Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 71.07
Liaison Michael Chapman
Submission Date March 6, 2020

STARS v2.2

Nova Scotia Community College
EN-1: Student Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.24 / 4.00 Martha MacGowan
Project Assistant- Sustainability
Facilities & Engineering
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Part 1. Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer, sustainability educators program

Number of students enrolled for credit:
20,943

Total number of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
1,118

Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
5.34

1st program

Name of the student educators program (1st program):
Marconi Recycles

A brief description of the student educators program (1st program):
The students from the Social Services program participate in bi-annual waste audits to learn proper waste management skills from the sustainability department. Observations from the audits are used in a class project to suggest improvements to waste diversion on campus and to teach fellow students proper waste management skills. Social media campaigns were arranged and educational booths displayed at lunchtime outside the cafeteria. Success of the campaign is measured by improvement in the waste diversion rate and increased engagement from the campus community.

A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):
The target audience for this program was students at the Marconi Campus. The student educators were trained by NSCC's Certified Engineering Technologist/trained waste auditor prior to participating in the campus' waste audit.

Number of trained student educators (1st program):
28

Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (1st program):
18

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (1st program):
4

Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (1st program):
72

Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (1st program):

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2nd program

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3rd program 

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Additional programs 

A brief description of all other student peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs:
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Number of trained student educators (all other programs):
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Number of weeks, on average, the student educators programs are active annually (all other programs):
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Part 2. Educator hours per student served by a peer-to-peer educator program

Grand total number of hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators (all programs):
72

Hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators per student served by a peer-to-peer program:
0.06

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