Transcript Chartered Affiliates Committee Summit Award Change Proposal

Tips For Summit Award Success
Chartered Affiliate – Special
Recognition Committee
Jakki Grimball, Co-Chair
Heather Neal-Rice, Co-Chair
7 categories or criterion for scoring
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Education/CRCE Activities
Membership, Recruiting and Retention
Legislation/Advocacy
Promoting Public Awareness
Benefits to Membership
Collaboration with other health care organizations
Student activities, scholarships, sputum bowl,
etc..
Education/CRCE Activities
Scoring
Need at least 15 points to achieve excellence
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How many total credits have you offered in the past year?
Include all credits (traditional and non-traditional).
 0 to 15 credits
1 point
 16 to 30 credits
2 points
 31 to 45 credits
3 points
 46 to 60 credits
4 points
 61 to 75 credits
5 points
 > 75 credits
6 points
Number of credits for the year/number of members in state x100
 to 2
1 point
 2.1 to 3
2 points
 3.1 to 4
3 points
 4.1 to 5
4 points
 5.1 to 6
5 points
 > 6.1
6 points
Education/CRCE Activities
Scoring
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Education/CRCE Activities
– How many separate traditional educational
events have you offered in the last year?
1 point for each offering
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How many nontraditional or web based
credits have you offered in the past year?
1 point for each offering
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How many credits are required per year to
maintain licensure in your state?
2 points for requiring at least 15 each year
Education/CRCE Activities:
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Contact education coordinators at hospitals,
homecare agencies, SNFs with RTs and
vendors
Contact department directors
Regional/Chapter meetings (required)
Mini-conferences
Speakers bureau to draw from for meetings
Telehealth network
Membership, Recruiting and Retention
Scoring
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Need 8 points to achieve excellence
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Points will be awarded based on the following criteria:
Total ACTIVE membership
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Increase by 10% in one year award period
Increase by 5% in one year award period
Increase by 3% in one year award period
Increase by 0-3% in one year award period
Decrease in one year award period
5 pts
3 pts
1 pt
0 pts
-2 pts
Membership, Recruiting and Retention
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Membership Percentage of Licensed Therapists
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> 50% membership at end of year
5 pts
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> 40% membership at end of year
4 pts
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> 30% membership at end of year
3 pts
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> 20% membership at end of year
2 pts
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< 20% membership at end of year
0 pts
Membership, Recruiting and Retention
Scoring
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State Membership Activities
(1 pt for each of the following activities)
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Offer reduced registration for AARC members at
all state affiliate sponsored events
Utilize discount membership voucher program
Perform at least one state affiliate sponsored
membership drive during the year
State affiliate membership committee with chair
other than affiliate President
MEMBERSHIP, Recruiting and
Retention: TIPS
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Membership drives at all RT events
Discount membership vouchers
Membership committee on affiliate board
Drawing for free memberships at state
meeting
Purchase membership for RT of the month,
quarter, year, etc..
Legislative Activities
Scoring
Need a total of 10 points to achieve excellence
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Legislative Committee as one of your affiliate committees
PACT participation
A fully represented and active 435 team for your state
Employment of a lobbyist
Activities to engage members in legislative activities like a
booth at your state convention to promote a letter writing
campaign to support legislature
Action on your licensure bill to either protect or expand it
Active licensure board activities
Meetings with congressional representatives either on the
state or national levels.
Legislative Activities
Scoring
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You will receive points for each activity that you
have participated in as follows:
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Legislative Committee
2 points
PACT participation
2 points
Employment of Lobbyist
2 points
Fully represented and active 435 team 2 points
Activities to engage the membership in legislative
activities
1 point for each activity
Activities to defend or expand licensure bill
5 points
Meetings with congressional representatives
2 points each
Legislative Activities: TIPS
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Legislative committee on affiliate board
Paid lobbyist
PACT participation
Active in state legislative activities
435 Plan
Aggressive “contact your representative” at all
meetings including having computer access to write
letters
Lung health screenings at state capital for
representatives, legislators
Promoting Public Awareness
Scoring
Need a total of 15 points to achieve excellence
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Public relations can play a very important role in an
association like the American Association for
Respiratory Care. It can contribute to influencing
local, state and national government officials on
legislation the AARC supports, and it can improve
the overall image of the Association's members and
the respiratory therapy profession
Promoting Public Awareness
Scoring
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A public relations team as one of your affiliate committees
Special event such as: COPD Awareness Day, Lung Health
day, Drive4COPD
Open Houses
10K runs
Free early screenings
Public Service Announcements (PSAs)
Advocacy events
Smoking prevention or lung health to children
Asthma camps
Asthma awareness to school teachers
OpEds
Occupational health screenings
Pulmonary self-care programs
Promoting Public Awareness
Scoring
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You will receive points for each activity that you have
participated in as follows:
 10K runs, tennis, or golf tournaments or other sporting
events2 points
 Putting words to paper: press releases, Media Alerts, Pitch
Letters, and Op-eds
2 points
 Open Houses for prospective RCPs2 points
 Quarterly activities to promote the RC profession2 points
 Activities to engage the membership in public awareness
1 point for each activity
 Special Events with screening opportunities for public5 points
 Speaking engagements, lectures, and briefings on a RC Topic
2 points each
 Public Awareness committee on affiliate Board
1 point
Promoting Public Awareness:
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Public relations/health promotions committee on affiliate board
Public health screenings/health fairs
Community outreach activities-volunteerism
PTA meetings, school career days, open houses, high school
health career clubs
10K runs, teams at health related walk/runs, 5K vent run
Floats in Holiday parades
Respiratory Care Week proclamation with press release
Participate with asthma camps
Drive4COPD Adopt-a-company
Senior Center Events – health screenings
Peak Performance USA
Benefits to Membership
Scoring
This section has a possibility of 20 points. A total of 15
points is needed to achieve excellence.
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Affiliate Web Page
2 points
Does your State Society sponsor scholarships for
Respiratory Care students in your states programs?
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$100 to $500
$500 to $1,000
$1,000 to $2,000
> $2,000
2 points
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4 points
5 points
Benefits to Membership
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Does your state affiliate offer logo ware (i.e. pins,
t-shirts, sweat shirts coffee cups etc.) to your
members?
3 points
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Does your state affiliate sponsor membership gettogethers such as golf tournaments, social events
etc.. where members have the opportunity to meet
each other?
2 points
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Offer discounted fees for Affiliate sponsored
conferences?
2 points
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Offer chapter, district or other regional meetings,
educational offerings or other membership
activities?
2 points
Benefits to Membership:
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Logo items at all meetings
Member activities: picnics, bowling nights,
theater nights, golf tournaments, attend ALA
Oxygen Balls
Member discount at meetings
PACT chairs invite members in districts to
join the meetings with state representatives
Collaboration with other health care
organizations Scoring
Need a total of 4 points to achieve excellence
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Affiliate member on state Thoracic Society
2 points
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Affiliate collaborates with initiatives to promote patient
advocacy or the profession
2 points
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Affiliate work with other physician organizations
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Affiliate work with other multidisciplinary groups like
nursing, pharmacy, etc..
2 points
2 points
Collaboration with other health care
organizations: TIPS
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Partner with DHEC for disaster preparedness
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Medical Reserve Core
COPD coalition
Lung Association
School Nurses Association
Sports Medicine Clinics
High School medical health programs:
HOSEA, MedPro, MACH
Student Activities/Leadership
Mentoring Scoring
Need a total of 15 points to achieve excellence
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State Society partners with Respiratory Initiative group to
promote RC profession to prospective students
 Offer professional observations
2 points
 Offer presentations to high school or middle school groups
2 points
 Designated Job Shadow Day during Respiratory Care Week
2 points
 Quarterly (or biannual?) meetings
2 points
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Student attendance and/or participation at State Society BOD
meetings
2 points
Student Activities/Leadership
Mentoring Scoring
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Student participation in any activities/events in other
categories, i.e. social events, health screening events, RC
week events, chapter meetings, etc..
2 points
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State Society has a student track at annual conference
2 points
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Student Sputum Bowl Team
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Student poster presentations or other competition
2 points
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State Society incorporates team building/strategic
planning/leadership training into BOD meetings
2 points
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Student Activities/Leadership
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State Society sponsors Student and/or Practitioner of the
Year Awards
2 points
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State Society partners with Lambda Beta National Honor
Society
1 point
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State Society publications congratulate RC program
graduates and newly credentialed individuals
1 point
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100% of RC program faculty are AARC/State Society
members
1 point
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State Society (at local/chapter level) participation in event
to welcome incoming RC program student cohort (i.e.
student picnic); participation in graduation related event
1 point
Student Activities/Leadership
Mentoring: TIPS
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Student breakout sessions at meetings
Attend RT graduations or pinning ceremonies
New students shadow therapist
Presentations at middle and high schools
RT students involvement in public awareness activities-perform lung
screenings, etc..
Student scholarships
Student poster presentations at meetings
Student representative on affiliate board
Student page on web site
100% RC program faculty are AARC/affiliate members
Affiliate has leadership training and orientation for BOD members
Student mentors
Overall Scoring
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Committee will evaluate applications and score each section
appropriately per criteria in each section
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The total score will be tallied with the sections weighted as
follows:
– Legislative Activities
20%
– Benefits to Membership
20%
– Education/CRCE Activities
15%
– Student Activities/Leadership Mentoring
15%
– Collaboration with other health care organizations 10%
– Membership, Recruiting and Retention
10%
– Promoting Public Awareness
10%
Any Affiliate that achieves excellence in a section will be recognized
The Affiliate that achieves the highest score will win the Summit
Award