| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 62.54 |
| Liaison | Lisa Noriega |
| Submission Date | Sept. 21, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Yale University
EN-1: Student Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.89 / 4.00 |
Amber
Garrard Associate Director Yale Office of Sustainability |
Number of students enrolled for credit (headcount):
Total number of students enrolled for credit that are served (i.e. directly targeted) by a student peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program (avoid double-counting to the extent feasible):
Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer educator program:
Name of the student educators program:
Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (headcount):
A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities:
All undergraduates (5,505) are targeted for sustainability outreach by the Sustainability Service Corps (SSC), a group of 30 undergraduate students who are trained to implement sustainability initiatives on the Yale Campus. SSC students are members of the Energy Squad (who raise awareness and try to reduce energy consumption on campus through energy competitions and energy surveys); Materials Management Team (who raise awareness and try to increase waste diversion on campus through surveys, audits, and staffing events); or College Coordinators (who implement outreach activities in all Residential Colleges including study breaks, door-to-door outreach, light bulb exchange, and social media campaigns).
A brief description of how the student educators are selected:
Students apply for the positions, are interviewed and selected by the Office of Sustainability's Education & Outreach Manager.
A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach:
All SSC students attend a full-day training in September to prepare them for their outreach.
A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or faculty/staff coordination):
SSC students are paid by the hour by Facilities Operations for their work.
Name of the student educators program (2nd program):
Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (2nd program):
A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (2nd program):
The central aim of the Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (F&ES) is to increase environmental awareness and stewardship at F&ES. This professional school should serve as an environmental leader on campus through waste management practices, energy use, and environmental communication and education. In 2015-16, the ESC strove to enhance environmental stewardship through three main task forces:
• Energy Task Force
• Materials and Waste Management Task Force
• Green Events Task Force
A brief description of how the student educators are selected (2nd program):
Interviews are conducted that identify students particularly inspired by the idea of stewardship of the F&ES learning community.
A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach (2nd program):
Students receive reports from past ESC teams to give them a sense of the history of stewardship. On particular issues or areas of outreach, professionals, professors, and practitioners of many sorts help inform strategies.
A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or faculty/staff coordination) (2nd program):
The ESC is appointed a chairperson by the Dean of F&ES. This is a staff member. A group of volunteers also participates on the ESC, and a faculty member is sought each year to participate.
The ESC has a budget of $1000 each year, but this is money earned through recycling and through sales of reusable lunch containers in the larger Yale community, not a fund awarded through central monies.
Name of the student educators program (3rd program):
Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (3rd program):
A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (3rd program):
A brief description of how the student educators are selected (3rd program):
A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach (3rd program):
A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or faculty/staff coordination) (3rd program):
A brief description of all other student peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs, including the number of students served and how student educators are selected, trained, and supported by the institution:
Total number of hours student educators are engaged in peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education activities annually (all programs):
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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