Adjunct Faculty, Latest News (all), Retirement

What’s happening now – April 28-May 3, 2013

Highlight from Audio-Video page

Calendar Committee Meeting (April 25, 2013) (video)

  • 2013-2014 Academic Calendar w/ a Winter Intersession was approved to go before the Board Trustees on May 1st.
  • VP Bob Bell indicated that the calendar was sitting on his desk awaiting the signatures of himself, Bob Miller, and Mark Rocha to be placed as a consent item on the May 1st Board of Trustees agenda. (12:00)
  • Matt Hennes, in a conversation with Mark Rocha, indicated that the latter had stated that Winter was “still on the table.” (39:40)

Highlights from “Interesting Reads”

Save the date

Board of Trustees Meeting, this Wed. May 1 @ 6:45pm – Senate’s Vote of No Confidence to be delivered; get board packet and agenda here.

Info for Adjunct Faculty:

If you fall below your regular teaching load this year, you can apply for unemployment on or after the last day you have taught. Get more information here.

Info for new Full-Time faculty

If you have worked at another district prior to working at PCC, don’t forget to let HR or Fiscal Services know that you would like them to inform CalSTRS to transfer your sick leave to PCC. Also remember that what you don’t use before you retire will be worked in (“converted”) to your retirement benefit when you do. For more info from CalSTRS, click here.

Three new FA webpages in the works

An important message from FACCC – action requested

FACCC urges phone calls by April 30 to the Senate Education Committee advocating a NO vote on SB 520.   Leave a message for the senators that MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course) do not substitute for lower division courses in California Community Colleges.

Senate Education Committee 
Senator Carol Liu (Chair): (916) 651-4025
Senator Mark Wyland (Vice Chair): (916) 651-4038
Senator Marty Block: (916) 651-4039
Senator Lou Correa: (916) 651-4034
Senator Loni Hancock: (916) 651-4009
Senator Ben Hueso: (916) 651-4040
Senator Bob Huff: (916) 651-4029
Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson: (916) 651-4019
Senator Bill Monning: (916) 651-4017