Update on teaching after retiring from STRS

Remember when “some” of us retired from STRS but still intended to keep on teaching? We found out in SDAFA sponsored workshops that STRS allowed it. For those of us working at SDCCD, we reminded anyone wanting to do it that they had to write all over the District form “Will continue teaching”???? The District […]

The Guardian reports on desperate measures by Adjuncts

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2018/nov/27/professors-are-selling-their-plasma-to-pay-bills-lets-hold-colleges-feet-to-the-fire Professors are selling their plasma to pay bills. Let’s hold colleges’ feet to the fire If you like your coffee fair trade, why not your children’s school ‘fair labor’? Here’s a simple but effective proposal  A 2015 survey by Pacific Standard found that 62% of adjuncts made less than $20,000 a year. Illustration: Rosie […]

Adjunct Project Reveals Wide Range in Pay

The Chronical of Higher Education published a study “Adjunct Project Reveals Wide Range in Pay” Thanks to the Facebook page, Con Job: Stories of Adjunct and Contingent Faculty, I found out about it and am sharing it here: https://www.chronicle.com/article/Adjunct-Project-Shows-Wide/136439?fbclid=IwAR3ilezoGJYfAzuqgWGkhm2ucljTNV_KAWbv2GQAKwiB1g6n3JH9Vxew3nY

SDCCD Salary Schedule Increases for 2019

AFT Guild President Jim Mahler today sent out the announcement below regarding economic issues for next year along with the attached salary schedules.  Of note is that Adjunct Faculty will receive 0.84% increases and Contract Faculty will receive 0.50% increases.  That’s right, folks, 4/5’s of a percent for Adjuncts and 1/2 of a percent for Contract.  […]

Have you lost classes due to low enrollment?

The impact of current low enrollments in colleges around the state has been devastating on many adjuncts as classes are either cancelled or taken away and given to other adjuncts or contract faculty. Please take a moment to take our short 3-question survey regarding any class cancellations you may have suffered this semester at: Cancelled […]