| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 69.71 |
| Liaison | Alex Davis |
| Submission Date | Feb. 28, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Arizona State University
EN-6: Employee Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.00 / 3.00 |
Betty
Lombardo Manager University Sustainability Practices |
Does the institution administer or oversee an ongoing faculty/staff peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Total number of employees:
Name of the employee educators program (1st program) :
Number of employees served by the program (1st program):
A brief description of how the employee educators are selected (1st program):
Members of the Sustainability Practices Network were selected by the Director of Sustainability and the University Sustainability Operations Officer.
A brief description of the formal training that the employee educators receive (1st program):
The Sustainability Practices Network is charged with creating a plan for a more sustainable university. The Network is composed of eight work groups and four resource groups that focus on their specified areas of expertise while also collaborating with other groups to support participation in sustainability practices across the university. The structure of the Network educates and engages many disciplines and departments from all campuses to foster innovative ideas for reaching the university’s sustainability goals.
A brief description of the staff and/or other financial support the institution provides to the program (1st program):
There are 150 members within the committee includes faculty, staff and students that are either experts on concepts in sustainability or were interested in furthering Arizona State University’s sustainability goals.
Program funding is provided by University Business Services Administration.
The website URL where information about the program is available (1st program):
Name of the employee educators program (2nd program):
Number of employees served by the program (2nd program):
A brief description of how the employee educators are selected (2nd program):
The literacy program is comprised of tutorials that include photos with accompanying audio, and is designed to easily be worked into employees’ daily work schedules. Start to finish, the program takes about an hour to complete. Employees also can stop and start the program tutorials at any time and upon logging back in, can pick up where they left off.
A brief description of the formal training that the employee educators receive (2nd program):
Arizona State University has launched the first sustainability literacy online program. This is an interactive program that extends to all ASU employees as well as students. The electronic platform informs ASU employees of sustainable practices currently under way at ASU, the university’s sustainability goals, ways to support ASU’s promise to become more sustainable, and relevant facts to fulfill the sustainability requirement of their yearly work-performance evaluations.
A brief description of the financial or other support the institution provides to the program (2nd program):
Program funding is provided by University Business Services Administration.
The website URL where information about the program is available (2nd program):
Name(s) of the employee educator program(s) (all other programs):
Number of employees served by all other programs:
A brief description of how the employee educators are selected (all other programs):
Members of the ASU Staff Council Sustainability committee volunteer their time to attend monthly meetings to plan various sustainability engagement and training events. Sustainability engagement and training activities include coordinating campus sustainability walking tours, tours of the local Waste Management Materials Recovery Facility, sustainability speaker sessions, tabling during all Tempe campus Farmers Markets, as well as incorporating green event practices during all indoor and out door events. They also provide sustainability content for all ASU Staff Council monthly newsletters that are sent out to all university staff.
The ASU Staff Council issues a monthly newsletter called Sparky's Scoop News for Staff Success. The newsletter always includes a section called the Sustainability Corner. The Sustainability Corner raises awareness about Arizona State University's sustainability initiatives as well as let staff know what they can do in the workplace to advance ASU's sustainability goals of Climate Neutrality, Zero Water and Solid Waste, Principled Practice and Active Engagement.
A brief description of the formal training that the employee educators receive (all other programs):
The ASU Staff Council Sustainability committee members receive training from the University Sustainability Practices office. They all must receive certification through the on-line Sustainability Literacy Program. Each monthly meeting starts with a sustainability training topic to include our Green Office, Green Labs, Green Events, and Green Shops Programs along with many more topics so they can communicate campus wide initiatives as well as train their peers about specific sustainability practices that can be implemented into the work place.
A brief description of the staff and/or other financial support the institution provides to the program(s) (all other programs):
The ASU Staff Council Sustainability committee is supported financially from the ASU Staff Council Board of Directors. Staff support includes the ASU Staff Council Board of Directors along with other ASU Staff Council committee members that include members from the University Sustainability Practices office.
The website URL where information about the program(s) is available (all other programs):
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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