February 2005 Hail to the New, Hail to the Old! - SCFT Local 1533

President's Corner-continued
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arbitration hearings even rarer. Disputes regarding the
contract were largely settled by discussion with the
appropriate administrators rather than resorting to the
formal grievance process specified in the contract.
So what has changed
One of the things I regularly tell my students is not
to trust my arithmetic while I am doing an impromptu
example at the board. This is simply acknowledging
that r may make an error and I want to quickly correct
it when it occurs. I think we have all, regardless of
discipline, been asked a question we do not know an
answer to and have usually responded to it by saying
something like "I'll find out." Yet what seems to be the
ordinary reaction of a faculty member to an error, or
lack of knowledge, does not seem to have a
corresponding analog amongst several of our
administrators. Over the last several years this District
appears to have employed a number of administrators
who have no particular knowledge of how to deal with
a college faculty and, in particular, how to work under
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