Oct 2013
Faculty
Matters
A Look Inside
American Federation
Faculty
Association
of Teachers
Local 6157
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Retiree Corner
AFT 6157-R Fall Meeting
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Redesigning the Redesign
By David Yancey, FA, AFT 6157 President
By now you have all probably heard
that the new effort in our district, after
we successfully were removed from
sanctions by the ACCJC, is called
“REDESIGN”. What does that mean
and how is it to be accomplished?
Who is doing it and what are the short
and long term implications? Why do
so many know so little about this new
effort?
Redesign is just a word being
used by our District and College
Administrations to describe a process
by which they spend the new money
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Redesigning the Redesign
By David Yancey
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pouring into the District from Prop 30
and resurging property tax revenue.
This discussion started late last year
and the initial work on the “redesign”
has been taking place within the ranks
of the administrative teams at both
campuses and at the district office.
Letter to All Adjunct Faculty
By Jory Segal
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Now that the preliminary work is done,
the administration is in the process of
rolling out their version of “redesign”.
These versions, each supposedly
specific to each campus and the district
office, are to be used as a “draft” and
What Has the Union
Done for You Lately?
By Homayoun Hekmatpanah,
Jodi Kokoletsos & Barbara Hanfling
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San Jose/Evergreen
Faculty Association
13th Annual Picnic Photos
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Know Your Rights
By Debbie De La Rosa
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Personal Notes
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Fall Two
www.fa-aft6157.org
(408) 288-3106
fax (408) 295-7482
213 Student Center
San José City College
Acacia 1-205
Evergreen Valley College
Evan Low, David Yancey, Paul Fong, Frank Espinoza, & Mark Newton
San José/Evergreen Community College District
San José City College
2100 Moorpark Avenue
San José, CA 95128
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Executive Board Members
President David Yancey x3873
Vice-President Frank Espinoza* x6581
Fiscal Officer Linda Ferrell x3231
*Negotiations Team
EVC Representatives
Full-time Deborah De La Rosa* x6607
Full-time Nasreen Rahim x 6246
Adjunct Jory Segal* x3779
*Negotiations Team
SJCC Representatives
Full-time Jose Cabrera x3983
Full-time Kieron Connolly x3667
Adjunct Phil Crawford x3779
Ex-Officio
Past President Mark Newton x3989
Grievance
Deborah De La Rosa x6607
Negotiations Jory Segal x3779
Retiree President Bill Jacobs x3779
Council of Division Representatives
San José City College
Math and Science
Iyun Lazik, x3633
David Ahlberg x3877
Humanities and Social Sciences
Khalid White, x3050
Applied Science
Pat Space, Adjunct x3782
Isai Ulate, x3836
Jonathan Cronan x3779
Business/Service Careers
Carol Ramirez, x3974
Language Arts
Ron Levesque, x3870
Rebecca Gamez, x3308
Instructional Tech/Learning Resources
Counseling and Athletics/PE
Bob Wing, x3945
Joseph King, x3115
Elena Dutra, x3943
Tuan Ngo, x3651
Carlton Connor x3847
Evergreen Valley College
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the employees on each campus and
at the district office are being asked
to give feedback and input into these
versions. That is supposed to happen
this fall.
How to Impact Redesign
We all know that we have suffered for
the last five years under cut, after cut,
after cut, and now the idea (redesign) is
to start planning to reverse that trend.
So here is where redesign comes into
play. The stated intention is to think
about where and how much money is to
be restored to our colleges and district
personnel and services. The idea is not
just replace what has been cut without
some evaluation of whether that
replacing makes sense now.
It is not a bad idea to want to spend
what money we now have wisely and
to make the most effective use of those
dollars. Where the FA AFT 6157 has
serious questions is two-fold:
First, the FA wants to ensure that
along with filling positions, that there
is substantial money available for a
decent and living wage increase.
Second, that most of the “redesign”
seems to focus on every aspect of our
district except the replacement of full
time faculty. We have lost over forty
five (45) full time faculty from this
district over the last ten years. We are
not even keeping up with vacancies
from our annual retirements.
Let me be clear, I am not disagreeing
with the colleges determining where
to fill those vacancies as that is their
purview. They must evaluate program
needs and enrollment data and we
hopefully can rely on our program
review processes to help make that
determination, but we must include full
time faculty into the redesign process.
Your Voice is Crucial
This “redesign” must include a plan to
not only fill retiring faculty positions
but must also it must include a plan
to start rebuilding the number of full
time faculty as a whole. So when
you meet with your deans and other
administrators advocate for redesigning
our colleges with full time faculty as a
priority.
Business, Applied Technology
Counseling
Elaine Ortiz-Kristich, x6680
Mirella Burton, x6014
Language Arts
Phuong Banh, x6672
Sravani Banerjee, x2029
Ken Jardin, x6695
Technology/Instructional Services
Shelly Blackman, x6660
Math/Science
Teck Ky, x6877
Guillermo Castilla, x3314
Nursing
Elaine Kafle, x6056
Social Science/Humanities/Arts/PE
Arturo Villarreal, x6609
Randy Pratt, x6592
Daniel Allen x3779
Steven Graham x3779
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Retiree Corner
Save The Date!!
Retiree Chapter FA 6157-R Fall Meeting
Tuesday November 19th
1:30-4:00pm
523 South 6th St.
San Jose, CA 95112
Please RSVP to:
w.jacobs4140@sbcglobal.net
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Letter to All Adjunct Faculty
By Jory Segal EVC and Paul Humann SJCC, Adjunct Faculty Representatives
Fellow Faculty,
As two Adjunct Representatives on the Executive Board and Negotiations Team, we wanted to address issues related to
improving adjunct faculty members’ rights and benefits in the San José / Evergreen Community College District. Our hope is
to give faculty members a clearer picture of the structure of negotiations and help them to understand how difficult it is to win
improvements in wages, benefits and working conditions for all faculty members.
Negotiations are not just a set of demands which the District must comply with. It is a give and take process. Both sides come
up with a list of proposals, a wish list. The District’s proposals protect its interests and often attempt to take away faculty
rights, while the Faculty Union always proposes to expand and improve the rights and benefits of all our members.
Over the past 13 years, our union has been working to improve the working conditions for all faculty and has succeeded in
many ways. Below are just some improvements that have been made for adjuncts in that time:
• Adjunct faculty now receive 10 paychecks a year, (previously we only received 8).
• Adjunct faculty were placed on the full-time salary schedule (pro rata). This was a HUGE win for the Faculty Union, and
improved the salaries of ALL adjunct faculty.
• Won the right of adjuncts to take a semester off every 5 semesters without losing SRP
• Adjunct faculty now have the right to include family members on their Kaiser medical
• SRP language that has become the model for other districts in the state
• Since 2001 Adjunct salary increases have ranged between 42.8% and 60.8%
• Adjuncts who are in their third semester of 33%/40% or more load, may earn SRP, even if one or more of their classes were
canceled, as long as they maintained more than a 10% load
There are many other areas where the Union Executive Board and the Negotiations Team have made proposals to the district
but have not been successful. The district does not have to agree to our proposals. Some of the issues we are currently working
on include:
• Allowing adjunct faculty at 33% to participate in medical benefits including access to Blue Cross
• Ensuring that adjunct faculty with SRP shall receive assignments before any adjunct without SRP receives a class
• Providing that SRP be granted without consecutive semesters
• Adding additional steps beyond step 8 on the adjunct salary schedule
• Full office hour pay for adjunct
Adjunct faculty are not in this struggle alone. Let us continue to advocate on behalf of all our members of the Faculty Union
together!
Jory Segal, Adjunct Representative
FA Negotiations Team
Paul Humann, Adjunct Representative
Evergreen Valley College
FA AFT 6157 Meetings - Fall Semester 2013
Date
Time
Campus
Location
Friday Oct 25th Friday Nov 8th
Council of Division Reps
Friday Nov 22nd
Friday Dec 6th 9:30am-12:30pm
9:30am-12:30pm
1:00-3:00pm 9:30am-12:30pm
9:30am-12:30pm
SJCC
EVC
EVC
SJCC
SJCC
SC 204
Appi Mishra
Appi Mishra
SC 204
SC 104
Adjunct Meetings
Monday Oct 14th Tuesday Oct 15th
4:00-5:00pm
4:00-5:00pm
EVC
SJCC
Appi Mishra
GE 119
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San Jose Evergreen Faculty Association
13th Annual Picnic
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What Has the Union Done for You Lately?
becoming difficult to offer a reasonable
explanation. I wasn’t sure how to
proceed.
On advice from Steve Mansfield I
emailed Barbara Hanfling from the
Faculty Union on Sunday September
15 and by Monday morning a solution
was in sight and all was well by the end
of the week. It goes to show that our
Union is there to help us.
Thank you Barbara and the Union.
Helping with My Schedule and
Contract
By Homayoun Hekmatpanah, SJCC
Adjunct Faculty
Late in August I was assigned to teach
Mach-153B as well as Mach-153A
on separate days. As each is a 5 unit
course, this would have lead to more
than the permitted 67% load for adjunct
faculty. The obvious solution was to
run both courses concurrently as had
been in the past. I brought this to the
attention of the Dean’s office but they
were already aware of the issue. I left
assuming the issue would be resolved.
During the next 2 weeks, one course
was cancelled and replaced with
another and then all three disappeared
from MyWeb and then reappeared.
This occurred at least twice that I
recall. It became obvious that the
correct information was either not
filtering through the system or data was
being entered on a hope and a prayer.
Meanwhile I had been paid although
I did not have a contract. At the same
time students were complaining that
they could not plan or be certain that
either course would be continued. They
were increasingly frustrated and it was
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Union Comes to My Assistance
By Jodi Kokoletsos SJCC AdjunctDental Assisting
I have been teaching as an adjunct
instructor in the San Jose City
College Dental Assisting Program for
approximately ten years. I recently
contacted the Faculty Association to
try and get assistance and advice with a
work related matter.
Barbara Hanfling, Executive Director
responded to my request immediately
and was able to offer guidance, advice
and support. She also got me in touch
with contacts that could help more
specifically. Having the guidance and
support from the Faculty Association
provided great clarity and relief. I only
wish that I had contacted the FA years
ago.
I urge all members to utilize the Faculty
Association. It was a very positive and
helpful experience.
Adjunct Faculty 180 Day Rule
Retiring from STRS Defined Benefit
By Barbara Hanfling, FA, AFT 6157
Executive Director
In fall 2012, Governor Brown under
much pressure from the state and
legislature, agreed to numerous
pension reforms which affect public
sector employees. The reforms that
impacted full time and adjunct faculty
on the Defined Benefit Plan (not Cash
Balance) were not that many nor too
severe, but one had an influence on our
faculty which required negotiations.
What is the 180 Day Rule? Part of
the pension reform act (See Jory Segal
Article in our Newsletter http://www.
fa-aft6157.org/newsletters/1210.pdf)
requires that all faculty who retire not
return to work for 180 days (about a
semester) or suffer a loss in retiree
benefits. This new rule had an impact
on Adjunct and their SRP.
The Union immediately demanded the
right to bargain a side letter to protect
our adjunct who retired or might retire
after January 1, 2013 when the law
went into effect.
Unfortunately, although the District
agreed to a side letter, they proposed
language that was unacceptable to the
Union. Therefore we have now put this
issue into collective bargaining.
But one of our adjunct faculty retired
in Spring 2013 and was affected by this
new law. Both the Union and Human
Resources agreed to language to
protect this faculty member, her rights
and her SRP. Below you will see our
agreement.
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What Has the Union Done for You Lately?
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Dear Faculty Member,
The District and the Faculty Association
are currently engaged in discussions
regarding the new legislation regarding
the 180 day rule and its impact on retiring
adjuncts with SRP. At this point… I am
willing to do the following:
1.Make you eligible for teaching
assignments in Spring 2014 provided that
all SRP-status faculty commitments are
completed.
2.Provide access to your voice mail
and email accounts and to your
Reprographics mailbox through Spring
2014.
6.Have access to free classes during the
180 day period.
3.Retain key card access to the Adjunct
Center through Spring 2014.
If other adjunct are considering retiring
in the Spring 2014, please be sure to
contact your Union to see what the
Union has bargained and to ensure
protection as an adjunct with SRP.
4.Continue to have faculty parking permit
privileges through Spring 2014.
Sincerely, Kim Garcia
5.Continue to have faculty library
privileges through Spring 2014
Know Your Rights
Seniority Rehire Preference (SRP)
By Debbie DeLaRosa, FA, AFT 6157 Grievance Officer
It’s always important that adjunct
faculty with SRP understand the role
SRP plays in how classes are offered
each semester. Initially the full time
faculty work on the schedule together
to choose classes, including overload.
After this portion of the schedule is
finished, the deans then proceed to offer
classes to adjunct.
The offering of classes to adjunct
follows a system that starts with
those adjuncts with SRP. Since it is
a seniority system, adjunct in each
department are offered classes based
on individual hire dates, combined with
their 33% or 40% load. The contract
does not require deans to offer any
adjunct a load more than their SRP
status, but adjuncts often receive loads
greater than their thirty-three or forty
percent load. Please reference Article
9.17.7 (which the Union recently sent
out to all faculty).
9.17.7.1 Within the established
schedule development process, the
amount of time to build a schedule
for each term varies given the size
and complexity of the academic unit.
Deans are provided with an SRP list
that identifies the faculty by name,
division, department, hire date and
SRP percentage. Each division/
department’s process may differ
in terms of specifics but each must
adhere to the priority of assignments.
9.17.7.2 The Dean shall
• inform the adjunct regarding the
division/department’s process.
• use a process that ensures
assignments are offered to those
who have earned the rehire rights by
seniority and are qualified to teach
the specific course.
• solicit input from adjunct faculty
regarding preferences and
availability.
If an adjunct does not receive an offer
equivalent to their respective load
factor, they should check with their
dean to find out why. If an adjunct loses
an assigned load and falls below thirtythree or forty percent, the contract
clearly explains that under most
circumstance your SRP is continued.
All of this information and more is
covered in the contract in Article 9.17
and all adjunct faculty should review
the contract periodically to stay aware
of their SRP rights. If you need further
information, please contact Barbara
Hanfling or Debbie De La Rosa.
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Personal Notes
Susie Cashion-SJCC Dance
Instructor
1943-2013
The Bay Area lost another member of
the Dance community on August 29th.
Susan V. Cashion had recently retired
from Stanford University’s Dance
department and had worked at SJCC a
short time before her untimely passing.
A specialist in Mexican, Caribbean and
Latin American Dance, Susie was a
well-respected and very accomplished
scholar and artist.
In 1969, together with Ramon Morones
(another recent loss to SJCC’s
community) she co-founded Los
Lupenos de San Jose Dance Company.
Among her many accomplishments,
she was the recipient of two Fulbright
grants, one to Mexico and one to
Chile. She was also recognized by
the Mexican government for her
contributions to Mexican culture and
folklore in the United States.
“Mi familia” is what Susie referred to
her students as. Although it was a short
time, Susie made her presence known
as a member of our campus “familia”.
SJCC will be dedicating this year’s Day
of the Dead celebration in her honor.
Cashion was born in Pasadena, Calif.,
in 1943 and was a resident of Palo
Alto. She earned a PhD in education
(‘83) and an MA in anthropology
(‘82) at Stanford, and an MA in dance
at UCLA (‘67). She taught dance
anthropology, modern dance, Mexican
dance and Latin American dance forms
at Stanford before arriving at San Jose
City College.
By Jesus Covarrubias, SJCC Council of
Betty Mackie moved with her family
to Santa Clara in 1961, coincident
with her husband’s retirement from
the Navy. From 1969 to 1987 she
was a Full time instructor at San Jose
City College in the Cosmetology
Department. She is remembered as
dedicated to our students and to the
college.
By Barbara Hanfling, FA, AFT 6157 Executive
Director
Division Reps, Ethnic Studies
George Green-SJCC English
Instructor
1930-2013
George taught English writing at San
Jose City College from 1959 to 1985.
Prior to teaching at SJCC George
Green worked in the shipyards until he
was drafted by the Army and after his
release, attended U.C. Berkeley where
he received a BA and MA in English
Literature in 1957.
He created an English writing lab for
remedial students and developed a
revolutionary writing system, Green
Grammar, published in two versions:
The College Handbook in 1972 and
Green Grammar in 1985. He scoffed
at the current education system with
his bumper sticker “ONE NATION
UNDEREDUCATED”.
By Barbara Hanfling, FA, AFT 6157 Executive
Director
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Betty C. (O’Malley) Mackie-SJCC
Cosmetology Instructor
1920-2013
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