| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 47.51 |
| Liaison | Chris Frantsvog |
| Submission Date | May 1, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Luther College
EN-1: Student Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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1.21 / 4.00 |
Maren
Stumme-Diers Assistant Sustainability Coordinator Environmental Studies |
Does the institution coordinate one or more ongoing student, peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs that meet the criteria for this credit?:
Number of degree-seeking students enrolled at the institution:
Name of the student educators program (1st program):
Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (1st program):
A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (1st program):
Sustainability Educators are hired by the Sustainability Office to work in each of the first year residence halls. The primary responsibility of Educators is to work with RAs to plan sustainability-related programming in the halls. Educators are responsible for creating monthly bulletin boards which highlight different aspects of campus sustainability and have it as their goal to plan one program with each RA/floor each semester. Programs include cooking classes, hiking, local farm tours, off the grid home tours, thrift store shopping, coop tours, and other activities. Educators are also responsible for planning and promoting the annual energy competition. During the energy competition Educators recruit residents to help conduct audits of each room in the residence hall, with the goal of full participation by the hall.
A brief description of how the student educators are selected (1st program):
Educators are selected through an application process. Interested students apply for the position and are interviewed by the hall director of the building with the position opening and a staff member from the sustainability office. The available positions are promoted to all students on campus through the stuent work office and other campus communications channels. In some cases, a hall director may recommend a student who seems especially sustainability-oriented and a good fit for the position.
A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive (1st program):
Sustainability Educators meet with staff from the Sustainability Office and all First-Year Hall Directors biweekly. During meetings Educators receive informal training on program planning, coordination, logistics and how best to work with RAs and residents. For the energy competition, Educators receive training on how to conduct a basic energy audit in a residence hall room. Training is provided at the beginning of the year, with more training provided on an as-needed basis as new programs/strategies are developed.
A brief description of the financial or other support the institution provides to the program (1st program):
Each of the Sustainability Educators is supported by at least one Hall Director and one member of the Sustainability Office staff. Educators and RAs have the ability to complete a simple funding application if programming requires financial support (ie cooking classes, mileage to local farms, etc). The Sustainability Office provides somewhere in the range of $1000-$2000 each year to support the activities of Educators in the halls.
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):
A brief description of how the student educators are selected (2nd program):
A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive (2nd program):
A brief description of the financial or other support the institution provides to the program (2nd program):
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 (3rd program):
A brief description of the financial or other support the institution provides to the program (3rd program):
Name(s) of the student educator program(s) (all other programs):
Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by all other student educator programs:
A brief description of the program(s), including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (all other programs):
A brief description of how the student educators are selected (all other programs):
A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive (all other programs):
A brief description of the financial or other support the institution provides to the program (all other programs):
Total number of hours student educators are engaged in peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education activities annually:
The website URL for the peer-to-peer student outreach and education program(s):
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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