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"Learning Begins with Respect ...Respect Demands Equity"

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Congratulations to the newly elected members of the SCFA Executive Board, and thanks to all who participated. 

Read the Teller's Report to view the tally.  

Note: You may need to use your PDF program to rotate the page Instructiions for the current version of Adobe Reader: Select View, Rotate View, then Counterclockwise.

PresidentStan Spencer

Full-Time Representatives: Julie Bruno, Johnnie Terry

Part-Time Representatives: Paul Cooper, Wayne Barbee

CCEBT Board MemberVicki Day

Contract Ratification: Passed

One-Time Payout: Passed

Online Voting: Passed

SDI Withholding: Passed


Unemployed? 

Part-time California Community College instructors are entitled to unemployment benefits when we are not working. This includes summers and breaks between  semesters. Read this before filing your claim.

 

 

EDD interview?

Applicants are often required to take part in a telephone interview conducted by EDD (Employment Development Department). Read this  and be informed and prepared. Avoid costly mistakes

 

 

 

  


 

Confessions of a Tenured Professor

Excerpt: "What kind of callous person would I be if I were not profoundly disturbed by such obvious inequality? And what does it say about my entire profession whenover 70 percent of those teaching in American colleges today are precarious, at-will workers? This new faculty majority, frequently and erroneously mislabeled as part-timers, are often full-time, long-term perma-temps, whose obscenely low wages and total lack of job security constitute what is only now being recognized as the "dirty little secret" in higher education." Read the article 

 

 

 

Savings and discounts for SCFA members. From CTA: tickets, theme parks, auto rentals and purchase, hotels, travel deals.Learn more 

 

More discounts from NEA: Costco, health and well-being (vision, hearing, Px, more), clothing, magazines and books, auto purchase, car rental, travel and tours, retirement software, insurance (life, long-term, hospital, auto and home, and more). Additional savings via Click and Save (disounts for over 100 retail stores, local restaurants, electronics, clothing, gifts, food and wine, appliances, and more. Requires free user account. Example: $25 gift certificate to local restaurant for $3.  

 

 

 

View all 36 reasons

 

 

Keep the COMMUNITY in Community College

See what the issues are by viewing two videos: REAL Student Success, and Dear Chancellor Scott

See the videos, read the petition

 

Part Time Faculty 

 

State Disability Insurance-- learn about SDI here. Part-time instructors voted for SDI. More info.

 

Keep in touch

Did you know there is an email service that is dedicated to the concerns, issues, and questions of part time faculty? Learn more

 

 

Part Time Health Benefits Survey  
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Unemployed?   Read this  before filing your claim

 

EDD interview?   Read this

and be better prepared.

 

Do you know when to contact a dispute resolution officer? 

  Read more.

 

  

Last update 17 May, 2012 11:58 AM