Fall 2021
Resolution Number: F21-02
Contact: Marian Carrasco Nungaray

Resolution in Support of
Non-Instructional Faculty Work Modality Flexibility

Whereas, The VCCCD Administration and Board of Trustee Members prematurely mandated a return to campus amidst a surge in the more severe COVID 19 Delta variant. Furthermore, after a recent COVID exposure just prior to the first week of school, counselors and employees were mandated to quarantine and to take time from work to be tested. More than 50 student appointments were cancelled and The University Transfer Center failed to serve 87 students from missed emails, calls and canceled Workshops;

Whereas, it is the responsibility of VCCCD Administration and the VCCCD Board of Trustees to review data and metrics related employee productivity. According to Ventura College’s Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Ventura College Student Services assisted 29,046 students during the 2020-2021 academic year as compared to 31,746 during the 2017-2018 academic year. Thus, Student Services productivity has been on par with pre-pandemic academic years as decreasing enrollment has adversely affected students seeking services. Also, student appointment no-shows decreased as Ventura College began to offer remote services during the pandemic. 6.7% of students did not attend their scheduled appointments during the 2020-2021 academic year as compared to 18.2% during the 2017-2018 academic year. Moreover, data suggests that students are taking advantage of and prefer remote services;

Whereas, counselors worked remotely for 18 months and served all students, but due to constraints beyond control, some need a flexible schedule, in order to provide the most robust environment for student preparation and success, a flexible, locally-decided hybrid student services work modality would allow for continuity in student access to services during the ongoing pandemic, especially in the event that there is an COVID exposure and/or a need for non-instructional faculty to quarantine away from the job site; therefore be it

Resolved, the Ventura College Academic Senate supports counseling faculty and other non-instructional faculty in need of a remote or hybrid work schedule and recommends that campus administrators use safety and student data to address student needs to adjust faculty work modality to maximize robust and continuous service to our students, and be it further

Resolved that the Ventura College Academic Senate supports the VCCCD Board of Trustees’ policy-level role in the guidance of the District, and promotes their steering clear of influencing operational decisions, and be it further

Resolved that the Ventura College Academic Senate recommends that VCCCD Administration enact a local decision-making process to flexibly schedule student services modality.

First and Second Reading Approved 9/16/2021