Know Your
Rights
By Debbie DeLaRosa, FA, AFT 6157 Grievance
Officer and Executive Board Member
Professional
Development Days
Each academic year, faculty
are required to attend a certain number of Professional Development days
(PDD). Friday, April 16, 2010 is the next PDD. This day has been designated as
a mandatory day. All full time faculty must attend the
program on their college. There are no alternate activities for April 16th.
Normally, four (4) days of the academic
calendar year—two (2) with mandatory attendance—are designated as Professional
Development calendar days for the purposes of conducting activities to address
critical staff, student, and professional development needs. Each of the
campuses will have activities intended to meet their individual campus needs.
The Professional Development days
indicated on the calendar shall be used for activities scheduled, planned and
approved by the Staff Development Committee (SDC) with the concurrence of the
college president.
The maximum total number of hours for
one day of a Professional Development activity is six (6) hours which is based
on pro-rata of one fifth of a week’s non-instructional assignment. Multiples of
six (6) hours constitute additional Professional Development day(s).
Full-time faculty members not assigned
to work on the Professional
Development day (PD day) and who choose
to come to the PD days shall be paid for six (6) hours of work time as stated
in the contract. The Faculty member shall be paid at the appropriate pay on the
adjunct salary schedule.
Adjunct faculty members are invited to attend these days (and in particular April 16th) but attendance is not mandatory. All adjunct faculty who attend shall be paid up to a maximum of 3 hours for their attendance (depending on the length of time they attend). Please don’t forget to sign in.