California Code of Regulations, Title 5, Article 2, Section 55724, details the permitted activities in which college personnel may be engaged during designated staff, student, and instructional improvement days (Flexible Calendar Program).

When completing your Flex Contract, there are nine types of activities in the drop-down menu that you may select. It is your responsibility to indicate the types of activities you are claiming for flex and to provide enough information so that your Dean or Director is able to approve the activities as meeting your yearly obligation (for full-time faculty) or semester obligation (for part-time faculty).                          

Your flex obligation is based on your status as full-time or part-time faculty.  Regular (FT) faculty (instructional and service) will be responsible to meet their Flex obligation by participating in staff development activities (Flex activities) for the equivalent of eight (8) days of six (6) hours each of the 175 workdays in each academic year, pro-rated for any pre-retirement workload reduction or sabbatical leave. Temporary, part -time faculty teaching full-term semester courses shall be required to participate in flex activities for the equivalent number of hours taught in one week (semester load percentage * 15 hours). Temporary, part-time faculty shall not have flex obligations for courses that are shorter than full-term.

 Flex activities must be performed at times when the faculty member is not scheduled for student contact (instruction or service), office hours, participation in the College governance process, or the performance of other contractually required activities. Flex obligations for the academic year may be met between July 1 through June 30.        

The following trainings are required for faculty and can be completed online through Vision Resource Center in myCuesta:

Email and Messaging Safety
Cybersecurity Overview
FERPA: Confidentiality of Records
Mandated Reporter: Child Abuse and Neglect
Safety Data Sheets
Safety Orientation
Sexual Harassment Prevention for Non-Managers (SB 1343)
Sexual Violence Awareness for Employees (Campus SaVE Act)

 

If you are experiencing accessibility challenges or other technical difficulties with this form, please email instruction_flex@cuesta.edu.                 

Below you will find various examples for each category:                          

A. Instruction and Evaluation

Example: Divisional SLOA retreat, textbook review, faculty mentoring                            

B. Staff Development, In-Service Training & Instruction Improvements

Example: Flex day workshops, Book of the Year, Flex Flicks                              

C. Program & Course Curriculum or Learning Resource Development and Evaluation

Example: Developing online resources, software training                                 

D. Student Personnel Services

Example: Club Advisor, Wellness Arts, No Place for Hate, Tech Fair, Career Fairs                           

E. Learning Resource Services

Example: Creating and leading student workshops, student success center tutoring                        

F. Student Advising, Guidance, Orientation, Student Success Services & Student, Faculty and Staff Diversity

Example: Connect@Cuesta, Cougar Welcome Days, EEO Training, Edúcate Conference, Promise Day

G. Department or Division Meetings, Conferences and Workshops, and Institutional Research

Example: Student Success Conference, Opening Day (part-time faculty), monthly Division meetings (part-time faculty)                                   

H. Other Duties as Assigned by the District

Example: Guided Pathways Student Success Teams                                                                 

I. Improvement of Instruction, Administrative or Student Services

Example: Participatory governance/committee work above obligation, Accreditation workgroups/workshops                                               

Part-time faculty may NOT use office hours to fulfill their Flex obligation.

4.10 Temporary faculty who have an assigned teaching load of 40% and above shall be paid for 18 office hours during the semester. Temporary faculty who have an assigned teaching load of 20% to 39.9% shall be paid for 9 office hours during the semester, commencing on the 2018-19 academic year. The hours shall be paid an hourly rate based on Appendix B-4 (Temporary, Part-Time and Full-Time Overload Two Thirds Laboratory/Hourly faculty Salary Schedule), Column D, Step 9. Pay for these hours will be equalized over five months per semester. Office hours are considered professional ancillary services for employees hired as part-time temporary employees pursuant to Section 87884 of the Education Code and no office hours can be counted as flex credit.