| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 83.12 |
| Liaison | Richard Manton |
| Submission Date | Sept. 12, 2024 |
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe - University of Galway
EN-7: Employee Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.00 / 3.00 |
Michelle
O'Dowd Community and Sustainability Officer Office of Deputy President and Registrar |
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 Community and University Sustainability Partnership (CUSP) was established in 2015 under the direction of the Deputy President and Registrar to showcase how a university can become a role model for the transition to a sustainable future. CUSP is a multi-disciplinary, voluntary team of mainly staff from across the campus all working together with the common aim of establishing the university as a leading institutional model for sustainability.
CUSP comprises a General Board, Executive Board, Working Groups and an Advisory Board. The CUSP General Board plays a leading role in the development and implementation of the Sustainability Strategy, aligning all our major efforts with the SDGs, including education, research, leadership, operational and engagement activities.
A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (1st program):
CUSP has four working groups: Research & Learning, Nature & Ecosystems, Sustainable Living, and Governance & Leadership. CUSP members engage with the campus community on one or more of these areas. This can include: organising events, training, outreach activities etc.
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):
The University of Galway has hired two full-time Lecturers in Sustainability and Education for Sustainable Development. These Lecturers work with academic and non-academic staff to ensure that the SDGs, sustainability, the climate emergency, and related environmental issues are embedded across all of our degree programmes, undergraduate and postgraduate, and that our staff (academic and non-academic) are provided with professional development in these topics as well as in aspects of appropriate pedagogical approaches.
A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (2nd program):
These Lecturers work with academic and non-academic staff to ensure that the SDGs, sustainability, the climate emergency, and related environmental issues are embedded across all of our degree programmes, undergraduate and postgraduate, and that our staff (academic and non-academic) are provided with professional development in these topics as well as in aspects of appropriate pedagogical approaches. The Lectuerers do not teach students (other than academic staff who are taking the 'CEL6109 Sustainability in the Curriculum' professional development module).
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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