Monthly Archives: August 2022

ADJUNCT HEALTHCARE VICTORY IMMINENT: JOIN UPCOMING MEETING ON 9/8

Since last October, we have been engaged with the California Federation of Teachers in a statewide campaign to win healthcare for all community college faculty. And after months of tireless activism, we are on the cusp of a historic breakthrough! But we need your help to secure and implement this funding for adjunct faculty member healthcare this fall.

RSVP here to join our dinner meeting with statewide CFT and local union leaders at Mission College in San Jose, on Thus. 9/8 at 5 pm: cft.org/kickoff-faculty-healthcare-now  All AFT members interested in winning healthcare for part-timers are invited, whether you’re part-time or full-time, and whether or not you’ve been involved with this campaign in the past. Please RSVP early so we can order enough food! Our local will be organizing carpools to Mission College from our SMCCCD campuses, so please email AFT 1493 Executive Secretary Marianne Kaletzky at kaletzky@aft1493.org if you would like to carpool.

This campaign has helped our local increase member activism and union power to win for all faculty. And having won $200 Million per year in ongoing adjunct healthcare funding from the state, we’re now positioned to win the program changes to ensure that this funding actually reaches the faculty and their families who need it.

Please join CFT and our local leaders at the Hospitality Management Building at Mission College in San Jose, on Thurs. 9/8 at 5 pm, to continue preparing for a powerful and successful bargaining campaign this fall: cft.org/kickoff-faculty-healthcare-now

Please contact Marianne (kaletzky@aft1493.org) with any questions. Looking forward to seeing you on the 8th!

SMCCCD Enrollment, Faculty & Revenue Trends Over Last Decade

SMCCCD Enrollment, Faculty & Revenue Trends Over Last Decade

Over the last decade or so, our district enrollment has declined significantly as have our number of part-time faculty. The number of full-time faculty has increased by about a dozen over the same period. Meanwhile our district’s annual revenues have risen dramatically, from $113.8 million in 2009-10 to $208.2 million in 2019-20.

SMCCCD Annual Enrollment Trends
(2012-13 to 2021-22)

from: SMCCD 2021-2022 Final Budget Report (p.15) 

 

SMCCCD Annual
Part-Time & Full-Time Faculty
Headcount Trends
2008-2022

                FT        PT

2008:   339      738
2009:    323      703
2010:    307      643
2011:    315      669
2012:    318      672
2013:    319      676
2014:    338      616
2015:    333      628
2016:    338      542
2017:    353      522
2018:    362      556
2019:    354      544
2020:   354      515
2021:    365      492
2022:   366      487

 from: California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Data Mart

 

 

SMCCCD Annual Revenues
2011-12 to 2021-22

    Year  Revenues  % Increase
2011-12 $132,726,648  
2012-13 $146,555,508  10.4%
2013-14 $155,763,097  6.3%
2014-15 $164,865,325  5.8%
2015-16 $194,106,734  17.7%
2016-17 $200,519,877  3.3%
2017-18 $215,733,168  7.6%
2018-19 $242,630,443  12.5%
2019-20 $249,472,754  2.8%
2020-21 $262,263,712  5.1%
2021-22 $269,382,217 2.7%

Percentage revenue increase in last 10 years (from 2011-12 to 2021-22): 103%

from: CCFS-311 Reports (Total-Fund 10: Actual)

CLASS CANCELLATION POLICIES – FALL 2022 AND BEYOND

On July 27 Chancellor Claire wrote to faculty to share the news that he has directed administrators to allow Fall 2022 sections with enrollment of at least ten students to run—rather than implementing the usual Board Policy that allows deans to cancel classes of less than 20. AFT applauds this decision, which we strongly believe is best for students, faculty, and our District’s long-term enrollments. As we work to recover from the ongoing pandemic, our District must offer students as many options to take courses as possible. We must also minimize disruptions to students’ educational plans, including cancellations of courses they need.

The same day Chancellor Claire announced his directive, AFT members and student trustee Lesly Ta spoke to the Board of Trustees supporting his decision. We also asked the Board to agendize the issue of class minimums and cancellation procedures for a future meeting. As you may know, community college enrollments are in crisis across the state of California: in Spring 2022, California community colleges had 865,000 FTEs, vs 1.6 million FTEs in Spring 2014, the year that Board Policy on class minimums was last reviewed. In other words, statewide enrollments are now half what they were when the 20-student minimum was last reviewed.

Speakers encouraged the Board to consult all stakeholders about what cancellation policies would best support continuing students and encourage new students to enroll. Watch the speakers below:

Watch AFT President Monica Malamud speak about the current enrollment crisis and the need for a reasonable cancellation policy:

Watch Skyline Professor Kathleen McClung speak about the benefits to students of keeping smaller classes:

Watch Student Trustee Lesly Ta speak about the impact of class cancellations on students’ educational plans:

We were pleased to hear Trustees say they plan to agendize Board Policy on cancellations for their meeting on August 24, 2022. Please let us know if you are interested in speaking about the impact of cancellations on you and your students and what you think a reasonable cancellation policy might look like. You can let us know if you’d like to speak or if you have comments you want to share with the Board by emailing AFT 1493 Executive Secretary Marianne Kaletzky at kaletzky@aft1493.org.