MIRACOSTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Classification & Compensation Study
Timeline  Revised 3/1/16
CLASSIFICATION PHASE
Study Element
Timing
1.
Initial EMT and HR planning meetings. Conducted.
Nov 23 and 30
2.
RSG receives/reviews background data and material from College HR.
3.
Meeting with Steering Committee on timeline and PDQ. Timeline revised.
4.
College and RSG finalize Position Description Questionnaire (PDQ) and Manager/Administrator Supplement. Final documents produced; College uploads to website.
5.
College and RSG determine job data-gathering approach to be used for full-time Faculty and
Associate Faculty. Plan carried out.
6.
Series of employee orientation meetings conducted; four sites.
Jan 2829; Feb 45
7.
Due date: Completed PDQs due from employees to supervisor.
February 19
8.
Due date: Managers/Administrators complete supplements and forward all materials to HR.
9.
HR accounts for and organizes all material and forwards to RSG.
10. RSG reads/reviews PDQs and Manager Supplements.
11. RSG prepares schedules of proposed job analysis interviews; forwards to HR.
12. HR schedules all interviews with employees, administrators and faculty.
13. RSG conducts interviews.
December 22  Jan 6
January 12
By January 22
Jan 18  March 4
March 11
By March 18
March 21  April 1
Starting March 28; all
provided HR by April 1
March 30  April 8
April 11
April 29  May 11
14. Classification analyses.
15. Present preliminary classification report to HR and EMT for discussion, feedback and
agreement.
16. *Presentation/discussion of preliminary classification report to Steering Committee.
May 16
Week of May 16 or 23
17. College review/decision making on RSG’s classification recommendations.
May 19  June 3
18. College provides feedback to RSG.
Week of June 6
19. RSG finalizes classification plan; drafts new/updated job descriptions.
20. Job description drafts reviewed by College management.
June 13  July 15
College reviews: July 1828
RSG finalizes: Aug 112
21. Employee notification of classification recommendations; employee process for requests for
reconsideration. (After 10-month employees return.)
Aug 29  Sept 9
22. Finalize classification plan.
Week of Sept 12
* Steering Committee meeting to be scheduled.
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Revised Timeline (cont.)
COMPENSATION PHASE
Study Element
Timing
23. * Initiate discussion of comparison agencies for the compensation survey.
Week of May 2
24. Finalize agreement on survey comparators.
By May 17
25. Gather survey materials from agencies.
May 18  ??
26. * Agree on MCCCD benchmark classes for the compensation survey
By July 22
27. Conduct the salary survey; perform comparability analyses for College benchmark
classes in each survey agency.
Sept 9  Oct 7
28. * Document survey comparisons and results; develop data sheets and exhibits; conduct
RSG’s internal classification relationship analysis; compare with CRC results. Present
all findings.
October 10
29. Agree on formal statement of MiraCosta’s compensation philosophy.
By October 10
30. Design improved salary structures/schedules; allocate all classifications to the appropriate salary grade based on comp philosophy, market data and internal job content
relationships.
November
31. * Review and discuss all compensation findings and recommendations with College
management.
Late November
32. Prepare and present final compensation report.
TBD
* Steering Committee meeting to be scheduled.
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