This program is dedicated to assisting older adults with enhancement and maintenance of mental and physical abilities for the enjoyment of life.
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. There are currently 11 participating facilities offering 36 sections with 15 associate faculty providing instruction. In addition to the 11 facilities, and 3 more facilities are interested in participating in the program. Currently, there are 423 students enrolled. Over sight visits are conducted at each site 3 times per year, amounting to 33 oversight visits per year.
For Fall 2019 semester, there were 11 associate faculty. Because these courses were based on attendance and the prior two semesters attendance hours were low, instructors were asked to track attendance on the front of green and white sheets and provide SLO scores on the back. Students scored average on most all the SLOs. At the January Departmental meeting instructors were encouraged to discuss difficult SLOs and instructional method for improving student success.
The program provides seniors with activities to maintain mental and physical capabilities.
Support measures which are currently underway in the Special Programs Department involve
Healthy Aging and Living (HAL) program participation, and streamlining the enrollment process for HAL. The Special Programs Department does all the registering of students and provides a simplified Non-credit application for students to complete.
The HAL Program is meeting community needs through offering free mental and physical course activities to older adults for maintenance and preservation of faculties.
The Special Programs Department is all about equity and inclusiveness. We strive to bring courses and programs to underrepresented populations in the community who may not be able to attend classes in a traditional classroom setting. These populations include older adults, adults with disabilities, incarcerated students, and hopefully, more English language learners.
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1. Hire a Full-time Faculty (Replacement of 3 former FT Faculty)
2. A separate budget from the CPE contract budget is needed
Strategy 1 - Full-time faculty hire
The older adult program that Butte College used to offer ended in 2009. The program had 3 full-time faculty. The current HAL Program offers 36 sections and is growing. A full-time faculty is needed to teach classes, assist with providing oversight, create unit plans, participate in Program Review, hire and evaluate faculty, and oversee the SLO process. This position will cost about $114,000.
Because the Special Programs Coordinator also oversees the CPE and OLS Programs which are rather large and growing, a full-time faculty to replace the 3 full-time faculty who used to oversee the older adult program would be advantageous for student learning, generating even more FTES, conducting oversight visits, and essential for maintaining the current status of the HAL Program.
Strategy 2 - Create a separate HAL budget
The older adult program at Butte College that ended 2009 had its own budget. The current program is the same size as the program that ended in 2009, except it is still growing. There is a need for instructional materials and supplies that cannot be addressed through the current CPE Instructional Service Agreement budget. The Special Programs Department is requesting the follwoing:
Needs Amount
Mandatory Meetings $1,000
Instructional Supplies $2,000
Non-instructional Supplies $1,000
Computer equipment (tablets) $600
Miscellaneous $400
Total $5000
If instructors do not have the materials they need, the classes cannot be taught appropriately and student participation will drop thus impacting the number of FTES generated.
In addition if audited, the College may be reprimanded for expencing HAL budget items out of the CPE Instructional Service Agreement budget specifically for CPE contracted expenditures.
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| 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 | $0.00 | $5,000.00 | ||
| Healthy Aging and Living is in need of a separate budget. | The Healthy Aging and Living Program is growing rapidly and does not have an operating budget. The budget is needed to meet instructional and supply needs. The Healthy Aging and Living Program is currently operating off of the CPE Instructional Service Agreement contract budget. In addition if audited, the College may be reprimanded for expensing HAL budget items out of the CPE Instructional Service Agreement budget specifically for CPE contracted expenditures. |
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| 2 | Healthy Aging and Living, Special Programs Department | $0.00 | $0.00 | |||
| The older adult program that Butte College used to offer ended in 2009. The program had 3 full-time faculty. The current HAL Program offers 36 sections and is growing. A full-time faculty is needed to teach classes, assist with providing oversight, create unit plans, participate in Program Review, hire and evaluate faculty, and oversee the SLO process. | The HAL Program has grown substantially now including 15 associate faculty, 36 sections and 423 students Spring 2020 semester. Because this program continues to grow and under the CPE/OLS/SPED/HAL Coordinator the only full-time employee in the Special Programs Department, it is time to replace the 3 full-time faculty who used to teach in this program. |
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