CFA Workshop forLecturers and Coaches

May 28, 2008CFA East Bay Chapter

The document that unites all 23000 faculty in the CSU is the Collective Bargaining Agreement or Contract:

http://www.calfac.org/contract.html

• Read through the names of the 41 Articles listed in the Table of Contents.

Contract table of contentsARTICLE 1 RECOGNITION ARTICLE 2 DEFINITIONS ARTICLE 3 EFFECT OF AGREEMENT ARTICLE 4 SAVINGS CLAUSE ARTICLE 5 MANAGEMENT RIGHTS ARTICLE 6 CFA'S RIGHTS ARTICLE 7 CFA SECURITY ARTICLE 8 FACULTY PARTICIPATION ARTICLE 9 CONCERTED ACTIVITIES ARTICLE 10 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES ARTICLE 11 PERSONNEL FILES ARTICLE 12 APPOINTMENT ARTICLE 13 PROBATION AND TENURE ARTICLE 14 PROMOTION ARTICLE 15 EVALUATION ARTICLE 16 NON-DISCRIMINATION ARTICLE 17 TEMPORARY SUSPENSION ARTICLE 18 REPRIMANDS ARTICLE 19 DISCIPLINARY ACTION PROCEDURE ARTICLE 20 WORKLOAD ARTICLE 21 SUMMER TERM EMPLOYMENT

ARTICLE 22 LEAVES OF ABSENCE WITHOUT PAY ARTICLE 23 LEAVES OF ABSENCE WITH PAY ARTICLE 24 SICK LEAVE ARTICLE 25 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ARTICLE 26 FEE WAIVER ARTICLE 27 SABBATICAL LEAVES ARTICLE 28 DIFFERENCE IN PAY LEAVES ARTICLE 29 FACULTY EARLY RETIREMENT

PROGRAM ARTICLE 30 PRE-RETIREMENT REDUCTION IN TIME

BASE ARTICLE 31 SALARY ARTICLE 32 BENEFITS ARTICLE 33 HOLIDAYS ARTICLE 34 VACATION ARTICLE 35 OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT ARTICLE 36 ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT ARTICLE 37 SAFETY ARTICLE 38 LAYOFF ARTICLE 39 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ARTICLE 40 EXTENSION FOR-CREDIT

EMPLOYMENT ARTICLE 41 DURATION AND IMPLEMENTATION

For an introduction to the contract, see the CFA Lecturers’ Handbook:http://www.calfac.org/handbook.html

• See especially the Quick Guide

on Page 9.

Lecturers’ Handbook2007-2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS1. The Work Environment………………..……………Pg. 3

About the CSU CFA: the Faculty’s Union - a Brief History Lecturers in the CSU

2. The Collective Bargaining Agreement…...……….Pg. 7 Quick Guide to Lecturer Provisions in CFA- CSU Collective Bargaining Agreement

3. Employment………………………………………... Pg. 10Your Employment RecordsAppointment LetterPersonnel FilesEvaluationReappointment and Careful ConsiderationJob Security: One-Year and Three-YearAppointments

4. Compensation………………………………………. Pg. 15SalaryRange ElevationBenefitsCSU Fee Waiver ProgramRetirementUnemployment BenefitsSample Unemployment Insurance -Appeal Letter

5. Leaves……………………………….………………. Pg. 25Paid LeaveUnpaid Leave

6. Grievances and Other Problems……………….…..Pg. 27GrievancesPossible Disciplinary Action

Sexual Harassment and the Right to -Non-DiscriminationProblems with Students

7. Organizing…………………………......…………….... Pg. 31Building Lecturer NetworksParticipating in Your CFA ChapterRight to Participate in CFA ActivitiesAcademic Senates and LecturersCFA’s Affiliation with the AAUP

8. Toward Better Conditions for Teachingand Learning…………………………..………... Pg. 35CFA Resolution: Professional WorkEnvironment for LecturersGuidelines for Good Practices

9. CFA Membership……………………………………... Pg. 37Membership Application Form

10. The CFA Lecturers’ Council………………………... Pg. 39Appendix A. CFA Bylaw Provisions ………………….... Pg. 41(1) CFA Mission Statement and Purpose(2) Lecturer Representation and Role in CFAGovernanceAppendix B. Salary Schedule……………………..……. Pg. 44(1) CSU Salary Schedule for Lecturer –Academic Year(2) Chart of the Lecturer Salary ScheduleAppendix C. Glossary……………………………………. Pg. 46

Quick Guide to Lecturer Provisions in CFA/CSU CollectiveBargaining Agreement (CBA) 2006-2010

This quick guide refers you to CBA articles with provisions that are particularly relevant to lecturers (faculty on full- or part-time temporary appointments). The CBA is available at CFA’s web site: http://www.calfac.org

For further information, refer to the Lecturers’ Handbook or contact CFA.

Getting and Keeping the Work12.2 Appointment letters12.3 One-year appointment rights and entitlement rights (see also chart in Appendix

F)12.5 Pay for classes canceled prior to third class meeting/subsequent cancellations

require full pay12.5, 12.6 Full-time non-contingent appointment rights12.7 Careful consideration12.9 Similar assignment and salary placement12.12 Three-year appointments, including zero-time-base to protect entitlement

(12.12.f)12.12.h Recall rights (see also Article 38.48)12.13 Presumption of subsequent three-year appointments12.29 Preference for available work (order of assignment) up to and including a 1.0

time base12.31-12.33 Restrictions on Teaching Associate employment12.34 Restrictions on Visiting Faculty employment15.1-15.27 Evaluation procedures (including student evaluations of teaching)15.14 Classroom visits require notification and consultation15.26 Periodic evaluation required only once during 3-year term for lecturers with 3-

year appointments21.23-21.24 Contractual procedures and hiring order for summer term22.1-22.27 Leave of absence without pay (Lecturer entitlements protected in 22.2)23.4-23.5 Paid maternity/paternity leave (Article 23 covers additional paid leaves)24.1-24.23 Paid sick leave, disability leave, and catastrophic leave38.11 Order of layoff (see also recall rights in 38.48)11.1 Personnel files as basis for personnel actions10.2 Lecturers have full access to grievance procedures: both contract and statutory

tracks.10.28 Expedited umpire arbitration procedure for lecturer appointment cases

Getting a Fair Salary:31.1-31.6 Lecturers on same salary schedule as tenure-line faculty (except Range A

only for Lecturers)31.7-31.11 Lecturers receive same percent General Salary Increase as tenure-line

faculty.31.13-31.16 Lecturers in D range eligible for Post Promotion Increases (PPI)31.19- 31.26 Lecturers receive same percent Service Salary Increases (SSIs) as

tenure-line faculty.12.9 Re-appointment in same department or unit requires same or higher salary

placement.12.10 Lecturer SSI eligibility 24 WTUs at semester campus or 36 WTUs at quarter

campus12.16-12.20 Range elevation to allow advancement on salary schedule (with appeal

rights)12.18 Notification of range elevation eligibility required12.35 Dedicated department funding

Getting Benefits32.2 Full health benefits (medical, vision, dental, disability) for lecturers and coaches

with at least 6 units (a 0.4 time base) per term and appointment for at least one semester or two consecutive quarters.

32.13 Flex cash payments for benefits-eligible faculty who waive benefits.21.28 Lecturer benefits stipend in summer term32.19 PST Retirement Plan for lecturers not eligible for CalPERS retirement planLecturers with at least 7.5 WTUs enrolled in CalPERS and social security (with

employee and employer contributions) at beginning of third semester or fourth quarter of consecutive employment

26.1-26.14 Lecturers and coaches eligible for fee waiver (see restrictions in 26.1)

Equal Access/Recognition as a Faculty Member in the System2.13 Part-time and full-time faculty on temporary appointments are faculty unit

employees in Unit 3 covered by all references in the CBA to “faculty” unless specifically excluded.

10.8-10.10 In statutory grievance process, all lecturers can vote in faculty panel elections, and full-time lecturers can serve on panels and committees. (Service by lecturers is voluntary.)

24.9 Right to notification of total accrued sick leave31.31 Access to direct deposit program32.23-32.24 Access to pre-tax parking and one parking pass for multiple campuses33.3 Access to personal holiday27.2, 28.4 Full-time lecturer eligibility for sabbatical and difference-in-pay leaves

12.2 Appointment Letter

An individual lecturer’s appointment letter specifies their terms of employment, including:

• Beginning and ending dates• Range• Timebase• Salary

For an explanation of these terms, see Sections 3 and 4 of the Lecturers’ Handbook: http://www.calfac.org/handbook.html

Timebase

• Full-time lecturers have a timebase of 1.0 which consists of 15 Weighted Teaching Units (WTUs) per quarter.

• Each class is typically worth 4 WTUs.

• One class = 4 WTUs = 4/15 = 0.266667• Two classes = 8 WTUs = 8/15 = 0.533333• Three classes = 12 WTUs = 12/15 = 0.800000

Start Date: January 07, 2008

End Date: March 25, 2008

Grade: A

TimeBase: 0.533333

Monthly Salary: $1850.67

Salary calculation

What is the full-time monthly salary for a lecturer with a timebase of 0.533333 and a monthly salary of $1850.67?

(Two classes = 8 WTUs = 8/15 = 0.533333)

$1850.67 / 0.533333 = $3470

Lecturer Salary Schedule as of 7/1/2007 http://www.calstate.edu/hrpims/salary/SalarySchd20080303.pdf

Full-time Monthly Salariesfor Lecturers on Academic Year Appointments

effective 7/1/2007

Range Min SSI Max Max

A 3388 4060 4559

B 4060 5118 9106

C 4662 6471 10005

D 5890 7109 10485

2006-2010 Salary OverviewSee CFA Lecturers’ Handbook page 16

and Articles 31.7-10 and 31.25

Upcoming General Salary Increases (GSIs)

2% June 30, 2008 close of business

3% July 1, 2008

2% June 30, 2009 close of business

4% July 1, 2009

2% June 30, 2010 close of business

Service Salary Increases(SSIs)

• Awarded after completing 36 WTUs in a single department since being appointed or since receiving last SSI. (See Article 12.10.)

• 2.65 % SSIs bargained for fiscal years 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10. (See Article 31.25.)

Coaches and Equity Pay

• This year: Coaching SpecialistsNext year: Coaches and Head Coaches

• See Article 31.17:http://www.calfac.org/allpdf/contractpages2007/Article_31.pdf

• See the CFA Equity Pay page:http://www.calfac.org/equitypay.html

Article 12 Appointment

Read these sections of Article 12:

• 12.7 Careful Consideration• 12.12 Three-year Appointments• 12.16-12.20 Range Elevation• 12.29 Preference for Available Temporary Work

http://www.calfac.org/allpdf/contractpages2007/Article_12.pdf

See Sections 3 and 4 of the Lecturers’ Handbook: http://www.calfac.org/handbook.html

What’s new in Article 15 Evaluation

• 15.5 Rebuttal time extended to 10 days

• 15.14 5-day notice and consultation required on classroom visits

• 15.26 Lecturers holding three-year appointments need only oneperiodic evaluation duringappointment (not yet

implemented at East Bay)

21.24 Summer order of hiring

c. Next, campuses must offer teaching assignments to qualified lecturers with 3 year appointment rights or 1 year appointment rights if their time base entitlement pursuant to Article 12 was not fully satisfied during the immediately preceding academic year. Assignments offered shall be up to the maximum time base entitlement pursuant to Article 12.5.

d. Next, campuses must offer teaching assignments to qualified lecturers who taught in the immediately preceding academic year who are not included in paragraph c above.

e. Finally, campuses may offer teaching assignments to any other candidates.

Article 11 Personnel FilesYour Personnel Action File (or PAF) resides in the Office of Academic Affairs,

Warren Hall 815. Call 885-3712 to make an appointment to review it.

11.1 The Personnel Action File shall be defined as the one (1) official personnel file for employment information and information that may be relevant to personnel recommendations or personnel actions regarding a faculty unit employee.

11.2 A faculty unit employee shall have the right to submit material to his/her Personnel Action File. A faculty unit employee shall also have the right to submit a written rebuttal to any material in his/her Personnel Action File, or scheduled for placement in his/her Personnel Action File after notification of such placement pursuant to provision 11.4 of this Article.

11.4 The faculty unit employee shall be notified of the placement of any material in his/her Personnel Action File that the appropriate administrator initially considers to be accurate and relevant, and the faculty unit employee shall be provided with a copy of such material at least five (5) days prior to such placement.

11.9 Personnel recommendations or decisions relating to retention, tenure, promotion, or termination based upon work performance, or any other personnel action shall be based on the Personnel Action File. For the purposes of this section, course assignments shall not be considered personnel actions. However, course assignments shall not be punitive in nature.

Article 10 Grievance Procedures

See Lecturers’ Handbook pages 27-29: http://www.calfac.org/handbook.htmlCFA website grievance page: http://www.calfac.org/grievances.html

• 10.2 a. The term “grievance” when an employee is the grievant shall mean an allegation that the employee was directly wronged in connection with the rights accruing to his or her job classification, benefits, working conditions, appointment, reappointment, tenure, promotion, reassignment, or the like, including but not limited to rights arising under this Agreement.

• 10.4 A grievant eligible to grieve pursuant to provision 10.2 of this Article may file a Level I grievance with the President no later than forty-two (42) days after the event giving rise to the grievance, or no later than forty-two (42) days after the grievant knew or reasonably should have known of the event giving rise to the grievance.

• 10.11-10.19 New statutory process with Faculty Hearing Committee

• 10.28 New umpire process

Health Benefits

32.2 Eligible Lecturers and Coaches in academic year classifications who are appointed for at least six (6) weighted teaching units (i.e., 0.4 time base) for at least one semester or two or more consecutive quarters shall be eligible to receive health benefits offered through the CalPERS system for the life of this Agreement.

• East Bay Benefits webpage: http://www.aba.csueastbay.edu/HR/benefits.htm

• Benefits Summary Brochure:

http://www.aba.csueastbay.edu/HR/DOWNLOAD/2007_Faculty-Unit.pdf

Benefits Summary Brochure

• http://www.aba.csueastbay.edu/HR/DOWNLOAD/2007_Faculty-Unit.pdf

FlexCash

32.13 All employees eligible for either health or dental insurance pursuant to this Agreement, shall be entitled to waive health and/or dental insurance in exchange for the following monthly payments:

a. Waive medical & dental $140 per month

b. Waive medical only $128 per month

c. Waive dental only $12 per month

In order to participate, each employee will be required to request participation and certify that s/he has alternate non-CSU insurance for the CSU insurance being waived.

• http://www.aba.csueastbay.edu/HR/Benefits/flexcash.htm

Unemployment Benefits

• See CFA Lecturers’ Handbook pages 21-24: http://www.calfac.org/handbook.html

• See CFA webpage on unemployment benefits: http://www.calfac.org/unemployment.html

Retirement

• See CFA Lecturers’ Handbook page 20: http://www.calfac.org/handbook.html

• CalPERS Retirement Benefits Brochure:

http://www.aba.csueastbay.edu/HR/Benefits/StateMISC_pub-6-2006.3.1.pdf

Important Resources

• CSUEB Academic Affairs

http://www.csueastbay.edu/OAA/

http://www.csueastbay.edu/OAA/docs.html

• CSUEB Academic Senate

http://www.csueastbay.edu/senate/

http://www.csueastbay.edu/senate/documents.htm

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP)

http://www.csueastbay.edu/orsp/home.htmlhttp://www.csueastbay.edu/orsp/FSGInfoMenu.htmlhttp://www.csueastbay.edu/orsp/FSGInfo/FSG%20Spring%202008%20Call.doc

Eligibility for Faculty Support Grants:Lecturers with a minimum of two years of teaching at Cal State East Bay immediately preceding the year of application and a minimum current .80 annual appointment are eligible to apply for all award categories, but awards are contingent upon appointment the academic year immediately following the award of the grant.  All lecturers with a minimum of two years of teaching at Cal State East Bay immediately preceding the year of application are eligible to apply for Mini-Grants, but awards are contingent upon appointment the academic year immediately following the award of the grant.

Office of Faculty Development

http://www.csueastbay.edu/faculty_dev/

CSUEB Lecturer Links

http://www.sci.csueastbay.edu/~mkarplus/Lecturers/CSUEB_Lecturer_Links.htm

American Association of University Professors (AAUP)

http://www.aaup.org/aaup

• Statement on Contingent Appointments and the Academic Profession:

http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/policydocs/contents/conting-stmt.htm

• If you are a CFA member you can join AAUP for free. Go to: http://data.calfac.net/helpdesk

CFA Website

http://www.calfac.org/

• Lecturer page: http://www.calfac.org/lecturers.html

CSUEB Lecturer Links

http://www.sci.csueastbay.edu/~mkarplus/Lecturers/CSUEB_Lecturer_Links.htm