Caregiver College: a One Day Event to Work with Curriculum and Your Community
Caregiver College: A One Day Event to Work with Curriculum and Your Community
Presented by: Robert Leslie, M.A., CPP
Dean of Corporate & Continuing Education
Randolph Community College
· Partners
o Randolph Hospital
o Caregiver
o Community Care and Hospice
o Cross Road Retirement Community
o Graybrier
o Hospice of Randolph County
o Randolph Community College
o Randolph County Library
o Randolph County Senior Center
o Universal Healthcare
· Registration Fees
o March 26, 2011 will be our third annual Caregiver College
o First year - 2009, run as Occupational Extension - $50 registration fee
o Second year - 2010, run as Community Service – Self-Supporting - $20 registration fee
o Third year - 2011, will be run as Community Service – Self-Supporting - $25
o Participants
§ 2009 - 50 overall
§ 2010 - 101 overall
o One presenter donated money to our foundation for student scholarships for Caregiver College participants
· What Participants Received for $20
o Program booklet (that included a community resource guide, copies of our speakers’ PowerPoint slides), a large RCC tote bag for vendor goodies, RCC pencil for taking notes, breakfast (biscuits, coffee, and bottled water), lunch (sandwich - choice of ham, turkey, or roast beef, chips, pasta salad, and a cookie), free information from vendors, and free blood pressure checks by RCC nursing students
· Grant Funded in 2009 and 2010 through the Randolph Hospital Community Health Foundation
o 2009 - $2,500
o 2010 – Asked for $2,500, received $2,000 – Carried over $331 from 2009
· Vendor Fees
o $50
§ Includes one six foot table, up to two lunches, one program booklet, admission to all concurrent sessions
§ $25 Sponsor Vendor Fee for partners that are working on the Caregiver College planning committee
§ Vendors should set up the night before
§ Ask about electrical needs and number of chairs for their table
· Vendors
o Arcadia Home Care
o Bayada Nurses
o Community Home Care and Hospice
o Cross Road Retirement Community
o Home Instead
o Hospice of Randolph County
o Moore Care
o Piedmont Triad Council of Governments
o Randolph Community College
o Randolph County Senior Adults Association, Inc.
o Randolph Hospital MHS
o Randolph Hospital Home Health
o Regional Consolidated Services
o Regional Consolidated Services/Weatherization
o Senior Adults/Our Place Adult Day Care
o Therapeutic Alternatives, Inc.
· Caregiver College Agenda for Saturday, February 20, 2010 (Note: You should also have an inclement weather date if you hold your Caregiver College this early in the spring semester)
o Caregiver College – 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
§ 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration & Time With Vendors
§ 9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. Welcome – College President
§ 9:10 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. Keynote Speaker – Ms. Teepa Snow
§ 10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break & Skit on Community Resources
§ 10:30 a.m. -11:30 a.m. More Teepa
§ 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Lunch & Time With Vendors
(Vendors are free to leave after lunch)
§ 12:30 p.m. 1:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions (2)
§ 1:15 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. Break
§ 1:20 p.m. – 2:05 p.m. Concurrent Sessions (2)
§ 2:05 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. Break
§ 2:10 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions (2)
o New for 2011 – we will end the day with a panel discussion
· Marketing
o College Website
o Primarily done through partners
§ E-mailed pdf
§ Printed one page flyer
· Budget
o Grant $2,000
o Grant Carry-Over from 2009 $331
o Participant fees $900
o Vendor Fees $400
Revenue Total $3,631
o Biscuits (donated from Bisquitville) $0
o Bags (RCC Tote Bags for vendor stuff) $229
o Bottled Water (donated by a vendor) $0
o RCC Pencils $11
o Flash Drives $32
o Lunches ($5.75 per participant) $656
o Coffee $41
o Ice $0
o Marketing (program booklets) $800
o Technical Support (RCC employee) $154
o Speakers $625
Expenses Total $2,548
Profit $1,083
· Speakers
o Presentations in advance for program booklet
o Bring presentations on a Flash drive
§ One speaker wanted to use overheads (not allowed in 2011) J
· Problems/Issues
o Not enough vendor space
§ Moving to our cafeteria (Armadillo Café) in 2011
o Not enough room for lunch setup
o Participants did not like eating in the classroom – wanted to be in a cafeteria setting so that they could talk to one another across a table
o Some speakers needed lapel microphones to be heard
· Curriculum Nursing Students
o Received extra credit in one of their courses
§ Write a reaction paper
o Helped with breakfast and lunch
o Ran our College vendor table
§ Free blood pressure checks
§ Passed out health information
o Admitted to concurrent sessions
o Helped with cleanup
o Division Chair/Program Head for Nursing was one of the presenters
· Ms. Teepa Snow – Contact Information
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o http://posapproach.com/
· Robert Leslie – Contact Information
o 336.633.0217
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