Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.38
Liaison Olivia Shehan
Submission Date Nov. 13, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Wellesley College
EN-7: Employee Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Dorothea Von Herder
Sustainability Coordinator
Facilties
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Total number of employees (staff + faculty, headcount):
1,338

Number of employees served (i.e. directly targeted) by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program (avoid double-counting):
1,338

Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer educator program:
100

Name of the employee educators program:
Sustainable Office Certification

Number of employees served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (headcount):
1,338

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

The Office of Sustainability runs a Sustainable Office Certification program for all offices on campus. When an office collectively decides to apply for the certification they select a "Sustainability Champion." The Sustainability Champion receives formal training on sustainable practices and promises to enforce and educate their office on these policies.


A brief description of how the employee educators are selected:

The educators are members of the Office of Sustainability and the Sustainability Champions are selected by their peers from within their office.


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

During training the educator goes over a list of sustainable office practices with the Sustainability Champion (see here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3qQ5qdnqCI8Z0VGTFdNWU9FMzg/view). The educator teaches the Sustainability Champion about how to properly execute each practice and why it's important to do so.


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):

The program is run and staffed by the Office of Sustainability.


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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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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Total number of hours employee educators are engaged in peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education activities annually:
95

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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