4. 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

5. 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

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

7. 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

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

9. 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

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

11. 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

12. Contract ClassesSpecific Topics to Meet Industry Needs

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

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

15. Technology and ARC Gerontology

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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.

23. 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?

24. 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

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

26. 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.

27. 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

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

29. 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