Withholding grades before withholding teaching

Withholding grades before withholding
teaching – March 31, 2015
Thank you to faculty for attending the Tuesday, March 31 meeting. We
acknowledge these are difficult times for us all. Our first form of
escalating job action was announced.
"Withholding Grades Before Withholding Teaching"
We will continue to teach classes. We will continue to mark
assignments, and even return assignments with comments attached.
We will not assign letter or numeric grades, and we will not record
grades in any digital or centralized grade books, nor will we report
grades to the administration.
The Capilano Faculty Association will be providing members with
stickers to add to any printed materials returned to students. While
we are removing quantitative feedback, we encourage you to provide
students with qualitative feedback.
Quantitative grading should be manually recorded on paper. The
Capilano Faculty Association will be providing manila envelopes for
you to keep your grades, and we recommend that you keep your grade
envelope with you when you leave the campus.
It is important to remember that negotiations have not broken off, but
that we are at a critical phase, and the best way to achieve a speedy
and satisfactory conclusion to these negotiations is by pressuring
administration with job action. Solidarity of action at this phase is
essential.
Apart from withholding grades, we will escalate job action April 7th.
Please watch your email for further updates as negotiations proceed.
Thank-you!
Brent Calvert
CFA President