their emails and invitations for

SP14 events!

See page 2 for additional Adjunct

Resources

- Workshops Available

- Instructor Resources

Your Campus Adjunct Reps:

O Diane Van Os, Online

dvanos@coloradomtn.edu

O Caryn Goralka, Aspen

cgoralka@coloradomtn.edu

O Abby (Abigail) Ruby,

Breckenridge

aruby@coloradomtn.edu O Thomas Kainz, Buena Vista

tkainz@coloradomtn.edu

O Miranda Watson, Carbon-

dale

mwatson@coloradomtn.edu

O Stefan Smith, Dillon

sxsmith@coloradomtn.edu O David Gifford, Edwards

dgifford@coloradomtn.edu

O Vanessa Caranese, Glenwood

Center

vcaranese@coloradomtn.edu

O John MacKinnon, Leadville

jmackinnon@coloradomtn.edu

Who is my SP14 Adjunct Pro-

fessional Development Rep? Your Adjunct Professional Devel-opment Representative is an

Adjunct at your site who serves as

a resource for credit-teaching and ESL/GED Adjuncts. They are

there to: assist you with questions

about professional development opportunities and funds; help you

register for the A-Train, college-

wide In-Service and other oppor-tunities; show you how to view

and manage your professional

development transcript in Web Advisor; serve as an ear and

colleague for teaching questions

and concerns; assist you in getting information on various teaching

needs; share new CMC informa-

tion and updates with Adjuncts at your site; make sure your site’s

Adjunct work area has the equip-

ment and resources it needs; organize workshops, meals and

events for Adjuncts at your site.

Reach out to your representative

with questions or ideas for Ad-junct professional development at

your site, and keep an eye out for

O Laura Van Deusen, Rifle

lvandeusen@coloradomtn.edu

O Bo (Frederick) Persiko,

Spring Valley

fpersiko@coloradomtn.edu

O Cho Tin Tun, Steamboat

cttun@coloradomtn.edu

The Need to Know: Top 3 Resources for Adjuncts

Professional Development Stipend

Are you investing your

time and effort in profes-

sional development work-

shops, classes, confer-

ences, and webinars? Well

don’t feel like it’s only

worth it down the road!

CMC offers a $1000 sti-

pend to Adjuncts who are

interested in furthering

their professional develop-

ment on their own.

After 90 hours of profes-

sional development work,

Adjuncts can earn $1000

up to three different times.

So the next time you get a

workshop invitation in

your mailbox, get it ap-

proved by your IC, then

sign up and start tracking

all the hard work you’ve

done. It will pay off more

quickly that you think, and

you’ll be more prepared to

take that professional leap

when the opportunity

arises. For more informa-

tion about the professional

development stipend, con-

tact your campus IC.

CMC’s Strategic Plan is coming

together and was reviewed by the Board of Trustees in January. Together, the CMC community has

collaborated on ideas and visions for this institution and a solid draft plan is emerging. Below is the proposed

vision and guiding principles that were boiled down from months of

great teamwork and input in order to make CMC better.

Proposed Revised Vision

Our vision is to be the most inclusive and innovative student-centered

college in the country thereby elevating the economic, social,

cultural, and environmental vitality of the beautiful Rocky Mountain communities we serve.

Proposed Revised Guiding Princi-

ples

We collaborate with one another

and with external partners.

We apply the principles of sustain-

ability, balancing social equity, economic imperatives, and environ-

mental impacts.

We strive for excellence and inno-

vation in all we do.

We create a positive working

environment and a stimulating and

enjoyable teaching and learning

experience.

We hold ourselves responsible and

accountable for our actions.

We maintain the public trust

through responsible stewardship

and fiscal transparency.

We meet challenges with thought-

ful deliberation and purposeful

action.

Colorado Mountain College

Adjunct Newsletter

Inside this issue:

Adj. Resources Cont’d 2

Mentorship Program 2

New Adj. Rep Elect 3

Say Hello 3

In-Service Update 3

Intellectual Property 3

Adj. Teaching Loads 4

February 6, 2014 Winter Issue

Aspen Adjunct Rep. Caryn Goralka (above) and

Glenwood Adjunct Rep. Vanessa Caranesse (below)

Colorado

Mountain College

Strategic Plan

Update

Workshops available for in-

structors and staff

www.coloradomtn.edu/training

NOTE: Successful completion

of these workshops will be

listed on your professional

development transcript in Web

Advisor.

Office of Innovations holds a

drawing each month and one

instructor or staff who has com-

pleted a workshop will choose:

MP3 recorder, LiveScribe Pen,

or portable video camcorder.

One winner is also chosen each

semester for the semester-long,

self-paced workshops.

Also every semester, one suc-

cessful Adjunct-only completer

of the A-Train Platform 2 is

chosen and receives an iPad.

Recent iPad Adjunct winners:

FA13: Steve Kaufman--Roaring

Fork

SU13: Bart Ducey--Edwards

SP13: Linda Rose –Online

Learning

Instructor Resources

Need to borrow a LiveScribe

Pen, FlipCam, MP3 recorder or

Wacom Slate?

Want to post in the faculty

blog? Curious what member-

ships, programs, and software

programs are available to Ad-

juncts?

www.coloradomtn.edu/

innovations

Faculty Page of MyCMC Por-

tal: MyCMC.ColoradoMtn.Edu

> Log in > Click the FAC-

ULTY Tab

Adjunct Page of MyCMC

Portal:

MyCMC.ColoradoMtn.Edu >

Log in > Hover over the FAC-

ULTY Tab > Click ADJUNCT

FACULTY

For questions or assistance with

any of these resources, or if you

have advice for Adjuncts at

your campus, contact your

campus Adjunct Professional

Development Representative or

Suzanne Thompson in the Of-

fice of Innovations.

innovations@coloradomtn.edu

reins Summer 2014. David

started teaching at CMC in

January 2012 as a developmen-

tal math instructor at Edwards.

He has been working with the

Office of Innovation’s team of

Adjunct Professional Develop-

ment Representatives and host-

ing Adjunct workshops and

gatherings in Edwards. He

holds his M.A. from the Uni-

versity of Portland and his B.A.

from St. John’s University. He

The term for Faculty Senate

Adjunct Representative is a

year-long commitment begin-

ning in the summer of each

term. Details about this position

can be found in the Faculty

Handbook. This year, the Fac-

ulty Senate elected a Faculty

Senate Adjunct Rep-Elect to

fulfill the position of the outgo-

ing Adjunct Representative,

Jessie Burley. Meet David Gif-

ford who will take over the

is excited to be working with

Faculty Senate on Adjunct

issues and provides great in-

sight and input related to Ad-

junct Faculty campus- wide.

During his “spare time” you

will find David teaching skiing

at Vail mountain or hanging out

with his wife and 7-month-old

son. Please welcome David to

his new position!

back and other comments based

on the goals established between

the two. Based on great feedback

from the first semester of the

program, the Summit Adjunct

Mentors will be participating

again for Spring of 2014 with the

hope that this program builds

community and support with our

new Adjunct faculty. The model

is available for reproduction at

other campuses and Edwards has

already expressed interest in

moving forward. For more details

or how to implement your own

mentor program, please contact

Kristy Johnson at

kijohnson@coloradomtn.edu.

In an effort to better prepare

Adjuncts for success in the class-

room, the Summit Campus initi-

ated a mentorship program for the

Fall of 2013. The goals were to

build expertise in our Adjunct

faculty, build community and to

support new faculty members.

The expectation for the program

was for the mentor to meet with

the mentee during New Faculty

Orientation to go over basic how

to’s, and then later meet to dis-

cuss goals for the first semester.

The mentor would visit the men-

tee’s classroom and provide feed-

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Mentorships Program in Summit to Cont inue , Start ing Up in Edwards

Meet Your Next Faculty Senate Adjunct Rep. Elect

Cont’d: Top 3 Resources for Adjuncts

The goals of the

mentorship program

are to build expertise,

community and

support new faculty.

Find information on

the Adjunct Faculty

Page on myCMC.

Summit Adjunct Justin Pollack is

part of the Summit Adjunct men-

torship program.

Please welcome Dr. Carrie Hauser to CMC as the new College

President. She has hit the ground running since starting in No-

vember and has made her way to all the campus sites in a very

short time. Dr. Hauser has met with Faculty Senate as well as

Faculty Senate President Gwyn Ebie to discuss faculty issues for

the upcoming year. She has been very transparent in sending

“quick updates” to the college-wide list serv on her activity with

the Board of Trustees, Foundation and other organizational sup-

porters. She recently spent time with State Senator Gail Schwartz

and State Representative Bob Rankin to discuss community col-

lege issues in the legislature; the most recent session began earlier

this month. Faculty Senate is looking forward to a productive and

positive relationship with the new president in the future.

The Faculty Senate has been asked to clarify procedures for both Academic Freedom and Intellectual Property. Based on the

AAUP, faculty members own their own work with the exception of work for hire. If a faculty member receives pay for a project

like course development, then CMC owns the material.

The conflict arises in particular respect to Adjuncts. Many Adjuncts neither receive pay for their work, nor have time to create a

course from scratch. Instructors are often asked to hand over their courses to new Adjunct hires so as not to have to reinvent the

wheel and to ensure a sense of continuity across courses. This is very helpful to Adjunct instructors who are hired with little time to

develop material or who are asked to teach a course that they haven’t taught before. If you have comments on these procedures,

please email Faculty Senate President Gwyn Ebie at gebie@coloradomtn.edu.

to prioritize action items within the college and

the resulting document has been distributed and

referenced by the administration on many occa-

sions. Adjuncts should come prepared for a

lively and productive work session so we may

present our action items to the college after the in

-service. Stay tuned for more details about this

work session, and consider attending the college

wide in-service this spring, scheduled for May 8.

The Faculty Senate has made recommendations for

the College Wide In-Service that include holding

the event on Saturdays so more Adjunct Faculty

can attend. Data from previous events shows that

Adjunct attendance is higher when the event is held

on Saturdays. Adjuncts are paid a full day meeting

rate for attending and it’s a great time to meet col-

leagues, collaborate with your disciplines, and

network with other campus faculty.

This year, the Adjunct faculty will be holding a

closed door session to establish a list of priorities

that we will recommend to Faculty Senate and to

the college administration. The full-time faculty

held a similar session last year that has been used

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Intellectual Property Procedures

College Wide In-Service Update

Say Hel lo to Dr. Carrie Besnette -Hauser

“Adjuncts should come

prepared for a lively

and productive work-

session.”

Dr. Besnette-Hauser meeting with students during her first

few months at Colorado Mountain College.

ance with the Higher Learning

Commission.

What does this mean to you?

The first is that Adjuncts may

teach or participate in

“projects” for up to 9 credit

hours total. Projects may in-

clude mentor programs, pro-

fessional development com-

mittees, or other non-

academic activities as exam-

ples. It also means that if you

are a credit teaching Adjunct,

you cannot take on non-

academic activities that pay

an hourly wage. Further, Ad-

juncts can no longer teach

both credit and non-credit

If you’ve been around CMC

for a few semesters, you have

likely encountered some

changes to your teaching

loads due to rules set forth in

the Affordable Health Care

Act and the Federal Wage and

Hour Fair Labor Standards.

The folks in Human Re-

sources have been working

diligently to address these

federal laws and to make sure

that CMC is in compliance

with the rules and regulations

under each policy. Further, all

credit teaching faculty must

be credentialed for compli-

courses due to the Fair Wage

and Hour Fair Labor Stan-

dards. Some work-arounds

have been identified by HR

but all activities must be

translated into credit hours.

Jan Aspelund has volunteered

to visit campuses and sites to

visit with Adjuncts regarding

the changes so please contact

Jessie Burley at

jburley@coloradomtn.edu if

you’re interested in setting up

a meeting to discuss these

changes.

Adjunct Teaching Loads

Colorado Mountain College

Climb Beyond

Thank you for your pa-

tience while I drafted this

newsletter. This year has

been a busy one! If you

have any questions about

Adjunct roles, or would

like assistance navigating

the many systems at CMC,

please don’t hesitate to

contact me—your Faculty

Senate Adjunct Rep. If I

don’t know the answer, I’ll

find it for you!

-Jessie Burley

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