by CCFT | Feb 28, 2015 | Faculty Voice, Feb. 2015 Faculty Voice, Negotiations, President's Report, Repeatability
by Conrad Scott-Curtis By now, it is widely understood on campus that Cabrillo salaries took a real hit, relative to other community-college salaries in the Bay Area and the nearby region, between 2004-05 and 2008-2009. (By one measure, contract salaries fell during...
by CCFT | Feb 28, 2015 | Contract Development, Faculty Voice, Feb. 2015 Faculty Voice
by Eric Hoffman, CCFT Grievance Officer An evaluation study group of faculty and deans has been meeting this semester to recommend changes to the faculty evaluation system. We have looked at the what, when, and how of the process. The “what” is the set of criteria...
by CCFT | Feb 28, 2015 | Faculty Voice, Feb. 2015 Faculty Voice, Part-timers
by Katie Woolsey As most of us are aware, an increasing proportion of higher educational instruction in the United States is performed by adjunct, part-time, and non-contract faculty. In response to this reality, a movement is rising which aims to raise awareness...
by CCFT | Feb 28, 2015 | Accreditation, Faculty Voice, Feb. 2015 Faculty Voice
by Steve Schessler This past Fall semester, our union’s Committee on Political Education (COPE) supported our political allies and issues important to our work in education. Before the report and update, I’d like to offer a brief explanation of COPE and its function...