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English Department
Hiring Justification
Spring 2016
Again?
Didn’t English just get a new hire?
Doesn’t English request a new hire every
semester?
Yes
• Fall 2014 full-time hire increased our
department to seven full-timers
• Better than the deficit we had been running
• Still far fewer than the twelve full-timers we had
when the grandma among us was hired, 16
years ago
• Our department FTEF (productivity) has
increased from 9.27 in Fall 2009 to 11.28 in
Spring 2015, and again to 12.6 in Spring 2016,
meaning we have the load for at least 12 FT
faculty
The Data Shows…
From 13/14 – 14/15
Load: 394 - 396
Fill Rate: 89.7- 93.1
From 09/10 – 14/15
Sections: 84 – 126
From Fall 09 – Spring 15
FTEF: 9.27 – 11.28
Increasing Numbers
Our department offers enough courses to
employ 12 full time English faculty, offering
everyone a full load.
Why Not Adjuncts?
O We love adjuncts! We have wonderful
adjuncts, which is a good thing as they teach
more than half of students taking English
courses.
O However . . .
Full-Time English Faculty
Chair and Staff Committees
O Professional Development
O ACES
O Honors’ Advisory
O Sustainability
O Pathways to Transfer
O Distance Education
O AFT
O Academic Grievance Committee
Full-Time English Faculty
Develop Initiatives
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Writing in the LC, across the curriculum
GED Pilot
Online labs
Honors’ courses
Puente
Poetry Slam
Voices of People’s History
Relevant field trips and speakers
Word Jam
ACES
Creative writing club
In Response to State Initiatives, our
Department is Developing Programs
O Student equity
O Men of color
O Basic skills retention/success
O Writing center in the LC
O Creative writing club
Specialized Adjuncts are
Scarce
O Given the need to accelerate student
progress, our department has developed
accelerated/integrated English courses that:
O Require faculty versed in reading and
composition pedagogy
O Require well-trained faculty who are hard to
find
O The last few semesters we have been had to
scramble to fill or cancel courses because we
cannot find adjuncts to teach them
Cañada Needs
More FT Faculty
O Given our productivity, fill rates, and the
scarcity of qualified specialized English
adjuncts, we feel one of these new FT
faculty members should be in English.
Sources
O Hsieh, Chialin. Data Packet (English). Office
of Planning, Research, and Institutional
Effectiveness. Cañada College. 2014-15.
O Johnson, David. Dean of Humanities and
Social Sciences. Cañada College.