SMC Faculty Contributions During COVID/Remote Delivery of Services
Losses
Loss of over 100 part-time faculty colleagues - a 10% slashing of positions
50 fewer full-time faculty than had been planned for Fall 2020 (15% reduction)
17 hiring searches stopped
28 FT faculty retired
5 FT faculty moved into management positions
Loss of 1.5% pay raise when the District requested to re-open the 2020-21 salary article
Some disciplines have had drastic reductions in offerings reducing loads for many part-time faculty members
Some full-time faculty do not have full-loads and will have to make it up with overloads in future sessions
Additional Workload
Provided a seamless continuation of services when confronted with abrupt move to remote delivery of services in Spring 2020
Developed curriculum for online delivery for over 700 courses never before taught remotely
Coordinated and submitted information regarding students wanting to apply for COVID19 relief funds and for additional equipment such as computers
Converted to an entirely new student early alert system, Starfish/GPS, to coordinate counseling and instructional support
Converted to an entirely new college website just weeks before Fall semester started
Purchased essential equipment, software and internet access to enable remote instruction and student support services to continue
Providing ongoing support and guidance for colleagues with less online experience
Spending hours preparing Canvas shells, creating or researching to find appropriate web-accessible materials, creating and captioning video
Providing extended and extra office hours to support students’ increased needs in the cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains
Spending hours providing extended proctoring time for students not able to be served by the Proctoring Center