Overall Rating Reporter
Overall Score
Liaison Ian Shannon
Submission Date Dec. 10, 2021

STARS v2.2

Ringling College of Art and Design
EN-1: Student Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Tammy Walsh
Dean of Students
Student Life
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Part 1. Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer, sustainability educators program

Number of students enrolled for credit:
1,672

Total number of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
1,288

Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
77.03

1st program

Name of the student educators program (1st program):
Resident Assistants

A brief description of the student educators program (1st program):
All residents are assigned an Upperclassman peer mentor for sustainability focus within on-campus residential living. Student Resident Assistants (RAs) live in residence and work together to create the most comfortable, supportive, and responsive living environment possible. Examples of activities are the following: green living, sustainable out-door experience, wellness, etc.

A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):
The target audience for this initiative is/was all students living in residence on campus which is approximately 1260.

Number of trained student educators (1st program):
28

Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (1st program):
34

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):
9,520

Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (1st program):

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2nd program

Name of the student educators program (2nd program):
Orientation Leaders

A brief description of the student educators program (2nd program):
New students are assigned a peer orientation leader in order to assist with their transition to college life. The activities involved are focused on a sustainability during New Student Orientation: Use of electronic communications as opposed to hard copy materials, special club fair event to introduce students to sustainable campus organizations, Waivers being completed online, etc.

A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (2nd program):
The target audience for this initiative is/was all new first year students.

Number of trained student educators (2nd program):
16

Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (2nd program):
4

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 

Name of the student educators program (3rd program):
Commuter Student Assistant

A brief description of the student educators program (3rd program):
The Commuter Student Assistant is the equivalent to RA, but focused on commuter students. These staff help to plan programs, events and meetings that help to spread awareness about sustainable resources like helping students connect to find rides in the area, sharing information about the partnership the campus has with the area public transportation in which students ride for free and spreading information about the campus bike program.

A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (3rd program):
The target audience for this initiative is all commuting to campus students/non-residential.

Number of trained student educators (3rd program):
2

Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (3rd program):
34

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (3rd program):
37.50

Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (3rd program):
2,550

Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (3rd program):

Additional programs 

A brief description of all other student peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs:
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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

Grand total number of hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators (all programs):
13,350

Hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators per student served by a peer-to-peer program:
10.36

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the student sustainability educators programs is available:
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