Since 2023, the CFT One Faculty Task Force — made up of classroom and non-classroom part-time and full-time faculty from throughout the state — has met regularly to develop a strategic plan to transform the current exploitative two-tier system of faculty in the California community colleges into a one-tier system. As a first step in this process, the task force focused on clarifying what a one-tier faculty structure would look like. As we build a statewide campaign, the work of the task force will be driven by the following Agreements on Principles and Goals, which define our vision.

Hiring Processes

  • Districts shall institute locally developed hiring practices that will apply uniformly to all faculty job openings.

Compensation and Work Assignments

  • All Districts must compensate all faculty using the same salary schedule proportionate to the faculty member’s assigned load.
  • All faculty will be expected to perform the same duties on a proportionate basis according to their percentage of assigned load.

Professional Development

  • All professional development activities must be made available to all faculty, with compensation, if given, provided equivalently to all faculty.

Leaves, Benefits, and Retirement

  • All faculty must be eligible for the same leave benefits (sick, education, parental, bereavement, FMLA, military, sabbatical, industrial accident, etc.)
  • Any locally negotiated health insurance benefits, including post-retirement healthcare programs, must be available to all faculty.
  • All CalSTRS service credit calculations must apply equally to all faculty.

Performance Review, Due Process, and Job Security

  • All faculty will undergo the same evaluation/performance review cycle.
  • Tenure should be understood as a form of due process. Any faculty member with a minimum assignment load averaged over the academic year will be afforded the same due process/tenure rights as currently exist for full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty, including the current exceptions to tenure. Tenure review processes will remain locally negotiated.
  • Existing layoff/seniority rules will continue to apply to all faculty members once those individuals become tenured.