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Urge Governor Newsom to increase the workload cap for part-time community college faculty

Please take a moment to sign the CFT letter urging Governor Newsom to sign AB 375, which would formally increase the workload cap available to part-time faculty from 67% up to 85% of a full-time faculty workload in California’s community colleges. Under the current law, too many part-time faculty members are forced to work in […]

Resources from “Health Care Options for Adjunct Faculty”

On Wednesday, September 8th from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm during our monthly SDAFA open meeting, we hosted an online presentation of the latest information from Covered California and VEBA. Video: available on Facebook for now PROGRAM3:30 – 3:45 – SDAFA – Short business meeting3:45 – 4:00 – Employee Provided Health Care by District: San Diego Community CollegeGrossmont/Cuyamaca CollegePalomar CollegeSouthwestern CollegeMiraCosta CollegeImperial Valley College4:00 – 4:10 – Getting Your Own Health Care – An Overview4:10 –  4:30 – Covered California – Keith Glenn, San Diego County Regional Field Representative4:30 […]

Resources from “Adjunct Retirement and Benefits – What You Need to Know!”

On Tuesday, August 17, SDAFA hosted a program on part-time faculty retirement featuring:  VEBA – Health Benefits – Shannon Hoffman, CalSTRS –  Jennifer Helfend-Gomez The San Diego Office of Education – Dan Puplava  Social Security –  Jeffrey Rodriguez The California Retired Teachers Association (CalRTA) – Suzie Dixon and Jennifer Baker. The event was recorded and is available below. There are also the […]

Faculty homelessness, housing insecurity, and financial hardship

I’m a reporter for Cal State LA’s Community News class working on a story for EdSource.org, an education news website. My fellow students and I are writing about adjunct faculty and part-time lecturers who may be experiencing homelessness, housing insecurity, or financial hardships.I’m just wondering if you can put me in touch with some adjuncts who […]