8.1 Faculty Salary Schedules – General Guidelines
8.1.1 Salaries of individual faculty members will be established in accordance with the salary schedule and all the provisions governing its use.
8.1.2 Units counted toward advancement on the salary schedule must be graduate units earned at an institution accredited by one of the regional associations such as, Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Undergraduate units which have been given prior approval by the appropriate Vice President may also be counted toward advancement. Graduate units earned at foreign colleges or universities must be approved in advance by the appropriate Vice President. Foreign transcripts must be translated and evaluated for equivalency by a bonafide U.S. evaluation service.
8.1.3 Unit members who plan to advance from one salary classification to another must
notify the Human Resources Office at the time the advancement is to become effective. The salary will not be changed until all units claimed for the change are officially verified. A change will be made in salary advancement due to the accumulation of units on the first of the month following verification.
8.1.4 It is the responsibility of the individual to notify the Human Resources Office of any error in placement on the salary schedule. Errors discovered either by the employee or the District will, in every case, be recovered to the extent allowed by law either by the District or by the employee, depending upon in whose favor the error was made.
8.1.5 Each faculty member shall be granted one increment on the salary schedule for each year of satisfactory service until the maximum number of increments is reached. Satisfactory service shall be defined as having received “satisfactory” on the latest evaluation (See Board Policy on Tenure and Evaluation).
8.1.6 Whenever, for any cause, the work of a unit member is designated as “unsatisfactory” by the unity member’s evaluation team on the evaluation form, class or step increments may be withheld until improvement is effected.
8.1.7 In moving from any salary class to another, a unit member may not advance more than one step for each year of service to the college.
8.1.8 Unit members shall make satisfactory professional growth in order to advance on the salary schedule. Evaluation shall be made in accordance with Administrative Regulation 4131. Unit Members who do not meet satisfactory professional growth shall be given one year in which to show improvement. Failure to make satisfactory improvement after notification shall result in no salary advancement.
8.1.9 The District will continue to pay all unit members with an earned doctorate degree an additional 6.4% of Class I, Step 1. The doctorate shall be earned at an institution accredited by one of the regional associations.
8.1.10 When unit members reach Class IV, Step 14, on the salary schedule, they become eligible, subject to recommendation of the Superintendent/President, to receive seven (7) anniversary increments for professional growth (5.8% of Class I, Step 1). The first anniversary increment will be granted after the individual has been on Class IV, Step 14, for a period of four (4) years (18th Step). The other six anniversary increments will be spaced four (4) years apart and will be granted on the 22nd, 26th, 30th, 34th, 38th, and 42nd Steps . (For clarification purposes, the first anniversary increment received is considered that person’s 18th step on Class IV.)
8.2 Salary Schedules
8.2.1 Appendix A, Faculty Salary Schedule will reflect an increase equal to:
2.5% effective January 1, 2005, on schedule from this date forward.
2.0% of each employee's annual base salary to be paid in equal payments beginning January 1, 2006 and completed by June 30, 2006. This is an off-schedule one-time bonus.
8.2.2 Citrus College Leadership Program
A leadership program for full-time faculty is established to encourage professional growth and includes opportunities for full-time faculty to gain experience in administrative work (general and instruction/student services) and extra-curricular activities (the performing arts and athletics). The program is outlined, including compensation, in a flyer on file in the Office of Human Resources (title CITRUS COLLEGE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOR FULL-TIME FACULTY).
8.3 Definition of Salary Class
8.3.1 Class I
8.3.1.1 LIFE Credential OR Minimum Qualifications as defined by Education Code
Sections 87355 and 87356.
8.3.2 Class II
8.3.2.1 Master’s degree including 40 graduate level semester units beyond Bachelor’s degree.
8.3.3 Class III
8.3.3.1 Master’s degree including 60 graduate level semester units beyond Bachelor’s degree.
8.3.4 Class IV
8.3.4.1 Master’s degree including 80 graduate level semester units beyond Bachelor’s degree.
8.3.4.2 The structure of 1989-90 faculty schedule will be maintained for those current vocational instructors who have been moving on the “vocational track” until such time as they can be transferred to the current salary schedule, as a result of increased education, without decreasing their annual salary.
8.4 Pay Schedule for Department Chairmen
8.4.1 Regular Day
8.4.1.1 The base pay for all Department Chairmen shall be 9.4% of Class I, Step 1 on the Faculty Salary Schedule for the first four full-time faculty supervised including the Department Chairman.
8.4.1.2 An amount equal to ½ % of Class I, Step 1 on the Faculty Salary Schedule shall be added to the Chairmen’s base pay for each full-time unit member over four. For unit members who teach in more than one department, this amount will be prorated to the appropriate chairmen.
8.4.1.3 Up to one-fifth (1/5th) of the Department Chairmen’s teaching load may be assigned to other departmental duties subject to the approval of the Vice President of Instruction and the Superintendent/President.
8.4.2 Adjunct Faculty
For each part-time teacher (excluding full-time teachers) 1/4 % of Class I, Step 1 per semester will be paid to each Department Chairman for coordinating and supervising the adjunct program and evaluating adjunct instructors. This compensation will be a part of the chairman’s regular monthly paycheck.
8.4.3 Departments
The following departments are established at Citrus College:
Behavioral Sciences
Biological Sciences
Business/Computing & Information Systems
Cosmetology
Counseling
Fine Arts
Foreign Languages
Health Occupations
Health, Physical Education and Athletics
Language Arts
Mathematics
Transportation Technology
Music
Physical Science and Engineering
Public Services
Social Sciences
8.5 Hourly Rate
8.5.1 Hourly Non-teaching Rate
Hourly rate for all non-teaching faculty shall be set at 1/1000th of Step 1, Class I, of the Faculty Salary Schedule.
8.5.2 Discontinued Classes for Faculty Overload
Faculty who have classes cancelled because of inadequate enrollment shall receive 1/1000th of Step 1, Class I of the Faculty Salary Schedule for each hour the class has met.
8.5.3 Direct Deposit
The District shall pay the administrative costs associated with direct deposit of pay warrants to all participating financial institutions for all unit members who elect to subscribe to such service. The District shall not be responsible for errors or missed deadlines which might occur between the Los Angeles County of Education and the employee’s financial institution. If an error occurs, the District will assist the employee in getting the direct deposit error corrected