Wednesday Schedule

Presenters Session Title Session Description Time Notes
Mike Gladych Cathy Levitt Robert Holmes David Bashore
Adjunct Essentials
This session is for all adjuncts, but new adjuncts will find it particularly useful. It includes where to find resources and support, paychecks and pay beyond teaching, legal requirements for syllabus and accessibility, navigating the online labyrinth (Canvas, CourseLeaf, OEI and OER, SLO assessments and eLumen), unemployment insurance, classroom management, security issues and reporting incidents of concern
1:00-2:30 pm
Mike Gladych Academic Senate and the Adjunct Faculty Member Learn about the Academic Senate at College of the Desert; how you can become more involved in institutional activities and how you can potentially provide some unique leadership to the college and its constituents 2:30- 3:30 pm
Robert Holmes Cathy Levitt
Collective Bargaining Agreement and Contract Negotiations Update
This session will review the most recent changes to the Academic Year 2020-2021 CODAA/ DISTRICT contract and Online Teaching Agreements. We will also solicit Member input for issues to be negotiated in the upcoming Collective Bargaining Agreement that will become effective in Academic Year 2021-2022. In addition, we will review the timelines of the process used for determining and filing Adjunct contract disputes.
3:30-5:00 pm