May 17, 2017 Meeting

Agenda

Taft College Faculty Association Agenda

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

 

  1. Welcome and Lunch

 

  1. Approval of Minutes from April meeting

 

  1. Treasurer’s Report

 

  1. TCFCBC Update
    1. AB 2393 “Parental Leave” (1st reading of MOU at May Board Mtg.)
    2. SB 1379 “Part-time, temporary employees re-hire rights” (1st reading of MOU at June Board Mtg.)
    3. Face-to-face teaching at correctional facilities
    4. Compensation 2017-18
    5. Compensation for Faculty Association President
    6. New 3-year contract (current contract expires 6/30/17) (1st reading of MOU at June Board Mtg.)

 

  1. President’s conference July 21-23, 2017

 

  1. Officers for 2017-18

 

President               Diane Jones

Vice-President          Ruby Payne

Secretary               Jessica Grimes

Treasurer               Mike Mayfield

Bargaining Team     Diane Jones (Pres.)

Ruby Payne (VP)

Greg Golling (term expires 2018)

Adam Bledsoe (term expires 2018)

Joe’ll Chaidez (term expires 2019)

Jessica Grimes (term expires 2020)

Mike Mayfield (term expires 2020)

 

  1. Graduation

 

  1. Other

 

  1. Next Meeting: August Inservice TBA 12:10pm, Location: Cougar Room (Lunch will be provided)

Minutes

Taft College Faculty Association

Minutes of May 17, 2017

Approval of Minutes

President Diane Jones opened the meeting by congratulating Paul Blake for being selected as the new full-time associate professor of engineering, and Paul Blake expressed thanks. President Jones reported that two plaques have been given for these retirees—Gary Graupman and Dr. Eric Bérubé. Greg Golling made a motion to approve the minutes, which Candace Duron seconded. The motion was unanimously approved.

 

Treasurer’s Report

Treasurer Ruby Payne reported a balance of $6,527.53 before lunch, and President Jones thanked the scholarship committee for its work on selecting recipients.

 

Taft College Faculty Collective Bargaining Committee (TCFCBC) Update

a). AB 2393 “Parental Leave”

President Jones reported this issue, which the District has already been honoring, has had its first reading and will be ratified soon.

 

b). SB 1379 “Part Time, Temporary Employees Re-hire Rights”

President Jones reported that the bargaining team reached consensus at the April bargaining meeting. It will have its first reading in June and is expected to be approved in July, thus meeting the eligibility deadline to receive SSSP funds.

 

c). Face-to-Face Teaching at Correctional Facilities

President Jones mentioned that since last month’s robust discussion, Dr. Chung-Wee altered the first paragraph with these changes: stronger language emphasizing teaching is voluntary and language indicating compensation for mileage. She reported that the team reached consensus and clarified that the language, when read holistically, is clear about teaching voluntarily. She also explained that all certified faculty, part-time and full-time, must honor the obligation unless an extenuating circumstance arises, and then those situations would be treated on a case-by-case basis and would extend to lab and lecture classes. Geoffrey Dyer made a motion to approve this issue, Dr. Vicki Jacobi seconded, and the motion was carried unanimously.

 

d). Compensation 2017-18

President Jones reported that the District has passed on COLA, which is currently at 1.56% according to the May Revision budget. COLA will be retroactive to July 1st and based on whatever the legislature signs. The District did indicate that a discussion on budgets may be forthcoming and indicated future COLA may be partial. President Jones clarified that the employee obligation hasn’t continued to increase. Tony Thompson made a motion to approve COLA, which Tori Furman seconded, and the motion carried.

 

e). Compensation for Faculty Association President

Vice President Mike Mayfield reported that he has asked President Jones to bring this issue forward as the duties and hours have increased owing to the campus becoming more complex and its continued growth; however, the release time hasn’t been examined in the last decade. President Jones presented a document of her workload based on the past 4 years that indicated she is paid 102 hours/academic year, although her work exceeds 180-200 hours/academic year. The District was supportive but wanted more data on how other Districts compensate association presidents. Additionally, President Jones has asked the CCA representative to survey other faculty association presidents on their compensation. The research indicates similar compensation to the academic senate and may mean an increase to be divided among bargaining members, but this issue is pending and will be addressed at the next August meeting.

f). New 3-year Contract

President Jones reported that this item has been ratified and will go to the board in June/July. Also, Judy Wade has the contract almost updated, but the bargaining team will review it before it is published. Once board approved, then it will be accessible online, and hard copies will be available at the August meeting.

 

President’s Conference

President Jones requested funds of $500 for new Vice President Ruby Payne and her to pay for travel expenses at the CCA conference. Tony Thompson made a motion to approve funds, and Robin Polski seconded it. The motion unanimously passed.

 

Officers

President Jones directed Association members to the May 17th agenda, which lists officers and the bargaining team.

 

Graduation

President Jones reminded everyone of the 2-hour contract commitment to attend the graduation and explained if faculty can’t attend, then faculty can request PNL.

 

Other

President Jones thanked Becky Roth for working with Vice President of Instruction Mark to increase the May in-service units, usually contracted for 3 units, to 6 units. She encouraged faculty to take advantage of in-service to earn flex time. Also, she encouraged faculty to not over-enroll classes in the summer due to classes being cut to avoid incentivizing offering fewer classes. President Jones reminded faculty not to offer independent study as it is outside of the contract, and she mentioned if any discrepancy occurs, faculty can contact her. Don Thornsberry addressed the Association on his non-retention. President Jones ended the meeting by stating the Association will follow-up on the evaluation process and the status of the contract.

 

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 12:55 pm.

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