Workplace Resources

Applying for Promotion?

Promotion Process Open to All
Contract language allows any member who thinks he/she has met the standards for promotion to apply. Members are no longer held back by the three-years-in-rank requirement. The 4C’s encourages members to apply. To help you put an application together, we offer the suggestions below.

Writing a Successful Promotion Application
Forms: Promotion Application

SAMPLE APPLICATIONS:
Several 4C's members have generously offered their successful promotion applications as models for their colleagues who are currently applying for promotion. The applications demonstrate a variety of approaches and represent a diversity of disciplines and departments. Names and colleges have been deleted to protect privacy.

Faculty Applications

- Instructor to Assistant (English)
- Assistant to Associate (English)
- Assistant to Associate (Human Services)
- Assistant to Associate (English)
- Associate to Professor (Science)
- Associate to Professor (Math)
- Associate to Professor (Nursing)
- Associate to Professor (Computer Science)
- Associate to Professor (Science)
ACL Applications

- Instructional Specialist
- Coordinator of Facilities
- Librarian
- Dir. of Learning Services
- Assoc. Dir. Career Services
- Circulation Supervisor

If you would like to volunteer your successful promotion application for display here, please send an electronic copy to Mary Van Buren at the 4C's.

Conference Reports

United Assoc. of Labor Education Northeast Women's School 2010:
July 26-30, at Penn State University

Diversity, Laughter, Leadership Skills, and Sisterly Solidarity by Robyn Brooks, TXCC

United Assoc. of Labor Education Northeast Women's School 2009:
Aug. 2-7, at SUNY Stonybrook, NY

A New Model of Unionism, by Kimberly Hamilton Bobrow, MCC
Interview with Lois Spier Gray, by Kimberly Hamilton Bobrow, MCC

National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions:
2009 Annual conference in New York City

Report from Theresa Jeffries, GWCC

Black Board World Conference 2009
Washington, DC

Your Rights on the Job

Everyone wants smooth working relationships on the job. But, problems arise in every workplace. As a 4Cs member, you have the right to union protection and representation rights guaranteed by your contract. When problems arise, talk to your Chapter leaders.

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Weingarten Rights

If you are ever called into an interview meeting with your supervisor or manager so they can investigate a situation which might result in discipline, you have specific representational rights.

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Workplace Resources

Community College Forms

4C's Members Guide to Solving Problems on the Job
This brochure may answer your questions about filing grievances.

Community College Policies
Link to the Board of Trustees Policies, including their ethics policy, IT and computer use policies, and sexual harassment policy.

Systemwide Job Descriptions
Links to the System's common job descriptions. (These are not job announcements).

Community College Jobs
Links to job openings in the Community College System.

The Stewards Manual

As front-line leaders at the worksite, 4C's Delegates and Chapter Officers are required to wear many hats. They are problem solvers, educators, and communicators. Consult SEIU's Stewards Book to help you in your leadership role.

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