Part-time Faculty

Part-time faculty issues have always been a central concern of FA. The Agreement provides part-timers with a salary schedule ranked among the highest statewide and a unique seniority system for getting assignments. In addition, part-time faculty are entitled to personal necessity and sick leave, to special pay for a weekly office hour, as well as any required meetings, and to apply for reimbursement for professional conference expenses and, depending upon their annual load, district-paid medical benefits.

FA routinely appoints at least one part-time faculty member to the FA negotiating team and has recently created an additional staff position reserved for part-time faculty. And, of course, part-time faculty are eligible to run for any FA office.

2005-06 Statistics
1267 part-time faculty taught in the District during 2005-06.

987 taught during Fall quarter.
940 taught during Winter quarter.
973 taught during Spring quarter.

670 taught in all three quarters.

133 taught only in Fall quarter.
47 taught only in Winter quarter.
124 taught only in Spring quarter.

144 taught in Fall and Winter.
70 taught in Fall and Spring.
109 taught in Winter and Spring.

2002 Statistics/Survey
In 2002, FA received these responses from 721 part-time faculty:

527 have employment other than part-time work at Foothill-DeAnza; 194 do not.

hours a week at other job(s):
< 10 hours (86)
10-20 hours (126)
20-30 hours (88)
full-time (224)

other work is related to Teaching (305) Industry (132) Other (89)

304 regularly work to the maximum allowable load (55-60%); 397 do not.

405 are interested in a full-time community college position; 299 are not.

384 participate in the Foothill-De Anza Paid Office Hour Program; 334 do not.

not participating in Paid Office Hour Program primarily due to:
lack of time (97)
inadequate compensation (199)
inadequate office space (31)
alternative methods of student contact, such as email (77)
other (106)

351 think part-time faculty should be required to participate in the Paid Office Hour Program as part of their professional responsibility; 321 do not.

apart from office hours and direct classroom contact, 656 are available for student consultation via email, telephone or appointment; 52 are not.

time spent in this activity on a weekly basis:
0-30 minutes (182)
30 minutes – 1 hour (210)
1 hour – 2 hours (149)
more than 2 hours (114)

150 would be available for student consultation via email, telephone or appointment if compensated; 12 would not.

170 normally attend department/division meetings at Foothill-De Anza; 529 do not.

406 would attend division/department meetings if adequately compensated to do so; 137 would not.

387 think part-time faculty should be compensated for and required to attend department/division meetings; 275 do not.

56 participate in any college/district committees at Foothill-De Anza; 652 do not.

390 would participate if adequately compensated to do so; 233 would not.

298 think part-time faculty should be compensated for and expected to participate in college/district committees; 354 do not.

best way to communicate with part-time faculty on a regular basis:
campus mailbox (92)
campus phone (16)
campus email (43)
home email (432)
home phone (65)
other (55)