University of Texas at San Antonio
EN-1: Student Educators Program
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2.31 / 4.00 |
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Part 1. Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer, sustainability educators program
34,344
Total number of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
34,344
Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
100
1st program
Office of Sustainability Student Assistants
A brief description of the student educators program (1st program):
UTSA’s Office of Sustainability offers student employment in the EcoReps/Sustainable Assistants Programs. Each EcoRep/Program Assistant assists the Office of Sustainability in duties such as sustainability events, marketing, programs, etc. The UTSA Office of Sustainability’s work study program provides motivated individuals the platform, connections, support, and tools needed to champion environmental issues at UTSA and within our larger community. Students are able to carry out meaningful, significant projects with the guidance of UTSA's Office of Sustainability. EcoReps focus on educating peers on energy conservation, promoting eco-friendly transportations (eg, BeakCycle, Tito Bradshaw Bike Shop), emissions reduction (Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality grant, community outreach (SIT! Grant), and annual sustainability events (Basura Bash).
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):
The EcoReps/Sustainable Assistants program's primary audience is the entire UTSA student body.
Number of trained student educators (1st program):
8
Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (1st program):
30
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (1st program):
15
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (1st program):
3,600
Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (1st program):
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2nd program
Peer Education and Advocates
A brief description of the student educators program (2nd program):
The mission of the Peer Education Program is to promote healthy lifestyles and better decision making to the UTSA community by providing accurate health information and resources to students. The program consists of Peer Educators who are UTSA student volunteers who provide peer-to-peer education on various health topics through fun and interactive games and discussions. Peer Educators work together to promote wellness by increasing awareness of student health issues and encouraging positive lifestyles.
If you are interested in building leadership skills, promoting health and wellness and mentoring your peers, the Peer Education Program is just for you! All students are welcome to join no matter their background or major.
If you are interested in building leadership skills, promoting health and wellness and mentoring your peers, the Peer Education Program is just for you! All students are welcome to join no matter their background or major.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (2nd program):
Mental Health Peer Advocates are UTSA students who are certified peer education facilitators focused on promoting help-seeking and reducing stigma in receiving mental health and wellbeing support. They provide peer mentoring as well as prevention and education programming to UTSA students.
Mental Health Peer Advocates provide additional resources and information and serve as liasion between with student body and Wellbeing Services.
Mental Health Peer Advocates provide additional resources and information and serve as liasion between with student body and Wellbeing Services.
Number of trained student educators (2nd program):
12
Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (2nd program):
30
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):
1,800
Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (2nd program):
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3rd program
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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
5,400
Hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators per student served by a peer-to-peer program:
0.16
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