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We’re getting a lot of questions and concerns about fall in-person instruction. AFT has been attending the college’s “return to instruction task force”, so we thought we could help clarify.

In spite of the message administration sent out last Wednesday, the task force is not planning or restricting which classes might be in-person based only on department. Instead, chairs have identified individual classes that need to be in-person or partly in-person. The office of instruction is compiling that list of classes. The draft list we’ve seen so far is almost entirely credit classes; it looks that most non-credit information hasn’t yet been processed. The task force asked for the draft list to be made public by the end of last week, with non-credit included. Clearly that has not happened. But eventually administration will update this list and publicize it. When you see it, please keep in mind that decisions are being made by individual class, not simply by department. And what we see will be only a draft. If you need to teach in person and your class isn’t listed, talk to your chair ASAP.

How much we can do in-person depends on health conditions; the college may not be able to provide in-person instruction for every class on the list.

According to state rules, faculty need formal training to teach online. This was suspended in the Spring 2020 emergency shut-down, but the rules are back in force for Fall 2020. Most of our classes will be online in Fall 2020. In order to teach, we will need training.

The trainers, like all of us, are trying their best to cope in a crisis. We’re all trying to figure this out together.

Training has already begun for instructors who have Fall assignments. But those who don’t yet have assignments have been denied access to the training. Faculty have been angry and worried – what if I get an assignment later? What if I have a late-start class?

Thursday, we met with administration about the impact of the pandemic on our members. Administration made a commitment to provide training for instructors who get assignments. So if you get an assignment later, training will be available. We don’t know exactly when that training will be scheduled, or how the sign-up process will work. But we do know that your concerns and voices helped make this happen.

— If you’ve completed IOTL training in Spring 2019 or later, you are exempt.
— Everyone else will need this training in order to teach online in Fall.
— The training will be counted as load and pay on the August paycheck.
— The training is asynchronous, meaning you can log in at any time within the scheduled window.
— You should have received a letter in your ccsf.edu email from Cynthia Dewar, with a link to sign up for training. (Contact Cynthia Dewar, cdewar@ccsf.edu)

If you have a teaching assignment for Fall 2020, and you’re not already approved through IOTL, sign up now! If you get an assignment later, sign up later!