Colleagues:
Have you ever written an e-mail, hit the send button, and then realized that you shouldn’t have hit send when you did. After hearing from several faculty members and members of the Executive Committee, I realize that I should have modified some of what I wrote in last night’s update prior to hitting the send button.
I understand that my last update caused a bit of confusion regarding the optional summer training program that is being offered by ELITE. In my update, I provided information for those who are interested in teaching in summer session II and information related to those scheduled to teach in the fall. I mentioned that those scheduled to teach in the fall must follow the information stated on the flowchart and participate in an appropriate training program over the summer. The statement should have said; if you are scheduled to teach in the fall and are not currently trained to teach distance learning or hybrid courses, we encourage you to take advantage of the added monetary incentive to get the structured remote training, or other appropriate optional training, over the summer. We don’t anticipate that this monetary incentive will be offered during the Fall semester.
We are keenly aware of the contract and how the current situation has impacted our scope of work and are discussing these issues with HRDE and will be communicating to the faculty as things progress. Dr. Pollard’s decision to start the fall semester with structured remote or distance learning teaching added a new wrinkle that was not official until we all received her memorandum this week. We know that faculty are not required to work during the summer and have worked to ensure that those who can participate in the optional summer training program get some compensation for their time. We have yet to discuss the plan the college has to ensure a full load in the fall for those faculty who elect not to participate in the optional summer training. We have reached out to Management to start such a discussion to ensure that our contract is honored and that any discussions related to our scope of work are negotiated.
Also, the nomination period for officers of the Chapter for next year is now closed. Later this evening all dues paying members of the Chapter will receive a ballot. The voting ends on Tuesday evening and we will announce the elected officers during the closing meeting.
On behalf of the Chapter,
Harry Z.
Harry N. Zarin, Professor/Counselor
President-AAUP
Montgomery College
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