Resources from “Adjunct Retirement and Benefits – What You Need to Know!”

On Tuesday, August 17, SDAFA hosted a program on part-time faculty retirement featuring:  VEBA – Health Benefits – Shannon Hoffman, CalSTRS –  Jennifer Helfend-Gomez The San Diego Office of Education – Dan Puplava  Social Security –  Jeffrey Rodriguez The California Retired Teachers Association (CalRTA) – Suzie Dixon and Jennifer Baker. The event was recorded and is available below. There are also the […]

Faculty homelessness, housing insecurity, and financial hardship

I’m a reporter for Cal State LA’s Community News class working on a story for EdSource.org, an education news website. My fellow students and I are writing about adjunct faculty and part-time lecturers who may be experiencing homelessness, housing insecurity, or financial hardships.I’m just wondering if you can put me in touch with some adjuncts who […]

SDCCD Adjunct Research

Dear SDCCD Adjunct Faculty,You are invited to participate in the Community College Adjunct Faculty Experience Project, a research study led by Dr. Eligio Martinez Jr. from the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University. The purpose of this qualitative research study is to understand the experiences of community college adjunct instructional faculty and the […]

Winter is coming…

Dr. Carroll, Vice Chancellors Dowd, Surbrook, and Bulger, There is much concern among part-time faculty over the email we received on Monday informing us that we will not be receiving our first pay warrant of the semester until March 10.  Please see the emails below between myself and others and members of the AFT Guild […]