Alfred UUP News

Volume 1, Issue 4 May 12, 2014 Spring Delegate Assembly, May 2—3

Alfred State College officers, committee mem- Students in teacher preparation programs who bers, and observers attended the UUP Spring planned to graduate in Spring 2014 were re- Delegate Assembly in Albany on May 2-3, 2014. quired to pass the edTPA to receive teaching A number of issues were discussed at the meeting, certification in New York State. including: The State Education Department had refused to  Teacher Certification Exams (edTPA) push back its May 2014 edTPA implementation date, even though educators have not had enough  Contingent Equity issues time to modify their curricula and adequately prepare students to successfully complete the  SUNYIT & CNSE Merger edTPA. SED predicted that up to 40 percent of graduating seniors will fail the edTPA and be  SUNY Downstate & LICH denied teaching certification. SED had refused  Harris v. Quinn to listen to educators' concerns about the ed- TPA's validity as a predictor of teaching excel-  Open SUNY lence. (For more on the edTPA, see page 5 in this newsletter). The edTPA Contingent Equity Issues The edTPA is a new high-stakes certification re- quirement for student teachers developed by the UUP President Fred Kowal discussed contingent Chapter President Earl Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning and salary strategies, including an update to the Ad- Packard Equity. The edTPA is a complex performance junct Salary Study, and an FTE Salary Structure assessment with multiple components that include Study. Later in the day, the Contingent controversial videotaping in K-12 classrooms. (continued on page 4)

Inside this issue:

SUNY’s Future 2

edTPA changes 5

Workload Creep 5

Mayday $5K 6

NYSUT Ad 7

List of Officers 8 Ezra Zubrow of the University at Buffalo (right) makes a point while Jamie Dangler and Joe Petrick look on at a meeting of Vice-Presidents for Academics during a DA. PAGE 2 ALFRED UUP NEWS VOLUME 1, ISSUE 4

sors (AAUP), as well as historical forces entities expressed interest in represent- SUNY’s Future and trends. ing SUNY faculty, including CSEA, the AAUP), and SUNY Faculty Senate. The The Creation of United University Pro- SUFT was a faculty organization, and (Adapted from remarks made by Joe fessions had no interest in representing non- Petrick at the SUNY Voices Confer- teaching professionals (NTPs). Simi- Faculty unions largely did not exist before ence, “Shared Governance for Institu- larly, the AAUP had no interest in repre- the late 1960s. In their book Unions on tions of Higher Education in the 21st senting NTPs. A position in the AAUP Campus: A National Study of the Conse- Century: Beyond Stereotypes,” April 23 specifically in relation to SUNY was quences of Faculty Bargaining Kemerer and - 24, 2014). that attempting to represent professional Baldridge pointed out that nationally there employees as affiliate members would were “virtually no unionized institutions” in violate federal law, and thus AAUP did Institutions are determined by contingen- 1965, but 450 bargaining unit organizations not change its membership criteria. cies, and their futures depend on how they had come into existence by 1975, just ten Nonetheless, the AAUP wanted to repre- respond to the historical imperatives with years later. Unionization of public higher sent faculty at both CUNY and SUNY, which they are confronted. The conditions education in New York State did not grow investing $100,000 in the effort, accord- that have determined the present state of the out of motivated self-interest, but was di- ing to Philo Hutchinson in his book A State University of New York (SUNY) are rectly related to a completely unrelated Professional Professoriate: Unioniza- rooted in its history, and the future of event, the New York City Transit Strike tion, Bureaucratization, and the AAUP. SUNY has always depended on circum- which began on January 1, 1966 which stances that could not have been foreseen by lasted for twelve days. A few days after the faculty and administrators, whether those SUNY Senate had existed for only fif- end of the strike, Governor Nelson Rocke- teen years when it petitioned to become circumstances were economic or political. feller announced a Committee on Public Three events in the history of the faculty the negotiating agency for academics Employee Relations chaired by George W. and NTPs in SUNY. SUFT had already union of the state-operated campuses of the Taylor, a Professor of Industry at the Uni- State University of New York (SUNY) may challenged the right of the Senate to versity of Pennsylvania. This committee represent faculty because Senate had represent how unionism has had an impact recommended legislation that included the on shared governance. The creation of the participating representatives of SUNY “inapplicability of strikes,” and the creation System Administration. The Public union was itself a function of shared gov- of a New York Public Relations Board. The ernance. A second example may be a plan- Employee Relations Board ruled that the enacted legislation is known as the Taylor Faculty Senate was an employee organi- ning document from 1990 entitled SUNY’s Law, after the chair of the committee which Future. A third representative example may zation, and the Senate Professional As- advocated it. With the legislation in place, sociation (SPA, later to become UUP) be the 1999 action that united University in November 1967, Governor Rockefeller Senate and United University Professions was allowed to compete for the right to announced that three negotiating units engage in collective bargaining on be- (UUP) against the SUNY Board of Trustees. would be created: The Civil Service Em- These historical events by no means exhaust half of faculty and professional staff at ployees Association (CSEA) was recog- the state-operated SUNY campuses. the union’s role in shared governance, but nized as a general unit for state employees, illustrate union interaction with governance. a second negotiating unit was created for The State University Federation of Faculty senates and faculty unions are un- state police, and a third would be created for Teachers appealed the decisions of the derstood to have separate roles, the former professional employees of the State Univer- Public Employment Relations Board, being involved in shared governance and sity. Community colleges would have to and the decision was handed down on the latter terms and conditions of employ- negotiate with the counties in which they November 10, 1970. The Senate with- ment. From this perspective, senates have were located, requiring each professional drew from contention as the representa- no direct say on collective bargaining issues staff to form negotiating units. tive agency for collective bargaining, and faculty unions have limited input re- leaving the Senate Professional Associa- SUNY teaching faculty had little enthusi- tion (SPA) as a separate agency to com- garding academic issues. United University asm for organizing, however. In his book Professions (UUP), the bargaining unit of pete for representation. The CSEA, Administering the Taylor Law: Public Em- AAUP, SUFT, and SPA and “no repre- faculty and professional staff employed by ployee Relations in New York Ronald Dono- the State University of New York (SUNY), sentation” (i.e. the option of having no van noted, “The concept of collective bar- collective bargaining unit) were on the nonetheless has a history of participation in gaining seemed at odds with, if not offen- governance. The union was created because ballot. SUFT won a plurality of the votes sive to, their views of a self-governing com- cast, with SPA coming in second. Ac- of historical conditions stemming from munity of scholars.” Nonetheless, it had be shared governance structure. Subsequent to cording to the rules established by ordered that SUNY faculty bargain collec- PERB, a runoff was undertaken, and its founding, the union has respected the tively. mission of SUNY University Faculty Senate SPA won the runoff election. (UFS), but it has on occasion attempted to Several organizations were interested in In 1973, members of the Senate Profes- engage in shared governance either on its representing SUNY faculty. In May 1968 sional Association met with members of own or through collaboration with UFS. an organization named the State University the State University Federation of This engagement is related to governance at Federation of Teachers (SUFT) was created Teachers to discuss merging the two the national level through relations with the to negotiate for five SUNY units, but other Association of American University Profes- PAGE 3 ALFRED UUP NEWS VOLUME 1, ISSUE 4

SUNY’s Future (continued from community and with the Board of Trus- previous page public.” The preface continued by saying that people are important to planning proc- tees, and excluding the legitimate repre- esses, and that the SUNY’s Future report sentatives of the faculty and professional organizations. The name of the merged was created by inquiring of constituent staff .” unit was SUNY/United, later renamed groups what was needed for the future of As campus groups endorsed the resolu- United University Professions. Robert the State University of New York. As a tion, the New York Times explained the Granger of SUNY Alfred was the SPA result, the report was formulated from lis- primary cause of concern to SUNY fac- President prior to the merger. tening to the broad base of faculty, non- ulty: “Although the faculty and trustees teaching professionals, students, and other SUNY’s Future had been discussing a core curriculum for interested parties in a manner which was two years, the list of 10 subjects, includ- In the late 1980s, amidst talks of campus the polar opposite of the SUNY 2000 plan ing mathematics, American history, for- closures to reduce a gap in the New York which was driven by SUNY System Ad- eign language and Western and world State Budget, SUNY System Administra- ministration with goals that were largely civilizations, was not shown to campus tion announced that it was undertaking a imposed on campuses. presidents or faculty members before the planning process called SUNY 2000. At December board meeting. th Many of the goals contained in the the February 1-2, 1991 97 UFS Plenary at SUNY’s Future document reflected SUNY In addition to concerns about the lack of New Paltz meeting Chancellor Bruce System initiatives of the time, or those transparency in creating the general edu- Johnstone remarked to the UFS concerning carried forward in the future, such as a cation requirements, the New York Times the planning process, “The phase we are on desire for increased enrollment or increas- reported that the SUNY Board of Trus- now is what I would call the system phase; ing diversity at SUNY campuses. Al- tees among a number of other things, the trustees’ phase; the chancellor’s phase, though the SUNY 2000 project begun by allowed “ideological views to shape aca- which is not to say that it can be done or is SUNY System Administration was never demic decisions,” failure to conduct open being done in isolation from campuses and mentioned in the document, UUP’s and fair searches for senior administra- from constituencies. But, it’s basically a SUNY’s Future document was in essence a tors, and failing to advocate for strong phase that will result in certain broad, sys- commentary on the planning process being financial support for SUNY. The resolu- tem-wide goals.” The second phase would carried out by System Administration. tion was endorsed by UUP as well as by consist of campus plans that would re- Because the union did not have the means UFS at its April 23-23, 1999 Plenary spond as to how they would integrate their to carry out its goals or even have a direct meeting in Albany. Campus senates and own goals into the system goals, impact on the planning process imposed by local union chapters also endorsed the “piggybacking” on the existing planning System Administration by the campuses, resolution. The University Senate and processes of the campuses. Although there he UUP document was, in effect, more of a UUP had no power to remove the trus- was a Faculty Senate advisory committee it commentary on shared governance than tees, and the endorsement of the resolu- was clear from Johnstone’s remarks that involvement in governance itself. It was tion was intended to bring attention to the the planning process was being driven by however a means of illustrating the possi- conflicts with the Board of Trustees. System Administration. bilities inherent in grassroots planning (as opposed to top-down planning), if only Conditions between faculty, the SUNY Today UUP increasingly take administrators had paid attention. Board of Trustees, and SUNY System Administration have changed over the positions on governance issues, A Vote of No Confidence years, particularly given the processes of particularly its stances on Open Ten years after the inception of the process New York State politics. The vote of no SUNY, the Seamless Transfer that produced the UUP SUNY’s Future confidence of 1999 should be remem- document, political conditions in New bered as the most drastic action in the initiative, and edTPA,. York State had changed. A different gu- history of the University in which UUP bernatorial administration had however and UFS collaborated to remind SUNY In response to the SUNY initiative, United changed the composition of the SUNY System Administration and the SUNY University Professions had released in Board of Trustees, and that Board acted in Board of Trustees of the precepts of March 1990 a planning document entitled more top-down fashion. As a result, UFS shared governance. “SUNY’s Future: Expanding the Mission, and UUP charged, among other things, that Conclusion Fulfilling the Promise,” which, although it the Board of Trustees has failed in its re- did not specifically mention the SUNY sponsibilities by: “allowing ideological Throughout their forty-plus years together 2000 planning process initiated by SUNY views to dictate the academic direction of UUP and UFS have both worked together System Administration, pointedly re- the University; […] Violating its own poli- and their leaderships have sometimes marked, “Every state and institution has a cies by imposing a mandated General Edu- disagreed with each other. Today UUP vast collection of volumes rarely if ever cation police for all campuses without the increasingly take positions on governance read: master plans. They are objects of direct involvement of legitimate faculty issues, particularly its stances on Open endless joking, products that typify their representatives, chief academic officers, or SUNY, the Seamless Transfer initiative, origin in bureaucracy. Some can be exam- presidents; Disregarding well established and edTPA, the performance assessment ined with interest, but many seem made to practices of consultation, communication, for initial (continued pg. 4) serve their author-agencies more than the and open discussion within the University VOLUME 1, ISSUE 4 ALFRED UUP NEWS PAGE 4

College of Nanoscale Science and Engi-  Oswego, MBA Health Services Admini- SUNY’s Future (continued from pg. 3) neering with the SUNY Institute of stration Technology at Utica-Rome. The trus- teacher certification now required by the  Oswego, MBA Board of Regents. One reason that the tees selected Alain E. Kaloyeros as the two organizations can work together is chief executive officer of the merged  SUNY Broome -- AAS in Tourism Man- that in many cases they are comprised of institutions. UUP President Fred Kowal agement the same people who move from one said to the Albany Times-Union, "Under group to the other, sometimes participating no circumstances should SUNY IT be  SUNY Delhi -- BS in Nursing in both UUP and UFS at the same time. absorbed by CNSE and subsequently Although the two groups are undeniably cease to exist. For this merger to work,  Empire State College -- BS in Business, different in their missions and more often SUNY IT must continue as a degree- Management, and Economics: Human than not the perspectives of their leaders, bearing entity that provides a compre- Resource Management they can and have on occasion worked hensive range of high-quality under- together to advance mutually agreed upon graduate and graduate programs."  Empire State College -- BS in Science, positions which have demonstrated their Math, and Technology: Information interests in participating in shared govern- SUNY Downstate & LICH Systems ance. Given the vicissitudes of New York UUP continues to advocate for SUNY State politics, prevailing economic condi- Downstate Medical Hospital and has UUP continues to be concerned about the tions, and the initiatives driven by SUNY proposed the only workable plan to keep implementation of Open SUNY, seamless System Administration, there is always the hospital in operation (see http:// transfer, and intellectual property issues, and work to be done. www.brooklynhospitalplan.org). The continues to monitor developments of situation with Long Island College Hos- StartUP New York. Spring Delegate Assembly (continued pital (LICH) continues to unfold with from page 1) lawsuits being brought by LICH bidders. The Academic Delegates were given a pres- entation on workload creep by Vice President Concerns Committee discussed minimum for Academics Jamie Dangler, and were ad- salary for adjuncts. The Contingent Con- vised to take steps to ensure that extra re- cerns Committee requested that the Ameri- sponsibilities does not become part of normal can Federation of Teachers actively cam- UUP continues to be concerned workload expectations (For UUP suggestions paign for resolutions on the following: on workload, see sidebar on page 5). about the implementation of  Public Service Loan Forgiveness Pro- In other business, Ray Gleason was re- Open SUNY, seamless transfer, gram Eligibility for Part-time Faculty elected to the UUP Statewide Executive and intellectual property issues. Board.  Clarification of the "Reasonable As- surance" Clause in Federal Unem- ployment Compensation Law (AFT is involved in national effort to secure from the Department of Labor a letter Harris v. Quinn clarifying the "reasonable assurance" clause in federal unemployment com- Of some concern to UUP members is an pensation legislation) upcoming Supreme Court case known as Harris v. Quinn. Illinois Governor Pat  IPEDS Expansion to Include Collec- Quinn issued an executive order that tion of Data Regarding Part-time Posi- said the program's 4,500 workers for the tions (Part-time employees have not mentally disabled were state employees been counted in IPEDS data since and therefore eligible for union repre- 2003) sentation. Pamela Harris sued on the grounds that she should not be required It was also announced that the SUNY Stu- to pay union dues. If the Supreme Court dent Assembly passed a resolution endors- rules unfavorably to the State of Illinois ing the Mayday 5K campaign (see page 6 the decision may have an enormous im- of this newsletter). pact on the ability of unions to collect agency fees. SUNYIT & CNSE Merger Open SUNY The SUNY Board of Trustees voted to Alfred Chapter Vice-President for create the State University of New York The Open SUNY initiative is scheduled Professionals Bill Schultze (left) with Institute of Nanoscale Sciences, to be to begin Fall Semester, 2014 with eight Joe Dolce from SUNY Geneseo at a known as INSET, from a merger of the pilot programs at six campuses: recent delegate assembly. PAGE 5 ALFRED UUP NEWS VOLUME 1, ISSUE 4

(ATS-W) to demonstrate readiness Regents approves edTPA changes to enter the classroom as a teacher. The ATS-W is one of four An April 29 decision by the state Board academic year. exams future teachers must cur- of Regents changes the edTPA imple- rently pass to become certified in mentation plan by providing student “We approve of and support the Re- New York. The Regents’ safety teachers with a necessary safety net as gents’ decision, which holds harmless net extends to June 20, 2015. the assessment is further developed. student teachers in this year’s and next year’s graduating classes, as an effort “This agreement is good news for UUP supports the Regents’ creation of is made to address problems with the students in teacher education pro- a new task force to review and refine edTPA,” said UUP President Fred grams who aspire to work in New the edTPA. The task force, established Kowal. “UUP looks forward to partici- York classrooms,” said NYSUT by the Regents April 29, will be made pating in that process, and we take President Karen Magee. “It pro- up of teacher educators and teacher that process very seriously.” vides a safety net that allows stu- education experts from SUNY and the dent-teachers to use the tradi- City University of New York (CUNY). “The task force is an opportunity for tional ATS-W test to earn the ini- Representatives from UUP, NYSUT, SED to hear the voices of teacher edu- tial certificate they need to enter the Professional Staff Congress/CUNY, cators at the ground level who are the classroom and begin their the State Education Department working with students,” said UUP Vice teaching careers.” (SED), and Stanford Center for Assess- President for Academics Jamie Dan- Magee credited the collaborative ment, Learning and Equity (SCALE)— gler. “Their experience is valuable and efforts of NYSUT, UUP, PSC, the edTPA’s developers—will be part of should be taken into account.” SUNY, students, parents and law- the task force. Under the agreement, teacher candi- makers for the successful agree- The Regents also decided that edTPA dates who do not pass the edTPA will ment. scores will not be used in the state’s be allowed to use a passing score on the (From UUP website). institutional profiles until the 2015-16 Assessment of Teaching Skills-Written

Workload Creep that one should not undertake extra du- “exempt” and are not eligible to ties without some form of compensation. receive overtime under the Fair What is the professional work- This could be “extra service” pay, or re- Labor Standards Act (FLSA). load obligation as an academic? duction of some other part of one’s profes- There are other professionals sional obligation. Remember the old say- whose professional obligation is There are no uniform university-wide ing, “No good deed goes unpunished!” If directly tied to hours worked. standards on the number of courses you do take on extra duties, you may find These employees would be classi- one is expected to teach. Indeed, this that you’re expected to continue them— fied as “nonexempt” and are eligi- often varies on a given campus worse yet, you may be establishing a ble for overtime under FLSA. among the various departments. practice that will affect many of your col- Overall, however, “workload” follows leagues in the future. Compensatory time has been past practice, meaning that faculty of around for a long time and it is a given department (or division) have What is the professional workload referenced in a memorandum in agreed to teach “X” number of obligation as an academic? our contract (Appendix A-29). All courses per semester, devote “Y” professionals who are exempt Many professionals in SUNY normally amount of time to scholarship, and to from earning overtime under the work a professional obligation and are serve on “Z” committees throughout FLSA can earn compensatory not tied to particular hours. These em- the year. If you are a new faculty time. Contact your UUP chapter ployees are entitled to compensatory time member, it’s wise to consult with a officers if this is not acknowledged for service worked beyond their normal more senior colleague about what is by your immediate supervisor. professional obligation as outlined in the expected and what is the norm. contract (Appendix A-29). For example, Both academic and professional Should you be asked to teach addi- you normally work Monday to Friday and members should feel free to con- tional courses or perform duties be- are asked to work on Saturday because tact their local UUP chapter to yond the “normal workload,” it is the college is holding an event. You are inquire about answers to work- appropriate for you to be paid for entitled to ask for compensatory time off load questions. such “extra service.” Each campus (or at a later date that is mutually agreeable department) has a standard rate for to you and your supervisor. These em- this. It should be emphasized ployees would be classified as VOLUME 1, ISSUE 4 ALFRED UUP NEWS PAGE 6

SUNY Student Assembly Endorses Mayday $5K

On April 5 the SUNY Student Assembly ity of education at SUNY as contingent Whereas the Modern Language Associa- passed the following resolution, with a mi- faculty are not able to deliver the same tion proposes a minimum starting salary nor modification asking that Chancellor quality of education as they would if they for part-time faculty of $7,090 per standard Zimpher provide funds for adjunct salaries: were better supported by receiving a liv- three-credit course, rather than the market ing wage, office space to meet with stu- baseline which is approximately $2,500- TO: Members of the Student Assembly dents, and other necessary resources for $3,000 which adjunct faculty salaries are fulfilling their role as educators and advi- currently determined by; and FROM: Caitlin Janiszewski, Delegate, Uni- sors; and versity at Albany – Graduate Division Whereas students understand the contribu- Whereas students understand the need for tions adjunct faculty have made to SUNY; I recommend that the Student Assembly flexibility on behalf of the system admini- now, therefore, be it adopt the following resolution: stration when it comes to hiring and firing faculty, but also recognize that concern Resolved that the SUNY Student Assem- Whereas the typical 3-credit course salary for being laid off or non-renewed can bly consider the treatment of contingent for a SUNY adjunct is between$ 2,500 and hinder the quality of education or the faculty to be unfair and harmful to aca- $3,000 per three-credit course they teach; ability of contingent faculty to challenge demic quality; and, be it further and students; and Resolved that the SUNY Student Assem- Whereas adjunct faculty in SUNY are typi- Whereas many contingent faculty in the bly call on SUNY System Administration cally signed to contracts lasting one semes- SUNY system are graduate students; and to pay all contingent faculty members a ter or one year, at most; and minimum starting salary of $5,000 per Whereas contingent faculty and GTAs are standard three-credit course; and, be it Whereas SUNY contingent faculty are the the most vulnerable employees; and further only category of New York State employees for which there is not minimum contractual Whereas 44% of SUNY faculty are con- Resolved that the SUNY Student Assem- salary; and tingent faculty, not including GTA labor; bly recommend that departments, when- and ever possible, offer two courses to a con- Whereas contingent faculty on temporary tingent faculty member making them eligi- appointments can be fired at any time with- Whereas contingent faculty are often ble for benefits; and, be it finally out cause, and those on term appointments given only one course leaving them ineli- can be non- renewed for any or no cause, gible for benefits; and Resolved that copies of this resolution be and therefore contingent faculty need to be distributed widely, but not limited to, the extremely concerned about their job secu- Whereas students understand that adjunct SUNY Board of Trustees, SUNY Chancel- rity; and faculty will always be present on SUNY lor Nancy L. Zimpher, University Faculty campuses; and Senate, Faculty Council of Community Whereas this demeaning treatment of con- Colleges, SUNY Campus Presidents, and tingent faculty negatively impacts the qual- SUNY Student Government Associations.

Are you curious about union involvement? If you are interested in engagement with your local chapter of UUP, contact one of the officers listed on the back of this news- letter! PAGE 7 ALFRED UUP NEWS VOLUME 1, ISSUE 4 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 4 ALFRED UUP NEWS PAGE 8

Chapter Officers Earl Packard Chapter President 607-587-4271 Joseph Petrick VP for Academics 607-587-4313 William Schultze VP for Professionals & Grievance Chair 607-587-4033 Karen Young Wellsville Campus VP 607-587-3182 Dave Holmes Secretary 607-587-3545 James Buell Treasurer 607-587-3649 Linda Panter Membership Development Officer 607-587-3212 Joseph Ogrodowski Officer For Contingents Thomas Jamison Vote-Cope Coordinator 607-698-2806 Elaine Burns Chapter Assistant 607-587-4186 Patrick Domaratz Labor Relations Specialist