8.1 REGULAR FACULTY SALARY SCHEDULE: The regular academic employees’ salary schedule is listed in Appendix B. For the 2004-2005 academic year, the schedule reflects a 2.75 % increase applied to every cell of the schedule, effective August 16, 2004. It applies to:
1. members of the academic employee bargaining unit with assignments of more than sixty percent (60%) of full time for the regular academic year,
2. tenured part-time faculty members with assignments of sixty percent (60%) or less of full time for the academic year,
3. unit members who are contract or regular employees with normal assignments of more than sixty percent (60%) of full time, but who have voluntarily reduced load,
4. academic employee bargaining unit members who are semester-long, full-time replacements for academic employees granted leaves of absence,
5. those employed full time in the Spring semester with the District’s expectation of full-time, continued service.
8.2 PAYCHECK PROVISIONS: The following procedures shall apply related to faculty paychecks:
8.2.1 Compensation for full-time regular academic employees will be paid in accordance with the payment distribution option chosen by the faculty member. Every full-time regular faculty member on a ten-month contract shall have the option of having his/her salary distributed over the 10-month academic year or over the 12-month calendar year if the 12-month option was applied as of February 1, 2001. The individual options are listed below:
8.2.1.1 Option 1 – 10 Month Distribution: Annual salary is paid to the employee over 10 months, commencing with the first month of the Fall Semester. Deductions for retirement, state and federal withholding taxes, and all other voluntary deductions are made over a 10-month period.
8.2.1.2 Option 2 – 10 Month Distribution (September – June): Annual salary is paid to employee over 10 months, September through June. Deductions for retirement, state and federal withholding taxes, and all other voluntary deductions are made over a 10-month period.
8.2.1.3 Option 3 – 12 Month Distribution: Annual salary is paid to employee over 12 months, September through August. The employee authorizes the District to withhold one-sixth (1/6th) of net check during the months of September through June for payment to the employee during July and August. Deductions for retirement, state and federal withholding and payroll taxes, tax shelters, and payment of over-cap medical coverage, are made over a 10-month period; all other voluntary deductions (e.g., supplemental life insurance, credit union, donations) are made over a 12-month period. This option is only available to current employees who are on this plan as of February 1, 2001.
8.2.2 Payroll Errors: Proper salary grade and step placement is a joint responsibility of the employee and the District. All employees are to review their salary placement at least annually and should they believe that they are improperly placed on the salary schedule, they are to immediately bring this information to the attention of the District.
8.2.2.1 Any payroll error resulting in insufficient payment for an employee in the bargaining unit shall be corrected, and a special payroll check issued no later than five (5) working days after the District has received both a written request from the employee and verification of the error. Otherwise, the supplemental amount will be included in the next regular paycheck following verification of the error.
8.2.2.2 If the District overpays the employee, the employee shall, upon realizing the fact or upon notification from the District, repay the full amount of such overpayment. If the overpayment is $100 or less, the employee shall have the overpayment deducted in the next paycheck. For overpayments exceeding $100, the repayment schedule shall be equal to the number of months the employee was overpaid. For example, an employee who was overpaid a total of $300 over a period of three months shall have $100 deducted for the three months. Employees who leave the District or go on unpaid leaves prior to complete repayment shall have the remainder of the overpayment deducted from their final check. If the final check is insufficient to cover the amount owed, the employee will submit the necessary funds to the District within 30 calendar days.
8.2.3 Equal
Distribution of Salary for Part-Time Faculty: Part-time faculty who have semester-long
class assignments shall have their payroll distributed each semester in four
(4) equal payments over five (5) months as of spring 2002. The first and last distribution will equal
one-half of one full payment. Employees
who have semester long classes cancelled or added during the term shall have
the subsequent checks adjusted accordingly.
8.2.4 Direct Deposit: The District will offer direct deposit for payroll checks to all faculty members.
8.3 PLACEMENT
OF REGULAR FACULTY
8.3.1 Salary classes based upon academic preparation are defined in Appendix C.
8.3.2 If they are to be recognized for salary placement, units taken after the award of the Bachelor’s degree must ordinarily be upper division or graduate units granted by an accredited college or university.
8.3.3 For salary placement purposes, academic degrees and units must be earned from accredited institutions of higher education. Academic degrees from unaccredited colleges and universities, both foreign and domestic, will be acceptable provided that either:
1. the registrar of an accredited institution of higher education certifies that the degree in question is the equivalent of an earned academic degree granted by his/her institution; or
2. the degree serves as the basis for the award of a post-doctoral research fellowship from an accredited institution of higher education.
8.3.4 “Accredited institution of higher education” means an institution of higher education in the United States or its territories, accredited by a United States regional accrediting association which awards accreditation to institutions of higher education as one of its predominant activities, or by a recognized professional organization which awards accreditation to institutions of higher education for training in that profession.
8.3.5
Degrees and academic units to be credited for
salary schedule placement must be verified from original transcripts to which
the college or university seal or registrar’s signature has been affixed. For
new employees, transcripts must be received by the Office of Human Resources by
the end of the month in which original employment begins. Verification of
membership in the California Bar must be by official documentation certifying
that the employee is eligible to practice law in the State of
8.3.6 Step placement on the regular academic
employee salary schedule is based upon prior teaching experience or acceptable
equivalent. High school and
college-level teaching experience as a regular faculty member will be
recognized on a year-for-year basis.
Teaching experience between grades 1 and 8 (elementary) will be counted
as one-half the value of teaching experience in grades 9 and higher. A new contract academic employee with 0 to 3
years of prior experience and whose first day of service begins on or after
July 1, 2001 will be placed on Step 1. For a new contract employee with four (4) or
more years of prior experience, such experience
will be recognized, year for equivalent year, up to a total of seven (7) years
for a maximum initial placement at Step
5. The Chancellor-Superintendent may recommend initial placement above
Step 5 in exceptional circumstances that affect the interest of the
District. The Chancellor-Superintendent
will inform the Union president of such recommendation. The following chart illustrates initial
placement according to this section:
0-3 yrs. Experience Step 1
4 Step 2
5 Step 3
6
Step 4
7 or more
Step 5
8.3.7 Part-time teaching will be credited on the basis of its equivalent in full-time teaching at the institution where the teaching occurred.
8.3.8 Related vocational experience, and professional experience other than teaching in regular faculty status, will be evaluated on the basis of duration and closeness of relationship to the teaching assignment in this District. One year of teaching experience will be allowed for each two years of full-time, fully related professional or vocational experience, or its equivalent in part-time experience. Years of service spent as an apprentice, or years of service spent achieving the equivalent of journeyman status, will not be counted. Years of service, whether paid or unpaid, which were spent as a part of a required program leading to a higher academic degree or certificate will not be counted.
8.3.9 Letters of verification of all experience used for step placement on the salary schedule must be received by the Office of Human Resources by the end of the month in which original employment begins.
8.4 CLASS ADVANCEMENT: To qualify for class advancement on the regular academic employee salary schedule, academic personnel will submit evidence of an advanced degree from an accredited college or university or evidence of a sufficient number of units to meet requirements for class advancement on the salary schedule. As proof of completion, official transcripts must be submitted prior to September 30th of the year for which the change in salary placement is requested. Class advancements are processed only during the month of September of each year, and modify the employee’s salary for the full college year.
8.4.1 For class advancement purposes, an academic employee may submit without prior approval:
1. Upper division and graduate units, offered by accredited colleges and universities, relevant to the instructor’s teaching field.
2. Education courses required for a credential or degree appropriate to the instructor’s field in community college teaching.
8.4.2 Other courses must be individually approved by the Director of Human Resources. Prior approval of courses in which an academic employee plans to enroll should be obtained to ensure that units will be applicable for advancement on the salary schedule. Such requests for prior approval should be submitted to the employee’s immediate supervisor, who will attach his/her recommendation and forward them through the Vice President to the Director of Human Resources. The Director of Human Resources will then approve or disapprove, in full or in part, and so inform the instructor, the Vice President, and the immediate supervisor.
8.5 STEP ADVANCEMENT ON REGULAR SCHEDULE: To qualify for step advancement on the regular academic employee salary schedule, an employee’s term of service must encompass seventy-five percent (75%) or more of the school days in the college year, or seventy-five percent (75%) or more of the school days in two semesters within a three-year period.
8.5.1 From
Step 1 through Step 12 8,
employees will advance at the rate of one step per year. Two years of service at Step 12 9 are required for advancement
to Step 14 11. Three years of service at Step 14 11 are required for advancement
to Step 17 14. Four years of service at Step 17 14 are required for advancement
to Step 21 18. Five years of service at Step 21 18 are required for advancement
to Step 26 23.
8.5.2 All
step advances on the salary schedule are normally effective at the beginning of
the Fall semester. However effective spring 1999, step
advances for regular, full-time faculty whose service begins in Spring semester and who meet the requirements of Section
8.5, will advance to the next step on a Spring anniversary date rather than the
Fall anniversary date.
8.6 REQUIRED
SERVICES OUTSIDE THE
8.6.1 The per diem rate is six hours at the special rate, Step 10 of the Adjunct Faculty Salary Schedule.
8.6.2 Academic employees who are expected to work beyond the normal 175-day academic year because of serving on a screening committee for new employees will be paid at the special hourly rate for actual hours worked in session with the committee or at the per diem rate, whichever is less. Any such work must be necessary and have prior approval of the College President or the Chancellor-Superintendent.
8.7 SALARY DEDUCTIONS FOR ABSENCE WITHOUT PAY: When an academic employee whose compensation is based upon the regular academic employee salary schedule is absent for reasons which do not justify the use of any of the forms of authorized leave with pay, a fraction of the employee’s annual salary will be deducted. The fraction will be the number of days absent divided by the number of days in the teaching year.
8.7.1 When a deduction for a partial day of absence becomes necessary, the fraction of a day absent will be computed by dividing the number of hours of absence by the total number of hours the employee is scheduled to be on campus on that day, including office hours.
8.8 HOURLY ACADEMIC SALARY SCHEDULE: The hourly academic employees’ salary schedule is listed in Appendix B. For the 2004-2005 academic year, the schedule reflects a 2.75 % increase applied to every cell of the schedule, effective August 16, 2004. It applies to academic employees with assignments of sixty percent (60%) or less of full time for the college year. It also serves as the basis of compensation for summer session assignments and of additional compensation for full-time academic employees assigned beyond their regular full-time assignments. Summer Session compensation will be based on the hourly academic employee salary schedule in effect during the previous Spring semester.
8.9 PLACEMENT ON HOURLY ACADEMIC SALARY SCHEDULE: Placement of an individual on the hourly academic employee salary schedule is based upon academic preparation and teaching experience or acceptable equivalent.
8.9.1 Degrees and units are used to determine step placement on the hourly academic employee salary schedule in accordance with the following rules:
8.9.1.1 Persons holding an earned doctorate, or who are members of the California Bar, will be given two (2) years of teaching equivalency, to be added to the total of the years credited as a result of evaluating teaching and related experience.
8.9.1.2 Persons holding a valid Master’s degree, or a life vocational credential will receive zero (0) years of teaching equivalency.
8.9.1.3 Persons holding only a Bachelor’s degree and any number of units taken after the award of the degree will have one (1) year of teaching equivalency subtracted from the years credited for teaching and related experience.
8.9.1.4 Persons holding only an A.A. degree and any number of units short of a Bachelor’s degree will have three (3) years of teaching equivalency subtracted from the total years credited for teaching and related experience.
8.9.1.5 One (1) year and no years of college are assigned a value of negative four (4) years of teaching equivalency and treated as above.
8.9.2 Both teaching and related work experience will be evaluated as set forth in Sections 8.3. of this Agreement. As with the regular academic employee salary schedule, high school and college level teaching experience will be recognized on a year-for-year basis up to five years. The maximum initial step placement on the hourly academic employee salary schedule will be at Step 8, except for holders of an earned doctorate or members of the California Bar, for whom the maximum initial placement will be at Step 10. Step 1 of the hourly salary schedule is inactive as of September 1999.
8.10 STEP
ADVANCEMENT ON HOURLY SCHEDULE: To qualify for step advancement on the hourly academic employee salary
schedule, an employee must have served in paid academic status during two
semesters (summer sessions are acceptable in lieu of semesters) within a
three-year period. Step advancements will be made only at the beginning of the Fall semester.
Adjunct
faculty returning to the District who have been in paid academic status during
two semesters (summer sessions are acceptable in lieu of semesters) within a
three-year period shall be advanced a step on the salary schedule beginning in
the Fall Semester.
Adjunct
faculty returning to the District after a break of more than three years shall
be placed on the salary schedule at a step no lower than the step at which they
were paid when they left the District.
8.11 HOURLY COUNSELING SERVICES PAY RATE: Counseling service, when compensated on an hourly basis, will be paid at the hourly laboratory rate.
8.12 SUBSTITUTE HOURLY PAY RATES: Substitute instructors, librarians, and counselors will be paid at the substitute’s step of the appropriate column of the hourly academic salary schedule.