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English Department
Hiring Justification
Fall 2015
Again?
O Didn’t English just get a new hire?
Yes
O Fall 2014 full-time hire increased our
department to seven full-timers
O Better than the deficit we had been running
O Still far fewer than the twelve full-timers we
had when the grandma among us was hired,
16 years ago
O Our department FTEF (productivity) has
increased from 9.27 in Fall 2009 to 11.28 in
spring 2015, meaning we have the load for
12 FT faculty
Productivity by Semester
Fall 2015
Fill rate: 104%
FTEF: 14.85
43% taught by FT faculty
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
Our Basic Skills Courses
Are Packed
Term Course Fill Rate
O F 12 (first term offered) ENGL 827 112%
O F 13 ENGL 827 105%
O F 13 (first term offered) ENGL 847 113%
O SP 14 ENGL 847 112%
O F 15 IRW and stand alone basic skills
courses 101%
Our Transfer-Level
Courses are Packed
Term Course Fill Rate
F 09 ENGL 100 104%
F 10 ENGL 100 103%
F 11 ENGL 100 107%
F 12 ENGL 100 96%
F 13 ENGL 100 112%
F 15 ENGL 100 103%
Term Course Fill Rate
F 09 ENGL 110 108%
F 10 ENGL 110 103%
F 11 ENGL 110 105%
F 12 ENGL 110 110%
F 13 ENGL 110 100%
F 15 ENGL 110 102%
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.