Models for Creating a Supportive Part-time Work Environment

1. Models for Creating a Supportive Part-time Work Environment

2. Associate Instructor Legislation • AB 852 Fong • Establish re-employment rights for adjunct faculty, base on specific criteria • AB 965 Dickinson • Full-time faculty hiring: Would require community college districts that have less than 75% of their hours of credit instruction taught by full-time instructors to apply a portion of their funds allocated to apportionment growth according to specific formulas.

3. Legislation contd. • SB 114 Yee • Would require community college districts to determine the compensation of part-time faculty on comparable salary steps as full-time faculty with similar academic preparation and years of experience. The bill would require part-time faculty to be paid in a manner that mirrors the same relationship to the placement of full-time faculty on the schedule.

4. San Diego Community College District A Supportive Work Environment • Workplace Matters • Group of “8” • Full-time faculty. Active members of the Union Bargaining Unit. • All with previous, long part-time tenures • Sat down and examined methods for demonstrating what they all believed. • They “valued” part-timers. • They “valued” professionalism. • They wanted to do what was right.

5. San Diego Community College District A Supportive Work Environment • Workplace Matters • Health Benefits • Employee Benefits: • Maintain annualized FTEF of 50% for 1 yr. • Family Benefits: • Maintain annualized FTEF of 50% for 2 yrs. • Adjunct Office Hours • District Pool of Funds divided by number of applicant hrs. • 5 office hrs / semester for each .10 FTEF

6. San Diego Community College District A Supportive Work Environment • Workplace Matters • Workspace • New buildings & renovations. • Adjunct faculty work areas in the formulation of space allocation plans. • Such work areas shall include at a minimum: • work station or table, chair, visitor’s chair, access to a phone and computer with internet connectivity, and access to a printer • CitySite located in the LRC. • Evening Hrs: Senate arranged access to a centrally located office for duplicating, printing, etc.

7. San Diego Community College District A Supportive Work Environment • Workplace Matters • Priority of Assignment • Complete 6 semesters of teaching • Request “priority of assignment meeting” immediately following 4th semester. • List all courses qualified to teach. Mutual Agreement! • Bumping Rights over less senior faculty • FTEF driven; most senior adjunct with < 54% FTEF has priority for their list • Workload reduction requires 2 consecutive semester with negative evaluations. • Break in service, declining offer with & without VP approval

8. San Diego Community College District A Supportive Work Environment • Academic & Professional Matters • Senate Structure • Adjunct Officer (1) • Responsibilities, time commitment, compensation? • School Reps (6) • Recruitment • It’s a Battle! • Strategies • Adjunct Orientation & Welcome Back Dinner, DL email, Notice of open positions in mailbox, Request for input • Flex Credit / Professional Development • Encourage volunteerism: hiring, senate, & District committees, department activities, etc.

9. San Diego Community College District A Supportive Work Environment • Retention • Good problem to have! • What are some strategies your campus employs? • Barriers to Participation • Time! • Freeway flying, family/childcare, too many campuses • Scheduling of Senate Sub-committees meeting times. • Compensation! • Communication! • Left out of the loop, unaware of opportunities. • Automaticity of “delete”. Email complications

10. Where’s your Backbone? • Definitions of backbone (Webster’s online dictionary): • Something similar to the spinal column: something that is similar in shape or position to a spinal column. • Fortitude: strength of character and determination • Central supporting part: the part of an organization or system that is its strongest unifying factor and main support • Backbone. A Divisive Analogy? • So, what’s the backbone of your campus?

11. Where’s your Backbone? • A Kinesiologist’s perspective • 206 Bones: Support, Protect, Enable Movement • > 600 Muscles: Cause movement, produce work. • 206:600 (25%:75%) approximates the FT:PT ratio • A Musculoskeletal Analogy • The musculoskeletal system is a dynamic system with potentially limitless DOF • Analogy: Nautilus machines to Dynamic Resistance Training • Shift happens: • The backbone is the Faculty who get involved!