Committee Purpose
The purpose of the Adjunct Faculty Staffing Committee is to support the fair application of the administrative rules relating to Adjunct Faculty workload and assignments.

• 4.06.001: Administration of Eligibility Lists. (New) 4.0401.05
• 4.06.002: Staffing of Adjunct Faculty (New) 4.0401.02
• 4.06.003: Adjunct Faculty Participation in Shared Governance (New) 2.0703.03
• 4.06.004: Placement Credit for Adjunct Faculty (New) 4.0401.03
• 4.06.005: Review of Adjunct Faculty Administrative Rules (New) 2.0703.04
• 4.06.013: Adjunct Faculty Workloads (New) 4.1000.04

Reporting Structure
Recommendations related to relevant administrative rules are forwarded to the Academic and Student Affairs Council.

Committee Functions

1. Regularly review and recommend revisions or updates to the administrative rules related to adjunct staffing 
2. Determine and prioritize appropriate data needs and work with data arms of the college to develop regular reports. Regularly review data and generate findings from reports to improve transparency and fairness in adjunct staffing processes.
3. Review the “annual staffing” report shared by the Vice Chancellor of Instruction or Provost each semester and share comments with the Vice Chancellor of Instruction or Provost. 
4. Make recommendations to ensure that any adjunct staffing technology is adequate to the staffing needs as well as the related reporting needs of the College as well as to the College’s expectations for fairness and transparency.
5. Assist with clarifying intent and appropriate implementation of adjunct staffing rules. 
6. Coordinate and serve as a liaison when data or other information requests related to adjunct staffing are submitted by the Adjunct Faculty Association.

Committee Co-Chairs
Selected department chair and adjunct faculty member, as selected by the leadership of the Full Time Faculty Senate and the Adjunct Faculty Association and appointed to staggered two-year terms.

Committee Meeting Frequency:
Committee will meet a minimum of five times in an academic year: twice in the fall term, twice in the spring term, and once during the summer term. The committee may hold additional meetings should the situation calls for them.

Meeting Schedule

Committee Membership (one year terms; can be reappointed up to three consecutive years)

*Large department defined as having > than 40 adjunct instructors. Small department defined as having fewer than 12 adjunct instructors.