TENTATIVE
AGREEMENT
3/16/05
19.1
SENIORITY
LISTS: Each Division or similar unit that employs hourly academic
employees part-time
faculty will establish a seniority list based on the first hourly
employment at the specific college.
19.1.1 Regular faculty who are assigned an overload will be included in the divisional-based hourly seniority list.
19.1.2 If a break in service exceeds three semesters, then the person’s name is to be removed from the seniority list.
19.2 ASSIGNMENT AND RETENTION: Among the factors considered in determining retention and assignment are seniority, as described in 19.1, relative experience/qualifications and program need.
19.2.1 Factors included when giving due consideration to relative experience/qualifications include, but are not limited to:
· General teaching experience including other institutions, not just within the District;
· Related professional experience other than teaching;
· Skills and experience in specialized areas;
· Level of education/academic preparation; and
· Previous performance record (satisfactory or better) and adherence to District Rules and Regulations.
19.2.2 Program need includes, but is not limited to:
· Employee qualifications to carry out the assignment;
· Expertise and/or demonstrated practical experience in the specific requirements of the assignment;
· Employee ability to use and expose students to current information, technology and skills required in the assignment;
· Employee availability at needed time;
· Maintenance of an inclusive academic staff.
19.2.3 It is the
responsibility of the hourly academic employee part-time faculty member to
provide information to management to be considered when determining retention
and assignment.
19.2.4 When feasible, the colleges each College Division will make reasonable
efforts to provide part-time faculty an assignment of at least the same or
similar faculty load as in the previous term if the part-time faculty member
has received two (2) consecutive satisfactory evaluations or has been given an
assignment for six (6) seven (7) semesters
with no negative evaluations.
19.2.5 If a reduction in
assignment is required, the reduction will be discussed with the part-time
faculty member. If requested by the
affected part-time faculty member, the appropriate administrator shall
notify will
provide written confirmation of such reduction including the reason(s) for the
reduction to the part-time faculty member. the part-time faculty
member in writing and shall specify in this notice the reason(s) for this
decision. If the reason is due to a
program need, this need shall be identified.
19.2.6 If, during any semester, there
are more part-time faculty members than there are available assignments, and if
all of the criteria for determining assignments that are defined in 19.2.1 and
19.2.2 above have been met to the satisfaction of the appropriate dean, then
the remaining the available assignments shall be
offered to those part-time faculty members who are most senior according to the
Seniority Lists as described in 19.1, with the most senior part-timers being
offered at least the same faculty load as in the previous term before a
part-time faculty member with less seniority is offered an assignment.
19.2.7 Part-time faculty members
will have the opportunity to communicate in writing with the Dean regarding
desired changes or modifications to their assignment prior to schedule
development for each instructional period.
19.2.8 A
part-time teaching faculty member whose assignment is reduced (e.g. class
canceled due to financial exigency or low enrollment) within three weeks
(fifteen working days) prior to the beginning of that assignment may not claim
seniority as a reason to be reassigned in place of a less senior part-time
faculty member provided that the less senior part-time faculty member had
already been given an assignment prior to the three week period. However,
seniority remains a factor to be considered whenever new, un-staffed
assignments become available. A part-time teacher whose assignment is reduced
under this section will not lose his/her seniority or accumulated sick leave.
19.3 BUYING INTO KAISER HEALTH PLAN: Part-time, hourly faculty who meet the basic eligibility requirements, and who are not otherwise already covered by the District’s health benefit plan, shall have the right to buy into the District’s Kaiser Foundation Health Plan.
19.4 BUMPING BY FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE: Bumping of an hourly instructor by a full-time instructor shall have no effect on seniority or accumulated sick leave.
19.5 EVALUATIONS CAN BE SUBMITTED FOR FULL-TIME OPENING: Results of evaluations of part-time, hourly faculty may be submitted as part of an application for a full-time position.
19.6 REDUCED
ASSIGNMENTS: A part-time
teaching faculty member whose assignment is reduced (e.g. class canceled due to
financial exigency or low enrollment) within three weeks (fifteen working days)
prior to the beginning of that assignment may not claim seniority as a reason
to be reassigned in place of a less senior part-time faculty member provided
that the less senior part-time faculty member had already been given an
assignment prior to the three week period. However, seniority remains a factor
to be considered whenever new, un-staffed assignments become available. A
part-time teacher whose assignment is reduced under this section will not lose
his/her seniority or accumulated sick leave.