Video is now available! https://youtu.be/4pN51TWyL-s
Annotated Agenda/Minutes with links:
- Welcome and greeting- David Milroy
II. Updates on California legislation impacting part-time faculty. – Carol Whaley
- 80-85% load limit – AB-375 (Medina)
- Pay parity – AB – 1269 (C. Garcia)
- Write to bill authors (click names above) and Appropriations Committee members urging them to remove these bills from Suspense and pass them onto the full Assembly for vote
III. Social Security Fairness 2021 bill, H.R. 82 to eliminate the WEP and GPO – David Milroy
SDAFA visits with legislators.
- Scott Peters – cosponsor
- Sara Jacobs – cosponsor
- Darrell Issa – Meeting next week (has NOT cosponsored)
- Juan Vargas – (has NOT cosponsored)
New Senate bill S-1302 Thursday, April 22, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Susan
Collins (R-ME) led a bipartisan group of their Senate colleagues to re-introduce the Social
Security Fairness Act. Senate Bill: S.1302
IV. SDCCD Report:
- Face-to-face or all online in Fall – Carlynne Allbee
- Still up in the air but campuses are trying to plan for some face-to-face, mostly lab classes
- $500 remote work stipend
- This should be automatically paid on your last paycheck of the semester if you worked during the 2020-21 school year
- Extension of Priority of Assignment (POA) protection – Arnie Schoenberg
- 1) Adjunct faculty who were not given assignments or had their assignments reduced for reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic and related budgetary challenges during the fall 2020, spring 2021, fall 2021, and/or the spring 2022 semesters will retain their accumulated FTEF/hours through December 31, 2022.
- 2) Adjunct faculty who decline all offered assignments will retain their accumulated FTEF/hours through December 31, 2022, provided the declination was approved by the appropriate Dean.
- 3) Adjunct faculty who voluntarily decline all offered assignments within a discipline, without approval of the appropriate Dean, shall lose all priority of assignment rights and accumulated FTEF/hours within that discipline as has been the current practice.
- Extension of health benefits expires September 30th, 2021
- Guild and Federal COBRA Relief
- Contacting VEBA over 65 desk and signing up for Medi-care
- Guild election – Carol Whaley
- Info went out via USPS to all Guild members announcing election and calling for candidates
- Signatures had to be gathered in person
- Ballots are being mailed now and must be postmarked May 8
- Arnie is running for City College Adjunct VP – https://arnieschoenberg.com/vote/
- Only City Adjuncts with current assignments will be voting for City College Adjunct VP
V. Palomar – Helen Wilson
- Update on fall schedule – Checking availability- some FF some online
- Vaccinations – Working with MiraCosta regarding vaccine requirements.
VI. Grossmont/Cuyamaca college – Salvador Gonzalez
- Update on fall schedule
- Vaccine policy
VII. Salary advancement: What it is and how to increase your income! Arnie Schoenberg
- Find the presentation at https://www.sdafa.org/salary-advancement/
- Online teaching certification training might qualify for salary advancement. You will have to check with the professional advancement committee on your campus and your union.
- To find out about previous credit for flex that you might be able to use for salary advancement, contact theFlex Coordinator on your campus.
VIII. Update on SDAFA Facebook and website uploads. Arnie Schoenberg
- Check out the website at SDAFA.org
- Have your story published on the SDAFA forum & blog to benefit other adjunct faculty: https://www.sdafa.org/contact/tell-us-your-story/
IX. Questions and Discussion – The remaining time is dedicated to a group discussion open to all and will not be recorded.
- Info on Retirement Planning: https://www.sdafa.org/retirement-planning/
- Contact us with any further comments, questions, or suggestions: https://www.sdafa.org/contact/
Greetings SDAFA Members and Friends!
It has been a difficult semester (Year?) for all of us and SDAFA would like to invite you to join us for a quick wrap-up of what we have been doing for the past few months.
On Thursday, April 29th from 5 pm to 6 pm, the San Diego Adjunct Faculty Association is inviting you to the SDAFA Spring General Meeting, a scheduled Zoom meeting featuring updates on the following topics:
1. Updates on California legislation impacting part-time faculty. 80% load limit? Pay parity?
2. An update on the Social Security Fairness 2021 bill, H.R. 82 to eliminate the WEP and GPO and SDAFA visits with legislators
3. Salary advancement: What it is and how to increase your income!
4. Updates on fall 2021: Face-to-Face or online teaching at the various San Diego colleges
5. Extension of Priority of Assignment (POA) protection and $500 remote work stipend at SDCCD
6. Updates from Palomar, MiraCosta and Cuyamaca colleges
To attend, simply send an email to Chair@SDAFA.ORG and let us know you will be joining us so we can put you on the list of attendees and send you the link.
Looking forward to seeing you all and wishing you an enjoyable end to this most interesting semester!
Most sincerely,
David Milroy, Chair
Carol Whaley, Vice-Chair
Carlynne Allbee, Treasurer
Arnie Schoenberg, Secretary
Lenore McCrory, Miramar College Rep
Helen Wilson, Palomar College Rep.
Salvador Gonzalez, Cuyamaca College Rep.
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