Spring 2008 Flex Week

The flex calendar affords faculty the time and format in which to examine instructional concerns outside the traditional classroom setting. It offers an appropriate prelude to the school year as well as a checkpoint between semesters to refresh our sense of educational mission. This publication is your guide to the principles and process of staff development flex days at Cabrillo College. If you have any questions after reading it, please consult with your Dean or the staff development coordinator.

General Guidelines:

1. Required flex time:

Faculty may fulfill their flex requirement by attending workshops on flex days, participating in advisement at registration, or performing individual projects on designated flex days. Any exceptions to this policy must be approved by your Dean.

Full-time faculty have a minimum time commitment of 24 flexible hours per year plus two fall semester mandatory days and one spring semester mandatory day.

Partial contract faculty are required to participate in a specific number of days, which is prorated on a percentage basis of an individual's contract. Adjunct faculty are required to participate in at least one hour of flex activity per teaching unit each semester.

You may perform flex activities on days other than the scheduled flex days, as long as they are not your regular teaching days. Weekends and holidays are permissible as are days when you are only teaching in the evening, or evenings when you are only teaching during the day. You must obtain approval of your Dean.

The deadline for submitting your flex agreement is the end of flex week. This contract needs to be signed by you and your Dean. The deadline for submitting your individual activity is the end of flex week. This contract needs to be signed by you and your Dean.

Should you decide to refuse to participate in the flex week, you will have your pay reduced by the number of days of nonparticipation (maximum of five days fall semester and four days spring semester). All flex activities must be completed within the academic calendar.