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[seniorscholar]

In my experience (all of it second hand, from grad students in our department), a CC with a range usually has a step scale, and what you are paid depends on where you fit on the scale: degrees, number of years of experience teaching, etc. In at least one case I know of, however, the CC very much wanted the applicant and was somewhat creative in finding ways to move her up the scale; for example, they gave teaching credit for her two years of high school teaching as well as counting each year as a TA for one-half a year of full-time experience. Have you checked the college website to see if you can dope out the meaning of their scale? Sometimes it can be found in the union contract, if the school is unionized. Then (without indicating you've looked at the scale), ask for something 2 or 3 steps above what you think you're really entitled to.