, and political advocacy.
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):
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (3rd program):
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
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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