1. LECTURER RANGE ELEVATION WORKSHOP

2. EVERY CSU CAMPUS HAS LECTURER REPS WHO ARE HERE FOR YOU!
Your CFA Lecturer Reps:
Lynda Radican
Ted Scott-Femenella
Activists and Senate Reps:
De-Laine Cyrenne
Lois Boulgarides
Nicki Mehta
Robert Biegler

3. The CFA is your union! Visit the website: www.calfac.org
Download the contract (collective bargaining agreement, or CBA)
Specifically articles 10, 12, 15, 31 & 32
Click on lecturers link:
Download the Lecturers’ Handbook ( )
Download the Supplements to the HB: 1) course assignments & Preference for Work, 2) Pension & Benefits, and 3) Unemployment Rights

4. Lecturer improvements in 2014-2017 CBA
We eliminated the lowest Lecturer salary range (L)
All Lecturer L’s moved to A w/minimum 5% raise
All Lecturers w/ terminal degrees moved to B with minimum 5% raise
Units above 15 will now be paid (i.e., 16th unit)
All 3-year Lecturers eligible for 3% SRA raise
All Lecturers now eligible for all RSCA
awards (Research, Scholarly, Creative Activities)

5. Lecturer Improvements in 2014-2018 CBA
We won the Fight for 5!
After coming w/in 4 days of a 23-campus, 5-day strike in April 2016, we bargained a great settlement:
5% GSI on 6/30/16
2% GSI the next day: 7/1/ % compounded
3.5% GSI on 7/1/17
2.65% SSI in on anniversary date of initial hire following at least 24 units in the same department.
10.8% for all (after compounding)
Additional 2.65% for those qualified for SSI

6. Lecturer improvements in 2014-2018 CBA
We extended the CBA to 6/30/18
We will now bargain salary increases BEFORE the CSU makes its budget request!
We begin successor bargaining in June 2017
We won our fight to separate Lecturer range elevation from SSI max requirement.
F’17 implementation date for new policy.

7. Lecturer Appointments are made in the following ranges:
SALARY SCHEDULE
Lecturer Appointments are made in the following ranges:
A: those who lack a terminal degree
B: same salary range as Assistant Professor
C: same salary range as Associate Professor
D: same salary range as Full Professor
(Note: Lecturer salary ranges are now currently contractually mandated. Lecturer range L was eliminated in CBA)
See Pages 10, 11, 17-20, 49 and 50 in the Lecturer Handbook

8. Salary Schedule (Includes 7
Salary Schedule (Includes 7.1% GSI) As Full-time Equivalent Monthly Salary

9. Salary Raises (Art. 31) General Salary increases (GSIs)
- Have to be bargained; automatic on date bargained
1.6% increase, retroactive to 7/1/14
5% on 6/30/16
2% on 7/1/16
3.5% on 7/1/17
Service Salary Increases (SSIs)
-Have to be bargained; 2.65% increase automatic on anniversary date of initial hire, after teaching 24 semester units or 36 quarter units in a single dept.
3% Salary Recovery Adjustment (SRA) for all 3-year Lecturers, retroactive to 7/1/14 (acts like a giant SSI)
2.65% in on anniversary date of initial hire

10. SSIs: move one up the salary range
Generally awarded in term following accumulation of necessary units
Paid on anniversary date of initial hire after 24 units of service in a department.
SSIs are tied to a department! Along with entitlement, this is one of the reasons why it is advantageous to teach as many units as possible in a single department.
Pages in the Lecturer Handbook

11. Historic Range Elevation (still in effect)
Range elevation represents a minimum 5% increase in salary and movement from one range to the next.
To be eligible for a range elevation you must be at or above the SSI max for your current range and have been in that range for at least 5 years.
SSIs required to get to SSI max
Pages in the Lecturer Handbook

12. New Lecturer Range Elevation Agreement. What does this mean?
It means that lecturers will finally be able to move through the Salary Schedule and get salary increases they deserve.

13. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING: AMENDMENTS TO THE RANGE ELEVATION PROCEDURE 2016
A Lecturer can become eligible to apply for range elevation using either the old criteria or the new!

14. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING: AMENDMENTS TO THE RANGE ELEVATION PROCEDURE 2016
Those Lecturers and temporary librarian faculty unit employees who have served at least five years in the current range and met their SSI Max shall be considered for range elevation regardless of whether they have received prior Faculty Merit Increases (FMIs). 15

15. PROVISIONS OF RANGE ELEVATION AGREEMENT
Full-time adjusted service (FTAS) shall be established as of the beginning of the 2017/18 academic year. For each academic or fiscal year, FTAS is defined as the average FTE over the academic or fiscal year, divided by 0.8 up to a maximum of 1.0 for the year.
Range elevation shall be accompanied by a salary increase of a least 5% or whatever percentage increase is required to reach at least the minimum of the next range, whichever is greater.

16. How do I calculate Full-Time Adjusted Service (FTAS)?
Step 1: Calculate the average time base for an academic year by adding the time base for the fall semester to the time base for the Spring Semester (This is for each department the faculty member is employed in).
Step 2: Divide the average time base by 0.8.
Step 3: If the answer to Step 2 is less than 1, then that is the FTAS. If the answer to Step 2 is greater than 1, then the FTAS for the year is 1
CFA has created a Range Elevation Estimator that can help lecturer faculty and temporary librarians calculate their FTAS. The Range Elevation Estimator can be found online at

17. WTUs/Time Base Semester/Quarter Time Base 3 WTUs 0.20 6 WTUs 0.40
0.60
12 WTUs
0.80
15 WTUs
1.0 (full time)

18. Examples of different FTAS Configurations

19. DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY
Lecturers and temporary librarian faculty unit employees with at least 6 years FTAS in the current range as of the start of the Fall 2017 term shall be eligible to apply for range elevation according to the following schedule:
In 2017/18, individuals with 12 years or more FTAS
In 2018/19, individuals with 9 years or more FTAS
In 2019/20, individuals with 6 years or more FTAS

20. Example: Hypothetical Lecturer in a Single Department
This Lecturer would have 6.25 FTAS after 7 years and would be eligible to apply for range elevation in 2019/20
*Remember that FTAS cannot exceed 1.0 for any academic year

21. EFFECTIVE DATE FOR INCREASES
Range elevation, as well as applicable salary increases, shall take effect at the beginning of the first appointment in the academic year following review.

22. Range Elevation Provisions (General)
Eligible lecturers must be notified at least 30 days prior to due date for materials (Art )
Criteria for range elevation shall be appropriate to lecturer work assignments (Art )
SLO arbitration win clarified: neither research nor terminal degree required for range elevation (if not part of assignment)
Denials shall be subject to appeal before a
3-member faculty committee, whose decision
is final (Art )

23. Range Elevation (cont.)
Contact your Lecturer Rep. for guidance in putting together your range elevation dossier
Be able to put your hands on all student evaluations and periodic evaluations
Range elevation is not a promotion; it entails no change in status, rights, responsibilities, or job security; all it means is that you won’t end your academic career stuck at the same place on the salary schedule!

24. Know your eligibility
Don’t assume that the university has up to date data.
Verify your eligibility.
Review your contracts. (You can request copies from HR and/or your Dean’s office). They should be in your PAF and it’s a good idea to keep copies for yourself.
Visit your employee center on MySacState and peruse your compensation history.

25. Why all faculty, but especially Lecturers, should be CFA members
Everything that we have is because of the CFA
Lecturers are completely integrated into the fabric and leadership of the CFA
Organizing, lecturer networks, and lecturer solidarity protect our jobs, salaries and occupation.
CFA Headlines and Faculty Magazine keep you informed
See Pages in the Lecturer Handbook

26. See the Lecturer Handbook, pages 39-40
HOW YOU CAN BECOME MORE ACTIVE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THE UNION PROTECTS YOU:
See the Lecturer Handbook, pages 39-40
Go to the Lecturers page on the CFA website (
Contact your local CFA representatives
Lynda Radican
Nicki Mehta /
Lois Boulgarides

27. How can we protect all that we’ve gained for Lecturers?
Read the Lecturer Handbook!
Read the CBA (especially Articles 12 & 15)!
Know your rights!
Get to know your fellow Lecturers in your department!
Help recruit new Lecturer members to CFA
Join or form a Lecturers Council on your campus!
Become a department representative or join a CFA Committee

28. How can we protect all that we’ve gained for Lecturers?
Subscribe to the CFA Headlines that are ed every Wed. by going to the website
Read CFA s that come from both your chapter and statewide CFA to stay informed
Come out to rallies on campus when they’re called as part of a bargaining campaign
Be willing to stand with your colleagues if we have to fight for a fair contract for all faculty
We’re all in this together, and together
we are strong!

29. FACULTY WORKING CONDITIONS ARE STUDENT LEARNING CONDITIONS