| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 63.89 |
| Liaison | Christa Rieck |
| Submission Date | March 3, 2022 |
University of Houston
EN-1: Student Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.13 / 4.00 |
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Part 1. Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer, sustainability educators program
47,090
Total number of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
47,090
Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
100
1st program
Office of Sustainability Student Team
A brief description of the student educators program (1st program):
The student sustainability team is the heart of the office of sustainability. They represent diverse backgrounds both academically and culturally. The students are paid and work part time to educate campus members and improve campus sustainability. Current positions on the team include outreach assistant, and garden assistant. All student leaders, no matter their specific projects, perform outreach duties and are involved in the decision-making process for outreach activities. Outreach efforts include orientation tabling, social media and digital engagement, garden tours, organic gardening education programs, and volunteer programs.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):
All campus via resource fairs, social media campaigns, and large scale outreach events.
Number of trained student educators (1st program):
2
Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (1st program):
52
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (1st program):
20
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (1st program):
2,080
Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (1st program):
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2nd program
Sustainable Coogs
A brief description of the student educators program (2nd program):
Launched in 2020 the Sustainable Coogs is a registered student organization at the University of Houston devoted to engaging all of campus in sustainability outreach and activation. The Office of Sustainability appoints key members of this org to be trained as eco educators in subject specific areas. For example, The LEED Building Tour guide is an eco-educator trained by the University Architect in architectural educational tours to be given to building occupants and interested students. The Office also supports the org by providing programming space (community garden) and administrative coordination.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (2nd program):
Campus wide. Students engaged via garden volunteer days, movie nights, cleanup volunteer days. Faculty and staff via LEED building tours and Arbor Day tree planting partnerships.
Number of trained student educators (2nd program):
4
Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (2nd program):
52
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (2nd program):
5
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (2nd program):
1,040
Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (2nd program):
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3rd program
n/a
A brief description of the student educators program (3rd program):
n/a
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (3rd program):
n/a
Number of trained student educators (3rd program):
0
Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (3rd program):
0
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (3rd program):
0
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (3rd program):
0
Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (3rd program):
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Additional programs
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Number of trained student educators (all other programs):
0
Number of weeks, on average, the student educators programs are active annually (all other programs):
0
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per student educator (all other programs) :
0
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (all other programs):
0
Part 2. Educator hours per student served by a peer-to-peer educator program
3,120
Hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators per student served by a peer-to-peer program:
0.07
Optional Fields
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
COVID budget cuts resulted in temporary scale down of student team for 2021, however, the team was active 2019-2020 and will be re-launched.
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