September 25, 2013 Meeting

Agenda

Taft College Faculty Association Agenda

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

 

  1. Welcome and Lunch

 

  1. Approval of Minutes from August meeting

 

  1. Treasurer’s Report

 

  1. TCFCBC Update
    1. 2013-14 Compensation
    2. Adjunct/Overload Compensation
    3. Voluntary Severance Package
    4. Enrollment Limits
    5. Sabbaticals

 

  1. Contract Highlight – 5.2-5.2.2 and 5.4.1-5.4.3

 

  1. Other

 

  1. Next Meeting: Wednesday, October 23 2013, 12:10pm, Location: Cougar Room (Lunch will be provided) (Every 4th Wednesday)

Minutes

Taft College Faculty Association

Minutes of September 25, 2013

 

Call to Order

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

 

Approval of Minutes

Minutes of the August 23 meeting were approved as presented.

 

Treasurer’s Report

President Diane Jones reported that the balance in the association account is $8110.47 before today’s lunch. We recently received $950, which is the remainder of last year’s dues payments.

Taft College Faculty Collective Bargaining Committee (TCFCBC) Update

2013-2014 Compensation

President Diane Jones reminded the association that we previously ratified the consensus reached in the August TCFCBC meeting on a 2% (1.57% COLA plus 0.43%) across the board salary increase retroactive to July 1, 2013. Diane and Superintendent/President Dena Maloney discussed this issue in closed session with the Board of Trustees. It is expected to be on the October agenda for Board approval.

 

Adjunct/Overload Compensation

President Diane Jones reminded the association that we previously ratified the consensus reached in the August TCFCBC meeting raising step 3 of adjunct/overload salary schedule to $64.35/hr. retroactive to July 1, 2013. Diane and Dena Maloney also discussed this issue in closed session with the Board of Trustees. It is expected to be on the October agenda for Board approval. Diane also encouraged members to do their own calculations to verify retroactive pay.

 

Voluntary Severance Package

President Diane Jones reported that she and HR Director Jana Peters ran cost savings numbers for both the two years of service credit through STRS, as well as a $15,000 per year for two years cash payout option. These numbers were discussed in the last TCFCBC meeting. Consensus was reached on the cash payout option. This will be presented to the Board of Trustees in October, and they will be asked to approve in their November meeting. Vice-President Jeff Ross stated that the cash payout option requires taking STRS retirement. Our team agreed to present this to the association, but is not asking faculty to declare their intent to retire until after the November Board of Trustees meeting. Craig Johnson stated that Dena made it clear in TCFCBC that offering a voluntary severance package is not an every year thing.

 

Enrollment Limits

President Diane Jones reported that the subcommittee brought draft language on this issue to the September TCFCBC meeting. The administration expressed concerns that only faculty would be able to overenroll a course. They cited the example of students registering for fall classes in the summer, and their payments being credited to summer instead of fall. Students were subsequently dropped from the fall course due to non-payment. Draft language as written would not allow the students to be re-added to a full section. This issue is ongoing, and will hopefully end up as contract language.

 

Sabbaticals

President Diane Jones reminded the association that the Academic Senate subcommittee developed a document on this issue. This is still in the TCFCBC queue; there just hasn’t been time to get to it yet. Diane also reminded the association that sabbaticals are currently in the contract, and you don’t have to wait for the conclusion of the TCFCBC to apply for one.

 

Contract Highlight – 5.2 – 5.2.2 and 5.4.1 – 5.4.3

President Diane Jones led a discussion on these sections of the contract. Vicki Herder asked about earned sick leave for non-teaching overload.

 

Other

President Diane Jones reminded the association that peer and self evaluations should be underway. She also reminded members that our contract is only as strong as we are in advocating for it. Please don’t advocate for new time commitments without going through TCFCBC. Diane also updated members on the continuing effort to get salary schedule reports out to individual faculty members. Please let her know if you don’t receive your report by the next Faculty Association meeting.

 

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 1:00 pm.

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