On Tuesday, our Delegate Assembly voted to expand our Contract Bargaining Team. The Delegate Assembly will elect up to 15 team members at our December 15th meeting. Our President and Executive Board can appoint up to 6 additional members to…

At long last The District and AFT have reached an agreement around Crisis Distance Learning evaluations! COVID-19 has fundamentally changed the nature of all of our work, and faculty would greatly benefit from an evaluation process focused on feedback, dialog,…

Bargaining Update: Evals Yesterday was a busy day! We kicked things off by filing an Unfair Labor Practice in response to Tom Boegel’s October 7th memo directing evaluation teams to begin the observation process using the “reviewer” function in Canvas.…

This week, administration laid out instructions for eval teams. However, we’re still at the bargaining table. We have not agreed on evaluation criteria, language for student surveys, or a method of observation for temporary remote classes. Without those agreements, evaluation…

Faculty have been telling us that they’re worried about this semester’s evaluation process. In this crisis environment, how can we do evaluations that are useful, fair, and supportive? How can we make sure evaluations are true professional development? We’ve taken…