The CSEA Advocate
October 1, 2019
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In This Edition:
A Message from the CSEA President
Bargaining Preparation
Health Care Benefits Information
Know Your Contract
CSEA General Membership Meeting
CSEA Members Fall Gathering
Future Editions of The CSEA Advocate
Know Your Representatives
A Message from the CSEA President
Colleagues,
Let me begin by welcoming our newest faculty members. I sincerely hope you will have a long and rewarding career at Columbus State. I think you will be happy here. We have a dedicated and caring faculty that have built a highly respected college. On behalf of CSEA, I pledge that we will do everything possible to support your work toward student success. We further pledge that we will relentlessly advocate to assure that you and your profession are respected.
As we look forward to the year ahead there will no doubt be challenges. Our current contract expires June 30, 2020. Bargaining the new contract will begin during Spring semester. We had hoped that a spirit of cooperation would guide these upcoming negotiations. Instead we have been confronted by administrators who are new to their positions, and have come to these positions unprepared.
We were surprised to find HR professionals who administered discipline, but had not read the contract provisions regarding discipline. We found administrators asserting authority over professional development, but had not read the contract provisions dealing with professional development. We found an administrator asserting a right to exclude CSEA from a discussion concerning terms of employment, who had not read the contract provision on representation. As teachers, we are accustomed to some students coming to class without having done the required reading, but we should not anticipate this from administrators. However, when we have offered to discuss a matter with which they are unfamiliar, we are met with resistance. For example, most recently a Labor Management Committee meeting was scheduled for last Thursday to discuss one of these matters, the administration unilaterally cancelled the 11:00 AM meeting at 8:08 AM.
Remember that this is a contract unanimously approved by the Board of Trustees and 98.5% of the voting faculty.
We believe that, unfortunately, this demonstrates a complete lack of respect for the faculty and the value of what we do. Faculty have worked very hard to improve student achievement. I have listened to career administrators with the jaw dropping temerity to lecture groups of faculty, some of whom have decades of teaching behind them, on the importance of putting students first. These same administrators seem befuddled when they are asked for assistance by faculty who have designed the very programs meant to improve the achievement levels of our students in important areas like English.
Despite all this, I am optimistic. We have a dedicated faculty, supportive advisors, and a staff that, working together, have made this college what it is. Administrators come and go, but we are strong at the core.
Thanks,
Tom
Bargaining Preparation
Our current contract expires on June 30, 2020. This means bargaining for the next contract will begin in spring 2020. CSEA members should be on the lookout for a survey, giving you the opportunity to share your topics of interest and/or concern regarding the contract. Division Senior Representatives will also coordinate with Department Representatives on setting up Member Chats, where, again, your contract questions or concerns can be addressed and documented for bargaining purposes.
Health Care Benefits Information
By: Eric Neubauer, Professor of Social Sciences
Below is a comparison of the monthly amount in health-care contributions (costs) that each employee had taken out of their pay for 2018-19 year versus the amount for each plan (Core, HSA, and Tiers) for 2019-20. The monthly amount is based on the 20% employee contribution over 24-pay periods; for 18-pay periods, the monthly amount would be slightly more. Monthly amounts would also be higher if the employee contribution is 30%, rather than 20%.
Monthly Amount (24-pay) - 20% (with rewards)
2018-19 2019-20
Core Plan
Single $134.80 $145.52
Family $354.44 $382.62
Core Plan Teamsters
Single $141.56 $152.82
Family $372.16 $401.74
HDHP/HSA
Single $113.20 $122.20
Family $297.68 $321.34
Tiered Core Plan
EE only $123.24 $133.04
EE + spouse $295.72 $319.22
EE+ 1 or 2 Child(ren) $221.80 $239.44
Family $324.08 $349.84
Note: There were no changes in amount for Dental and Vision from 2018-19 to 2019-20.
In addition, you will see differences in the contributions one would normally make per pay period on your 1stpay statement for the Academic Year (September 13, 2019) if you have changed plans (say, from the Core Plan to HSA) or are on 18-pay periods. For those on 18-pay periods, the summer month contributions are taken out up front. Starting the second pay period (the statement that comes out September 30, 2019), the amount taken out each pay period will be the same going forward.
Know Your Contract
Section 36.02 (B) Compensation – Credentialed Instructor of the Course provides reassigned time for instructors teaching College Credit Plus courses in a school district for the first time. Per this section of the current contract:
When College faculty teach a College Credit Plus course in the high school as the credentialed instructor of the course, the faculty member is compensated in the same manner as if they were teaching a non-College Credit Plus course at any other location. During the initial semester that the instructor teaches the College Credit Plus course, the instructor will receive an additional one-half (0.5) reassigned hour for each school district in which the instructor is teaching the course.
If during the life of the current contract you have not received this reassigned time for adapting to a school district you are teaching in for the first time, please contact Rachel Brooks-Pannell at rbrooksp@cscc.edu.
CSEA General Membership Meeting
Come find out what’s going on.
When: Thursday, October 10th
When: 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Where: Franklin 106
CSEA Members Fall Gathering
Join us for hors d’oeuvres and non-alcoholic drinks as we gather for conversation, collaboration, and preparation for our upcoming negotiations in spring. Below are the details.
When: Thursday, October 10th
When: 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Where: Station 67 at 379 West Broad Street, Columbus 43215
RSVP: By October 4that https://www.cseafaculty.org/CSEAmain/RSVP-FallGathering1.aspx
Future Editions of The CSEA Advocate
We hope you have found this edition of The CSEA Advocateinformative. We welcome contributions, comments, news, and insights from CSEA members by January 2020 for the next edition. Please send them to Rachel Brooks-Pannell at rbrooksp@cscc.edu.
Know Your CSEA Representatives
Executive Committee - Officers
Tom Shanahan President 287-2623 tshanaha@cscc.edu
Adam Keller Vice President 287-2562 akelle10@cscc.edu
Rachel Brooks-Pannell Secretary 287-2328 rbrooksp@cscc.edu
Michelle Duda Treasurer 287-2607 mduda5@cscc.edu
Leslie Smith Parliamentarian 287-5302 lsmith01@cscc.edu
Executive Committee - Senior Representatives
Heather Johnston Arts & Sciences 287-2679 hjohnst1@cscc.edu
Debra Dyer Business & Engineering 287-2477 ddyer3@cscc.edu
Tamara Montgomery Health & Human Services 287-2509 tmontgom@cscc.edu
Martha Crone Annual Contract Faculty 287-5834 mcrone2@cscc.edu
Department Representatives
Dan Collins & Allied Health 287-2435 dcollin1@cscc.edu
Fauna Stout 287-3638 fstout@cscc.edu
Eric Kenz & Biological & Physical 287-5176 ekenz@cscc.edu
Rachael Romain & Sciences 287-5467 rromain@cscc.edu
Lyndsy Frazier 287-5365 lfrazier11@cscc.edu
Terrie Stolte Business Programs 287-2798 tstolte@cscc.edu
Elycia Taylor Communications 287-3680 etaylo10@cscc.edu
Brenna Michelis Delaware Campus (740) 203-8151 bmicheli@cscc.edu
Mark Mitchell & Engineer. & Transport Tech 287-3612 mmitchel@cscc.edu
Chuck Kassor 287-7108 ckassor@cscc.edu
Rebecca Fleming English 287-5186 rfleming11@cscc.edu
Tim Davis Humanities 287-5830 tdavis@cscc.edu
Christine Creagh Human Services 287-5805 ccreagh@cscc.edu
Royce Carpenter 287-5382 rcarpent@cscc.edu
Debra Dyer Information Systems Tech 287-2477 ddyer3@cscc.edu
Jon Lundquist Integrated Media & Tech 287-5647 jlundqui@cscc.edu
Phil MacLean & Mathematics 287-5308 pmaclean@cscc.edu
Beth Barnett 287-2593 bbarnett@cscc.edu
Terry Eisele Modern Languages 287-5202 teisel02@cscc.edu
Jackie Miller & Nursing 287-2601 jmiller@cscc.edu
Tara Rohr 287-2504 trohr1@cscc.edu
Elizabeth Hammond Psychology & Education 287-5199 ehammon1@cscc.edu
Irene Petten Social Sciences 287-2004 ipetten@cscc.edu
Antoinette Perkins Sport & Exercise Studies 287-5754 aperki01@cscc.edu
Jerry Tyree Vet., Imag. & Surgical Tech 287-3692 jtyree@cscc.edu