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Faculty Personnel Policy Statement 2008/2009

This document is also available as a single PDF file (540KB)

Faculty should also consult the College Employee Personnel Policy Statement (Common Policy) for policies that affect all employee groups.

Refer to the Step Progression Plan page for additional step plan documents and forms.  Refer to the Professional Development forms page for Sabbatical forms in MS Word format.

TABLE OF CONTENTS   
ARTICLE I: GENERAL INFORMATION 1
A. Preamble 1
B. Policy Statement 1
C. Definition And Coverage 2
D. Policy Implementation 2
E. Code Of Ethics Of The Education Profession 3
ARTICLE II. CONDITIONS OF WORK 6
A. General Responsibilities 6
B. Workload, Workload Calculations And Accountability 8
C. Overload Contracts (Teaching Assignments) 14
D. Reassigned Time 15
E. Non-teaching Supplemental Assignments 15
F. Faculty Service And Leadership 17
ARTICLE III. FACULTY EMPLOYMENT 18
A. Recruitment For Faculty Positions 18
B. Selection Of New Faculty 18
C. Seniority 20
D. New Contract And Term Of Employment 21
ARTICLE IV. PROFESSIONAL STATUS 23
A. Academic Freedom 23
B. Faculty Success Program 23
C. Faculty Professional Enrichment Funds 24
D. Campus Faculty Enrichment Funds 26
E. College Support Of Faculty Professional Development 27
F. Membership In Professional Organizations 27
G. Charitable Organizations 27
H. Faculty Support 27
I. College-wide Committees And Task Forces 27
J. Governing Board Appearances 28
ARTICLE V. COMPENSATION 29
A. Faculty Salary 29
B. Salary Determination For Regular Full-time Faculty 29
C. Other Instructional Rates - Activity Related 30
D. Non-teaching Supplemental Rates And Grants 30
E. Grant Agreements 30
F. Overload Rate (Teaching Assignments) 30
G. Summer School 30
H. Substitute Pay 31
I. Pay Dates 31
J. Meet And Confer 31
ARTICLE VI. LEAVES 33
A. Sick Leave 33
B. Personal Leave 35
C. Unpaid Professional Leave 35
D. Holidays And Recesses 35
ARTICLE VII. FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 37
A. Professional Development Program - General 37
B. Sabbatical Program 38
C. Faculty Exchange Program 42
D. Professional Enrichment Recognition Award 43
ARTICLE VIII. TRANSFERS 44
A. Voluntary Transfers 44
B. Involuntary Transfers 44
ARTICLE IX. COMPLAINTS CONCERNING FACULTY 46
A. Purpose 46
B. Representation 46
C. Complaint Procedure 47
ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT 49
A. Course Material Royalties And Conflict Of Interest 49
B. Health And Safety 49
C. Out-of-pocket Expenses 49
D. Past Practices 49
E. Retirement 50
F. Student Code Of Conduct And Code Of Academic Ethics 50
ARTICLE XI. RETRENCHMENT OF FACULTY 51
A. Statement Of Intent 51
B. Definitions 51
C. Planning For Resource Reduction 51
D. Program Reduction 52
E. Financial Exigency 53
ARTICLE XII. FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE GROUP (PCCEA) RIGHTS  55
A. Representation And Association Rights 55
B. Communications 55
C. Information 55
D. Designation Of Meet-and-confer Teams 56
E. use of facilities 56
F. Office Facilities 56
G. Statutory Changes 56
H. Meet-and-confer Cost 56
APPENDICES  57
APPENDIX A: FACULTY SALARY SCHEDULE AND COMPENSATION PLAN  58
APPENDIX B: UNIT GUIDELINES 64
Non-Teaching Days of Accountability for Instructional Faculty 65
Cross-Campus, Cross-Department and Cross-Discipline Faculty Assignments 67
Flex Year Contracts for Instructional Faculty 70
Adjustment Factors for Loading for High Enrollment Courses 73
Calculations for Loading Independent Study Courses 74
Supplemental Agreements (Non-teaching) 76
APPENDIX C: FACULTY WORKLOAD FORM  78
APPENDIX D: INSTRUCTIONAL DEPARTMENT CHAIR STRUCTURE 79
APPENDIX E: DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY STRUCTURE 91
APPENDIX F: COORDINATOR OF ADVISING AND COUNSELING STRUCTURE 94
APPENDIX G: LEAD FACULTY  97
APPENDIX H: FACULTY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES  99
APPENDIX I: THE FACULTY SENATE AND FACULTY SENATE PRESIDENT  102
APPENDIX J: FACULTY SUCCESS PROGRAM  103
APPENDIX K: OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL STIPENDS - ACTIVITY RELATED 105
APPENDIX L: SABBATICAL PROGRAM AND REPORT COVER FORMS  106
APPENDIX M: FACULTY EXCHANGE COVER FORM  112
APPENDIX N:  STEP PROGRESSION PLAN 113
APPENDIX O:  TASK FORCE TO REVIEW POLICY LANGUAGE RELATED TO GRANTS 125
INDEX 124