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Know your Contract:

Information for Part-time Faculty

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Adrienne Mitchell, LCCEA President

Nancy Wood, LCCEA VP for Part-time Faculty

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Part-time Info

• Insurance benefits
• Section 125 Health Care Expense Account
• Employee Assistance Program
• Hourly rates
• Inservice Hours Usage
• College Committee Work
• Faculty Professional Development
• LCCEA PT Department Reps

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Part-time Insurance, briefly (33.2)

• One of three community colleges in OR providing insurance benefits to part-time faculty; status quo language provides $0 monthly contribution for employee only
• Only community college providing insurance benefits to family members beyond part-time faculty member
• Become eligible after 15 credits over 4 terms and scheduled for .2 FTE OR 5 credits or .33 FTE in one term and scheduled for 5 credits next term
• Maintain eligibility at .2 FTE per term OR skip a term with 1.2 term FTE for two consecutive terms OR skip a term with 1.2 term FTE for three consecutive terms with summer limited to .5 FTE

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Part-time Insurance, Qualification Examples

Two ways to Qualify:

Total of 15 credits over 4 terms and scheduled for 3 cr. (33.2.2)

Fall .4 FTE Win .2 FTE Spr .2 FTE Sum .2 FTE Schedule for Fall .2 FTE

6 credits 3 credits 3 credits 3 credits Scheduled for 3 cr.

Two terms in a row of .333 FTE or more (33.2.3)

Fall .333 FTE Scheduled for Winter .333 FTE

5 credits Scheduled for 5 credits

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Part-time Insurance, Maintenance Examples

Three ways to maintain:

.2 FTE (3 credits) per term every term (33.2.4)

1.2 term FTE in two consecutive terms (33.2.4.1)

Example: .6 FTE Fall; .6 FTE Winter OR .8 FTE Fall; .4 FTE Winter; 0 Spring (ins)

1.2 term FTE in three consecutive terms (33.2.4.2)

.4 FTE Fall; .4FTE Winter; .4FTE Spring; 0 Summer (ins)

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Section 125 (33.5)

• Tax free expense reimbursement for medical or dependent care (13 and under)
• If eligible for insurance, eligible for Section 125
• Minimum Employee Contribution: $240 / year for medical; $0 for dependent care
• Maximum Employee Contribution: $2650 for medical; $5000 if single or married filing jointly and $2500 if married filing separately for dep. care
• College contributions:
• Employee only $300
• Employee + Spouse/Partner or Employee +Children: $500
• Full Family $600

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Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Confidential Counseling
• 24-Hour Crisis Help
• In-person Counseling
• Online Consultations with licensed counselors
• Phone counseling sessions
• Childcare and Adult/Eldercare Services
• Legal Services: free, half-hour for any non-work issue, then 25% discount
• Mediation Services: personal, family, non-work issues such as divorce, neighbor disputes, or real estate
• Identity theft services
• More...

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Part-time Faculty Hourly Rates

• See salary schedules in Article 25
• Rates listed are hourly rates paid for in-service, meetings, etc.
• Hourly rates for regular teaching assignments are higher (approx. 17.6% higher)
• To calculate: Find your hourly rate from the schedule and multiply by 40 and divide by 34
• Example: $30.00 x 40 / 34 = $35.29 / hour
• To calculate number of hours per week of paid time, multiply FTE x 34
• Example: .33 FTE x 34 = 11.22 hours per week for 11 weeks

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In-Service Hours (9.2.2)

• For faculty teaching in Fall: sixteen hours
• For faculty teaching in Spring: additional eight hours
• Uses:
• Fall In-service
• Spring Conference
• Workshops or meetings on campus
• Attend and record on timesheet

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College Committee Work

• Unused in-service hours
• If scheduled by college department or division manager for in-service activities that are not part of college-wide functions, must be paid regular hourly rate (9.2.2.3)
• Right to attend department/ discipline program meetings (except confidential such as search committees) (32.5.1)
• Other opportunities that offer funding for PT faculty participation (Assessment Team, etc.)

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Faculty Professional Development

• lanecc.edu/fpd
• Coordinator: Aryn Bartley, bartleya@lanecc.edu
• Professional Activities funding
• Part-time faculty with .2 annual average FTE, after one year at LCC
• Eligible for up to $3000 every three years for professional conferences, workshops, courses, etc.
• Faculty Connections
• New Faculty Orientation and Mentorship Program
• One or two days prior to Fall
• Mentorship throughout the year
• Professional and social events each term
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LCCEA Part-time Reps

Currently have reps in: LLC, ALS, ABSE, ESL, Health, and Science

Please consider serving as a rep!

The time commitment is minimal, and the impact is great!

See: lccea.org

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