by CCFT | Oct 29, 2014 | Faculty Voice, Oct. 2014 Faculty Voice, Repeatability
by Susan Stuart In the most recent Rostrum, the publication of the Academic Senate of California Community Colleges (ASCCC), new faculty president David Morse justifies with unwavering certainty why a student cannot re-take a class to advance or update his/her...
by CCFT | Sep 30, 2014 | Faculty Voice, Negotiations, Sept. 2014 Faculty Voice
by Maya Bendotoff At the very end of the Spring 2014 semester CCFT and the District agreed to the following on compensation and workload for 2014-15: Maintaining the salary increase from 2013-14 (this included a 1.1% ongoing increase plus a 1.63% one-time increase)....
by CCFT | Sep 30, 2014 | Elections, Faculty Voice, Sept. 2014 Faculty Voice
by Steve Schessler Issues. Our union’s Committee on Political Education (COPE) needs your help and support as we gear up for this year’s issues. As educators and support professionals, we understand the importance of pedagogically-sound class size, the funding...
by CCFT | Sep 30, 2014 | Faculty Voice, Negotiations, Part-timers, Sept. 2014 Faculty Voice
by Maya Bendotoff In the spring of 2014, CCFT and the District launched our first-ever pilot program for additional pay for designated ancillary activities (see Side Letter of Agreement 13-14.10). As part of the pilot, we agreed to evaluate the project prior to moving...
by CCFT | Sep 30, 2014 | Faculty Voice, President's Report, Sept. 2014 Faculty Voice
by Conrad Scott-Curtis As the school year gets underway, I thought it would be important to summarize where the college stands with enrollments—recent, current, and projected—and look ahead to budget challenges posed when enrollments decrease. In addition, as a union,...
by CCFT | May 31, 2014 | Faculty Voice, May 2014 Faculty Voice, Repeatability
By Maya Bendotoff At the end of last semester, after a year of discussing what a campaign for quality public education looks like, the CCFT Council agreed to advocate for changes to repeatability regulations that limit access and success, or to “Keep the Community in...
