Tips for Teaching and Thriving as a CSUEB Lecturer Back to the Bay, 2008

1. Tips for Teaching and Thriving as a CSUEB LecturerBack to the Bay, 2008

2. The document that unites all 23000 faculty in the CSU is the Collective Bargaining Agreement or Contract: http://www.calfac.org/contract.html • Read through the names of the 41 Articles listed in the Table of Contents.

3. ARTICLE 1 RECOGNITION ARTICLE 2 DEFINITIONS ARTICLE 3 EFFECT OF AGREEMENT ARTICLE 4 SAVINGS CLAUSE ARTICLE 5 MANAGEMENT RIGHTS ARTICLE 6 CFA'S RIGHTS ARTICLE 7 CFA SECURITY ARTICLE 8 FACULTY PARTICIPATION ARTICLE 9 CONCERTED ACTIVITIES ARTICLE 10 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES ARTICLE 11 PERSONNEL FILES ARTICLE 12 APPOINTMENT ARTICLE 13 PROBATION AND TENURE ARTICLE 14 PROMOTION ARTICLE 15 EVALUATION ARTICLE 16 NON-DISCRIMINATION ARTICLE 17 TEMPORARY SUSPENSION ARTICLE 18 REPRIMANDS ARTICLE 19 DISCIPLINARY ACTION PROCEDURE ARTICLE 20 WORKLOAD ARTICLE 21 SUMMER TERM EMPLOYMENT ARTICLE 22 LEAVES OF ABSENCE WITHOUT PAY ARTICLE 23 LEAVES OF ABSENCE WITH PAY ARTICLE 24 SICK LEAVE ARTICLE 25 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ARTICLE 26 FEE WAIVER ARTICLE 27 SABBATICAL LEAVES ARTICLE 28 DIFFERENCE IN PAY LEAVES ARTICLE 29 FACULTY EARLY RETIREMENT PROGRAM ARTICLE 30 PRE-RETIREMENT REDUCTION IN TIME BASE ARTICLE 31 SALARY ARTICLE 32 BENEFITS ARTICLE 33 HOLIDAYS ARTICLE 34 VACATION ARTICLE 35 OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT ARTICLE 36 ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT ARTICLE 37 SAFETY ARTICLE 38 LAYOFF ARTICLE 39 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ARTICLE 40 EXTENSION FOR-CREDIT EMPLOYMENT ARTICLE 41 DURATION AND IMPLEMENTATION Contract table of contents

4. For an introduction to the contract, see the CFA Lecturers’ Handbook: http://www.calfac.org/handbook.html • See especially the Quick Guide on Page 9.

5. 1. The Work Environment………………..……………Pg. 3 About the CSU CFA: the Faculty’s Union - a Brief History Lecturers in the CSU 2. The Collective Bargaining Agreement…...……….Pg. 7 Quick Guide to Lecturer Provisions in CFA- CSU Collective Bargaining Agreement 3. Employment………………………………………... Pg. 10 Your Employment Records Appointment Letter Personnel Files Evaluation Reappointment and Careful Consideration Job Security: One-Year and Three-Year Appointments 4. Compensation………………………………………. Pg. 15 Salary Range Elevation Benefits CSU Fee Waiver Program Retirement Unemployment Benefits Sample Unemployment Insurance - Appeal Letter 5. Leaves……………………………….………………. Pg. 25 Paid Leave Unpaid Leave 6. Grievances and Other Problems……………….…..Pg. 27 Grievances Possible Disciplinary Action Sexual Harassment and the Right to - Non-Discrimination Problems with Students 7. Organizing…………………………......…………….... Pg. 31 Building Lecturer Networks Participating in Your CFA Chapter Right to Participate in CFA Activities Academic Senates and Lecturers CFA’s Affiliation with the AAUP 8. Toward Better Conditions for Teaching and Learning…………………………..………... Pg. 35 CFA Resolution: Professional Work Environment for Lecturers Guidelines for Good Practices 9. CFA Membership……………………………………... Pg. 37 Membership Application Form 10. The CFA Lecturers’ Council………………………... Pg. 39 Appendix A. CFA Bylaw Provisions ………………….... Pg. 41 (1) CFA Mission Statement and Purpose (2) Lecturer Representation and Role in CFA Governance Appendix B. Salary Schedule……………………..……. Pg. 44 (1) CSU Salary Schedule for Lecturer – Academic Year (2) Chart of the Lecturer Salary Schedule Appendix C. Glossary……………………………………. Pg. 46 Lecturers’ Handbook2007-2010TABLE OF CONTENTS

6. This quick guide refers you to CBA articles with provisions that are particularly relevant to lecturers (faculty on full- or part-time temporary appointments). The CBA is available at CFA’s web site: http://www.calfac.org For further information, refer to the Lecturers’ Handbook or contact CFA. Getting and Keeping the Work 12.2 Appointment letters 12.3 One-year appointment rights and entitlement rights (see also chart in Appendix F) 12.5 Pay for classes canceled prior to third class meeting/subsequent cancellations require full pay 12.5, 12.6 Full-time non-contingent appointment rights 12.7 Careful consideration 12.9 Similar assignment and salary placement 12.12 Three-year appointments, including zero-time-base to protect entitlement (12.12.f) 12.12.h Recall rights (see also Article 38.48) 12.13 Presumption of subsequent three-year appointments 12.29 Preference for available work (order of assignment) up to and including a 1.0 time base 12.31-12.33 Restrictions on Teaching Associate employment 12.34 Restrictions on Visiting Faculty employment 15.1-15.27 Evaluation procedures (including student evaluations of teaching) 15.14 Classroom visits require notification and consultation 15.26 Periodic evaluation required only once during 3-year term for lecturers with 3-year appointments 21.23-21.24 Contractual procedures and hiring order for summer term 22.1-22.27 Leave of absence without pay (Lecturer entitlements protected in 22.2) 23.4-23.5 Paid maternity/paternity leave (Article 23 covers additional paid leaves) 24.1-24.23 Paid sick leave, disability leave, and catastrophic leave 38.11 Order of layoff (see also recall rights in 38.48) 11.1 Personnel files as basis for personnel actions 10.2 Lecturers have full access to grievance procedures: both contract and statutory tracks. 10.28 Expedited umpire arbitration procedure for lecturer appointment cases Getting a Fair Salary: 31.1-31.6 Lecturers on same salary schedule as tenure-line faculty (except Range A only for Lecturers) 31.7-31.11 Lecturers receive same percent General Salary Increase as tenure-line faculty. 31.13-31.16 Lecturers in D range eligible for Post Promotion Increases (PPI) 31.19- 31.26 Lecturers receive same percent Service Salary Increases (SSIs) as tenure-line faculty. 12.9 Re-appointment in same department or unit requires same or higher salary placement. 12.10 Lecturer SSI eligibility 24 WTUs at semester campus or 36 WTUs at quarter campus 12.16-12.20 Range elevation to allow advancement on salary schedule (with appeal rights) 12.18 Notification of range elevation eligibility required 12.35 Dedicated department funding Getting Benefits 32.2 Full health benefits (medical, vision, dental, disability) for lecturers and coaches with at least 6 units (a 0.4 time base) per term and appointment for at least one semester or two consecutive quarters. 32.13 Flex cash payments for benefits-eligible faculty who waive benefits. 21.28 Lecturer benefits stipend in summer term 32.19 PST Retirement Plan for lecturers not eligible for CalPERS retirement plan Lecturers with at least 7.5 WTUs enrolled in CalPERS and social security (with employee and employer contributions) at beginning of third semester or fourth quarter of consecutive employment 26.1-26.14 Lecturers and coaches eligible for fee waiver (see restrictions in 26.1) Equal Access/Recognition as a Faculty Member in the System 2.13 Part-time and full-time faculty on temporary appointments are faculty unit employees in Unit 3 covered by all references in the CBA to “faculty” unless specifically excluded. 10.8-10.10 In statutory grievance process, all lecturers can vote in faculty panel elections, and full-time lecturers can serve on panels and committees. (Service by lecturers is voluntary.) 24.9 Right to notification of total accrued sick leave 31.31 Access to direct deposit program 32.23-32.24 Access to pre-tax parking and one parking pass for multiple campuses 33.3 Access to personal holiday 27.2, 28.4 Full-time lecturer eligibility for sabbatical and difference-in-pay leaves Quick Guide to Lecturer Provisions in CFA/CSU CollectiveBargaining Agreement (CBA) 2006-2010

7. CSUEB Lecturer Links http://www.sci.csueastbay.edu/~mkarplus/Lecturers/CSUEB_Lecturer_Links.htm

8. Important Resources • CSUEB Academic Affairs http://www.csueastbay.edu/OAA/ http://www.csueastbay.edu/OAA/docs.html • CSUEB Academic Senate http://www.csueastbay.edu/senate/ http://www.csueastbay.edu/senate/documents.htm

9. CFA Website http://www.calfac.org/ • Lecturer page: http://www.calfac.org/lecturers.html

10. Health Benefits 32.2 Eligible Lecturers and Coaches in academic year classifications who are appointed for at least six (6) weighted teaching units (i.e., 0.4 time base) for at least one semester or two or more consecutive quarters shall be eligible to receive health benefits offered through the CalPERS system for the life of this Agreement. • East Bay Benefits webpage: http://www.aba.csueastbay.edu/HR/benefits.htm • Benefits Summary Brochure: http://www.aba.csueastbay.edu/HR/DOWNLOAD/2007_Faculty-Unit.pdf

11. Fee Waiver Lecturers with three-year appointments or coaches with six years of full-time equivalent service are eligible to waive certain fees each term at a CSU campus for a maximum of two courses or 6 units. A faculty member may transfer the fee waiver benefit to a spouse, domestic partner, or child. See Article 26.

12. FlexCash 32.13 All employees eligible for either health or dental insurance pursuant to this Agreement, shall be entitled to waive health and/or dental insurance in exchange for the following monthly payments: a. Waive medical & dental $140 per month b. Waive medical only $128 per month c. Waive dental only $12 per month In order to participate, each employee will be required to request participation and certify that s/he has alternate non-CSU insurance for the CSU insurance being waived. • http://www.aba.csueastbay.edu/HR/Benefits/flexcash.htm

13. Unemployment Benefits • See CFA Lecturers’ Handbook pages 21-24: http://www.calfac.org/handbook.html • See CFA webpage on unemployment benefits: http://www.calfac.org/unemployment.html

14. Retirement • See CFA Lecturers’ Handbook page 20: http://www.calfac.org/handbook.html • CalPERS Retirement Benefits Brochure: http://www.aba.csueastbay.edu/HR/Benefits/StateMISC_pub-6-2006.3.1.pdf