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Associate Faculty Reemployment Preference

The reemployment process is a voluntary program for Associate (part-time) Faculty members who wish to be considered for “Reemployment Preference”.  ​To begin the process for consideration, the Associate (part-time) Faculty member must complete the Associate Faculty Request for Preference Form and submit the completed form to VC_EdServices@rccd.edu and lijuan.zhaia@rccd.edu. All information submitted is for the following Academic Year.

Associate Faculty Request for Preference Form
If you have questions, please contact: 

Rhejean King-Johnson

Diana Campuzano
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David Martinez

Sinclair Dickerson
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Shari Yates

Lijuan Zhai​
Rhejean King-Johnson for Moreno Valley College
 
Diana Campuzano for Norco College 
 
David Martinez for Riverside City College
 

​Associate Faculty Reemployment Preference - Article X, Section R, pages 30 - 34

Associate Faculty Evaluation Process - Article XI, Section D.3., pages 55 - 57
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Reemployment Preference MOU (Finalized and Approved)

 

​The criteria used to determine eligibility is as follows:

 

      • ​Completing the Associate Faculty Request for Reemployment Preference Form.​​

      • Teaching the specific course within the past two years and on or after July 1, 2017, respectively.​​​

      • Teaching the specific course at the specific college in the district where preference is being requested.​​

      • Teaching the requested course for at least 2.0 total FTE per course (10 courses at 0.2 FTE), or 1,215 (2.25 FTE) non‐ instructional hours (Counselors/Librarians) at the specific college where preference is being requested.​​

      • Receiving at least three satisfactory evaluations regarding the specific course requested. This requirement includes being on the three‐year evaluation cycle due to satisfactory evaluations including peer evaluations and student evaluations or the equivalent.​

If an Associate Faculty member does not meet the criteria to receive preference, it does not mean that he/she/they may not be given a future teaching assignment. It just means the Associate Faculty member will not be placed on the reemployment preference list yet. The Associate Faculty member may still teach if given an assignment.​​​

For Associate Faculty who have not been evaluated three times in the same class, at the same location, it was purposely written into the Faculty Association Contract, and the MOU, that Associate Faculty member may ask to be evaluated every Fall and Spring term in order to quickly earn preference. The legislation for reemployment preference has changed the process in our District for Associate Faculty evaluations.​​

If the Associate Faculty member does not meet the requirement(s) based on evaluations, yet has taught the same course at the same college for a minimum of 2.0 FTE, it is being recommended they immediately ask to be evaluated during the current term if teaching a course. Once the faculty member has received three satisfactory evaluations for the same course, at the same college, apply for preference again to request to be placed on the reemployment preference list.​​

Full Time Faculty Retirees: Must complete, and submit, the Associate Faculty Request for Reemployment Preference Form. Preference is given to full time faculty who retire for the first semester that they are eligible to teach. Retired faculty will be evaluated during the first semester serving as part time faculty and if they receive a satisfactory evaluation, they will be eligible to apply for preference and be considered on the three‐year cycle. ​​

 

The process to apply for eligibility:
      • ​​Complete and submit the Associate Faculty Request for Preference Form and submit the form to​​lijuan.zhaia@rccd.edu and VC_EdServices@rccd.edu​.

      • Educational Services will communicate with the Associate Faculty member when preference form has been received, and verify the date and FTE requirements. The information will then be forwarded to HR&ER to verify the evaluation criteria.​

      • Educational Services will notify Associate Faculty member regarding the status of their application within 30 calendar days.​​

      • Educational Services will create a spreadsheet of Associate Faculty who have been approved for preference and forward it to the VP of Academic Affairs, who will in turn forward the information to the Area Dean(s).​​​

      • Area Dean(s) will forward the preference status spreadsheet to Department Chair(s).​

      • Department Chair(s) will review Associate Faculty within their department(s) to ensure that the faculty member(s) have not become full-time or received an unsatisfactory evaluation.​
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      • ​Associate Faculty Teaching Availability form(s) shall be distributed for upcoming Fall/Spring Term by the Department Chair(s) and/or IDS.