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Empowering Part-Time Faculty

Regarding SLOs: Please note: Part-time faculty are only required to enter Assessment results for their classes.

Part-Time Faculty Survey Results

Part-time faculty who attended the March STRS workshop learned about the results of the Fall 2018 part-time faculty survey. Thank you to the 99 part-time faculty members (approximately 15%) who completed and returned the survey! The results will be considered as the focus for the upcoming negotiations. The take-away: Compensation, health insurance benefits, and strengthened re-appointment rights are most favored. Here is the order of your priorities:

Greater pay increase across pay schedule’s step and column:

1 (highest) to 6 (lowest)

1: 51% 2: 14% 3: 14% 4: 4% 5: 4% 6: 8% No Response: 5%

Adjust steps and/or columns from pay schedule:

1: 21% 2: 18% 3: 22% 4: 11% 5: 7% 6: 13% No Response: 7%

Health Iinsurance benefits:

1: 36% 2: 13% 3: 14% 4: 9% 5: 9% 6: 13% No Response: 5%

Office space, increased office hours pay:

1: 23% 2: 25% 3: 9% 4: 12% 5: 14% 6: 13% No Response: 3%

Adding eligible part-time seniority rehire rights for summer and winter intersessions:

1: 51% 2: 14% 3: 14% 4: 4% 5: 4% 6: 8% No Response: 5%

More professional development opportunities (more paid Academic Senate work, Study Abroad leadership, options for paid committee work and other shared governance):

1: 12% 2: 8% 3: 22% 4: 11% 5: 14% 6: 26% No Response: 6%

Faculty Association (FA) Membership

Please be sure that you join the FA now! By officially joining (the application form is also on the website), you can:

  • vote on the contract;
  • vote for FA Board members;
  • run yourself for a position on the FA Board.
    We need many more part-time faculty members at PCC to become FA members and to get involved. Join and participate. As you know, together, we are stronger and achieve more!

FA ELECTIONS are this month! Those who are already a member should vote / run for a Board Director position!