TMCC-NFA�Contract�Negotiations

Cheryl Cardoza

Jim New

Beth Humphrey

Process

• Further Discussions on
• Article 5: Salary
• Article 3: Academic Freedom, Shared Governance, and NFA Prerogatives and Responsibilities
• Article 7: Additions to the Workforce
• Constituent Review of Articles 3 and 5
• Completed Contract out to Members
• Ratification Vote
• Board of Regents Approval
• Submission of files by 11/1
• Vote at December’s Board Meeting

Negotiated Changes to the Contract

Article 12: What’s New?

• Clarified the Steps for Academic Faculty:
• Annual Plan
• Academic Self-Evaluation
• Annual Performance Evaluation
• Added Administrative Faculty Evaluation Process
• Made the Faculty Support Committee stronger
• Made Tenure Track Concerns more centered on the Committee
• Observations
• Teaching Evaluation Form: Scheduled in advance
• Unscheduled: Only for concerns/complaints with reasonable cause

Article 13: A Somewhat New Process

• Added Informal Step(s)
• Evaluator
• Evaluator’s Supervisor
• Clarified Steps and Timeline
• Made APRAC more transparent
• Formed from the Faculty Evaluations Committee
• Includes Representatives from NFA and HR
• Clarified Documentation of Decisions
• Made Merit Awards Retroactive

Article 14: New Focus

• Focus: Code, Contract, Bylaws, Policy
• Evaluations and the Process for those are Article 13
• Added Informal Resolution Processes
• Paid Attention to Conflict of Interest in Who Addresses the Grievance
• Chancellor Removed from the Process
• Mediation Added

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Appendix A: Enter the 21^st Century

• Clarification of Independent Study
• Reordered B-Contract and A-Contract Faculty
• Student Support Times (AKA Office Hours)
• Removed Instructor Assisted Open Entry Language
• Added Variable Instructional Workload
• Added Lower vs. Upper Division Pay for IS

Article 8: Department Chairs

• Wins
• Removes Dept. Chairs from Faculty Evaluations
• Clarifies timing of PT Faculty Evaluations
• Added PT faculty to Chair Evaluations

• Losses
• Chair Stipend Increase
• Standardized Release Times
• New Formula for Calculating Plus Days

Reorganization

• Article 1: Recognition
• Article 2: Definitions
• Article 3: Academic Freedom, Shared Governance and NFA Prerogatives and Responsibilities
• Article 4: Academic Year and Instructional Days
• Article 5: Salary
• Article 6: Benefits
• Article 7: Additions to the Workforce
• Article 8: Faculty Workload
• Article 9: Additional Assignments
• Article 10: Department Chairs Responsibility and Compensation
• Article 11: Academic Program Coordinators and Academic Directors
• Article 12 Faculty Evaluation Process
• Article 13: Disputes Regarding Annual Performance Evaluations
• Article 14: Disputes Regarding Code, Contract, Bylaws, or Policy
• Article 15: Retrenchment

Questions?