3. Associate Faculty Protections

In all prior contracts, a single peer evaluation with an overall "Needs Improvement" rating triggered the loss of Associate Faculty status. In the hope of encouraging fair and accurate peer evaluations, the district agreed to change the rule for the length of this contract so that a "Needs Improvement" overall evaluation would not lead to loss of Associate Faculty status unless the follow-up evaluation in a subsequent semester was also less than "Satisfactory".

An "Unsatisfactory" rating still results in loss of AF status.