At the end of Spring 2026, part-time faculty elected our Part-Time Faculty Chair, who is a member of our Executive Committee: April Kim. In addition, there are four elected part-time representatives to the Representative Council: Nancy Allah, John Terranova, Jean Proppe, and Tiffani Gamboa.

The Faculty Association has placed a high emphasis on part-time faculty salaries and benefits in contract negotiations. Unfortunately, because many part-time faculty members, especially those who are teaching on several campuses, have little contact with the day-to-day operations of the colleges and of the Association, they are unaware of the salary and benefit improvements they receive as a result of the Association’s efforts. Also, many part-time faculty have had shorter tenures on the campuses, and have no standard of comparison to see how things have improved.

Admittedly, the employment situation that part-time faculty face statewide is deplorable, especially with the catastrophic state of the education budget, but our Association places high emphasis on the wages and benefits of part-time faculty.

Further, some part- and full-time faculty members are under the impression that the Faculty Association simply demands a salary schedule from the District, and gets it.  This, however, is simply not the case.  We have to bargain wages and benefits, and the budget situation over the last several years has severely limited what we can gain from negotiations.

Nevertheless, in the previously completed contract, the Faculty Association gained a higher salary increase for part-time faculty than for full-time faculty, and refused to settle for less, even though it ended up delaying negotiations. We worked very hard at and away from the negotiations table to gain this extra salary increase. Indeed, had we been willing to settle for less money for part-time faculty, we might have gained a little more for full-time faculty. In the latest contract established in 2015-18, parity pay was established as being only for part time faculty and not for full time faculty working overload hours.

When the District’s insurance carrier dropped coverage for part-time faculty, the Faculty Association negotiated from the District an alternative plan, by which the District would give qualified faculty members the amount of money it would have spent on the discontinued coverage to pay for insurance from another source.  This new insurance benefit was more successful than the previous one, with a significant increase in the number of faculty members participating in the new benefit. The Faculty Association negotiated an increase in the benefit, and made it easier to qualify for the benefit, and to maintain qualification even with breaks in service.

We have part-time representatives on the Faculty Association Representative Council, and on the negotiating team, who are charged with carrying part-time concerns forward, and representing the interests of part-time faculty.  Part-time faculty members who have concerns should make sure that their representatives are aware of and can represent their concerns.

Please see the Membership section of the SOCCCDFA website for more details.

Yes, you will need to pay the local chapter dues for the SOCCCD FA union. You should pay CCA, CTA & NEA dues at only one educational institution, your “primary” place of employment. Each educational institution has its own unique local union. You will need to pay separate local dues for each district where you work.

Complete the Membership Enrollment Form for all CTA affiliated districts where you work, following the instructions below:

a. Choose one of the districts to be your “primary” place of employment. If you are employed full time at one institution, and part time in the others, the place where you work full time is your primary place of employment. If all of your CTA affiliated employment is part time, select the institution where you have the most frequent and steady work to be classified as your primary place of employment.

b. Where the form asks “Is this your primary place of employment?” mark “Yes” on the form for your primary place of employment.  For the forms for the other districts, mark “No” and then write in the name of your primary place of employment on the blank provided for this purpose.

c. Do not fill in due amounts on the forms.

d. Submit the completed forms via any of the three methods listed on this website.  CTA will use the forms to verify your member status and to communicate with the appropriate local associations to adjust payroll deductions.

Your primary place of employment will then become the only district deducting CCA/CTA/NEA dues.  Only local dues will be deducted from your non-primary places of employment.   If you are entitled to a refund from CCA &/or CTA/NEA, CTA will issue you a refund.

There is no sliding scale for dues, just one rate for part-time faculty. However, if you teach less than 3 LHE in Fall or Spring, you are eligible for dues reimbursement for that semester. Please see the Dues Reimbursement Request Form, which outlines the requirements to receive reimbursement. You must complete the form after your last paycheck for each semester AND you must have submitted a Membership Enrollment Form, which can also be found under our Membership page.

Please refer to this link to the unemployment information posted on the CCA website: http://www.cca4me.org/#Part_Time_Faculty_Issues

The right to receive unemployment benefits was secured by the Cervisi decision. Here is a link to the text:

https://www.santarosa.edu/afa/Forms/cervisi.pdf

Article XXVII (Benefits) provides details pertaining to Part-Time Health Insurance stipend. Please refer to page 106 of the 2024-2027 Collective Bargaining Agreement.

If you are eligible, HR reaches out to you via email to your work email with the request for forms/information.

Join Online (fastest way to join)

1. Go to join.cta.org and select community college.
2. Under “Employer/District,” choose South Orange County Co. District.
3. Fill out the rest of the form. Your dues amount will be calculated automatically based on your employment status.

Join by Paper Form

Prefer paper? Download and print the Membership Enrollment Form. Fill out your personal information and sign. Leave the dues amounts blank — those vary by employment status.

Once it’s filled out, send it using intercampus mail, or drop it off directly in the recipient’s mailbox:

• At IVC: Deanna Scherger, English Department, N1.211
• At Saddleback: Caroline Gee, Psychology Department, BGS 317

Questions about the form? Not sure how intercampus mail works? Want us to pick up the form from you? Contact Caroline Gee, Membership Chair — CGee@saddleback.edu (please put “SOCCCDFA Membership” in the subject line) or 949-582-4595.