March 24, 2021 Meeting

Taft College Faculty Association Minutes Wednesday, March 24, 2021

1. Welcome
President Payne welcomed faculty to the meeting.

2. Approval of Minutes from January meeting
A motion to approve the minutes was made by Deborah Rodenhauser with a 2nd from Robin Polski. The motion was approved.

3. Treasurer’s Report
Treasurer, David Mitchell, reported an overall balance of $12,031.26 with the substantial increase in balance as a result of the 2nd dues deposit.

4. TCFCBC
a) SLO Coordinator
President Payne shared that there was an interest by Dr. Minor to clarify the language of the SLO coordinator extra duty assignment for release time and overload responsibilities. It was agreed that the assignment would be termed for 2 years and that the job announcement would state that if the position was accepted as part of load then the assignment would be at 40% of load or 14 hours of the 35-work week, but if the assignment was accepted as overload then it would be at the appropriate overload rate with a maximum of 10 hours per week and a minimum of 6. The decision of load or overload would be completely up to the faculty member.
b) Electronic Timesheet
President Payne shared that it was the interest of the Human Resources Department to replace the paper timecard submission of any hourly rate/adjunct rate hours with a fillable electronic timesheet version for submission and signature process. A demonstration of the system was provided, and HR is scheduled to provide user training during the Fall 2021 in-service period for implementation during that term. Activities that would utilize this system include substitute pay, extra duty assignments that are paid at the adjunct hourly rate.
c) Observations by Admin of Tenured Faculty (voting only to see if an interest) President Payne shared the background and interest of Administration to conduct observations of Tenured Faculty during the three-year tenured faculty. Various faculty members sited ways for administration to remain connected to the current classroom environment without change to the evaluation process. The faculty membership unanimously voted that there was no interest in negotiating this topic.
d) Evaluate NTF as an adjunct when they teach a class (voting only to see if an.

interest)
President Payne shared the background and interest of Administration to conduct evaluations of Non-Teaching Faculty when they teach a class. Various faculty members shared an interest in continuing the current process and keeping the entire faculty as one collaborative group. The faculty membership unanimously voted that there was no interest in negotiating this topic.

5. Other
President Payne shared with the faculty that the 50% Law report was due and she would be following up with Administration for an update on the results and would share them during the next meeting.

President Payne shared with the faculty that there was an interested by Administration to increase the offerings at TUHS via the dual enrollment program. President Payne shared the bargaining team would be working on creating an MOU similar to the onsite teaching at the prison where the assignment was voluntary and that units taught by adjuncts followed the 67% assignment unit calculation for adjuncts.

President Payne called for the formation of the annual FA scholarship selection committee. Juana Escobedo, Darcy Bogle, Robin Polski, and Nathan Cahoon volunteered to serve on the selection committee. The amount of $3600 was approved via email.

President Payne congratulated Paul Blake on his tenure.

Professor Getty shared the Budget Committee reported a flat budget for the 21-22 academic year with no monies allocated to student worker budgets as those were eliminated for the 20-21 year due to COVID. Various faculty expressed a concern for the elimination of student workers.

Professor Smith shared that she has not been updated with projected hours of operation for the Library for the Summer and Fall 2021.

Professor Mendenhall inquired on the plan for continued need for support for testing since the elimination of the Testing Center. Faculty were asked to direct comments, concerns and ideas to Janis.

Meeting adjourned at 12:59pm.

Next Tentative Meeting: Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 12:10pm, Location: Zoom ID#93911619851pw included in email (Every 4thWednesday)