| Overall Rating | Bronze |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 38.36 |
| Liaison | Marga Martinez |
| Submission Date | Oct. 10, 2024 |
Oakton College
EN-7: Employee Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.01 / 3.00 |
Charmaine
John Sustainability Specialist Facilities |
Part 1. Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer, sustainability educators program
Total number of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
1st program
A brief description of the employee educators program (1st program):
The Green Committee meets mmonthly to discuss and proimote green initiatives at the college. Previous projects include education on the community apiary, Waste reduction education at the college, and community gardening and native planting programs for the college. Green Committee engages staff specifically to join in and learn about sustainable initiatives at the college. Employee educators are trained by the Sustainability specialist and naturalist, and they are taught to lead and facilitate events such as native plantings, community gardening, and waste sorting. Outreach includes email blasts, blurbs in the college newsletter, and monthly meeting requests sent out the the staff at the college join in on Green Committee meetings. Committee members also reach out to peers via Oakton's nature blog and website.
A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (1st program):
The target audience in this program are college staff and faculty. Newly onboarded employees are always educated about the presence of green committee and invited to join the program on their first day at the college.
Number of trained employee educators (1st program):
Number of weeks the employee educators program is active annually (1st program):
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (1st program):
Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (1st program):
Website URL where information about the employee educators program is available (1st program) :
If reporting employees served by additional peer-to-peer programs, provide:
2nd Program
A brief description of the employee educators program (2nd program):
A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (2nd program):
Number of trained employee educators (2nd program):
Number of weeks the employee educators program is active annually (2nd program):
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (2nd program):
Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (2nd program):
Website URL where information about the employee educators program is available (2nd program):
If reporting employees served by more than two programs, provide:
Additional Programs
Number of trained employee educators (all other programs):
Number of weeks, on average, the employee educators programs are active annually (all other programs):
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (all other programs):
Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (all other programs):
Part 2. Educator hours per employee served by a peer-to-peer program
Hours worked annually by trained employee sustainability educators per employee served by a peer-to-peer program:
Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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