Transcript FORMULATING SENIORITY LISTS AND PRIORITY LISTS

FORMULATING PRIORITY &
SENIORITY LISTS
Los Angeles Southwest College
July 2008
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General Guidelines
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Seniority lists guide the process for selecting
instructors to teach fall and spring semester classes
Priority lists guide the process for selecting
instructors to teach summer and winter intersession
classes
Seniority & priority lists are prepared by discipline
as defined in Appendix E of the contract
The lists are formed differently but the penalties for
failing to construct them properly or follow them are
the same
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WHAT ARE THE
PENALTIES?
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If an instructor is found to have been
passed over when they should have
been offered the opportunity to teach a
class:
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The college has to pay the instructor
wages equal to what he/she would have
earned had he/she been given the
opportunity to teach the class(es)
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What does this mean to me?
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As the dean or the department chair, you will
be evaluated and/or reprimanded based on
your failure to comply with the terms of the
contract
The department in question will lose funding
since the college has been forced to pay
wages for which no services were received
(currently the cost of a 3 unit class is estimated at $5,500)
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FORMULATING PRIORITY LISTS
(Article 15)
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Priority lists are determined separately for winter
and summer (summer has only 1 list regardless of number of
sessions)
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What is a full assignment for summer and winter?
 A full assignment = 5 or 6 standard hour
class/es
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DEADLINES FOR
PRIORITY LISTS
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By October 15 for winter intersession
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February 15 for summer intersession(s)
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Note:
A priority list will be established for each
discipline by the department chair. A copy will be
forwarded by the department chair to the dean
by the due date
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In what order are priority list
assignments made?
1. Regular faculty teaching a portion
of their regular fall or spring load
 2. Regular faculty
 3. Adjuncts on the Seniority List
 4. All Others
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Exceptions to Priority
Calculations
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Probationary Faculty
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See Article 15(B)(5)(c) for more detail
Adjuncts on the seniority list who have never taught
intersession
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See Article 15(B)(6) for more detail
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How is the Priority List
formulated?
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The goal is to compile a numerical chart which will
list the faculty members ranked in ascending
order, separated as follows:
 Regular faculty
 Adjunct faculty on the seniority list
 All others
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Numerical Assignments
Numbers are assigned based on the following:
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0: No assignment offered, accepted or taught
¼: Taught > 0 to < .40 of a full assignment
 1 - 2 Standard Hours
½: Taught .40 to .60 of a full assignment
 3 Standard Hours
1:
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Taught > .60 of a full assignment
4, 5 or 6 Standard Hours
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How is the Priority List
formulated? (con’t)
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Faculty who have not taught for the longest period of
time will have the smallest numerical score assigned to
them = higher rank on the list
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NOTE: If final numerical score is a tie, priority goes to the
person with the lowest rank in the most current year
Failure to accept a class does not affect the faculty
member’s ranking at the top of the list (i.e, their
numerically assigned rank would remain low and keep
them at the top of the list)
As a faculty member comes to the top of the priority
list, they are entitled up to a full assignment before the
next person is offered an assignment
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What does a Priority List look
like?
Los Ange le s Southw e s t Colle ge Priority Lis t Te m plate
INSTRUCTOR
FULL TIM E
FACULTY
Sum m e r
2005
Hrs Pts
Sum m e r
2006
Hts Pts
Sum m e r
2007
Hrs Pts
Total
RANK
Points
INSTRUCTOR, A
INSTRUCTOR, B
INSTRUCTOR, C
2.00 0.25 3.00 0.50 2.00 0.25
3.00 0.50 4.00 1.00 1.00 0.25
5.00 1.00 3.00 0.50 5.00 1.00
1.00
1.75
2.50
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ADJUNCT FACULTY INSTRUCTOR, D
ON SENIORITY LIST INSTRUCTOR, E
INSTRUCTOR, F
2.00 0.25 3.00 0.50 2.00 0.25
3.00 0.50 4.00 1.00 3.00 0.50
3.00 0.50 3.00 0.50 5.00 1.00
1.00
2.00
2.00
1
2
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INSTRUCTOR, G
ALL OTHER FACULTY
INSTRUCTOR, H
INSTRUCTOR, I
2.00 0.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6.00 1.00 4.00 1.00 1.00 0.25
5.00 1.00 3.00 0.50 5.00 1.00
0.25
2.25
2.50
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2
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FORMULATING SENIORITY
LISTS
(Article 16)
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The seniority lists are
blended—contain both
regular faculty and adjunct
faculty
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DEADLINES FOR
SENIORITY LISTS
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The department chair shall provide (in
electronic format) the department’s
updated list/s to the dean by each
semester census date
The VP shall review the list for accuracy
and post electronic copies…by the sixth
week of the fall and spring semesters
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GETTING ON THE
SENIORITY LIST
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First semester of eligibility is determined by the
first semester of employment in the discipline
An adjunct gains a semester toward seniority
when s/he accepts and completes an adjunct
assignment
An adjunct not on the list shall be placed on the
list if s/he serves in the discipline for 3 semesters
and is offered and accepts an assignment in the
discipline for a 4th semester
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All 4 semesters occurring within a period of 8
consecutive semesters (Article 16(B)(8))
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GETTING OFF THE
SENIORITY LIST
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An adjunct employee shall lose all seniority
rights and his/her name shall be removed from
the seniority list(s) if
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s/he refused to accept an assignment for 3
consecutive semesters or for 4 semesters out of 5
consecutive semesters (Article 16(B)(5))
An adjunct employee already on a seniority list
and not assigned a class due to reduction in
class offerings shall remain on the seniority list
and shall retain the right to be continued for six
semesters (Article 16 (C)(3))
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GETTING OFF THE
SENIORITY LIST, con’t
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For cause: Adjunct does not meet the
standards of performance required of
academic employees of the college
based upon the results of two
evaluations
For cause: One or more of the causes
listed in Education Code Section 87732
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DESIGNATIONS ON THE
SENIORITY LIST
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These symbols are not in the contract
but are local (LASC) normal practices.
Our lists should be consistent
These Symbols Count as a Semester of
Seniority
Actual number of hours assigned and taught
C: Class cancelled
B: Bumped
PL: Paid Leave of Absence
G: Grievance Filed and Paid
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These symbols do not count as a
semester of seniority
R: Refused assignment
0: Not offered a class
UL: Unpaid Leave of Absence
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MAKING ASSIGNMENTS
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Assign regular faculty to their full load prior to
offering assignments to adjuncts
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Adjunct faculty are to be made written offers based
on the seniority list in seniority list order (Article 16(a)(5))
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Those with the most semesters of adjunct teaching have the
greatest level of seniority
Written offers must be mailed (or emailed with a return
receipt) by the end of the 10th week of the preceding fall or
spring term
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MAKING ASSIGNMENTS, con’t
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Adjuncts are to be given the same assignment as
previous semesters whenever practicable
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If not the same assignment, then a comparable assignment.
Comparable is defined as the same number of hours
Beginning Fall 2008, an adjunct employee who is on the
seniority list prior to Fall 2008 is entitled to a class with
the same number of hours as established by Spring 2008
(subject to contract ratification)
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For adjunct employees gaining seniority Fall 2008 and
later, seniority is set at the highest number of standard
hours assigned based on two or more of four semesters
(also subject to contract ratification)
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SIMILARITIES BETWEEN SENIORITY
LISTS AND PRIORITY LISTS
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The contract provides no allowance for
separate lists for off site classes or high
school classes
If you receive a request for a specific
instructor, you can only honor it if you can do
so without violating the terms of the contract
There are no ties on the seniority or the
priority lists
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Differences between Seniority
Lists and Priority Lists
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Refusals to teach intersessions do not place a
faculty member’s priority position in
jeopardy but refusals do place seniority
position in jeopardy
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3 consecutive refusals will result in removal from the
seniority list
For priority list ranking, you actually remain
near or at the top of the list until you accept
an assignment
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Differences between Seniority
Lists and Priority Lists, con’t
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The order of the seniority list remains
constant while the order of the priority
list changes each intersession
The seniority list is blended while the
priority list treats regular faculty and
adjunct faculty as two separate groups
teaching in the same discipline
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IN CONCLUSION
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This is only a summary of the major
points of the contract. There are far
more details contained in the actual
contract, and you should be familiar
with them as well.
Should you have any questions or
concerns, the AFT Chapter officers are
available to assist you.
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