Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 67.92
Liaison Ann Drevno
Submission Date Feb. 16, 2023

STARS v2.2

Saint Mary's College of California
EN-7: Employee Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.56 / 3.00
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Part 1. Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer, sustainability educators program

Total number of employees:
873

Total number of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
35

Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
4.01

1st program 

Name of the employee educators program (1st program):
Green Space Program

A brief description of the employee educators program (1st program):
Our Green Space Certification Program relies heavily on peer-to-peer education to ensure the success of the program and implementation of sustainability best practices in offices throughout campus. Our Green Space team is eager and ready to identify actions staff and faculty members can take to decrease waste, conserve resources and improve their overall environmental performance (while saving money). There are three levels of certification, and offices across Saint Mary's have the opportunity to improve their rating by improving their performance. By participating in Green Space, our student consultants provide employees with the necessary resources to make offices and surrounding spaces green. The two audits (pre- and post-) cover energy, waste, food, transportation, purchasing and outreach/events. One of the most important aspects of the Green Space certification process is developing a "Green Team" within their office to share sustainable best practices with their colleagues and peers. Additionally, each Green Space lead is required to describe sustainability best practices that are being implemented by the department or office at a department meeting, thereby educating their peers on these important new best practices.

A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (1st program):
Fellow staff and faculty members

Number of trained employee educators (1st program):
14

Number of weeks the employee educators program is active annually (1st program):
52

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

Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (1st program):
624

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

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2nd Program

Name of the employee educators program (2nd program):
Staff & Faculty Ambassadors Program

A brief description of the employee educators program (2nd program):
The Staff & Faculty Ambassadors Program is a group of staff and faculty that get together once a month to share best sustainability practices with their peers. Conversation include what's working and what's not working in regards to implementing sustainable behavioral change in their offices or departments.

A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (2nd program):
Fellow staff and faculty members

Number of trained employee educators (2nd program):
12

Number of weeks the employee educators program is active annually (2nd program):
5

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (2nd program):
1

Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (2nd program):
60

Website URL where information about the employee educators program is available (2nd program):

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Additional Programs 

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

Grand total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (all programs):
684

Hours worked annually by trained employee sustainability educators per employee served by a peer-to-peer program:
0.78

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the employee sustainability educators programs is available:
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