college with such excuses as preparation time,
research, etc. Let’s not forget their best - no
excuse at all. And who’s to ask? I think that
the only faculty who spend a great deal of
preparation time for classes are new faculty or
temporary positions, and to some lesser extent
the purely academic members. Most faculty do
little or no preparation work as they have
already covered the basic instruction ground
thoroughly. Many studio classes require no
preparation time, so why are we paying faculty
for it ? In some areas, Studio Assistants
occasionally do most or all the preparation
work for faculty classes and have instructed
for faculty in some cases. Judge your own full
time faculty and decide whether they really do
spend their extra 20 hours per week preparing
(in part) their teaching materials for you.

Faculty also complain that their artistic
careers suffer because of their “contact” and
“non-contact” obligations during the semester
too! Perhaps the “non-contact” time they are
supposedly spending on the colleges’ and
students’ behalf during the semester should
instead be used for advancing their artistic
careers and thus not paid for by the college.

The College - Faculty Association Agreement
reads that full time faculty obligations (35
hours of work per week) at the college continue
to approximately May 22nd of each year. It
may appear that they have this contractual
obligation to help graduation students on the
Graduation Show with support, preparation
and set-up after regular classes end. This
appears to makes sense, as they no longer have
class teaching times, and would have more time
to spend helping the grads. During this period
of approximately one month - April 22 to May
22nd, they generally disappear, usually having
had their last grad student meetings before the
end of classes. Some show up (after the
Graduation Show is up and running) for a few
days for interviews and to review portfolios.

Too bad the grad students aren’t around in the
Fall to tell us how much the faculty helped them
through the Graduation Show. Who does the
preparation and set-up of the Graduation
Shows ? - the students and TA’s. (with some
notable faculty exceptions, the most notable

being Rick Ross).

Who benetits trom ail that faculty “class
preparation time” and “teaching” time for that
month and why does the college pay for it ?

i would suggest that the only time it appears
that faculty meets their time obligations to the
college is during the last week of classes each
semester when they may have crit times con-
tinuously with their students or are marking
papers.

In summary:

e Eliminate equivalent time and cut the
faculty salaries commitments approxi-
mately in half and have faculty submit
time sheets for hours attending meet-
ings or interviewing/reviewing portfo-
lios, this at a lower rate than teaching

time.

e Faculty teaching time pay should
include preparation as part of that
obligation.

° Remove tenure and end faculty obliga-

tions to ECCAD as of the end of spring
semester classes (or one week thereaf-
ter). i.e. - eliminate professional
development and paid holidays as part
of college obligation to faculty.

° Let faculty persue their artistic careers
and earn their own income during the
late spring and summer. ~

e Eliminate sabbaticals for faculty -a
sabbatical is a year off work with a

college paid salary at 85% of normal
pay (approx. every 5 to7 years for a
faculty member). Have faculty defer a
portion of their own yearly pay to fund
this.

e In the meantime, determine whether
your faculty is available at regular _
times beyond their obligatory teaching
hours and take advantage of this or
criticize this if it is not available.

° Demand more from your faculty and
don’t quit until you get it. Don’t
worry about really criticizing your
faculty on your course evaluation
forms. They’ve got it good and now
you know it! They may need this
criticism .

By the way, why aren’t they called
“Course and Faculty Evaluation”
forms and why don’t they list what the
obligations of faculty are; so the |
student has a benchmark by which to
make reasoned evalutions of her/his
instructors ?

In writing the above, there will obviously be
exceptions to the points that I am making. To
those faculty members who are the exceptions,
my thanks remain reserved for those few who
do more than meet the required contractual
obligations mentioned above.

Further, the administration of the college is
completely remiss in not supervising faculty
and making them meet their contractual
obligations; or else being realistic and eliminat-
ing the unnecessary and/or un-enforceable
obligations. Such a terrible waste when these
funds could be used to better advantage

‘elsewhere in the college in almost every area !

2 RS TS
A dweller by a stream in a valley - January 24,

1994
college with such excuses as preparation time,
research, ete. Let’s not forget their best - no
excuse at all. And who"s to ask? I think that
the only faculty who spend a great deal of
preparation time for classes are new faculty or
temporary positions, and to some lesser extent
the purely academic members. Most faculty do
little or no preparation work as they have
already covered the basic instruction ground
thoroughly. Many studio classes require no
preparation time, so why are we ps
for it? I
‘occasionally do most or all the preparation
work for faculty classes and have instructed
for faculty in some cases. Judge your own full
time faculty and decide whether they really do
spend their extra 20 hours per week preparing
(in part) their teaching materials for you.

Faculty also complain that their artis
careers suffer because of their “contact” and
“non-contact” obligations during the semester
too! Perhaps the “non-contact” time they are
supposedly spending on the colleges’ and
students’ behalf during the semester should
instead be used for advancing their artistic
careers and thus not paid for by the college.

The College - Faculty Association Agreement
reads that full time faculty obligations (35,
hours of work per week) at the college continue
to approximately May 22nd of each year. It
may appear that they have this contractual
obligation to help graduation students on the
Graduation Show with support, preparation
and set-up after regular classes end. This
appears to makes sense, as they no longer have
class teaching times, and would have more time
to spend helping the grads. During this period
of approximately one month - April 22 to May
22nd, they generally disappear, usually having
had their last grad student meetings before the
‘end of classes. Some show up (after the
Graduation Show is up and running) for a few
days for ews and to review portfolios.

Too bad the grad students aren’t around in the
Fall to tell us how much the faculty helped them
through the Graduation Show. Who does the
preparation and set-up of the Graduation
Shows ?- the students and TA’s. (with some
le faculty exceptions, the most notable
being Rick Ross).

Who benetits trom all that faculty “class
preparation time” and “teaching” time for that
‘month and why does the college pay for it ?

i would suggest that the only time it appea
that faculty meets their time obligations to the
college is during the last week of classes each
semester when they may have crit times con-
tinuously with their students or are marking

papers.

In summary:
+ Eliminate equivalent time and cut the
faculty salaries commitments approxi-

‘mately in half and have faculty submit
time sheets for hours attending meet-

ings or interviewing/reviewing portfo-
lios, this ata lower rate than teaching

time.

* Faculty teaching time pay should,
include preparation as part of that
obligation.

. Remove tenure and end faculty obliga-

tions to ECCAD as of the end of spring
semester classes (or one week thereaf-
ter). i.e. ~ eliminate professional
development and paid holidays as part,
of college obligation to faculty.

+ Letfaculty persue their artistic careers
and earn their own income during the
late spring and summer

‘+ Bliminate sabbaticals for faculty -a
sabbatical is a year off work with a

college paid salary at 85% of normal
ay (approx. every 5 to 7 years for a
faculty member). Have faculty defer a
portion of their own yearly pay to fund
this.

* Inthe meantime, determine whether
‘your faculty is available at regular
times beyond their obligatory teaching
hours and take advantage of this or
criticize this ifit is not available.

* Demand more from your faculty and
don’t quit until you get it. Don’t
‘worry about really criticizing your
faculty on your course evaluation
forms. They've got it good and now
you know it! They may need this
criticism .

By the way, why aren’t they called
“Course and Faculty Evaluation”
forms and why don’t they list what the
“obligations of faculty are; s0 the
student has a benchmark by which to
make reasoned evalutions of her/his
instructors ?

In writing the above, there will obviously be
‘exceptions to the points that I am making. To
those faculty members who are the exceptions,
my thanks remain reserved for those few who
do more than meet the required contractual
obligations mentioned above.

Further, the administration of the college is
completely remiss in not supervising faculty
and making them meet their contractual
obligations; or else being realistic and eliminat-
ing the unnecessary and/or un-enforceable
obligations. Such a terrible waste when these
funds could be used to better advantage

“elsewhere in the college in almost every area !

ar
A dweller by a stream in a valley - January 24,
1994