WORKLOAD PILOT PROJECT. The District and AFT shall implement a two-year pilot program utilizing the process set forth in this Article for the allocation of professional responsibilities. The pilot program shall be conducted in the 2022-23 and 2023-2024 academic years. During the period of the Pilot, subsection 6.5 supersedes any conflicting provisions of Article 6, and replaces Appendices D-1, D-2 and D-3. Preparation for implementing the program will take place in the 2021-2022 academic year, including the development and review of faculty members’ initial professional responsibility plans, as described in this Article. This pilot shall automatically sunset, if not continued by express mutual agreement of the parties. The parties shall reopen the contract to negotiate possible continuation of the program no later than February 2024. During the period of the pilot, the provisions of this program shall not be grievable. A single District-wide committee consisting of the president of the AFT or designee, the District Academic Senate president or designee, the Director of Human Resources or designee, and the Vice Chancellor of Educational Services and Planning or designee, will provide guidance and settle any disputes that arise during this two-year pilot period. Full-time faculty members shall participate in a range of professional responsibilities. These professional responsibilities are in addition to classroom time, preparation and grading time, and office hours. Participation, to be initially determined by the faculty member, subject to limited review by the supervising Xxxx as summarized in this Article, may include but is not limited to the committees and activities listed in the table below. First-year contract faculty are not otherwise subject to the terms of this Article, and will work with their deans in taking on an appropriate level/type of professional responsibilities that allows them to focus primarily on teaching. The faculty member will create a professional responsibilities plan (“Plan”) by selecting items from the table below that they will perform over the academic year. The Plan will describe the professional responsibilities with specificity. For example, activities related to course development will identify the specific course; similarly, activities related to training will describe the subject matter and general scope of the training. Professional activities that depend on appointment by the Academic Senate may only be included in a Plan if the appointment ...
WORKLOAD PILOT PROJECT. 84 85 The District and AFT shall implement a two-year pilot program utilizing the process set 86 forth in this Article for the allocation of professional responsibilities. The pilot program 87 shall be conducted in the 2022-23 and 2023-2024 academic years. During the period of 88 the Pilot, subsection 6.5 supersedes any conflicting provisions of Article 6, and replaces 89 Appendices D-1, D-2 and D-3. Preparation for implementing the program will take place 90 in the 2021-2022 academic year, including the development and review of faculty 91 members’ initial professional responsibility plans, as described in this Article. This pilot 92 shall automatically sunset, if not continued by express mutual agreement of the parties. 93 The parties shall reopen the contract to negotiate possible continuation of the program 94 no later than February 2024. During the period of the pilot, the provisions of this program 95 shall not be grievable. A single District-wide committee consisting of the president of the 96 AFT or designee, the District Academic Senate president or designee, the Director of 97 Human Resources or designee, and the Vice Chancellor of Educational Services and 98 Planning or designee, will provide guidance and settle any disputes that arise during this 99 two-year pilot period. 100 101 Full-time faculty members shall participate in a range of professional responsibilities. 102 These professional responsibilities are in addition to classroom time, preparation and 103 grading time, and office hours. Participation, to be initially determined by the faculty 104 member, subject to limited review by the supervising Xxxx as summarized in this 105 Article, may include but is not limited to the committees and activities listed in the 106 table below. First-year contract faculty are not otherwise subject to the terms of this 107 Article, and will work with their deans in taking on an appropriate level/type of 108 professional responsibilities that allows them to focus primarily on teaching. 109 110 The faculty member will create a professional responsibilities plan (“Plan”) by 111 selecting items from the table below that they will perform over the academic year. 112 The Plan will describe the professional responsibilities with specificity. For example, 113 activities related to course development will identify the specific course; similarly, 114 activities related to training will describe the subject matter and general scope of the 115 training. Professional...
