MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
The following terms constitute a Memorandum of Agreement,
subject to ratification by the Union
County College Chapter of the
AAUP and the Union County College Board of Trustees:
PROPOSED TERMS FOR A
SUCCESSOR COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS AGREEMENT
FOR THE PERIOD OF SEPTEMBER
1, 2015 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2018:
·
Seven (7) hours of academic
advising per each semester, four (4) of which shall be scheduled by
the College with reasonable
advanced notice:
·
scheduled on the faculty
member’s class days and must end within an hour or less of class start time
or begin within an
hour or less of class end time and will be scheduled on the same campus
where the faculty member teaches on the day in
question;
·
If three (3) hours or more in
length, can be scheduled on any weekday.
·
The academic advising hours
will not be scheduled on evenings or weekends without the
faculty member’s consent.
·
Three (3) hours of academic
advising will be scheduled by the faculty member on campus, subject to
verification. The faculty member will advise the content, as determined by the
College. The College will inform the
faculty member of the content prior to the commencement of each semester.
·
Provide faculty members with
two (2) personal days per academic year.
·
Eliminate banking in its
entirety effective July 1, 2017. All faculty members with banked hours
shall be able to use those
hours.
·
Reduce the fee paid for
migration of courses to the Learning Management System (LMS) from $2000
to $1000 when pre-approved
and directed by Administration. When faculty members are assigned to teach a
course in a new LMS they will be notified in a timely manner as to whether they,
or someone else, will
be assigned to effect the migration.
·
Modify class sizes as follows:
(SEE ATTACHED SHEET)
·
Increase the hours in the
Academic Learning Center for those Faculty members assigned from thirty
(30) hours per week to
thirty-five (35) hours per week and that the Faculty member(s) assignment to the
Academic Learning
Center will conclude at the end of each semester (after finals).
·
Employees shall continue
contributing to his/her healthcare coverage in accordance with the rates set
forth in Ch. 78, P.L.
2011.
·
All Salaries will increase as
follows:
·
2015-2016 — $1900
(retroactive to September 1, 2015)
·
2016-2017 — 2% (retroactive
to September 1, 2016)
·
2017-2018 — $1900
(retroactive September 1, 2017)
·
Salary minimums increase by
the above-noted amounts.
·
Effective September 1, 2018, any promotion shall
be subject to a six percent (6%) increase to the
faculty member’s current salary or the new
minimum salary, whichever is greater.
Prior to that date, the Mastriani Award will be applied.
·
All items previously agreed
to will be incorporated into the collective negotiations agreement,
which are as follows:
1.
Article X C
— Revise last sentence to read: “In
the event such excess is the result of covering an
existing class(es) due to
emergent event, credits resulting from such error shall be excluded from
counting towards the fourteen (14) credit limit.”
2.
Article
XI.B.1 — Revise to read: “All
appointments shall be effective September 1 or the beginning
of the second semester.
Appointments made by November 1st or
March 15th shall be treated as if they
were made at the beginning of that the semester for purposes of
reappointment and promotion only.”
3.
Article XI B 5
— Delete.
4.
Article XII A 1
— Correct dates in accordance with parties’ prior Memorandum of Agreement.
5.
Article
XII.D — Revise to read: “The
Administration shall provide advanced written notice of the
evaluative criteria applicable to all
reappointment and promotion decisions. The relevant criteria shall be
referenced in all reappointment and promotion evaluations and determinations,
both positive and negative. Written notice of
any intended changes to the evaluative criteria shall be provided
to all members of the bargaining unit and to
the Chapter no less than thirty (30) days before the
planned effective date for any such changes.
New criteria shall not be applied retroactively to
evaluate faculty members for periods of employment before such new
criteria become effective.”
6.
Article
XXV.A — Add New Section A.5 to read:
When a faculty member returns from a leave of
absence during the semester, and the Academic Vice President determines the
faculty member should not return to their teaching schedule, any alternate assignment
shall end on the last day of that
semester’s final exams.
7.
Article XXIX F 1
— Delete the word “Board” and
replace with the phrase “President or
VPAA.”
8.
Article XXXIII K
— Delete the word “Board”
and replace with the word “College.”
9.
Article
XXXIX — Change the dates to reflect
the term of the agreement from September 1, 2015
through August 31, 2018.
10.
Remove references to Specialized Facilities in
I.N, I.P, XXIX.A.7(a) and (b), XXIX.C
11.
Remove Side Letter of Agreement related to
Professor Cuttita from the Agreement, though the Side Letter and the terms
contained therein shall remain effective.
·
All items not contained
herein or previously agreed to by the parties shall be deemed withdrawn.
·
The parties will withdraw
their unfair practices filed with PERC concerning the present negotiations.
·
The Fact Finder will retain
jurisdiction pending ratification.
·
Class size changes and
personal days will both be effective 9/1/17.
5.
a. The nominal class
teaching load limits for faculty members shall apply to
all courses taught during the academic year
and summer sessions and shall be:
(1)
twenty-two (22) twenty-four (24) in developmental classes, modern language
conversation classes and interpreter
for the deaf classes with practice
laboratories and developmental laboratories.
(2)
twenty-six (26) twenty-eight (28) in English composition and speech classes,
modern language classes, and fine arts
studio classes.
(3)
thirty-two (32) thirty-four (34) in all other classes except large lecture
classes.
(4)
Seventy-five (75) in large lecture classes.
Such large lecture classes shall receive double credit toward a faculty
member’s teaching load.
(5)
The load
limit for large lecture classes with science laboratories shall be forty-eight
(48).
(6)
twenty-four (24) twenty-six (26) in laboratories; twenty (20)
twenty-two (22) in chemistry laboratories,
except in Chemistry, (CHE211 and CHE 212) where the limit shall
be twenty (20).
(7)
twenty-one (21) twenty-six (26) in online courses with a limit dependent on
any required on-campus laboratory
which is part of the course.
(8)
thirty-two
(32) thirty-four (34) in telecourses except for those telecourses which
require an on-campus laboratory, the
size of the seating in the laboratory to be
the determinant. Blended courses shall have
the same limits as their counterpart in
item 7 unless they are further limited by any required on-campus
laboratory which is part of the course.
(9)
twenty-five (25) twenty-seven
(27)in UCC 101 courses
(10)
twenty-four
(24) twenty-six (26) in EDU
courses
(11)
twenty
(20) in any class previously entitled to a TAC hour.