Unlike for online, Green River teachers are not getting paid extra for their overloaded face-to-face classes. It is unfair that, no matter how many students they take, they get the same salary. Why then would teachers overload their classes? And if teachers don't overload, where do students go for their degree requirements?
Compensation for overloading classes needs to be pushed for both the students' and the teachers' sake. According to John Ramsey, director of public relations GRCC, there is a negotiable contract, which is renewed annually between faculty union and the school.
However, due to the school not giving into the teachers' needs, it seems like the contract is non-negotiable. The faculty union has been trying to get compensated for overloading classes, but the school cannot afford to due to the economic situation.
Teachers should have the right to decide how many students can enroll in their classes, not the school. If the college takes control of it, teachers need to be compensated for their extra students because they will have more work: more papers to grade, fuller classrooms to deal with and more homework to look over.
The reason the school can't give the teachers extra is because of the state budget cuts, the federal funding cuts and the economic crisis. "Actually, it's not been that big of an issue these days, because we understand that resources are low for the college. Our primary goal is always to serve the students and in times as these everyone needs to make sacrifice to make the system work." Phil jack, the president of the faculty union, said.
However, it is only acceptable under this very specific circumstance. Teachers cannot carry that burden all the time. They need to be paid what they're supposed to be paid, which is per student, in order to make the system work fairly.
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