by CCFT | Sep 10, 2016 | September 2016 faculty voice, Struggle in the Courts
David Lau Vergara v. CTA Is Over Back in April, a California Appeals Court overturned the Vergara decision from 2014, in which a lower court had fundamentally thrown out the tenure protections of the K-12 Public Education system in the state. Now this past summer, the...
by CCFT | Sep 10, 2016 | Budget, Elections, September 2016 faculty voice
Steve Schessler If you think back four years to 2012, you may remember the huge campaign around Proposition 30 – following our great success then, Prop 30 funds currently comprise 14% of our total revenue ($8.6 million). We’re about to lose that...
by CCFT | Sep 10, 2016 | Elections, Guided Pathways, September 2016 faculty voice, Student Equity
Robin McFarland and Skye Gentile Faculty senate continues to focus on student equity and student success. With that in mind, at every meeting we devote some time to the topic of Guided Pathways. Many of you attended the Guided Pathways Institute that was presented by...
by CCFT | Sep 10, 2016 | Contract Development, Non-credit Courses, September 2016 faculty voice
Karl Ewald, CCFT President Maya Bendotoff wrote an extensive piece on AB 86 and Enhanced Noncredit for the December 2015 issue of Faculty Voice. At that time, CCFT and the district were in negotiations around compensation for faculty doing this work. In March 2016,...
by CCFT | Sep 10, 2016 | President's Report, September 2016 faculty voice
Karl Ewald, CCFT President It is truly an honor to have been elected president and to have this chance to serve the faculty through CCFT. The last few weeks have given me a completely new view of Cabrillo. Partially because I’ve been spending about half my time...
