Negotiations Report 8 April 2010 Part-time Issues
Profile of Instructional Faculty For the academic year From the Office of Institutional Analysis & Planning Part-time Faculty Number: 599 Instructional Hours: 138,456 Total Release/Leave Hours: None Instructional Hours/faculty: Full-time Faculty Number: 352 Instructional Hours: 81,918 Total Release/Leave Hours: 40,291 Instructional Hours/faculty:
Part-time Faculty Demographics Gender: Male: 37.9% Female: 62.1% Age Distribution: 45.2 (Mean) % % % % % Part-time Faculty Credentials: PhD 15.1% Master’s 47.1% Bachelor's 26.3% Diploma 2.9% Other/Professional 8.0%
Part-time Faculty Workload * Balance of Instructional Hours Taught by Part-time Faculty: Lecture: 55.5% (75,976 hrs) Tutorial: 48.1% (4,742 hrs) Lab: 70.4% (18,930 hrs) Practicum: 83.3% (35,996 hrs) DFS/DST: 80.6% (2,835 hrs) Total: 62.8% (138,394 hrs) Institution: 220,374 hrs Annual Number of Students: Institution: 81,761 Part-time: 39,135 Full-time: 35,013 Annual Number of Sections: (students/sections) Institution: 3,276 (25.0) Part-time: 1,715 (22.8) Full-time: 1,311 (26.7)
SICH Hour Distribution & Performance Annual Instructional Hours: SICH %PT CE (48) <= >= FTE = 384 SICH (T/S) Total PT(>= 384): SEI Scoring: PT Faculty Surveyed: 74.5% Overall Mean: 4.26 Learning Environment: 4.52 Assistance to Students: 4.32 Facilitation of Learning: 4.20 Evaluation of Learning: 4.17 General Evaluation: 4.12
Part-time Negotiations Survey
Top Six Priorities 1.Continuing part-time contract with guaranteed workload 2.Part-time hourly rate linked to full-time salaries 3.Clearly defined and applied seniority system 4.Access to some sort of pension plan 5.Health benefits during the summer 6.Increase in the maximum SICH
Negotiating Committee Principles There are different kinds of ‘part-time’ faculty We need to move away from one set of processes for all ‘part-time’ faculty Selection criteria must be developed by the academic unit and they must be transparent Processes need to recognize satisfactory performance Hiring process for long-term ‘part-time’ faculty needs to be as clear as for full-time faculty
A framework for thinking about part-time issues Semester Contract Extended Contract Continuing Contract Appointment Duration Workload Evaluation Benefits PD Pension
Discussion