Welcome To Spring Semester 2024!

Welcome To Spring Semester 2024!

Become a memberIf you would like to become a member, please complete this online membership form. As the CCFT negotiations team moves into a new season of contract negotiations we are aware of the current State budget dilemma and the impact of potential reduced...

June is PRIDE Month!

June is PRIDE Month!

Join us and celebrate with CCFT & Cabrillo College - The Cabrillo College Federation of Teachers and Cabrillo College invite you to march together in solidarity and support of our LGBTQ+ community, on Sunday, June 5th, for the Santa Cruz Pride 2022 Parade!  After...

Women’s Rights are Human Rights

Women’s Rights are Human Rights

We are always in contact and work with political and community groups in Santa Cruz County that stand in support of Women's Health choices and reproductive rights. The leak that came out of the United States Supreme Court about Roe v. Wade has led to demonstrations...

CCFT Officers & Council Rep. Election Results!

CCFT Officers & Council Rep. Election Results!

Officers: CCFT President, 2022-2025, Tobin W. KellerCCFT Vice Presidents, 2022-2025: Kim Mansfield, full-time Faculty & John Govsky, Associate Faculty Council Reps: The following faculty join our existing Reps. beginning Fall semester 2022 BELA, Andrew Fague HAWK,...

Thoughts on Never Grading Again

Thoughts on Never Grading Again

by Kristin J. Wilson, Anthropology Department Like Melville’s Bartleby the Scrivener, when it comes to grading, I would prefer not to.  Why is grading tedious, and more to the point, so emotionally exhausting? For me, it’s reading the same answers over...

Today, Thursday, March 31 2022, is Cesar Chavez Day

Today, Thursday, March 31 2022, is Cesar Chavez Day

Recognized as a State Holiday, Cabrillo College will finally recognize this day as a scheduled District holiday beginning next academic year (and when it does not fall during Spring Break). Our Statewide union, the California Federation of Teachers, lists several...

CCFT Spring ’22 Flex Week!

CCFT Spring ’22 Flex Week!

CCFT The All Faculty Gathering, Wednesday 12-1 pmCCFT General Council Meeting, Wednesday 1-3 pm, CCFT Adjunct Solidarity Gathering, Thursday, 12:30-2:30 pm CCFT is hosting three different flex week gatherings each providing abundant information and support for our...

Campus Equity Week – Day 5

Campus Equity Week – Day 5

Dear colleagues, To conclude Campus Equity Week, I'd like to invite you to post a note of thanks on this Kudo Board to our adjunct faculty, or a specific adjunct faculty member with whom you work or have worked either in your department, division,...

Campus Equity Week – Day 3

Campus Equity Week – Day 3

Dear campus community, Day 3 of Campus Equity Week is devoted to a state level focus.  Recently, Governor Newsom vetoed AB375, a bill that had worked its way through the legislature and landed on his desk with unanimous, bipartisan support.  AB375...

Campus Equity Week – Day 2

Dear campus colleagues, You're probably aware of the UC-AFT efforts at UCSC to negotiate job security and improved compensation for lecturers.  Their issues are our issues, bringing much needed attention to the precariat* professoriate in higher ed; we...

Spring ’21 CCFT Resolutions

Spring ’21 CCFT Resolutions

Resolution on Violence Against, Asian, Asian-American, and Pacific Islanders Artwork by Carleen Liu, Cabrillo College Course - 33B, Screen print on paper Artwork by Tammy Sanchez, Cabrillo College Course - Art 33B, Screen print on paper Whereas, eight people were...

Recent CCFT Wins for All Faculty!

Recent CCFT Wins for All Faculty!

CCFT & the District worked together on shared interests of providing one-time payments for Full-time and Adjunct Faculty! The District will make a one-time gross payment of either $1,200.00 or $2,400.00 (less required withholding for payroll taxes) for each...

CCFT Endorsements & Voter Information

CCFT Endorsements & Voter Information

Cabrillo College Board of Trustees Area 3 - Christina Cuevas (Incumbent)Area 4 - Diana AlfaroArea 5 - Felipe Hernandez STATEWIDE BALLOT MEASURES YES | Proposition 15 Schools and Communities FirstYES | Proposition 16 Affirmative ActionYES | Proposition 17 Allows...

Leaders and Representatives

Leaders and Representatives

2020 CCFT Executive Board members with California Federation of Teachers Northern California organizers. Absent from E-Board photo - Claire Thorson, Megan Robertson, & Sara Decelle. Meet your Executive Board members! Updated list of E-Board & Council of...

CCFT Expense Breakdown

CCFT Expense Breakdown

The following charts illustrates CCFT's expenses by categories. CCFT Treasurer, Megan Robertson, created and published the charts for the Fall Flex meeting.

Dalai Lama – Recent Tweet

Dalai Lama – Recent Tweet

If you are motivated by a wish to help on the basis of kindness, compassion and respect, then you can do any kind of work, in any field, and function more effectively with less fear or worry, not being afraid of what others think or whether you will ultimately reach...

Activism and Aesthetics

Activism and Aesthetics

by Robin McCloskey: In 2014 adjunct faculty at San Francisco Bay Area universities began to advocate for labor justice. Instructors at Mills College, Saint Mary’s, San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), California College of the Arts (CCA) and Dominican University, where...

The State of the Union

The State of the Union

by Julio Leal As Cabrillo College enters the post-Janus era, there is discernable angst and anxiety in most public sector unions. The shifting winds of political change will surely have lasting consequences here in California and elsewhere in the country as neoliberal...

Faculty Voice Newsletter: May 2018: COPE Out and About

Faculty Voice Newsletter: May 2018: COPE Out and About

by CCFT Committee on Political Education (COPE) The Committee on Political Education coordinates faculty efforts on matters of a political nature and funds candidates, propositions, and causes that Cabrillo faculty— through their representatives on the CCFT Council—...

Faculty Voice Newsletter: March 2018: News Update: Janus, College for All, PVFT in Mediation, Online-Only Community College, Strikes in West Virginia and Great Britain

Faculty Voice Newsletter: March 2018: News Update: Janus, College for All, PVFT in Mediation, Online-Only Community College, Strikes in West Virginia and Great Britain

by David Lau Spring Semester 2018 at the Outset CCFT has held several meetings in the opening weeks of the semester. It is a season of transition for our local and for Cabrillo College. For flex week we welcomed our new executive director, Daniel Dodge, the former...

Faculty Voice Newsletter: December 2017: President’s Report: Cabrillo’s Internal Economy and Pathways for Faculty

Faculty Voice Newsletter: December 2017: President’s Report: Cabrillo’s Internal Economy and Pathways for Faculty

by Karl Ewald Cabrillo’s Internal Economy The College Planning Committee (CPC) has had several discussions in recent weeks around the idea of forming a Budget sub-committee. No specific structures have been identified. Mostly the discussion has centered around what...

Faculty Voice Newsletter: September 2017: CCFT President’s Report: A Vision for the Future

Faculty Voice Newsletter: September 2017: CCFT President’s Report: A Vision for the Future

by Karl Ewald As you've probably figured out, I'm a big picture guy and my strategy has almost always included trying to reach outside my designated bounds to try to change the context in which I'm working. My feeling is that the health of CCFT and its members is...

CCFT Spring 2025 Meetings and Event Calendar

The CCFT Spring 2025 Meetings and Event Calendar Executive Board Meetings - Mondays 2:30-4:30pm (unless noted April 7 - CTC 1403 May 5 - CTC 1403 All meetings will be scheduled in-person at the Aptos Campus. Google calendar invites to be sent. Council Meetings -...

CCFT Spring 2025 Meetings and Event Calendar

CCFT Spring 2025 Meetings and Event Calendar

The CCFT Spring 2025 Meetings and Event Calendar Executive Board Meetings - Mondays 2:30-4:30pm (unless noted) April 7 - CTC 1403 May 5 - CTC 1403 All meetings will be scheduled in-person at the Aptos Campus. Google calendar invites to be sent Council Meetings -...

Become a CCFT Member

Become a memberIf you would like to become a member, please complete this online membership form. CCFT deductions for all terms are equal to 1.50 % of gross salary for all unit members, including overload units and summer and winter sessions. Membership The Cabrillo...

Summer 2023 News & Contract Updates

Summer 2023 News & Contract Updates

Ratification vote for contract changes 2023 - coming Soon! CCFT members will receive an ElectionBuddyemail inviting participation in a secure vote for - CCFT Contract Ratification Vote 2023. All contract changes, including any MOU’s, side letters, and...

Welcome to the Spring 2023 Semester

Welcome to the Spring 2023 Semester

Welcome CCFT members to the second half of the academic year of 2022-23! Highlights for Spring semester 2023: CCFT Spring 2023 meeting dates - Flex week meetings Wed. & Thurs. January 25-26. Register at MyCabrilloPD. Guest speaker for Wednesdays lunch meeting:...

Campus Equity Week (CEW)

Campus Equity Week (CEW)

Campus Equity Week is a time of education and activism that draws attention to the working conditions of faculty working on temporary, low-paid contracts, who now constitute the majority of college instructors. The theme for CCFT’s local CEW campaign is: BELONGING....

2022 Mid-Term Elections and Endorsements

2022 Mid-Term Elections and Endorsements

Support our endorsed candidates! Ballots for the Nov 8th election were mailed on Oct 10th, so be on the lookout for yours!  Please vote, and encourage others to do the same. We have three Cabrillo Trustees on the ballot in this election! For the full list of...