November 28, 2018 Meeting

Agenda

Taft College Faculty Association Agenda

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

 

  1. Welcome and Lunch

 

  1. Approval of Minutes from October meeting

 

  1. Treasurer’s Report

 

  1. Nominations for TCFCBC team

 

  1. TCFCBC Update
    1. Dental Hygiene Continuing Education Courses Compensation (1st reading at Nov. Board Mtg.)
    2. English 1000 & 1500 Class Size Limit (25) (1st reading at Nov. Board Mtg.)
    3. Security Cameras Policy and contract language
    4. Program Lead compensation

 

  1. Navia Online Enrollment deadline 11/30/18 (flexible spending account)

 

  1. Other

 

  1. Next Meeting: Tuesday, January 15, 2019, 12:10pm, Location: Cougar Room (Lunch will be provided)

Minutes

Taft College Faculty Association

Minutes for Wednesday, November 28, 2018

 

Welcome & Introductions

President Jones welcomed faculty.

 

Approval of Minutes

A motion to approve the minutes was made by David Layne with a 2ndfrom Kamala Carlson.  The motion was unanimously approved.

 

Treasurer’s Report

Treasurer, Mike Mayfield, reported an overall balance of $10,952.07 excluding payment for today’s lunch.

 

Nomination of TCFCBC Member

Due to Adam Bledsoe’s promotion to Director of Distance Education, President Diane Jones opened up the floor for nominations to the pending vacant position of the bargaining team. This position would be set to expire in 2021. Ruby Payne nominated Mike Jiles.  No other nominations were made. Pending the acceptance by Mike Jiles, he would join the bargaining team in January.

 

Taft College Faculty Collective Bargaining Committee (TCFCBC) Update.

 

  1. Dental Hygiene Continuing Education Courses Compensation

President Jones announced the Dental Hygiene Continuing Education and Remediation compensation was listed as approved in the November board meeting.  Correction pending, the second reading would occur in December.

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  1. English 1000 &1500 Class Size

President Jones reported that the requested a reduction of enrollment limits of English 1500 and memorialization of the enrollment limit to English 1000 to 25 students had a first reading at the November 2018 board meeting. Second reading scheduled for December board meeting.

  1. Security Cameras Policy and Contract Language
    President Jones updated the faculty that there is currently no policy pertaining to the Security Cameras in the faculty contract.The bargaining team presented an interest for addition of language that included monitoring guidelines, including restrictions to student access to viewing, and allowable placement in designated workspaces. Sample language was provided to administration at TCFCBC. Brock McMurray agreed submit a request to the Public Safety Committee and it’s administrative lead, Severo Balason for action.
  2. Program Lead Compensation

President Jones updated the Faculty that the interest for program lead compensation was discussed at TCFCBC.  It was agreed that before compensation could be addressed, it was necessary to clarify that the current list of programs was accurate for accreditation requirements and to clarify the role of program leads. Brock McMurray agreed submit a request to the Governance Council for review.  Geoffrey Dyer shared that the How To Guide could be referenced for current practices, reminded the faculty of planning days during in-service, and reiterated that program review was a 10+1 issue.

 

  1. Navia Online Enrollment Deadline 11/30/18 (flexible spending account)

President Jones reminded the faculty that the last day for Navia flexible spending account sign up was November 30, 2018.  Faculty members were updated on the timelines for using of funds.

 

Other

President Jones circulated the Thank You notes received from Faculty Association scholarship recipients.

 

President Jones reminded faculty that assignments accepted or negotiated by the Taft College Foundation were outside of the faculty contract and could not be protected for expectations, rate of pay, or grievance by the Faculty Association.

President Jones shared updates from a meeting with Heather Meason, Executive Director of Human Resources. The Faculty Association had requested clarification on point of contacts for faculty issues.  Heather Meason reported that Tiffany Rowden was the point of contact for benefits, Alex Haver was the point of contact for recruitment, and that Makayla Payne was point of contact for all other HR related issues. Heather Meason reported she had an interest in cross training her staff and to contact her with any questions or concernsPresident Jones expressed her interest for HR to meet the deadlines for of faculty evaluations and provided recommendation for timelines for disbursement of student evaluations.

 

President Jones reminded the faculty that she attends every Taft College Board meeting and is happy to share any Faculty accomplishments with the Board of Trustees.

 

Vicki Jacobi shared that a tentative in-service schedule was available online and to be on the look out for the SLO day schedule.

 

Joy Reynolds shared that she had a very easy time navigating and setting up the Navia account and reminded faculty that enrollment or selection of amount of contribution required annual update.

 

Kelly Kulzer shared that her Navia reminders landed in her clutter inbox.

 

Kelly Kulzer shared that the Distance Education Committee had a discussion regarding the OEI requirement for establishment of a peer online course review (POCR) team.  Kelly expressed that there may be a need or interest in bargaining a stipend or release time for the POCR participants.

 

Kamala Carlson asked for clarification for the submission of the contribution Opt Out form provided via email. Mike Mayfield clarified that the forms could be submitted to him directly and that he would forward to the appropriate department.

 

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 12:38 pm.

Next Meeting: Tuesday, January 15, 2019, 12:10pm

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