| Overall Rating | Bronze |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 38.36 |
| Liaison | Marga Martinez |
| Submission Date | Oct. 10, 2024 |
Oakton College
EN-1: Student Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.01 / 4.00 |
Charmaine
John Sustainability Specialist Facilities |
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):
Student Workers for Sustainability and Naturalist are selected/ appointed students to serve as peer educators and formally designates the students as educators (paid). Our office provides formal training to the student educators in how to conduct peer outreach and we support the program with financial resources by providing an annual budget via Sustainability and Naturalist Budgets.
This program engages students as peers on a regular basis. For example, student educators may be responsible for serving the subset of students that are particularly enrolled in Environmental Studies Classes by leading and supporting outdoor experiential learning for these classes as student peers. Students in diversability organizations are also supported by Sustainability Student Peer leaders via experiential learning opportunities in the community Garden. Educators are trained directly by the Sustainability Specialist or Naturalist at the college via coaching, mentoring, and teaching of specific procedures and tasks related to sustainability and environment i.e seed collection, plant plugging, community gardening.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):
The target audience for this program are students in environmental studies courses, English Courses, Humanities Courses, Philosophy Courses, Biology Courses, and more.
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):
Student leaders take peers, or club members out to educational excursions such as Moth Night, Seed Collection, Plant Plugging, Community Gardening, Sustainability Conferences, Waste reduction, and more. The program has been ongoing for 3 years. The student leaders are compensated via Sustainability, Naturalist, and Environmental club budgets for their paid hours. Student educators are trained by club advisors to draft a club constiution, manage program finances, book rooms, purchase supplies, recruit, and hoee to teach student peers on special sustainability projects and initiatives.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (2nd program):
The target audience for this program is any student peer that is interested in learning more about sustainability or the environment. This program is open to all students at the college.
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):
Paid student workers conduct outreach and education by setting up waste stations at catered events over 100 attendees, and offering waste education, sorting, and proper disposal techniques for sustainability. Student educators are offered paid training on types of waste collected at the college, how to dispose, how to set up stations, and how to teach attendees and peers to look for signs of composting, recycling, and landfill in their trash items. Events in which peer to peer outreach include market nights, college festivals, carrer fairs, and more.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (3rd program):
The target audience for this program is any student peer that is interested in learning more about sustainability or the environment. This program is open to all students at the college. Any attendee or student of a large catered event is invited to engage with out student peers stationed for the 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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