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The Negotiating Council, under the leadership of the Chief Negotiator, has the responsibility of conducting negotiations with the District. A three-member Negotiating Team, led by the Chief Negotiator, meets with District negotiators to reach agreement on a new contract, and reports back to the Council for its advice and consent. The Council, in turn, reports to the membership. All new contracts must be ratified by a vote of the Association membership.

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President: Mitra Moassessi

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November, 2002 Volume 17, Issue 2 - Assembly Supports Part-Time Faculty Bill of Rights PDF Print E-mail
This motion was passed by the Representative Assembly on  October 31, 2002.

    The Santa Monica College Faculty Association,  while it recognizes the work that has been done in the past to improve the condition of part time faculty, urges the Santa Monica Community College District Board of Trustees and Administration to join with us to address continuing inequities in the community college system.
     As an effort to define the major remaining areas of concern, a series of meetings held by part time faculty in the spring of 2002 was held, resulting in the following "Bill of Rights."   These rights embody the overriding belief that the use of part time faculty should be based on sound academic principles and professional standards.
    While we recognize that these rights cut across jurisdictions, we urge the Board of Trustees to adopt these rights as policy goals for the Santa Monica Community College District, and we anticipate that the Board of Trustees and the Administration will join with the faculty to address these issues on a statewide level.

Equal status includes:

1.      Equal pay for equal work.

2.      Equivalent office space and equipment for part-time faculty.

3.      An equivalent orientation for new part-time faculty.

4.      Full health benefits.

5.      Paid office hours for all part time faculty.

6.      Expansion of the eligibility and rights of associate faculty status.

7.      Earliest possible notification of course assignments.

8.      Consistent teaching loads for all sessions.

9.      Enough parking for part-time faculty.

10.      Teaching experience at Santa Monica College should be a significant consideration in hiring for tenure track positions.

11.   Enforcement of the contract provision regarding advance notification of departmental meetings.

12.   Voting rights in departmental decision-making.

13.   All hours worked (including summer and winter sessions) count towards credit for salary step increases and associate faculty status.

14.   Abolition of the sixty percent law, which mandates that non-tenured faculty are only allowed to teach a 60% load in any given college district.
  		 

 

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