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Please add any additional comments you would like to share with the UF Executive Board.
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1.Wed, 10/10/07 7:03 PMI think our Spring Break should match the majority of schools in our areas. We will not be able to match them all, but parents who are working in our district and parent who are our students are affected when the calendars do not match.
2.Wed, 10/10/07 7:05 PMGrants should not be the only way to be compensated.
3.Wed, 10/10/07 7:05 PMThis is small issue, but I would like to see the College provide drinking water in departments (ot! her than drinking fountains.
4.Wed, 10/10/07 7:08 PMI'm currently seeking a FT job in another district. I'm tired of waiting for our district to give us a decent raise (to catch up to where we should be). I know that the district says that their goal is to bring us up to the top 3, but it may be YEARS before that will happen. It's not worth the wait for me.
5.Wed, 10/10/07 7:10 PMSince you mentioned it, spring break should be tied to the spring break of the public schools that serve our area. It is inconvenient for my students who are parents when they have classes the week their children are out of school - they have no day care. I had a number of students ask to bring their kids to class or claim they could not come because of day care problems. The calendars should coincide.
6.Wed, 10/10/07 7:33 PMAffiliate before the next crisis!
7.Wed, 10/10/07 7:46 PMrelease time specifically for Curriculum committee chairs independent of campus senate release time
8.Wed, 10/10/07 7:54 PMI want my salary restored relative to the top 10.
9.Wed, 10/10/07 7:57 PMAlthough I like and respect Helen and ultimatley believe that she is the right person for the job, I think that her reluctance to make some hard decisions (reorganizing district office, getting rid of athletic recruiting policy so we lose students to other districts, addressing differences between the schools, etc) is preventing us from moving forward. Continuing to press on that front would be helpful. I really feel that increasing full time hires, increasing s! alary and getting release time for program directors are the biggest issues. Running a vocational program, and being the sole full-timer, place extreme demands on me and the work that I must do is well above that of say a math or history teacher. Quality of instruction (as well as quality of my life and emotional health) and program improvement would be greatly enhanced if I could have some release time. I also think that our contract for offices supplies is obscene based on what I can pick things up for at staples, office depot, etc. For example the toner I got for my laser printer cost over $200 for a generic house brand, but at staples the regular price for the HP toner cartridge was less than $100. I also know that paper is much more expensive than the vendor that the print shop is able to use. Thanks for your efforts on my behalf.
10.Wed, 10/10/07 8:00 PMMorale of the part-timers ! is so low. i think it is urgent to repair the respect of the PT'rs. We work so hard and really really feel stepped on. thank you.
11.Wed, 10/10/07 8:07 PMI believe that the UF is not watching out for our contract enough. We should focus on what we already have and on solidifying it so that it does not get diminished. If the UF tries to do too many things at one time, no one thing will ever be completed. Also, pleasure resurrect a Table Talk that has clear and detailed information so that we can judge for ourselves. Do not censor or keep information back.
12.Wed, 10/10/07 8:16 PMThe most significant items should be salary and full-time hiring!! Next is reassigned time for curriculum chairs, and faculty to run programs at the colleges.
13.Wed, 10/10/07 8:17 PMYou are deeply isolated from the rank-and-file and not communicating a commitment ! to protecting and advancing contractual rights for faculty.
14.Wed, 10/10/07 8:21 PMSpring Break combined with Easter Break: Question 11 - I'm tired of having our Spring Break tied to a ridiculous religious holiday. Spring Break should always be the 3rd or 4th week in March and SHOULD NEVER have anything to do with Easter Break.....church and state, Helloooo??!! In addition, March is when the break is needed...when it is tied to this loony schedule of Easter, it can sometimes land in the second and third week of April.
15.Wed, 10/10/07 8:40 PMIt is my understanding that during the election process, that part time faculty have one full vote. This is equal to a full time faculty members vote. If this is correct, Why? Full time faculty need to have a larger say in what direction our district/colleges have.
16.Wed, 10/10/07 8:57 PMWe need more face to face interaction and forums. We need to foster greater college community as one with both FT and PT faculty.
17.Wed, 10/10/07 9:15 PMSalary
18.Wed, 10/10/07 9:47 PMOn the prior page, there was a question about the best time for Spring Break. As a faculty member with children in elementary school, I'd ask that we consider coordinating DVC's break with the Mt. Diablo school district so that students, faculty, staff and management with children can be home with them. Are there other time considerations for the other week(s)?
19.Wed, 10/10/07 10:15 PMWe need to be just one faculty. All faculty members titles ought to be either Professor (for full time (whatever)) or Associate Professor (for part time (whatever)). We all have the same teaching standards, and responsibilities. We should all be paid commensurate with length of service, experience, credentials, and rewarded for creating new and valuable courses and programs of courses.
20.Wed, 10/10/07 11:04 PMW! e need teaching assistants and more classified staff. While money is n ice, time -- or lack thereof -- is my issue. Too much to do and not enough help. They can throw money at me and it will not solve that problem.
21.Wed, 10/10/07 11:11 PMthanks!
22.Thu, 10/11/07 12:11 AMThe extremely labor-intensive way SLO's/COORs are implemented at LMC cries out for some kind of compensation.
23.Thu, 10/11/07 12:28 AMThe UF has done agreat job this year, but I can see that part-timers are taking a bigger role in decision making, which is a concern since the self-interests of that group are quite different than those of full-time faculty
24.Thu, 10/11/07 1:50 AMI think that spring break should be right in the middle of spring ! semester, not tied to some Christian holiday. I think our semesters should be reduced to 16 weeks, including finals. Make fall and spring semesters the same length. This year, spring semester is a FULL week longer than fall which makes it very hard to teach the same amount of material in fall than in spring. STUDENTS should be surveyed more often when decisions are being made that affect THEM. Asking a few hundred students whether they want to go to a shorter semester or not is really not very useful seeing as we have significantly more students in the district than that. Perhaps students would like to be surveyed about when they want spring break, too.
25.Thu, 10/11/07 3:46 AMPart timers should get paid for the time they work outside of class. I spend 30+ hours a week simply on grading, roster management and creating materials so it is a shame I only get paid for the 9 or so hours I am in the classroom. I commute between two schools to make ends meet, working part time at each, which opens a whole other can of worms about poor working conditions for part timers...
26.Thu, 10/11/07 5:23 AMPart-timers need more ! classes and / or full-time status
27.Thu, 10/11/07 2:14 PMThanks!
28.Thu, 10/11/07 5:33 PMYou serve the faculty. Please do not assume you have all the answers. Please support the "shared governance principle". Work with the Senate for increased involvement by the faculty versus the UF. The UF appears to have a "we want to be the faculty voice" versus we want to assist in empowering the faculty to have a voice in all areas mandated by law.
29.Thu, 10/11/07 6:59 PMAll campuses are under the District so that we should all have the same procedures and policy.
30.Thu, 10/11/07 9:22 PMWhy don't you couple an affiliation disc! ussion along with the soon to be request for more dues?
31.Fri, 10/12/07 4:55 AMThe two times I tried to go to a public forum about rehire rights last year I couldn't find them. Because I am only on campus on Monday nights, I frequently don't get notices until the event has passed. It would be nice if we could get more than a few days notice on meetings. Some give plenty of time, but others do not.
32.Fri, 10/12/07 6:59 PMI feel there is a disconnect with the UF executive board.
33.Fri, 10/12/07 7:56 PMThanks for looking out for all of us
34.Mon, 10/15/07 3:28 AMthere are top-notch part-time faculty here and I would like to see them play a larger part in the general workings of their departments; AND, when fu! ll time positions come up, they should be hired.
35.Mon, 10/15/07 1:39 PMPart-time faculty (judging by the pt listserve) are disgruntled and restless
36.Mon, 10/15/07 7:14 PMI work really, really hard and put extra hours as needed without compensation. I enjoy my job, but sometimes feel that I'm not propertly treated as a collegue by the department. "Senior" memebrs of the department dominate the newer members of the department.
37.Mon, 10/15/07 11:10 PMThe topic of Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) really needs to be addressed. Faculty have been given the responsibility for SLOs without any additional compensation. The increased workload that SLOs require, if done properly, is outrageous. Faculty should be compe! nsated or given release time for the work required by SLOs. It's just too much to ask of faculty with no compensation and is creating poor morale across campus.
38.Mon, 10/15/07 11:34 PMMake spring and fall semesters same length (add a week to fall) Take off whole week of Thanksgiving- most students are gone and it is hard to do much that week. Have spring break during week 9 or 10 , not tied to Easter at all.
39.Mon, 10/15/07 11:45 PMwE have a potential for real growth in esl and it seems it is being ignored.
40.Tue, 10/16/07 12:54 AMThanks for the changed attitude - we've had enough of the attack dog practices.
41.Tue, 10/16/07 1:58 AMI feel like the lovefest between CCC admin and faculty is not working for me. I see them basically stonewalling my program, which is not one of their pet programs. I get almost zero help from my division dean and other deans. They only tell me what I can't do, and create a lot of extra work.
42.Tue, 10/16/07 3:32 AMPlease work at unifying full time! and part time relations. Preference rehire rights feels like conquer and divide. For example, Glen Appell's comment at the recent evaluation workshop stating that most full time faculty do not favor rehire rights was inappropriate, unfounded, self-serving, and damaging!! We must unify, not divide on an issue that is simply not THAT political nor divisive.
43.Tue, 10/16/07 4:56 PMMost important: pay equity with Bay Area CC districts.
44.Tue, 10/16/07 6:54 PMJob stress lack of full-time Faculty.
45.Tue, 10/16/07 7:07 PMPlease allow me a small rant: why should faculty be allowed to schedule their courses for fewer days per week when the rest of us teach 5 days per week? The ability of these faculty to teach fewer days per! week is because the rest of us don't.
46.Tue, 10/16/07 7:37 PMMoral is very low as a campus, maybe an all-time low. It's becoming more adversarial than ever before between mgmt and faculty/staff. Unfortunately the students. The buildings are poor quality (the doors in the humanities building slam and don't close right, no real food services for students for two years, Library reopened after two years, students just throw the paper towels on the floor in the bathroom, very messy...to me it's amazing that we have the number of students that we do. The students we do retain for the most part are exceedingly loyal.
47.Wed, 10/17/07 12:00 AMLet's ask to be part of the District and College Budget process.
48.Wed, 10/17/07 3:14 AMWe need a UF Blog page!
! 49.Thu, 10/18/07 3:09 PMSpring Break should ideally match with the elementary/high school schedules so we can take family vacations with our families!!
50.Thu, 10/18/07 4:38 PMWell, this rant is probably enough. And "Thanks" for asking.
51.Fri, 10/19/07 1:16 AMThank you for conducting this survey!
52.Fri, 10/19/07 7:39 PMKeep up the good work on salary. Get that evaluation process revised within one year.
53.Fri, 10/19/07 10:24 PMThank you for doing what you can to increase our quality of work life.
54.Sat, 10/20/07 12:11 AMyou guys ROCK!
55.Mon, 10/22/07 6:00 PMI feel VERY strongly about the timing of spring break. My first preference is to NOT have it float with Easter. Students need a break after week 10. It is palpable. If we must, for some reason, float it, earlier is much better for the students, so before break is the choice for them. (There are times when break comes so late that it might as well be cancellled.) Finally, if we are going to use a religious holiday, we should try and include Passover, which I believe usually comes before Easter - not sure. Nonetheless! , an earlier break serves the students best. Getting all K-12 schools in line would also be an important and challenging task.
56.Mon, 10/22/07 11:45 PMThank you for doing this survey.
57.Wed, 10/24/07 4:55 PMThank you for soliciting our opinions!
58.Wed, 10/24/07 6:25 PMI feel that full-time instructors are not being adequately represented since part-time instructors are more numerous and can out-vote us on important issues. Perhaps a separate union for us?
59.Thu, 10/25/07 12:11 AMAll of my colleagues are literally "tapped out".