COLLEGE OF LAKE COLLEGE –ADJUNCT FACULTY ORGANIZATION

Ratification MeetingBargaining Committee: Michelle StandridgeElise Naccarato-GrosspietschMarilyn Sarich, John Carobine,Brian Smith,Caroline Oas,Steve Titus COLLEGE OF LAKE COLLEGE –ADJUNCT FACULTY ORGANIZATION Lake County Federation Of Teachers, Local 504, IFT-AFT/AFL-CIO Saturday, August 18, 2012

Part I: Very Important Changes:Per Load Hour Compensation ScheduleArticle 7.A: • We negotiated a 2.5% pay increase for each contact year • Each year thus compounds over the previous year Per Load Hour Compensation Per Clock Hour Compensation

Article 3.D – Orientation, Voluntary Meetings and Mandatory Meetings • Orientation: • Fall Orientation: • Single day during week – week night or Sat. (Union decides) • NO Longer than 3 hours (1 hour less than before) • College chooses type of program and/or activities • Spring Orientation: • Still choice of 2 meetings: weekday evening or Saturday • NO Longer than 2 hours (1 hour less than before) • College chooses type of program and/or activities • General: • Dates (day of the week) and times will be determined by Union and the VP of Ed Affaires • Any time over 3 hours in fall or 2 hours in the Spring shall be compensated at the rate of $35/hour.

Article 3.D – Orientation, Voluntary Meetings and Mandatory Meetings Cont. • Mandatory Meetings: • Faculty Compensation – raised to $35/hr • Librarian/Counselor Compensation – pd at the current clock hour rate. • Voluntary PDC (Prof Dev Center) attendance: • NEW! • For workshops, training or informational sessions that are compensable: rate raised to $35/hr • Maximum compensation raised to $385/acad yr.

Service Recognition – 3 Parts:Article 3.I, Article 7.H & recognition MOU • Article 3.I: Professional Development Reimbursement • Raise total PD allotment from $5000 to $12,000 • PD Reimbursement is now a 3 tier benefit • Tier 1: GFO Adjunct with < 15 semesters of service (excluding summers) • Tier 2: GFO Adjunct with >15 semesters of service and <25 semesters (excluding summers) • Tier 3: GFO Adjunct with > 25 semesters of service (excluding summers) • PD Reimbursement Benefit: • Tier 1: Same as before – 100% reimbursement of required packaged event fees, including mileage reimbursement (IRS rate), up to $500 max. per event per adjunct. • Tier 2: 100% reimbursement of required packaged event fees, including mileage reimbursement (IRS rate), up to $750 max. per event per adjunct. • Tier 3: 100% reimbursement of required packaged event fees, including mileage reimbursement (IRS rate), up to $1000 max. per event per adjunct. • PD Stipend - $150 • In consultation with Dean or Chair, adjunct will receive an$150 stipend if h/she write a document or does a presentation , which summarizes the knowledge /skills gained and how the new skills relate to classroom practice (i.e. an abstract, presentation, or similar activity)

Service Recognition Cont:Article 7.H & recognition MOU • Article 7.H: Service Recognition: • After completing 15 years of service, adjuncts will receive a stipend of $100. • This is a 1 time, non-recurring stipend • This stipend starts with adjunct faculty/librarians/counselors who have achieved their fifteenth year of service by the end of 2012 summer • MOU (Memorandum of Understanding): ServiceRecognition: • After completing 20 years of service, and every 5 year increment after that: • Select a gift from a gift catalog • Will be invited to the College’s Recognition Dinner • If practice discontinued, the College and the Union will determine another way of recognition.

Adjunct Responsibilities & Retirement • Article 5.C: Registration of whole classes: • Adjunct faculty will not be required to register their section(s) of students. • Deals mainly with Adult Ed faculty at satellite sites • If the college wants you to register your class, then they will have to pay you! • We will continue to do transfers or additions of single students • NEW- Article 5.E: Retiring Adjuncts: • Whythe Addition of this section? • Because of the pension crisis in Springfield – being proactive. • Because CLC was penalized by SURS for a retiring adjunct. • Also, HR was going to implement their own policy! • To Retire under SURS: • Send your Dean AND HR (right now, KaarenEngstrom) a written notice (an email works) • To Return to Teach after Retirement: • Wait SURS required hiatus from teaching (currently 60 days) • Submit a written request to the Dean yearly (like emeritus faculty) • Dean has sole discretion over approval or no approval • You retain your GFO Status (if have one) and bargaining unit status. • Subject to changes if Springfield Laws enacts financial penalty laws • for employment of retired adjuncts. • May rescind retirement notice once given if within 60 days of law notification.

Part II: Other Important Changes: Other Compensation Changes: • Article 3.G: Required Attendance at Programs, Workshops, Seminars or Courses: • Compensation – increased from $30/hr to $35/hr • Article 4.A.2.a: Combining Low Enrollment Classes: (> 3stacked classes) • Compensation – increased from $75/hr to $100/hr • Article 4.A.2.b: Special Assignments – Resource Person: • Compensation – increased from $30/hr to $35/hr • Article 4.A.3.a&b: Withdrawn Assignments: Cancellation Stipend • (NEW) Cancellation date is date of notification to the adjunct. • Compensation: • For 1st Credit Hour (40 clock hours) – increased from $75/hr to $80/hr • For every Credit Hour (40 clock hours) reduction thereafter – increased from $35/hr to $40/hr • NOTE:The college feels that cancellation stipends are for work alreadydone for preparation of the cancelled class. • So College does not see this as compensation for the lost class, but as payment for work. • That is why there has always been a contract cause which says: No payment for a withdrawn class which is essentially the same as another class being taught.

Other Compensation Changes Cont: • Article 7.F: Faculty Senate: (2 elected representatives) • Compensation– increased from $30/hr to $35/hrfor attended meetings (pd at end of each semester) • Change in election procedure. • After this fall election, the elections will be held in April) for the following year – so alternate position very important. • Ed Affaires Office will be running the elections; Arlene Santos-George • NEW: Article 7.G: Diversity Commission: (2 appointed representatives) • Compensation –increased from $30/hr to $35/hrfor attended meetings (pd at end of each semester) • 2appointed adjuncts representatives – 2 year term • Appointed by our 2 Adjunct Faculty Senate Reps & Faculty Senate President. • Adjunct Diversity representatives must be attending regular meeting to get subcommittee pay.

Other Compensation Changes Cont: • MOU: Multiplier for Music Adjunct Pay Rate: • Rounded up from 0.375 to 0.38 • Article 2.L: Union President’s Salary: • Increased from $3000/year to $3500 in year 1, • $3600 in year 2 and $3700 in year 3; • Elections for President and Secretary will be held in the Spring this academic year.

Part II cont: Other Important Changes • Article 4.A.1 (For everyone) Deals with Primary Discipline • Clarifying the language: For purposes of assignment, an adjunct faculty may only have GFO status in a primary division. • Adjunct may transfer primary division and discipline assignment with a written requestfrom the adjunct and approval of the new primary discipline’s Dean. • If a GFO adjunct teaches a course outside of the primary discipline, they are compensated at the GFO rate. • This means that you are in control of which department your primary discipline is in. • No one can switch it except you. • Article 4.B.2.a: (For GFO’s) APF Date Change • Adjunct APFforms (Adjunct Preference Form - formerly TPF) are due no later than October 15th. • Article 4.B.3.c: (For GFO’s) Variation to Assignment • Each semester VP of Ed Affaires will notify Department Chairs: • if a GFO adjunct’s only section assignment is withdrawn, • the College is committed to make a reasonable effort to reassign the adjunct • to at least a 3 credit hour section (Adjunct must be qualified to teach that section)

Part II cont: Other Important Changes • Article 4.B.5: (For GFO’s) Unsatisfactory Performance • Spent a lot of time defending this benefit. Administration wanted to extremely pare it down. • Wording Added: “and the subject of such meetings.” • Means that we are told beforehand if the meeting is for remediation. • Safety Procedure: Agreed upon Safety Procedure • An Adjunct isauthorizedto "Think on His Feet" when it comes to classroom safety. • Goes for both room safety and student/teacher personal safety. • If you are afraid for your safety or your students’ safety during class and the student causing the problem won't calm down, • then you should call the police/security – • this is the part of "Think on your feet!“ • File a “Student Behavior Complaint/Intervention Form” (see next 2 pages) • On 2nd Page: click on "Personal Safety“ - pop-up now displayed (notify dean) • 2nd page: there is an area to explainwhat you would like done- so describe the resolution/intervention that you would like. • We will get closure to the process so that we know that the disruptive student issue has been dealt with.

Student Behavior Complaint/Intervention Form • Print | Logout • This form is intended for behavioral complaints (Student Rights & Responsibilities Policy) and a request for Intervention for a student for whom you have a concern (exhibiting signs of depression, major behavioral changes, etc.). If you have a concern related to academic performance or more minor classroom behavior (texting in class, consistent poor performance, etc.) you should use the "Academic Intervention Referral (AIR)" form on the Intranet, under Faculty Resources. • NOTE: This form will be submitted via email to Darl Drummond, Vice President Student Development. • In the event of an emergency concerning the health and safety of anyone on campus, please contact Campus Police at (847) 543-2081. • *Required Field Filed Regarding Student: • Last:* [ ] First: [ ] Middle: [ ] • CLC ID:* [ ] • Phone: [ ] • Incident/Concern Information: • Division/Department:* [--select-- \/] • Campus/Center:* [GLC \/] Date: [ ] Time: [ ] • Alleged Violation or Concern:*

Complaint Form Cont. • Complaint/Concern Category:* • ( )Academic Integrity: [ ]A [ ]B [ ]C Review Categories • ( )Academic • ( )Behavioral • ( )Psychological • ( )Physical/Health • ( )Personal Safety ( )Other • If intervention is needed, indicate level of concern: • ( )High ( )Medium ( )Low • Describe basis for Complaint/Concern.*Provide detailed information including names of witnesses. • Describe resolution/intervention sought. • Report or summary prepared by: • Name: [ ] Phone: [ ] • Department: [ ] • Date Prepared: [ ] • Complaint/Intervention initiated by:* • [Other \/] First Name: [ ] Last Name: [ ] • Attach File 1: [ ] Attach File 2: [ ] • [Submit] Clear Top Of Form

Part III: Housekeeping • CLC is recognizing Civil Unions instead of Domestic Partners • MOU on Civil Unions: • “Since 2011, Illinois law now recognizes same sex and opposite sex couples who enter into civil unions which, by law, extend to an employee’s partner to a civil union “the same legal obligations, responsibilities, protections, and benefits as are afforded or recognized by the law of Illinois to spouses, whether they derive from statute, administrative rule, policy, common law, or any other source of civil or criminal law.” (750 ILCS 75/20).” • Employees who have completed and whose domestic partners are receiving benefits under the domestic partnership process may continue to receive such benefits pursuant to the terms of those procedures up to and including June 30, 2014. • Article 7.D: Tuition Waiver Modificationabout Civil Unions. • Changes “domestic partner “to “adjunct’s partner in a Civil Union.”

Part III: Housekeeping Cont: • Article 1A: Correcting Organizational name changes • Change: Continuing Ed to Center for Personal Enrichment and Workforce and Professional Development Institute • State ICCB ruling: Affects Adult Ed adjunct faculty: Courses designated as 1.3 (Continuing Ed) and 1.6 (Vocational Ed) are not considered credit hour courses and so are not counted toward service under this Collective Bargaining Agreement. • Article 2.B: Clarifying Fair-Share category • Fair-share now applies to adjuncts who accrue a break in service. • Fair-share now applies to adjuncts who elect to sign a CLC-AFO membership form. • Article 2.J: Board Policies • Board send a copy of its official policies, rules, regulations and handbooks and all subsequent changes electronically to the Union. • Article 4.B.4: Unavailability of Sections • If College doesn’t make a GFO due to lack of available courses or classes, it will notify affected adjuncts and Union as soon as practically possible. • Article 9.C: Contract Duration • 3 year agreement which starts with 1st day of 2012-13 academic year and expires at 11:59 pm of the day preceding the first faculty employment day of the 2015-2016 academic year

COLLEGE OF LAKE COLLEGE –ADJUNCT FACULTY ORGANIZATION