| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.69 |
| Liaison | Jennifer Kleindienst |
| Submission Date | April 5, 2023 |
Wesleyan University
EN-1: Student Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.03 / 4.00 |
Jennifer
Kleindienst Sustainability Coordinator Finance and Administration |
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Part 1. Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer, sustainability educators program
3,612
Total number of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
1,855
Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
51.36
1st program
Eco Facilitators
A brief description of the student educators program (1st program):
The Eco Facilitators are peer-to-peer sustainability educators who promote sustainable habits on and off-campus. EFs are part of a 3-semester program managed by the Sustainability Office that includes a student forum (1st semester) designed to equip them with the tools to collaborate with students to encourage behavior changes (2nd and 3rd semesters). All programs are designed with inclusivity and equity in mind. Outreach activities are up to the individual Eco Facilitators and have focused on recycling, composting energy conservation, using reusable items, eliminating paper towel waste, environmental justice, sustainable period products, and plant-based eating.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):
EFs are paired with dorms, and do mostly first-year-focused/dorm activities in their second semester, and campus-focused activities in their third semester.
Number of trained student educators (1st program):
15
Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (1st program):
30
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (1st program):
3.50
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (1st program):
1,575
Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (1st program):
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2nd program
Program House Dinner Conversations
A brief description of the student educators program (2nd program):
The 26 program houses (10-20 people per house) on campus are eligible to participate in an activity and discussion with sustainability office interns about how sustainability pertains to the topic of their house.
Note that 1 of the program houses (Malcolm X house) is served by an Eco Facilitator.
Note that 1 of the program houses (Malcolm X house) is served by an Eco Facilitator.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (2nd program):
Students living in program houses (mostly sophomores and juniors). The program is open to all program house residents, though not all houses choose to participate and not all residents in participating houses attend each dinner.
Number of trained student educators (2nd program):
2
Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (2nd program):
34
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (2nd program):
5
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (2nd program):
340
Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (2nd program):
If reporting students served by three or more peer-to-peer programs, provide:
3rd program
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A brief description of the student educators program (3rd program):
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A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (3rd program):
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Number of trained student educators (3rd program):
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Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (3rd program):
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Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (3rd program):
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Additional programs
Compost Program - all students are able to receive compost buckets and receive education on how to reduce food waste/compost: https://www.wesleyan.edu/sustainability/office/meet.html
Number of trained student educators (all other programs):
3
Number of weeks, on average, the student educators programs are active annually (all other programs):
30
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per student educator (all other programs) :
5
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (all other programs):
450
Part 2. Educator hours per student served by a peer-to-peer educator program
2,365
Hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators per student served by a peer-to-peer program:
1.27
Optional Fields
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Note that residential occupancy numbers are from Fall 2021 (Res Life did not have the spring numbers as of November 2022 so they were unable to give a year average).
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