Between CCFT & the Cabrillo Community College District
July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2010
In addition to the workload described pursuant to Article 11, all contract,
temporary contract, and regular faculty members are expected to participate in
professional responsibilities outside the classroom, such as attending division
and department meetings, participating in program planning, participating on search
and selection committees, serving on evaluation teams, and participating in college
governance as needed. These requirements may be scheduled on any day considered to
be part of the academic calendar (academic calendar defined in 1.4.7).
- 11.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS - CLASSROOM INSTRUCTORS
- 11.1.1 Class Size
The District will continue to follow past practice
regarding maximum class size. When there is an inquiry regarding maximum
class size, the
District
recognizes CCFT's right to have access to enrollment cap numbers for
maximum class size for the previous three academic years. The District
reserves the
right to cancel any class that does not meet the minimum requirements.
- 11.1.2 Teaching Load - Contract or Regular
- 11.1.2.1 A standard full-time teaching load shall be thirty (30)
teaching units per academic year as defined in Article 1.4.6. A unit
member's
load may range
from twenty-nine (29) teaching units to thirty (30) teaching units
per academic year and still be considered a full load. Overload and
load
reductions are
based on 30 units per academic year.
- 11.1.2.1.1 Contract faculty may be assigned up to 6 teaching
units of overload per semester.
- 11.1.2.1.2 Contract faculty may be assigned to work a maximum
of fourteen and a half teaching units per academic year beyond
the full
time load
required in Article
11 when:
- 11.1.2.1.2.1 Excess overload is generated by a large class
size factor, or
- 11.1.2.1.2.2 Special circumstances are mutually agreed
upon by the unit member and the Dean.
- 11.1.2.2 The standard full teaching load shall consist of two (2)
semesters of thirteen (13) to seventeen (17) teaching units each.
- 11.1.2.3 No unit member shall teach less than thirteen (13) or
more than seventeen (17) teaching units per semester except by mutual
consent,
or unless
fewer than thirteen (13) teaching units are required to complete
thirty (30) teaching units per year.
- 11.1.2.4 A unit member may meet part of her/his load by teaching
during summer sessions or at any other time of the year whenever
the CCFT and
the District agree that such teaching is required by the needs of
the particular
program.
- 11.1.3 Office Hours
- 11.1.3.1 Definition
An office hour is defined as a fifty (50) minute
period of time outside of a regularly scheduled teaching assignment
when a unit
member is required
to be available for student consultation and present in her/his office
or in an instructional area; i.e., classroom or laboratory related
to her/his
teaching assignment.
- 11.1.3.2 Unit members shall schedule office hours with the concurrence
of the Dean or appropriate supervisor.
- 11.1.3.3 Number of Hours
- 11.1.3.3.1 Except as noted below, a full-time contract/regular
unit member shall schedule and hold five (5) office hours per
week. These
office hours
shall total 250 minutes, at least one session each day during
which a teaching assignment is scheduled for that employee. Each
scheduled
session
must be
held for a minimum of 25 minutes. Exceptions to the 25-minute
minimum requirement can be requested for programmatic reasons
and may be
granted with the approval
of the appropriate administrator. Office hours may not be scheduled
during class breaks or during passing times as published in the
schedule of
classes. In the case where a contract/regular unit member is
scheduled to teach less
than five (5) days per week, the five required office hours per
week shall be held over a minimum of four (4) days per week.
In the case
where a unit
member teaches an evening class as part of his/her load on the
same day as he/she teaches a day class, office hours shall be
scheduled
that are
contiguous
to both the day and evening offerings. Therefore, such a unit
member may hold two office hours on one day, one near the daytime
class(es)
and the
other near the evening class(es). Evening is defined as a class
that starts at or after 5 p.m. A unit member who teaches an off-campus
class as part
of a regular load will hold an office hour contiguous to the
off-campus
offering. Pursuant to this article, faculty may not be required
to hold an office hour
five (5) days per week. However, contract/regular faculty must
attend division, department and shared governance meetings which
can be
scheduled Monday through
Friday.
- 11.1.3.3.2 Contract/regular and adjunct unit members
who teach less than full-time shall schedule and hold the same
ratio of office hours as their teaching assignment bears to a
full time assignment. Faculty with non-teaching assignments are
not required to hold office hours for those assignments.
- 11.1.3.3.3 Regular and contract unit members who receive an
overload teaching assignment shall hold prorated office hours
for that assignment
in addition
to the those
required pursuant to Article 11.1.3.3.1
- 11.1.3.4 Posting
All contract/regular and adjunct classroom instructors shall post
their schedule of office hours electronically and on, or adjacent
to, their office doors or in the division office. If unit members
are not in their offices during office hours, they shall post where
they will be in an instructional area. Once the teaching assignment
has been determined for the next semester, each unit member's class
and office hour schedule shall be submitted to the appropriate
administrator no later than the first day of each term.
- 11.1.3.5 Rescheduling
With advance approval of the appropriate administrator,
unit members may reschedule office hours as necessary. Such changes
shall be posted
on their
office doors with their schedule of office hours, and a copy shall
be given to the appropriate administrator.
- 11.1.4 No unit member shall be required to have fewer than twelve (12)
hours from the end of one day's work to the beginning of the next.
- 11.1.5 Scheduling of classes
- 11.1.5.1 Each regular and contract unit member shall prepare a
proposed schedule of her/his duties and classes for the upcoming
semester in accordance with departmental decisions regarding offerings
and schedules, and present it to her/his Program Chair by the announced
deadline established by the division which will be communicated to
faculty with as much lead time as possible. The schedule shall be
in accordance with the standard workload provisions.
- 11.1.5.2 The appropriate administrator shall make the final schedule
offerings and assignments after reviewing the proposed schedules.
- 11.1.5.3 In the event the appropriate administrator determines
that a regular or contract unit member's proposed schedule must be
modified,
the
appropriate administrator shall meet with the unit member and explain
the modification. A new schedule for the unit member shall be worked
out by the
appropriate administrator.
- 11.2 Semester Load Factor
- 11.2.1 The "Semester Load Factor" establishes the relationship between
teaching units and clock hours per week for given activities of unit
members.
- 11.2.2 Semester Load Factor Table
- 11.2.2.1 Each hour of lecture, recitation or problem solving,
or discussion:
1.00 Teaching Unit
- 11.2.2.2 Each hour of ECE practicum or workshop:
0.33 Teaching Unit
- 11.2.2.3 Each hour of physical education activity:
0.75 Teaching
Unit
- 11.2.2.4 Each hour of scheduled laboratory instruction (excluding
science labs as defined in Article 11.2.2.5) or studio art taught
by the instructor:
0.75 Teaching Unit
- 11.2.2.5 Each hour of science lab classes as listed:
0.80 Teaching
Unit
Anthropology 1L
Astronomy 8A, 8B, 8C, 9A, 9B, 9C
Biology 1A, 1B, 1C, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11A,
11B, 11C, 13AL, 21A
Chemistry 1A, 1B, 2, 5, 10, 12AL, 12BL, 30A, 30B
Engineering 15, 45
(3 lab hours each)
Geography 1L
Geology 10, 20
Horticulture 1A, 1B
Meteorology 1L
Oceanography 10
Physics 2A, 2B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 10L, 11
Psychology 2
- 11.2.2.6 Each hour of dental hygiene clinic:
0.80 Teaching Unit
- 11.2.2.7 Nursing Clinics 15, 25, 35, 45
One hour of nursing clinic per day
1.00 Teaching Unit.
All additional hours per hour
0.80 Teaching Unit
- 11.2.2.8 Composition Factor
Each hour of English composition class for ENGL 255, 100, 1A, 1B,
1C, 1D, 2, 12A-Z, 14 A-Z, ESL 203 AB, ESL 204 AB and Spanish 5A
and 5B requiring 6,000 or more written, corrected, original words
in the class during the semester:
1.00 Teaching Unit.
In addition, 1 Teaching Unit per
class if the class is 3 units or more.
- 11.2.2.9 Each scheduled hour of rehearsal, lecture, or critique
of performance in dance, theater arts, and music:
1.00 Teaching Unit
(No performance class may equal more
than six (6) teaching units, regardless of the number of hours per week spent
in rehearsal.)
- 11.2.2.9.1 Each scheduled arranged hour of music performance
classes:
0.25 Teaching Unit
- 11.2.2.10 Writing Factor
Each hour of courses requiring a minimum
of 4,000 words of critical analytic written work per semester (essay
examinations and/or major
papers), assigned,
read and evaluated by the unit member. The written work must be the
primary mode for evaluating students' performance. Such courses shall
be so designated
in the course schedule and college catalog. (See Appendix E - Writing
Factor Program):
1.25 Teaching Unit
Writing Factor classes:
ECE 31/131, 32
Anthropology 2, 6, 7, 8, 9A, 9B, 9C, 11, 16
History 2A, 2B, 4A, 4B, 14, 15, 16C,
17A, 17B, 18, 19A,
19B, 19C, 20A-Z, 21A, 21B, 29A, 29B, 39A-Z, 39B
Philosophy 39, 49
Political Science 1, 5
- 11.2.2.11 Portfolio Evaluation and Norming
Unit members assigned
to perform English 100, 255 and 290 portfolio evaluation and norming
shall be compensated for each hour of portfolio
evaluation and
norming at the rate of $25.00 per hour. The unit member assigned
to coordinate English 100, 255 and 290 portfolio evaluation and norming
shall be compensated
$250 per semester in addition to the $25 per hour for portfolio evaluation
and norming.
- 11.2.2.12 Each hour of art history lecture based on intensive
use of slides:
1.25 Teaching Unit
"Slide-factor" classes are not eligible
to receive the large class factor.
- 11.2.2.13 Large Class Factor
Each hour of a lecture class with sixty
(60-89) students at census:
1.25 Teaching Unit
Each hour of lecture class with ninety
(90-119) students at census:
1.50 Teaching Unit
Each hour of lecture class with 120-149
students at census:
1.75 Teaching Unit
Each hour of lecture class with 150
students at census:
2.0 Teaching Unit
“At census” refers to the actual census data provided to the state.
A unit member may agree to waive the
class size factors in 11.2.2.13 of this article in return for the provision of
mutually agreed student
assistance
adequate to cover the increased burden of such classes.
- 11.2.2.14 Distance Education
- 11.2.2.14.1 Telecourse: A course taught with licensed broadcast
video and associated material that may be supplemented with additional
assignments
created by the instructor. Faculty assigned to teach telecourses
will receive the same faculty load credit as the faculty would
receive if
this course
were taught in a traditional method. The maximum enrollment is
150. Faculty will be required to maintain regular effective contact
with
students.
- 11.2.2.14.2 Interactive Video Course: A course taught synchronously
at different sites connected by electronic media through which
students and
instructor can communicate. The workload for interactive video
courses will be the same as for courses taught in a regular classroom.
- 11.2.2.14.3 Online Course: A course primarily delivered online.
The first time a unit member teaches a particular course online,
the
maximum
class size for the online course will be 75% of the standard
maximum class size established for the course. However, the maximum
will
not fall below
28 for any course unless the standard maximum is under 28, then
the standard maximum will be used. This provision excludes courses
involving
on-site
labs.
- 11.2.2.14.4 Office Hours: Unit members teaching distance education
courses may elect to fulfill their office hour requirement for
the distance
education
course
in an alternative distance mode away from the office.
- 11.2.2.14.5 Regular Effective Contact with Students: The definition
of regular effective contact between instructor and students
includes group
or individual meetings,
orientation and review sessions, supplemental seminar or study
sessions, field trips, library workshops, telephone contact,
correspondence,
voice mail, e-mail, or other activities. Regular effective contact
is an academic
and professional matter pursuant to Title 5, Section 53200.
- 11.2.2.15 Interdisciplinary Classes
Classes that combine at least
two disciplines in one setting, explore a subject from a variety
of views, and involve the work of
at least two
classroom instructors.
- 11.2.2.15.1 Team Taught Courses: One course taught by more
than one instructor.
- 11.2.2.15.1.1 Each hour of lecture: 1 Teaching Unit
- 11.2.2.15.1.2 Each lecture hour attendance: 1/3 Teaching
Unit
- 11.2.2.15.1.3 Coordination: 1 Teaching Unit to be shared
between instructors team teaching
- 11.2.2.15.2 Linked Courses: Two or more courses with overlapping
themes offered in the same semester and students must enroll
in each of the courses.
Assigned faculty work together outside of class time to coordinate
course materials, i.e., syllabi, assignments and exams.
- 11.2.2.15.2.1 Each unit member teaching a linked course
will receive the same faculty load credit as the faculty
would receive
if this
course was
taught in a traditional method. One half (1/2) additional
teaching unit per course linked will be given for coordination
to be shared
among instructors
as determined by the instructors.
- 11.2.2.16 Unit members approved to develop an interdisciplinary
course will be compensated one unit per approved instructor for one
semester
for the purpose of developing the approved course.
- Credit by Exam: The faculty member of record for credit by exam
will receive $25 per student.
- 11.3 Special Load Factors
- 11.3.1 A regular load in physical education shall not consist of more
than nine (9) classes.
- 11.3.2 The head coaches of football, men's basketball, and women's
basketball, shall each receive nine (9) teaching units for such coaching.
- 11.3.3 Effective the 2006-07 academic year, head coaches and the contract/
regular assistant football coach will receive a stipend of $1,157 per
year. The stipend shall be increased each subsequent year by the percentage
increased applied to the contract/regular salary schedule specified in
Section 13.1.
- 11.4 Special Load Considerations
- 11.4.1 Art Studio
Art studio classes shall each have a maximum enrollment
of twenty-eight (28) students per class at registration, unless there
are facility restrictions
or limitations and/or where the class size would violate regulations
affecting the safety of the staff or students. A unit member may, at
his/her own discretion,
add up to two (2) additional students.
- 11.4.2 English
English classes shall have a maximum enrollment of thirty-four
(34) students at registration. A unit member may, at his/her own discretion,
add additional
students up to 36 per class. The maximum enrollment in English classes
in ENGL 255, 100, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 2, ESL 203AB and 204AB, shall be 29
students;
a unit member may, at his/her own discretion, add additional students
up to 31 per class.
- 11.4.3 Foreign Language
Foreign language classes shall have a maximum
enrollment of thirty (30) students per class at registration. A unit
member may, at his/her
own discretion,
add up to two (2) additional students.
- 11.4.4 Special Studies
A unit member may teach special studies, whether for individual students
or for small groups, for which she/he assumes normal grading and record
keeping responsibilities. Compensation is based at the rate of one/fifteenth
(1/15) of a teaching unit at the adjunct pay rate for each special
studies student unit. Special studies student units may be cumulative
summer, fall, and spring of one academic year. The instructor shall
furnish a copy of the final grade sheet to the appropriate Dean by
the published date that grades are due to Admissions and Records.
- 11.4.5 Cooperative Work Experience
A unit member teaching cooperative
work experience shall be paid at the unit pay rate based on eight students
equaling one lecture hour equivalency.
- 11.4.6 Library Courses--Library 10 and Library 15C only
A unit member teaching a workbook-based library course shall be compensated
at .8 teaching units for each section assigned.
- 11.4.6.1 For on-ground sections, of that .80 TU, 75% will be
allotted to desk time and 25% to grading time.
- 11.4.6.2 For online
sections, of that .80 TU, 50% will be allotted to online work,
25% to desk time, and 25% to grading time.
- 11.4.7 Technology Curriculum Development
- 11.4.7.1 Purpose: This section establishes a committee to compensate
curriculum development in those disciplines requiring extensive revision
due to ongoing upgrades in technology and software. Compensation
will be a stipend.
- 11.4.7.2 Process: Faculty submit a proposal to
a committee defined by this section, following the criteria established
by that committee.
This committee will evaluate proposals and make compensation recommendations
to the Vice President, Instruction.
- 11.4.7.3 The Committee: This
committee is comprised of two (2) administrators appointed by the
Vice President, Instruction and
two (2) faculty
appointed by the Technology Committee. CCFT will be notified
of the committee membership.
- 11.4.7.4 Eligibility: Eligible faculty
are those using technical applications as the basis for teaching
courses in Computer and
Information Systems, Computer Science, Digital Media, Engineering
Technology,
and Music Technology. Faculty from other disciplines in which
software and technical applications are the basis for curriculum
may also
apply.
- 11.4.7.5 Resources: $15,000 is available annually for
this purpose.
- 11.5 Academic Specialists
- 11.5.1 Academic Specialists include Counselors, Librarians,
Health Services Nurses, Academic Specialist Directors as defined in 11.5.6,
and Other Academic Specialists as defined in Article 11.5.5.
- 11.5.1.1 Hours/Teaching Units
Faculty employed as contract/regular
Academic Specialists shall work thirty-six (36) hours per week, up
to 5 hours of which may be
scheduled
for professional
activities. Adjunct and overload assignments shall be based on teaching
units. Each teaching unit (TU) is equal to two and two-fifths (2.4
hours) of work
per week per semester. The conversion of teaching units to hours
is specified in Appendix AA. Adjunct and overload Academic Specialist
units shall
be paid according to the Adjunct Academic Specialist salary schedule.
- 11.5.1.2 Academic Specialists assigned to teach a standard scheduled
class, as defined in Article 1, as part of the unit member's contract
assignment
shall receive one (1) hour of preparation time for each teaching
unit of instruction.
- 11.5.1.3 Academic Specialists shall post his/her work schedule
adjacent to or on his/her office door.
- 11.5.1.4 Extended-Year Contracts
Extended-year contracts are limited to the following academic specialists assigned
to accrediting agency-mandated year-round instructional programs, or district-mandated
year-round student support programs, and required by the district to work additional
days during the summer and/or winter sessions.
The following academic specialists will receive extended-year contracts for the
following number of days:
Contract/regular faculty in Computer Technology Centers:
195 days
Solari, Watsonville
- 11.5.1.4.1 The extended-year contract
calendar days must be submitted in writing annually by the academic specialists
and authorized by the appropriate administrator.
- 11.5.2 Counselors
- 11.5.2.1 Description
Faculty employed as counselors in the Counseling
Division, EOPS and Disabled Student Services, shall work thirty-
six (36) hours
per week;
31 hours of
counseling plus five (5) additional scheduled hours for professional
activities.
- 11.5.2.2 A counselor and the appropriate administrator may distribute
duty days that are different from the normal 175-day calendar year.
- 11.5.2.3 Except for voluntary overload, all contract regular counselors
assigned to perform duties on any day in addition to the unit member's
contract days of service, as provided in this contract, shall be
compensated at the
contract daily rate. The contract daily rate is determined by dividing
the unit member's annual salary by one hundred seventy-five (175).
- 11.5.2.4 Each counselor shall post his/her work schedule using
the electronic scheduling system.
- 11.5.3 Librarians
- 11.5.3.1 Faculty employed as librarians shall work thirty- six
(36) hours of library work per week.
- 11.5.4 Health Services Nurses
- 11.5.4.1 Faculty employed as nurses shall work thirty-six (36)
hours per week.
- 11.5.5 Other Academic Specialists
Other Academic Specialists are faculty employed or reassigned by the
District to provide instructional support one-on-one or in open learning
labs such as Computing Center, Learning Skills, Reading Center, Stroke
Center, Writing Center, Music/Theater Arts Lab, Nursing Lab, Language
Lab, MESA, Integrated Learning Center, Math Learning Center, Physics/Engineering
Learning Center, ESL Lab.
- 11.5.6 Academic Specialist Directors
Academic Specialist Directors provide faculty leadership in accordance with
the job description provided in Appendix AA.1.
- 11.5.6.1 Selection: An Academic Specialist
Director may be hired at the discretion of the District through the external
faculty search and selection process. A
contract/regular faculty member may be selected as an Academic Specialist
Director by the appropriate administrator and the program faculty through
an internal
selection process.
- 11.5.6.1.1 Except for faculty specifically hired to direct
a program, faculty who do not accept an assignment or do not continue
as an Academic Specialist
Director shall not suffer loss of status as a faculty member solely based
on the decision not to accept or continue the Academic Specialist
Director assignment.
- 11.5.6.2 Workload: a full load for an Academic Specialist Director
is 36 hours/week and the director assignment may be a portion of those
hours.
- 11.5.6.3 Stipend: The Director of Athletics will receive a stipend
of $4,686 per year. The resignation of the unit member in this position
will terminate
the stipend.
- 11.5.6.4 Extended Year Contracts
Academic Specialist Directors assigned to accrediting agency-mandated
year-round instructional programs, or District-mandated year-round
student support programs,
and required by the District to work additional days during summer and/or
winter sessions shall receive extended-year contracts for the following
number of
days:
Director of Athletics 195 days
Director of Counseling 185 days
Director of Disabled Students & Programs 195 days
Director of Extended Opportunities Programs & Services 195 days
Director of Teaching Learning Center 195 days
- 11.5.6.5 Evaluation: Academic Specialist Directors shall be evaluated
in accordance with Article 17.4.8.
- 11.5.7 See Appendix AA.4 for a list of Academic
Specialist Director positions with additional compensation.
- 11.6 Instructional Support Faculty (ISF) and Special Projects Faculty
- 11.6.1 Instructional Support Faculty are employed or assigned
by the District to provide non-teaching support of an instructional program
or student service through programs such as the Gallery, Theater Sets,
Cabrillo Stage, Puente, and RT Clinic. See Appendix AA.5 for ISF compensation..
- 11.6.2 Special projects are not to exceed two years.
- 11.6.3 Hours/Teaching Units
- 11.6.3.1 Faculty employed as contract/regular ISFs shall work
thirty-six (36) hours per week. Adjunct and overload assignments
shall be based
on teaching units. Each teaching unit (TU) is equal to two and two-fifths
(2.4) hours
of work per week per semester. The conversion of teaching units to
hours is specified in Appendix AA.
- 11.6.3.2 Reassigned Time
- 11.6.3.2.1 ISFs may be reassigned to said positions at the
discretion of the District and are assigned duties in accordance
with the needs
of the District.
- 11.6.3.2.2 The number of teaching units is specified in Appendix
AA.
- 11.6.3.2.2.1 Prior to the tenth week of each semester,
the Vice President of Instruction will provide a written
notice to the CCFT listing the employees and units reassigned
ISF and special project duties in accordance with 11.6.1
and 11.6.2.
- 11.6.3.2.2.2 Grants: Due to the necessity of immediate
response time required when writing grants, reassigned time
associated
with grants
is outside the purview of this contract.
- 11.6.3.2.3 Any change in the compensation or working conditions,
as specified in Appendix AA, will be negotiated by a committee
of the VPI,
one Dean,
and two
(2) CCFT
representatives.
- 11.6.3.2.4 In the event that the District wishes to add or
delete an ISF, or change the duties, compensation or working
conditions
of an ISF, as specified
in Appendix AA, the VPI shall present a description of duties
to the committee as specified in Article 11.6.3.2.3.
- 11.6.3.2.5 Reassigned time for contract/regular faculty shall
be converted to the appropriate fraction of a full-time equivalent.
If possible, the
reassigned time plus the regular assignment shall equal a full-time
assignment. If this
cannot be accommodated, the reassigned time shall be averaged
over two (2) consecutive semesters so that the number of hours
reassigned
and
the classroom
or non-classroom hours are adjusted to the nearest hour, which
completes a full-time assignment for a one-year period.
- 11.6.4 ISFs assigned to teach a standard scheduled class, as defined
in Article 1, as part of the unit member's contract assignment shall
receive
one (1) hour of preparation time for each teaching unit of instruction.
- 11.6.5 ISFs shall post his/her work schedule adjacent to or on his/her
office door.
- 11.7 Children's Center Teachers
- 11.7.1 Faculty employed as Children's Center teachers, paid according
to the Children's Center Teachers Salary Schedule, shall work forty (40)
hours per week.
- 11.8 Interns/Mentors
- 11.8.1 Faculty interns shall be employed as adjunct faculty, shall
meet the minimum qualifications as specified in Administrative Regulation
5105B,
and shall serve under the supervision of a mentor and meet with the mentor
as specified in Administrative Regulation 5105B.
- 11.8.2 Faculty mentors shall be contract/regular faculty.
- 11.8.2.1 Faculty mentors shall be identified on a volunteer basis
only, in consultation with the Dean.
- 11.8.2.2 Faculty mentors shall provide substantial in-class supervision
and evaluation of the intern's teaching capabilities. This monitoring
shall include, but is not limited to, making at least three (3) classroom
visits
to the intern's class each session, and reviewing the intern's course
syllabus, reading lists and examinations. The mentor shall schedule
at least one meeting
per month with the intern to discuss progress.
- 11.8.2.3 Faculty mentors shall have no other assigned duties during
the time that the intern is teaching or rendering other service directly
to students.
- 11.8.2.4 Faculty mentors shall be compensated at the rate of $400
per semester.
- 11.9 Program Chairs
- 11.9.1 A Program Chair teaches in his/her assigned discipline, works
with faculty to promote continuous improvement of the quality of instruction
within
the assigned program, and coordinates the responsibilities of the assigned
program under the direction of the Dean or appropriate administrator.
(Program Chair Job Description, Appendix AA)
- 11.9.1.1 All Program Chairs must meet the minimum qualifications
for faculty in at least one discipline they direct.
- 11.9.1.2 In programs that have external accreditation regulations,
the Program Chair must meet the qualification as required by the
accrediting agency.
- 11.9.1.3 Prior to the fifth week of each semester, the Vice Presidents,
Instruction and Student Services will provide a written notice to
the CCFT listing the employees and units assigned to each Program
Chair position.
- 11.9.2 Program: A program is one or more disciplines as defined within
the organizational structures of Instruction and Student Services. All
faculty members who teach or work within a program as an academic specialist
or instructional
support faculty shall be considered members of that program.
- 11.9.3 Selection: A regular faculty member may be selected as Program
Chair by
- (a) the program faculty, and (b) the appropriate administrator if
the program faculty are unable to select a Program Chair. A Program Chair
may
be hired at the discretion of the District through the faculty search
and selection process.
- 11.9.3.1 Except for faculty specifically hired to direct a program,
faculty who decide not to accept or continue an assignment as Program
Chair shall not suffer loss of status as a faculty member solely
based on the decision not to accept or continue the Program Chair
assignment.
- 11.9.4 Term: Subject to a satisfactory performance evaluation, Program
Chairs may serve a term of three years and may serve multiple terms.
- 11.9.5 Compensation: The annual compensation for Program Chairs, including
compensation for performing Program Chair duties during summer and winter
sessions, is based on teaching units (TUs). Compensation for academic
year 2007-08 is defined in the Program Chair Matrix in Appendix AA. Compensation
for academic years 2008-09 and 2009-10 will be recalculated in the spring
prior to that academic year based on the Program Chair Compensation Criteria.
No later than the beginning of week four (4) of the spring semester,
CCFT will be given a draft of the Program Chair calculation for the following
year. CCFT will review the calculations for accuracy and may recommend
revision based on inaccuracy of data by the beginning of week seven (7)
of the spring semester.
- 11.9.5.1 A Program Chair with assigned duties during winter and/or
summer sessions may, by mutual written agreement with the appropriate
administrator,
receive or delegate pursuant to Article 11.9.5.3 summer and/or winter
adjunct teaching unit compensation, taken from the annual Program
Chair unit compensation
as defined in Appendix AA.
- 11.9.5.2 Program Chairs are not required to hold office hours for
the number of teaching units assigned as Program Chairs, however,
they are expected to be available for consultation with faculty,
staff, students, and administrators on a regular basis.
- 11.9.5.3 A Program Chair, with the mutual agreement of the appropriate
administrator, may arrange to delegate some of the allocated annual
teaching units to another faculty member in the program under the
following conditions:
- 11.9.5.3.1 The Program Chair remains accountable for the responsibilities
as outlined in the job description and will be evaluated as such.
- 11.9.5.3.2 The specific duties delegated and timelines for
completion must be agreed to in writing by the faculty receiving
the delegated
teaching units.
- 11.9.5.3.3 The Program Chair must retain the largest percentage
of the responsibilities and compensation.
- 11.9.6 Stipends
Effective with the 2007-08 academic year, each Program Chair will receive
a stipend of $500 per academic year, which may not be distributed among
other faculty.
The Culinary Arts & Hospitality Management Program Chair will receive
a stipend of $4,686 per year. The resignation of the Program Chair in
the Culinary Arts & Hospitality Management position will terminate
the stipend of $4,686.
- 11.9.7 Extended-Year Contracts
Extended-year contracts are limited to
the following Program Chair assigned to accrediting agency-mandated year-round
instructional programs,
or district-mandated
year-round student support programs, and required by the district to
work additional days during the summer.
The following Program Chair will
receive an extended-year contract for the following number of days:
Radiology
Technology 185 days
- 11.9.7.1 The extended-year contract calendar days must be submitted
in writing annually by the Program Chair and authorized by the appropriate
administrator.
- 11.9.7.2 All other Program Chairs with an extended year assignment
shall be compensated at the adjunct salary schedule rate.
- 11.9.8 Program Chairs shall be evaluated on all faculty duties in accordance
with Article 17, including Program Chair duties and responsibilities.
- 11.10 Adjunct Workload
An adjunct unit member’s workload shall consist of no more than sixty
percent (60%) of the standard full-time teaching load during the 175-day
academic year (excluding summer and wintersession), which calculates to a
total of 18 teaching units per academic year.
- 11.10.1 Professional Ancillary Activities
In accordance with Education
Code section 87482.5 (c) (1), CCFT and the District agree that service
in professional ancillary activities by unit members employed
under this section, shall not be used for purposes of calculating eligibility
for contract or regular status.
- 11.10.1.1 Professional ancillary activities
include governance, staff development (except flex hours required
according to Article 9.2), grant writing, advising
student organizations, and union activity.
- 11.10.1.2 Teaching unit compensation
for professional ancillary activities shall be counted toward eligibility
for adjunct benefits as provided in Article
14.4.
- 11.10.1.3 CCFT will not pursue tenure claims on behalf of employees
who accept professional ancillary activities assignments as defined
herein.
- 11.10.2 Evaluator
An adjunct unit member who serves as an evaluator, per Article 17,
shall be compensated for two hours at an hourly rate calculated on
the basis of her/his placement on the salary schedule.