The Contract Academic Employees Master Agreement, 2015-2018

The ContractAcademic Employees Master Agreement, 2015-2018

Article I: Agreement Three year contract:oJuly, 2015 to June, 2018.

Article VI: Association Rights Officers and negotiators will have 48 LHE of

reassignment during each academic year

The Association may purchase 12 additional LHE at backfill rates

Summer LHE:

o3 for the President

o1 for Chief Negotiator, 3 during negotiations

Article VIII: Negotiation Procedures

Notification of intent to bargain can take place on or after September 1, allowing negotiations to begin earlier

Article IX: Unit Stability Require mutual agreement between the

Association and the District when the duties and responsibilities in an original job announcement must be changed so that a faculty member can make load

Article X: Organizational Security

Revised to reflect membership status and dues collection practices

Article XIV: Assignment, Contract Year, Hours of Service, and Professional Duties

Office hours must be published for students

Office hours may be held on-line as mutually agreed between dean and faculty member

Paid student consultation time for part-time classroom faculty members: 20 minutes per LHE

Require mandatory training as negotiated with the Association or required by law

Require first-year full-time faculty to attend orientation

Require attendance at Commencement or appropriate graduation ceremony, unless participating in District-affiliated conflicting event

Article XIV: Assignment, Contract Year, Hours of Service, and Professional Duties

Article XV: Workload Create “practicum” course definition

oCourses previously loaded 1:1 will be labs

oCourses previously loaded at 1.2:1 will be Practicum

Create petition process for designation of labs and practicum courses

Reduce minimum class size for classes capped at or under 25 to 18

Large lecture not allowed for classes used for productivity incentive or class averaging

Allow part-time faculty to accept extra duty day assignments

Add extra duty days for Articulation officer, Dance, Nursing and Sand Volleyball Coach

Revise and simplify chair compensation model

Revise CWE compensation model, and increase compensation

Article XV: Workload

Article XVII: Evaluations Tenure Review process

o Add a section delineating the steps of the tenure process

o Add a non-voting faculty mentor/advocate to the TRC

o Add a portfolio submitted by the probationary faculty member

o Specify on-line evaluation conditions

o Allow TRC to use student evaluations (for probationary faculty members only)

o Include information about activities other than classroom observation in formal evaluation

Tenured faculty evaluation

oAdd a portfolio submitted by the faculty member

oSpecify on-line evaluation conditions

oPrevent evaluator from seeing or using student evaluations in the evaluation process

o Include information about activities other than classroom observation in formal evaluation

Article XVII: Evaluations

Part-time faculty evaluation

oAdd a portfolio submitted by the faculty member

oSpecify on-line evaluation conditions

oPrevent evaluator from seeing or using student evaluations in the evaluation process

o Include information about activities other than classroom observation in formal evaluation

Article XVII: Evaluations

Article XXVI: Bonded Sabbatical and Professional Development

Establish eligibility list on July 1st

Prevent faculty members from serving on Sabbatical Committee while their own projects are being considered

Article XXVII: Benefits Increased faculty parking costs

o2016-17

• Full-time: $40

•Part-time: $20

o2017-18

• Full-time: $60

•Part-time: $30

Article XXX: Wages

Link part-time faculty and overload salary schedules to the Academic Salary Schedule

Eliminate summer salary schedule Increase compensation foropart-time facultyofull-time faculty overload

Part-time, full-time overload and summer, 2018-2018

Classroom part-time and summer

• 1 hour student contact• 1 hour prep• 20 minutes student

conferencing

  I II III IV V Va Vb

2015-2016 $1,187 $1,235 $1,282 $1,330 $1,377 $1,425 $1,472

2016-2017 $1,223 $1,272 $1,321 $1,370 $1,419 $1,467 $1,516

2017-2018 $1,260 $1,310 $1,360 $1,411 $1,461 $1,512 $1,562

Non-classroom part-time and summer

• 1 hour student contact• No additional

conferencing

Full-time overload• 1 hour student contact• 1 hour prep• No additional office

hours

2015-2016 $1,039 $1,080 $1,122 $1,163 $1,205 $1,246 $1,288

hourly $62.57 $65.08 $67.58 $70.08 $72.59 $75.09 $77.59

2016-2017 $1,070 $1,113 $1,155 $1,198 $1,241 $1,284 $1,327

hourly $64.45 $67.03 $69.61 $72.19 $74.76 $77.34 $79.92

2017-2018 $1,102 $1,146 $1,190 $1,234 $1,278 $1,322 $1,366

hourly $66.39 $69.04 $71.70 $74.35 $77.01 $79.66 $82.32

I II III IV V

1 $967 $1,040

$1,112

$1,161

$1,161

2 $1,016

$1,088

$1,161

3 $1,064

$1,137

4 $1,112

$1,161

5 $1,161

2013-2014 OSH Schedule

I II III IV V Va Vb

$1,187 $1,235 $1,282 $1,330 $1,377 $1,425 $1,472

2015-2016 Part-time Classroom LHE Schedule

Structure• 5 columns• + 2 additional “experience” columns

Initial placement:• Education

– I—Bachelor’s– II—Master’s, or Bachelor’s + 40 units– III—Master’s + 20 units, or Bachelor’s + 50– IV—Master’s + 40 units, or Bachelor’s + 70 units– V—Doctorate, or Master’s + 60, or Bachelor’s +

90 units• Previous experience

Advance 1 column for each 30 units of experience

+ 30units

+ 30units

+ 30units

+ 30units

+ 30units

+ 30units

Article XXX: Wages Allow credit for simultaneous instructional and non-

instructional experience for salary schedule placement of new hires

Doctoral stipend fixed at 5.6% of base salary

Raise:o2015-16: 6%

o2016-17: 3%

o2017-18: 3%

To be resolved by MOU

Article XV: Workloado Department chair stipends

Article XXXI: Faculty Retirement Benefitso Cap cost increases for purchased benefits for

dependents of retired faculty members

Evaluation instrument

Articles NOT changed Article II Effect Of Agreement

Article III Severability

Article V Recognition

Article VII Management Rights

Article XI Professional Dues Or Fees And Payroll Deductions

Article XII Board Policies

Article XIII Reopener Clause

Article XVI Part-Time Faculty

Article XVIII Personnel Files

Article XIX Transfers

Article XX Travel

Article XXI Safety

Article XXII Lay-Off Procedures

Article XXIII Discipline Procedures

Article XXIV Federal And State Statutes Regarding Harassment And Discrimination

Article XXV Grievance Procedures

Article XXVIII Workload Banking Program

Article XXIX Leaves

Questions?