Healthy Aging & Living
Mission Statement
This program is dedicated to assisting older adults with enhancement and maintenance of mental and physical abilities for the enjoyment of life and independence.
Program Description
The Healthy Aging and Living (HAL) Program serves older adults living in independent and assisted living senior residential facilities. Courses offered at these facilities are HAL 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, and 306. Classes are designed to enhance and enrich mental and physical capabilities.
Student Learning/Administrative Unit Outcomes
Classes that were in session March 2020 were canceled due to the COVID 19 closure. SLO assessments are generally conducted after spring break but were canceled due to the closure. Because classes are taught in senior facilities, students often had to quarantine to the own rooms. Many of the students did not have access to technology to conduct online classes.
Standards/Goals for Student Achievement (Instruction Departments)
The Healthy Aging and Living program is very new and has only operated for a few semesters before the COVID pandemic struck. The senior facilities are currently on lock down.
We had approximately 23 classes operating when classes closed for the pandemic.
Attendance and retention is always difficult. A variety of reasons have been given for low attendance such as the student forgot to come, doctor appointments, family visiting, the facility changed the activity time, or residents have to quarantine due to cold, flu, coronavirua, etc. Changing the program to an Instructional Service Agreement program, would be more cost effective, and facility staff would encourage more participation.
Standards/Goals for Student Achievement (All Other Departments)
Strategic Direction
The Hal classes support the strategic thematic priorities of the College through fostering a culture of inclusiveness, helping students achieve their health and fitness goals, and helping sustain enrollment targets.
Program Review
N/A
Department Goals
1. Create a budget to build an Instructional service agreement program similar to the CPE program.
2. Create an ISA contract proposal modeled after the CPE program.
Future Development Strategies
Strategy 1 - Budget for Conversion to Instructional Service Agreement Program
Santa Rosa Community College offers the SE 580 Involved Elder classes through Instructional Service Agreements with senior facilities. The HAL classes look very similar to their SE 580 Involved Elder classes.
Changing the HAL classes to an Instructional Services Agreement format would generate far more FTES and revenue than the current delivery model using Associate faculty. The Associate Faculty already work for the senior facilities and currently have difficulty arranging their schedules to allow for working for the College. This format will allow for a better match in schedules.
This delivery model would support local senior facilities, encourage more senior invlovement, and generate approximately ten times more FTES.
Initiatives
- Modeling Sustainability
- Enhancing a Culture of Completion and Goal Achievement
- Supporting Student, Faculty and Staff Success
- Using Data-Informed Processes for Continuous Improvement
- Maximizing Resources to Support Student Learning
- Enhancing a Culture of Equity and Inclusiveness
Supporting Rationale
The cost would be $87,120.00 to create the contracts. Some benefits would be:
1. An additional 82.94 FTES with a gross revenue of $277,600.18. This is far better than the HAL program can generate in its current delivery mode
2. Greater participation because of facilities encouraging participation
3. Allow instructors to teach more hours
4. The students, senior facilities, instructors, and College would all benefit from this program
Supporting Rationale Alignment
Supports the College's Strategic Direction and Priorities: Yes
Supports Program Review Recommendations: No
Supports Course level SLOs: Yes
Supports PLOs: No
Supports ILO - Think Critically: No
Supports ILO - Communicate Competently: No
Supports ILO - Engage Collaboratively: Yes
Supports ILO - Work Effectively: Yes
Supports Meeting Vision for Success Goal - Credentials: No
Supports Meeting Vision for Success Goal - Transfer: No
Supports Meeting Vision for Success Goal - Time to Degree: No
Supports Meeting Vision for Success Goal - Employment in field of Study: No
Supports Meeting Vision for Success Goal - Reducing Equity Gaps: Yes
Requested Non-Financial Resources
N/A
Current Financial Resources
N/A
Augmentation Requests
| Original Priority | Program, Unit, Area | Resource Type | Account Number | Object Code | One Time Augment | Ongoing Augment |
| Description | Supporting Rationale | Potential Alternative Funding Sources | Prioritization Criteria | |||
| 1 | Healthy Aging and Living (Under Special Programs Department) | Operating Expenses | 11-527-2-499900 | 55100 | $0.00 | $87,120.00 |
| Healthy Aging and Living is in need of a separate budget. | The cost would be $87,120.00 to create the Instructional Service Agreements. Some benefits would be: 1. An additional 82.94 FTES with a gross revenue of $277,600.18. This is far better than the HAL program can generate in its current delivery mode 2. Greater participation because of facilities encouraging participation 3. Allow instructors to teach more hours 4. Support local senior facilities through partial funding of instructors 5. The students, senior facilities, instructors, and College would all benefit from the change in the program delivery |
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