Bellevue College Faculty have been integrating sustainability into the Bellevue College curriculum since before the first Bellevue College Earth Week.\u00a0In 2009 the Sustainability Task Force launched by President Floaten opened up discussion on sustainability in the curriculum.<\/p>\n
In 2010 the College\u2019s first sustainability position was hired and the task force reformed as the Sustainability Curriculum Subcommittee of the Environmental Advisory Committee. The Committee drafted goals and sustainability learning outcomes focused on infusing teaching and courses throughout the curriculum.\u00a0They were presented to instructional leadership and the curriculum advisory committee to seek a pathway towards integration into general education.<\/p>\n
Sustainability is now a part of the teaching and learning of hundreds of faculty and thousands of BC students\u2019 experiences at Bellevue College.<\/p>\n
Here are a few highlights of the last few years:<\/p>\n
\u2022 A $45,000 annual budget allocated to sustainability in the curriculum work by the Student Environmental Sustainability Fund Committee (2012)<\/p>\n
\u2022 65 Faculty complete the quarter-long hybrid Integrating Sustainability Workshop adding sustainability coursework to their Syllabi (2014)<\/p>\n
\u2022 Professional Development Day workshops, book and video discussions on sustainability in the curriculum offered to Faculty in collaboration with the Faculty Commons (2011, \u201912, \u201813)<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Faculty Sustainability Reps program supports curriculum infusion and faculty outreach by academic division (2013)<\/p>\n
\u2022 Learning outcomes in 70 existing courses map to sustainability learning outcomes (2013)<\/p>\n
\u2022 Quarterly list of courses with sustainability content published (since 2013)<\/p>\n
\u2022 100 Faculty report already teaching sustainability, another 65 are interested in doing so in survey of Faculty (2013)<\/p>\n
\u2022 Canvas site for Sustainability Resources created with faculty contributions of more than 55 modules from Accounting to Sociology (2014) and Library Guide for students (2013).<\/p>\n
\u2022 BC Reads book chosen for sustainability, \u201cDeep Economy,\u201d programming offered (book club, orientation) to support Faculty (2013).<\/p>\n
\u2022 More than 150 Faculty pledge to teach Earth Week during April events combined in the last two years.<\/p>\n
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