by CCFT | Dec 15, 2015 | Dec. 2015, Part-timers, Uncategorized
Sadie Reynolds Unemployment Filing Session Did you know that you may qualify for unemployment benefits over winter break? Because our work is contingent on enrollments and departmental need we are legally temporary, part-time workers. While you have the option of...
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 | Dec. 2015, Legislation, Non-credit Courses
Maya Bendotoff “For more than one hundred and fifty years, until 2008, California was an undisputed national leader in its commitment to adult education. The state’s investment in adult learners topped $750 million, a sum greater than the combined total of every other...
by CCFT | Dec 15, 2015 | Dec. 2015, Student Equity
Katie Woolsey Last year CCFT negotiated with the college to create a pilot program for funding adjunct faculty participation in shared governance. The program designated several significant campuswide bodies, such as Faculty Senate and the Student Equity and...
by CCFT | Dec 15, 2015 | Dec. 2015, Part-timers, Uncategorized
Sadie Reynolds Campus Equity Week 2015: Adjunct Organizing at Cabrillo During the week of October 26th, faculty across the nation participated in Campus Equity Week, a biannual event designed to raise awareness about the national crisis of part-time academic labor in...
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...
