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Gerontology AA Degree (Degree) Certificate Program Activity Coordinator (Certificate Program)

Gerontology AA Degree (Degree) Certificate Program Activity Coordinator (Certificate Program) Social Service Designee (Certificate Program) Continuing Education Program Contract Classes http://wserver.arc.losrios.edu/~gero. Three (3) tenure-track faculty Eighteen (18) adjunct

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Gerontology AA Degree (Degree) Certificate Program Activity Coordinator (Certificate Program)

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  1. Gerontology AA Degree(Degree)Certificate Program Activity Coordinator(Certificate Program) Social Service Designee(Certificate Program) Continuing Education Program Contract Classes http://wserver.arc.losrios.edu/~gero

  2. Three (3) tenure-track faculty • Eighteen (18) adjunct • Eighty three (83)course listings • Six (6) are cross referenced with other disciplines • Sixty (60) % offered on line • Offered to accommodate working adults. • Four-hundred (400) Students • Sixty (60) working on degree • Aged 16-90 Program Stats

  3. Requirement 39 units Degree/Certificate Gerontologyorganized around six disciplines • Business • Care Management/Social Services • Environmental Design • Health Care • Recreation • Social Policy/Advocacy

  4. Requirement 39 units Degree/Certificate Gerontology • 30 core units Plus 9 special interest units • Degree requires 21 general education units • 56% are offered on line

  5. Requirement 39 units Vocational Certificates • Activity Coordinator • Social Service Designee

  6. Activity Coordinator Requirement 6.5 units • Interviewing and counseling • Hearing and speech • Documentation • Etiology of illness • Social and psychological forces • Dementia • Leadership • Agencies and resources • Programming/Creatingan Activity Program • Directed field work

  7. Social Service Designee Requirement 4.5 units • Family and Patient Adjustment • Dementia • Documentation • Legal Issues • End –of-Life Decisions • Directed Fieldwork.

  8. Continuing Education Program .5 Unit Modules = 9 hrs. of CEU • Certified Nursing Assistant • Home Health Aid • Licensed Vocational Nurse • Registered Nurse • Residential Care Facility for the Elderly Administrator • Licensed Clinical Social Worker • Licensed Marriage, Family Therapist • Nursing Home Administrator ARC holds provider numbers for eight licenses and certificates

  9. Contract ClassesSpecific Topics to Meet Industry Needs

  10. Gerontology Center Library • Books • Journals • Videos • DVD • Data Base

  11. Technology and Program Growth My Department’s Vision of Technology

  12. Technology and ARC Gerontology

  13. Technology and Program Growth • Established The Gerontology Program Web Site • Face-to-face Continuing Educational Units (CEU) main portal for new students and classes grew. • Suddenly, after several semesters of growth, classes went from 80 or more on a Saturday to less than 40 • Competition in the surrounding area for CEU’s

  14. Technology and Program Growth • Decided to try putting a full-semester class on line to meet all required CEU’s for R.N’s. • Class filled before early enrollment ended • Added 4 more sections and they filled • Added Sociology of Aging – it filled

  15. Technology and Program Growth • Noticed a new portal for students • Traditional Gero. student (at ARC) • Has been a 42-year-old female with 2.5 kids. • Now, many more 18, 19 and 20 year-old students. Enrollments Increased

  16. Technology and Program Growth • 75 % or our older students had not been exposed to the web and web-based coursework • Kept core classes face-to- face • Made one core class a hybrid Trouble now keep on campus classes full

  17. Technology and Program Growth Activity Coordinator Certificate • Certificate Program 6.5 units- Meets State of California, Title 22 requirements for certificate for Activity Coordinator • Demand is high on campus, people are driving 100+ miles to attend. • With the help of a grant, program goes on line • State pulls the plug • No regulations written • Still in limbo- demand is still high

  18. Technology and Program Growth Web site attracts one to two inquires per week • Always send them to the Program Coordinator for a personal counseling session List serve connects the Gerontology Community to each other NOTE: Join in on the ARC Gerontology list serve and receive email messages to and from the gerontology community. http://iserver.losrios.edu/cgi-bin/mailserv-test.cgi?list=geroboardTo send emails to the list geroboard@lists.losrios.edu

  19. Gerontology List Serve Helps the community stay connected and the college stay connected to the community • Send and Receive Emails to people in the field • List positions • Caregivers • Announcements of new classes • Upcoming lectures in the community.

  20. Technology and Program Growth • In the beginning it was just me, an Idiot Book, and lots of desire • On line readiness class- • recommend Cerro Coso Community College http://cconline.cerrocoso.edu/faccert/default.htm • First Sties were Built in FrontPage • Now we have Bb • Had to challenge old thinking on campus • Face-to face vs. on line orientations • Book Store Orders • Who can teach on line?

  21. Future Goals • Put the validation class on line • Problems with institutional thinking • Use full video’s on line • Pod Casting • Instead of reading the new content on a computer screen, you listen to the new content on an iPod or iPod-like device

  22. Marketing • CEU and Vocational Certificates • Entry point • Bulk mailings • Conferences and workshops • Public presentations • Campus Presentations • Internships • Media

  23. Program of Merit • The Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) in Washington DC • Awarded the American River College Gerontology Degree Program the designation of “Program of Merit” • First community college in the nation to receive this honor and one of only seven colleges and universities designated in the country.

  24. Future Goals • Online Mini Certificates • Dementia Care • Caregiving • Ethnic Diversity and Aging • Elder Abuse • Designed 4 Life Cetificate • Students work with architects, designers and builders • Core Classes on line • Respond to needs of the community

  25. Aging is not a disease, but a normal life stage full of opportunities and challenges, just as they all are (Gillogly).

  26. NOTE: Join in on the ARC Gerontology list serve and receive email messages from the gerontology community. http://iserver.losrios.edu/cgi-bin/mailserv-test.cgi?list=geroboardTo send emails to the list geroboard@lists.losrios.edu

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