At this morning’s negotiations meeting, we met the new VPHRS, Anna Pedroza, who is joining the District’s team, and finished presenting all outstanding proposals in this round of reopeners.
Article 15 (Compensation)
We presented our initial proposal for Article 15. Highlights include:
Slight raise for 24/25
Automatic COLA
CTE salary scale parity for our colleagues in fields without advanced degrees
Improvements to PT and FT office hour compensation
Appendix F (Reassigned Time and Stipends)
We presented our initial proposal for Appendix F. Highlights include:
Adding essential new faculty reassigned time positions
Adding summer stipend for some positions
Making improvements to some existing positions
Clarifying workload and compensation for PT in reassigned time positions
Article 20 (Working Conditions)
The District presented their initial proposal. Main proposal points include:
Changes to the PT prioritization system
Remove “without interruption of service” from calculations
Calculate by department, not discipline
Change deadlines and applicable timeline
Dean approval of FT scheduling assignments
15 days notice of change in operational hours
Calendars
Senior Director of Enrollment Services, Dr. Kendyl Magnusen, presented the District initial drafts of the proposed 2025/26 academic calendar. The only change of note is the District's proposal to shorten summer session from 12 weeks to 10, providing a week gap between spring and summer and another between summer and fall. This would allow for two four-week sessions, one six-week session, and one eight-week session (down from our current three four-week sessions, two six-week sessions, one eight-week session, and one twelve-week session). This change would alleviate some of the issues caused by having summer classes start immediately after commencement and run all the way until Fall starts, namely with grade submissions, sequential classes, and conflicts with plenary activities. We will be soliciting feedback from department chairs and Faculty Senate at the beginning of the spring semester before we respond to the District.
Upcoming meetings:
All-faculty meeting (with negotiations update) - 1/25/24
Class caps- 1/26/24
Negotiations- 2/8/24
We plan to provide our counterproposal to Article 20