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Survival Checklist for Part-Time Faculty
Tips to survive and succeed at PCC
Get connected
• Complete the union membership application and mail it in. Membership allows you to vote on issues affecting your workplace. Click here for a membership application.
• Communicate with the union representative at your site. Click here for a list of Federation Representatives.
• Attend union events like the summer picnic or attend an executive council meeting. Get involved with the PCC community.
Improve your job security
• Read about assignment rights. Click here to read about assignment rights in Article 4 of the contract.
• Ask your department chair for a copy of the assessment criteria to be used in your evaluation. Click here to read Article 7.28 in the contract.
• Have a professional development plan.
Learn about benefits available for part-time faculty
• If you work over half-time (usually 24 credits a year), you become eligible for group health insurance. Faculty not eligible to receive group coverage may still qualify for a reimbursement for purchasing a health insurance policy. Click here for health insurance details.
• You are eligible for the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) pension plan if you teach a little over half-time (usually 27 credits a year). Click here for more information on PERS.
• Learn about the equity issues that impact part-time faculty. Click here for information on the Faculty and College Excellence Act (FACE).
Get help before you need it
• Bring issues of concern to your Federation Representative.
• For additional help, call an officer on the Executive Council. Click here for a llist of the Executive Council.
A Short Documentary on Part-Time Faculty
Go to this link to view No Teacher Left Behind, a six-minute documentary
on part-time teachers organizing in New York:
No
Teacher Left Behind
And if you vote yes for it, it may even get a chance to be shown on the Independent
Film Channel.
Campus Equity Week 
Oregon
October COCAL is an umbrella group of part-time teacher activists working
to improve working conditions, achieve equity in pay and benefits,
and better serve students throughout the state. Click
here to go to the Oregon COCAL website
Count Me In!
Strength in the workplace and at the bargaining table requires strength in the political arena. The AFT-Oregon Political Action Fund helps to build political power. Contributions are eligible
for Oregon's political tax credit, which means your state taxes can be reduced
up to $50 for a single filer and $100 for joint filers.
Click here to make a voluntary contribution on your biweekly or monthly paycheck
to AFT-Oregon PAF.