February 27, 2013 Meeting

Agenda

Taft College Faculty Association Agenda

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

 

  1. Welcome and Lunch

 

  1. Approval of Minutes from January meeting

 

  1. Treasurer’s Report

 

  1. TCFCBC Update
    1. Adjunct Salaries – Experience Language
    2. Contract Section 7.2.3.2.1 – Language change
    3. Web MD and EAP Health Benefits

 

  1. Board of Trustees Meeting

 

  1. Class Size Limits

 

  1. CTA Survey – cta.org/ourfuture (complete by March 1, 2013)

 

  1. Other

 

  1. Next Meeting: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 12:10pm, Location: Cougar Room (Lunch will be provided) (Every 4th Wednesday)

Minutes

Taft College Faculty Association

Minutes of February 27, 2013

 

Call to Order

President Diane Jones called the meeting to order at 12:14 pm.

 

Approval of Minutes

Minutes of the January 15 meeting were approved as presented.

 

Treasurer’s Report

Cash Balance

Treasurer Ruby Payne reported that the current balance in the association account is $8528.35 before lunch.

 

Taft College Faculty Collective Bargaining Committee (TCFCBC) Update

Adjunct Salaries

President Diane Jones reported that consensus was reached on this item in the last TCFCBC meeting. She distributed consensus agreement language (attached to official minutes) for discussion and ratification. This language would take effect summer of 2013, and allows adjuncts to start higher than step one on the extra duty page of the contract, based on prior academic or professional experience. A discussion ensued which included topics such as separating adjunct pay from overload, practices at other colleges for overload, and counselor workload.   Vicki Herder requested that TCFCBC members discuss this topic as overload, and not as teaching overload. A motion was presented by David Layne, and seconded by Kelley Kulzer to ratify the consensus agreement. Ratified Unanimously

 

Contract Section 7.2.3.2.1 Language

President Diane Jones reported that a consensus was reached on this item in the last TCFCBC meeting. She distributed consensus agreement draft language (attached to official minutes) for discussion and ratification in concept. To accelerate from Class VII step 18 to 24, a faculty member must earn 12 professional growth units. Nine units can be banked once the faculty member is in Class VII, and three must be earned once in step 18. The consensus language would allow faculty members to bank all 12 units once in Class VII prior to step 18. In this case a faculty member would spend one year at step 18, and accelerate to step 24 without having to earn three units that year. A motion was presented by Craig Johnson and seconded by David Layne to ratify in concept the draft language presented. Concept Ratified Unanimously

 

 

Board of Trustees Meeting

President Diane Jones reported that she attended the February meeting and was able to discuss adjunct salary rates and unit banking in closed session. Diane reminded the association that the Board is very pro-faculty, and asked that we send her information so she can report faculty activities to the Board.

 

 

Class Size Limits

President Diane Jones reported that this item was going to be discussed in Division Chairs meeting, but they haven’t met. She would like to document, not change, class size limits on campus. A discussion followed pertaining to different size limits in different divisions, consistency in face to face versus online sections, and how banner has changed things. It was agreed that Diane and Academic Senate President Tony Thompson will meet with Interim Vice-President Patti Bench to discuss this issue.

 

Web MD and EAP Health Benefits

President Diane Jones invited members to take advantage of these free services. With Web MD a member can register online, and should receive a call within 15 minutes from a Dr.

 

CTA Survey

President Diane Jones invited all interested members to complete a 10 minute survey at www.cta.org/ourfuture by March 1, 2013.

 

Other

President Diane Jones stated the following: 1) Superintendent/President Dena Maloney is having two state of the college meetings. Please attend if you are able and ask questions, 2) The budget is in a state of flux, but all possibilities seem good. If you are in a meeting and state budget figures are used, ask what this means for Taft College, 3) COLA may be a budget possibility, Dena said that if this occurs, we would negotiate it, 4) Diane will meet with Dena regarding the vacant VP of Administrative Services, 5) former faculty member and Interim VP of Instruction Patti Bench stated she would like the customary retirement chair which the association approved two years ago, and 6) The association has a $2400 credit in the scholarship fund. A motion was presented by Ruby Payne and seconded by Sharyn Eveland to offer $2400 in scholarships this year. Darcy Bogle, Juana Escobedo, and David Layne will continue to serve on the scholarship committee. Kelley Kulzer asked if we would look into changing the catastrophic leave language to make it more user friendly. Tony Thompson reminded all available faculty members to attend Monday’s Academic Senate meeting.

 

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 12:52 pm.

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