Issues

Performance Evaluation Task Force (PETF)

Posted November 20, 2012

The Performance Evaluation Task Force (PETF) was formed at the end of the Spring 2012 semester to review, evaluate, and revise the procedures and instruments currently in use for all levels of instructional and non-instructional faculty evaluation. Elizabeth Terzakis (English,
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FTEF Reductions

Posted October 25, 2010

From the Fall 2009 to Fall 2010 semesters, the number of Full-Time Equivalent Faculty (FTEF) was significantly reduced District-wide. 16% of all adjuncts’ hours–over 45 FTEFs–were cut, while full-time faculty were reduced by 4%–about 13 FTEFs.  Overload hours were cut
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75%-25% FT-PT Ratio

Posted October 14, 2010

Many faculty members may have heard about the 75%-25% ratio which is part of AB 1725 and sets a goal that 75% of faculty are full-time and 25% are part-time, but the law behind this ratio is not commonly understood
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March in March: Somos el Futuro

Posted April 6, 2010

Somos el Futuro: Voices from the March in March in Sacramento by Katharine Harer, AFT 1493 Co Vice President, Skyline College, English Skyline students and faculty showed up in force for the March in March on Monday the 22nd.   The
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