by CCFT | Apr 4, 2017 | april 2017 faculty voice, Budget, Contract Development
by Maya Bendotoff and Karl EwaldCCFT recently commenced negotiations with the District on salary and benefits, safety, the DC matrix, and some other issues. Negotiations have been moved to Human Resources (from Administrative Services). For our first two negotiations...
by CCFT | Feb 12, 2017 | Budget, Contract Development, Feb 2017 Faculty Voice, President's Report
by Karl Ewald I don’t play basketball much, but basketball did teach me something. When I first started playing, I would just run all the time. Trying to score or trying to stop someone else from scoring. There is always something to do. Always something urgent...
by CCFT | Sep 10, 2016 | Budget, Elections, September 2016 faculty voice
Steve Schessler If you think back four years to 2012, you may remember the huge campaign around Proposition 30 – following our great success then, Prop 30 funds currently comprise 14% of our total revenue ($8.6 million). We’re about to lose that...
by CCFT | Mar 9, 2016 | Budget, Contract Development, Faculty Voice, March 2016 Faculty Voice, President's Report, Uncategorized
Conrad Scott-Curtis As we move into the heart of negotiations this spring, I want to highlight a key difference in budget perspective and philosophy between CCFT and the District, a difference which illustrates the import of unity among CCFT members and points to a...
by CCFT | Dec 15, 2015 | Budget, Dec. 2015, Negotiations
Dan Rothwell “Catastrophizing” is defined by psychologist John Grohol on the PsychCentral blogging site as “an irrational thought that something is far worse than it actually is.” Such is the case when the budget is presented to the College...
by CCFT | Dec 15, 2015 | Budget, Dec. 2015, President's Report
Conrad Scott-Curtis Talk about the Budget The conversation around the budget at Cabrillo is changing. Before the last two Board of Governors’ meetings, the Board engaged in budget study sessions with representatives of the District, representatives of CCFT, and...