| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 74.29 |
| Liaison | Brandon Trelstad |
| Submission Date | Dec. 23, 2020 |
Oregon State University
EN-7: Employee Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.76 / 3.00 |
Brandon
Trelstad Sustainability Coordinator Sustainability Office |
Total number of employees:
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:
Name of the employee educators program (1st program):
A brief description of the employee educators program (1st program):
Through OSU's Sustainability Advocates program, faculty and staff act as sustainability contacts and experts within their campus unit by:
-Sharing information and training opportunities with fellow employees
-Networking with fellow Sustainability Advocates
-Promoting sustainability-related events within their unit
-Building sustainability conversation, competence and capacity within their department
-Communicating needs, opportunities and best practices back to the OSU Sustainability Office.
Examples of outreach activities include:
- Sharing preformulated messaging from organizations like the Sustainability Office, Campus Recycling and Civic Engagement and Leadership
- Recruiting participants for professional development opportunities like WOHESC and AASHE conferences, and participating in these development opportunities themselves
- Hanging posters for events and programs like RecycleMania
- Forming teams of bicycle riders for Zap commute competitions
- Sharing PowerPoint slides at a staff meeting on a current sustainability campaign or event
- Recruiting Master Recyclers, Green Office Certification participants, etc. from their unit and others.
A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (1st program):
Target audience includes all fellow employees of the Sustainability Advocate in their home department or college. All OSU colleges are represented by a Sustainability Advocate.
Number of trained employee educators (1st program):
Number of weeks the employee educators program is active annually (1st program):
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Website URL where information about the employee educators program is available (1st program) :
Name of the employee educators program (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):
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Website URL where information about the employee educators program is available (2nd program):
A brief description of all other employee peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs:
OSU periodically uses Ecochallenge (Northwest Earth Institute) course materials and modules for employee training and education about sustainability, and encourages self-formed discussion groups based on Ecochallenge platforms. There is not a specific, institutionalized method for this training at this time so it is considered informal.
Number of trained employee educators (all other programs):
Number of weeks, on average, the employee educators programs are active annually (all other programs):
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Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (all other programs):
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Hours worked annually by trained employee sustainability educators per employee served by a peer-to-peer program:
Website URL where information about the employee sustainability educators programs is available:
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