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Home My WebLink AboutJorgensen 14-01-14INTHEMATTEROFAWORKLOADRESOLUTIONARBITRATION BETWEEN: ONTARIOPUBLICSERVICEEMPLOYEESUNION,LOCAL556 (The"Union") -and GEORGEBROWNCOLLEGE (The"College") COMPLAINTOFMARSHAJORGENSEN lanAnderson,SoleArbitrator FortheUnion: TomTomassi,LocalPresident EdLarocque,VicePresident MarshaJorgensen,Professor,SchoolofFashionDesign FortheEmployer: TimLiznick,Counsel SherryTaylor,SeniorManagerLabourRelations MarilynMcNeiI-Morin,Chair,SchoolofFashionDesign HearingheldinToronto,Ontario,January7,2014. AwardissuedJanuary14,2014. . ThisisaworkloadresolutionarbitrationpursuanttoArticle11.02ofthe collectiveagreementbetweenTheCollegeEmployerCouncilfortheColleges ofAppliedArtsandTechnologyandtheOntarioPublicService EmployeesUnion(forAcademicEmployees). . 5 , , 4. MarshaJorgensonisaprofessorintheSchoolofFashionDesignandGeorge BrownCollege.Sheisoneofseveralinstructorstoteach FASH2051,AdvancedDrafting(the"Course").Shehastaughtthecourseof manyyears,sinceatleast2003. Atonetime,theCoursehadadesigncomponent.Inoraround2009,thatcomponentwasremoved. FormanyyearsanelementoftheCoursehasbeenthe"jacketproject".Eachstudentisrequiredtoprepareastylizedjacketfromtheideastagetoa finalpatternsuitableforindustrialproduction.Thereareseveralstepstothis processincluding:creationofaquarterscaledraft;makingamuslinversion ofthejacket;revisionofthepatternasnecessarytoensurethatitwasappropriateforindustrialproduction;andsewingofafinalproduct. Priorto2009,eachstudentinMs.Jorgenson'ssectionsoftheCourse woulddesigntheirownjacketforthepurposesofthejacketproject.Following2009Ms.Jorgensonchangedthemannerthatshedeliveredthe jacketprojectportionoftheCourse.Inparticular,shecreatedtendesignsthat herstudentsweretouseforthepurposesoftheproject.Fourstudents wouldbeassignedtoeachdesign.Eachstudentwouldindividuallypreparetheirownquarterscaledesignandmuslinversionofthe jacket.Ms.Jorgensonwouldthenmeetwiththefourstudentsworkingfrom aparticulardesignandreviewtheirworkwiththemtogether.Typically,oneofthestudentswouldhavecreatedapatternthatwassuitable forproductionwithoutfurtherrevisions.Thatpatternwouldthenbe usedbyallfourofthestudentsforthefinalsewnproduct.ThisapproachreducedtheoverallamountoftimethatMs.Jorgensonrequiredto evaluatethestudents. TherewassomequestionastowhethertheMarilynMcNeiI-Morin,theChair oftheSchoolofFashionDesign,wasawarethatMs.Jorgensonwas teachingthejacketprojectportionoftheCourseinthismanner.In anyevent,thiswasnotthemannerinwhichMs.McNeiI-Morinexpectedthe jacketprojecttobetaught.Rather,Ms.McNeiI-Morinexpectedeachstudent tohavetheabilitytocreateauniquejacket,albeitfromalimitedrangeofchoices.Inparticular,the"block",erbasicshapeofthejacket,wouldbeoneofthestandardblocksthattheCollegehaddeveloped.Studentswouldthenbeallowedtoaddalimitednumberofdesignelements,e.g.whetherthecollarwasashawl,notched,hoodorneck; 3 whetherthesleeveswerearaglanstyleorkimonostyleorhadalowered armholeset.Theresultwouldbethateachstudentcouldendupwitha uniquejacket,whichtheycouldthenexhibitinatradeshowthatattracts membersofthefashionindustry.Thiswas,infact,themannerinwhich oneoftheothermembersofthefacultyhadtaughtthejacketprojectfora numberofyears,datingbackto2004. , Ms.McNeiI-Morinchangedthedescriptionoftheevaluationsystemforthe Coursetoattempttocaptureherexpectationastohowthejacketprojectwouldbedelivered.Inparticular,inthe2013Coursedescriptionthe "description"oftheevaluationsystemforthe"stylizedjacket/coat"read:"DraftandprepareaJacket/Coatforproduction."For2014,thiswas changedto"Studentswillindividuallycompleteastylizedjacket/coat patternfromtheirownoriginaldesign." , InMs.Jorgenson'sview,thischangere-introducedadesigncomponentto thecourse.Sheconsidersthisasinappropriatesincedesignisnotoneof thedesiredcourseoutcomes.Further,inherviewteachingstudentshow todesign"one-offs"isnotamarketableskillinthemass-market commerciallyfocuseddesignindustrythatgraduatesfromtheprogramwill beentering.Nonetheless,ifthechangeistobemadeinherview additionaltimeneedstobeallocatedtoherforthepurposesof: developmentofthecurriculum;instructingdesign;originalgarmentdesign evaluationandfeedback;individualquarterscaledraftevaluationand feedback;individualmuslinfittingevaluation;individualfullscaledraft evaluation;individualreviewofmuslinrevisions;andindividualreviewof fullscaleproductionpatterns.Thefirsttwooftheseissueswerenot pursuedbeforeme"onlythoseissuerelatingtotheamountofevaluation timerequiredwere. g,AstheCollegeacknowledged,thewordschoseninthe2014Course description(whichtheCollegeindicatedduringthehearingwasonlyadraft)toexpressMs.McNeiI-Morin'sexpectationwereperhapsnotas clearastheymightbe.OnecanunderstandhowMs.Jorgensoncould haveinterpretedtheminthemannerthatshehas.However,any ambiguitywasresolvedbyMs.McNeiI-Morin'sstatementastoher intentionduringthehearing.Thedesiredresultisnotsomuchoriginal designasitisuniquedraftingprojectsworkingfromstandardized elements.Ialsonotethatthisinterpretationismoreinkeepingwiththe desiredcourseoutcomesforpreciselythereasonsstatedbyMs. Jorgenson. 10.Ms.Jorgensonargues,however,thatsherequiresadditionaltimeforthe purposesofevaluationifeachstudentiscreatingauniqueproject. 4 11.Article11ofthecollectiveagreementcontainsdetailedprovisionsforthe purposesofcalculatingtheworkloadofeachteacher.Thisworkloadisset outonaStandardWorkloadForm("SWF").Theworkloadfactorsare teachingcontacthoursandattributedhoursforpreparation,forevaluation andfeedbackandforcomplementaryfunctions. 12.AttributedhoursforevaluationareestablishedbyArticle11.01E1as precisemathematicalratios.Foreachteachingcontacthour,ateacheris entitledto0.030hoursperstudentforan"essayorproject"(adefined term);0.015hoursperstudentfor"routineorassistedevaluationand feedback"(adefinedterm);and0.0092hoursperstudentfor"in-process evaluationandfeedback"(againadefinedterm). 13.Overall,forFASH2051Ms.Jorgensonreceived0.279hoursperstudent forevaluationonherSWF.Theuniondoesnottakeissuewiththis amount,andconcedesthatitisprobablycorrect. 14.TheUnion,however,reliesuponArticle11.01G2.Itprovides: Wherethereareatypicalcircumstancesaffectingtheworkloadofa teacherorgroupofteacherswhicharenotadequatelyreflectedinthis Article11,Workload,additionalhoursshallbeattributed,following discussionbetweeneachteacherIndividuallyandthesupervisor,onan hourforhourbasis. TheUnionarguesthatMs.Jorgenson'scircumstancesareatypicalwith theresultthatsheisentitledtoadditionalattributedhoursforteaching FASH2051.TheUnionarguesthat11.01G2isa"catchall"whichallows anythingnotpreviouslyaddressedtobeaddressed. 15.IamunabletoaccepttheUnion'sargument,essentiallyforthereasons arguedbytheCollege.InArticle11.01E,thepartieshaveagreedto attributeacertainamountoftimeforevaluationforeachteachingcontact hour.Theactualtimerequiredmaybemoreorless.Article11.01G2 permitsanadjustmentin"atypicalcircumstances".Ofnecessity,this meansthatin"typical"circumstancesnoadjustmentcanbemadeevenif theactualtimerequiredismore.Otherwise,theveryagreementofthe partiesreflectedinArticle11.01Ewouldbeundermined. 16.OtherprofessorsalsoteachFASH2051.Theyreceiveexactlythesame amountoftimeforevaluationperstudentasMs.Jorgenson.Theyhave taughttheCourseinthesamemannerforyears.Whilethedemandsof conductingevaluationsinthemannerdescribedbyMs.Jorgensonappear onerous,italsoappearsthatatleastpartofthisarisesfromherviewthat the2014Coursedescriptioncontemplatedoriginaldesignsforthejacket project,ratherthanuniquedraftingprojectsworkingfromstandardized elements.Forthereasonsstated,thisviewisincorrect.Inanyevent,the ÷. 5 Unionhasestablishedneitherthatthedemandsofconductingevaluations intheCourseareatypicalfromothercoursesofferedbytheCollegenor thatthedemandsplacedonMs.Jorgensoninconductingevaluationsin theCourseareatypicalfromthedemandsplacedonhercolleagues teachingthesameCourse.ThefactthatshechosetoteachtheCoursein adifferentmannerthanothersandmaynowberequiredtoteachthe Courseinthesamemannerastheydo,andthesamemannerthatshedid priorto2009,doesnotmeanthatthedemandsplacedonherareatypical. 17.Accordingly,foralloftheforegoingreasons,thecomplaintisdismissed. DatedJanuary14,2014,atToronto,Ontario. lanAnderson