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Part-time FAQ's
Below is a quick reference guide for some of our most frequently asked contract questions. Find the complete Part-time contract on our Contracts & MOU's page. In each section, you will find the corresponding contract article. Please feel free to reach out to your campus VP of Member Rights should you have a question that is not listed here.
Welcome to the Spring semester 2023!
Quick Reference Guide
Sick Leave
Evaluations
Personnel Records
ARTICLE: XIV LEAVES WITH PAY
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18 hours of teaching= 1 hr. sick leave earned in fall, spring, and summer terms.
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Can be used for: illness, pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, and recovery there-from, purposes of parental leave, quarantine by the County Health Officer, personal necessity , death of a family member, property damage/potential property damage.
ARTICLE: XII EVALUTION OF FACULTY
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Evaluations occur during the first, second, possible 3rd semester, and once every 6 semesters thereafter.
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Instructional-Visitation dates and times shall take place between weeks six (6) and thirteen (13) scheduled within a three (3) week window announced to the unit member.
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Student questionnaires are administered (no earlier than week six (6) and no later than week fourteen (14)
ARTICLE: XIII PERSONNEL RECORDS
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Every unit member shall have the right to inspect material in his/her personnel file at any time mutually convenient to the employee and the District.
ARTICLE: XI - C HOURS, WORKLOAD, CLASS SIZE
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To qualify, unit member must teach at least five (5) lecture hour equivalents (see PT contract for additional criteria)
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If selected, members may be compensated for up to 12 office hours per year at $30 an hour. In contract year 2020-21, office hours will increase to 14 hrs./yr.
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Part-time unit members who are interested must complete the appropriate request form by Friday of the first week of each semester. This form must be submitted to the Office of the Vice President of Instruction.
*Note: SCFT has negotiated and extension on paid office hours for the 2021-2022 academic year (F 2021 &SP 2022) additionally qualifying all adjuncts regardless of how many units they are teaching. Office hours will be documented on a time sheet or "green sheet" and submitted to your Dean for payment at the end of the semester.
ARTICLE: XI - C HOURS, WORKLOAD, CLASS SIZE
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“Comparable Assignment” shall be defined to be as close as possible to a unit member’s average load over the previous three (3) like semesters (fall to fall or spring to spring) in which the unit member had load, not including summer
ARTICLE: XI - C HOURS, WORKLOAD, CLASS SIZE
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The top two (2) highest ranked of all current unit members, based on the recommendation of the screening committee, shall be invited to interview for a full-time faculty vacancy that is not filled through the transfer process.
ARTICLE: XVI COMPENSATION
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STEP ADVANCEMENT
Step advancement shall occur at the beginning of the academic year conditioned upon the part-time unit member having taught and completed four (4) semesters of work on the same step. The semesters need not be consecutive.
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CLASS ADVANCEMENT
A unit member anticipating a change in class placement must file a "Letter of Intent” by the deadline established in the notice distributed by the District Human Resources Office at the beginning of each fall and spring semester. As proof of completion, official transcripts or other written supporting evidence must be submitted to the District Human Resources Office by the stated deadline.
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Orientation/Training – Unit members attending orientation and training will be paid twenty five dollars ($25) per hour.
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Special Projects – Faculty performing extra duties during unassigned times or completing a special project (mutually agreed upon by the unit member and management) will be paid at the unit member’s Schedule C2 lab rate per hour worked and submitted on the appropriate timesheet.
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If a part-time unit member is asked to complete a program review report, after completion and submission of the report to the Dean, the unit member will be paid up to ten (10) hours at the unit member’s Schedule C2 lab rate.
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Office Hour – Part-time unit members approved for office hours will be paid thirty dollars ($30) per hour (see Article XI-C, Section 5).
Office Hours
Assignment
Full-time Vacancies
Step/Class Advancement
Special Pay Rates
Stand With Your Union!
Join the majority of your SCCCD colleagues who believe in the power of collective bargaining by becoming a member!
As a member of the SCFT you'll be able to:
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Vote on union business
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Become eligible to run for Federation office and or CFT Convention Delegate-- where union policy and positions are shaped on issues affecting all members state-wide.
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Take advantage of local and affiliate benefits such as scholarships, mortgage programs, and discounts
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Participate in student debt clinics and EDD workshops
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Access to our members only page where past meetings, job postings, unemployment clinics, and other important information is posted
More importantly, with negotiations on the horizon, we'll need a strong and engaged membership to make significant progress on wages, hours, and working conditions. We can't do it alone! The foundation of our strength is in our membership numbers. From there, we build our capacity by growing new union leaders to engage and mobilize our colleagues and community.
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*SCFT has been able to maintain low-cost dues for our part-time members who pay a flat membership fee of $16.57 only during the months which they are employed.
