Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	73.28
Liaison	Katie Maynard
Submission Date	Nov. 8, 2016
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

University of California, Santa Barbara
EN-7: Employee Educators Program

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	0.02 / 3.00	Katie Maynard Sustainability Coordinator Geography & Sustainability

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Total number of employees (staff + faculty, headcount):

5,208

Number of employees served (i.e. directly targeted) by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program (avoid double-counting):

Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer educator program:

0.65

1st Program

Name of the employee educators program:

Facilities Management Grounds Leads Meeting

Number of employees served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (headcount):

A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities:

The Facilities Management Grounds Leads Meeting is a two-hour meeting that occurs every month. During this meeting, Lead staff members provide their peers with updates on projects, safety practices, sustainability initiatives and practices, and notes on how to better support the needs of the UCSB community.

A brief description of how the employee educators are selected:

The Leads employee educators are selected on the basis of their supervisory role in the Facilities Management Grounds Department. Each one of them is responsible for coordinating the daily tasks and projects within the department. An example is the Zone Leads who lead and supervise a team.

A brief description of the formal training that the employee educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach:

Each Lead staff member is trained in sustainability practices and resource conservation efforts. Employee educators are engaged in peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education activities for approximately 30 hours each year. Information presented at the meeting is relayed to the other staff members in the Facilities Management Grounds Department. The Refuse, Recycling & Water Efficiency Manager then visits each zone to ensure that the sustainability practices are being implemented.

A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or paid faculty/staff coordination):

Each meeting is organized and led by the Associate Director for Landscaping and Custodial Services; the Facilities Management Grounds Superintendent; and the Refuse, Recycling, & Water Efficiency Manager.

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2nd Program

Name of the employee educators program (2nd program):

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Number of employees served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (headcount) (2nd program):

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A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (2nd program):

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A brief description of how the employee educators are selected (2nd program):

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A brief description of the formal training that the employee educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach (2nd program):

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A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or paid faculty/staff coordination) (2nd program):

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Additional Programs

A brief description of all other employee peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs, including the number of employees served and how employee educators are selected, trained, and supported by the institution:

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Optional Fields

Total number of hours employee educators are engaged in peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education activities annually:

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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

http://www.sustainability.ucsb.edu/employee-educators-program/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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