| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 72.32 |
| Liaison | Merry Rankin |
| Submission Date | Aug. 29, 2022 |
Iowa State University
EN-1: Student Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.64 / 4.00 |
Merry
Rankin ISU Director of Sustainability Facilities Planning & Management |
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Part 1. Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer, sustainability educators program
30,708
Total number of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
30,708
Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
100
1st program
Peer Wellness Educators
A brief description of the student educators program (1st program):
Peer Wellness Educators (PWE) are highly-trained student employees who work with their fellow peers at Iowa State University (ISU) to promote wellness through evidence-informed educational and social marketing strategies designed to enhance knowledge around the eight dimensions of wellness and increase access to wellness information and resources on campus. PWE roles include presentations to student groups, planning and implementing wellness events and programs, and the creation and promotion of wellness messages/campaigns to other students, among other responsibilities.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):
All students.
Number of trained student educators (1st program):
20
Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (1st program):
32
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (1st program):
10
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (1st program):
6,400
Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (1st program):
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2nd program
Thrive@ISU
A brief description of the student educators program (2nd program):
Thrive@ISU is a confidential program that helps students identify well-being issues they're struggling with, through conversation with a trained graduate student, and then develop an action plan for improvement. The student-to-student effort provides a safe space to learn about areas of well-being affecting them, available support resources and help in establishing steps to improve their situation. It is not counseling or a crisis service.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (2nd program):
All students.
Number of trained student educators (2nd program):
2
Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (2nd program):
32
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (2nd program):
20
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (2nd program):
1,280
Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (2nd program):
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3rd program
Sustainability Learning Communities
A brief description of the student educators program (3rd program):
The Learning Community initiative seeks to enhance our undergraduates’ experience by providing all interested students with dynamic, focused communities in which students, staff, and faculty can learn and grow together. Each community offers student to student connection through peer mentors. Within the University Learning Communities, are four whose specific focus includes sustainability - Global Resource Systems (GLOBE), Natural Resource Ecology & Management, Science of the Environment and Sustainable Systems Technology and The Sky is the Limit: LC for Students Interested in Life Sciences.
Peer mentors are upper-division students from the major associated with the learning community and whose responsibilities include cultivating and enhancing peer to peer connection and engagement among learning community student members. As well as including engagement through academic connections, peer mentor responsibilities have a primary focus related to co-curricular and non-curricular opportunities through service learning, volunteerism and community connection through events, lectures and field trips. Within each learning community - connection to opportunities that increase awareness and engagement within their target area of interest is of priority. For the above noted learning communities - increasing awareness of and experiences within environmental, social and economic sustainability are of focus.
Peer mentors are upper-division students from the major associated with the learning community and whose responsibilities include cultivating and enhancing peer to peer connection and engagement among learning community student members. As well as including engagement through academic connections, peer mentor responsibilities have a primary focus related to co-curricular and non-curricular opportunities through service learning, volunteerism and community connection through events, lectures and field trips. Within each learning community - connection to opportunities that increase awareness and engagement within their target area of interest is of priority. For the above noted learning communities - increasing awareness of and experiences within environmental, social and economic sustainability are of focus.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (3rd program):
All students enrolling in sustainability-focused learning communities.
Number of trained student educators (3rd program):
20
Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (3rd program):
32
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (3rd program):
5
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (3rd program):
2,080
Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (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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Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per student educator (all other programs) :
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Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (all other programs):
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Part 2. Educator hours per student served by a peer-to-peer educator program
9,760
Hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators per student served by a peer-to-peer program:
0.32
Optional Fields
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