Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 67.93
Liaison Emily Zabanah
Submission Date Feb. 1, 2024

STARS v2.2

Seneca Polytechnic
EN-1: Student Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.34 / 4.00 Paula Echeveste
Sustainability Specialist - Engagement & Outreach
Office of Sustainability
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Part 1. Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer, sustainability educators program

Number of students enrolled for credit:
44,972

Total number of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
5,490

Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
12.21

1st program

Name of the student educators program (1st program):
Sustainability Ambassadors

A brief description of the student educators program (1st program):
The primary objective of the Sustainability Ambassadors is to educate fellow students on the Friendlier reusable program and waste management procedures at the cafeterias on the main campus. This involves advising students about the proper disposal of waste and how to actively interact with Oscar, the waste AI sorting system.

Two representatives from the Office of Sustainability organized a one-hour training for the student educators to attend. They explained the importance of sustainability on campus, the waste reduction program and how Friendlier works.

A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):
Any student, staff and community member that utilizes the cafeterias on campus.

Number of trained student educators (1st program):
24

Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (1st program):
6

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (1st program):
11.44

Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (1st program):
274.50

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

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2nd program

Name of the student educators program (2nd program):
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3rd program 

Name of the student educators program (3rd program):
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A brief description of the student educators program (3rd program):
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Additional programs 

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

Grand total number of hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators (all programs):
274.50

Hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators per student served by a peer-to-peer program:
0.05

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