Chair Responsibilities by Semester
Due Fall Semester:
- Annual meetings with Faculty (Chair/Director)?
- Promotion & Tenure and Non-TT reviews?
- PLOA?requests?
- Start workload discussions with faculty?(Chair/Director)?
- Schedule preparation???
Due Spring Semester:
- Workload assignments and notifications???
- Merit review and recommendation?
- eFAAR?s
Annual Meetings
- All?full time?faculty are required to meet with their Chair/Director to discuss?their goals for the upcoming academic year.??
- For continuing faculty, this meeting is also to revisit the faculty member’s?goals from the previous year. These goals are the areas of?teaching, service,?and research (for TT faculty).??
- Based on these meeting faculty are asked to prepare a? Faculty?Development Plan (FDP)?.
Promotion and Tenure
- Chairs/Directors/Deans review and write an individual level assessment of?faculty probationary reviews in years 3 and 5 for Tenure Track faculty and?year 4 for lecturers and professors of practice.?
- Chair/Directors/Deans review and write individual level assessments of?faculty for Promotion and Tenure and 6th?year review and Senior Lecturer/?Full Professor of Practice for Non-Tenure track faculty?.
- Mentoring?
- Chair/Director should maximize the opportunities for your faculty to meet the standards for tenure and?promotion or NTT review.?
- Teaching?
- Realistic teaching assignments?
- Observe and give feedback on teaching?
- Discuss with faculty their peer and student evaluations?
- Suggestion? mechanisms for improvement?
- Facilitate Peer Reviews??
- Research/Scholarship/Creative Activities?
- Learn about the faculty’s R/S/CA?
- Assist with use of effective use of start-up funds and course buyout timing?
- Provide feedback on third-year review??
- Involve other faculty in mentoring (dossier preparation, peer evaluations)?
- Service?
- Offer guidance on amount and types of service appropriate for untenured faculty??
Professional Leave of Absences
- Faculty apply for?PLOA?to Department/School by September?15?
- Chair/Director initiates a review by faculty?committee?
- Criterion for faculty committees review are the merits of the proposal, and the maintenance?of departmental standards and responsibilities for all ongoing programs.?
- Chairs/Directors are responsible for making advance arrangements to provide?coverage for the faculty member on?PLOA.??
- The Chair’s/Director’s evaluation should address the merit of the application and?how adequate coverage will be provided during the?PLOA.?
Workload Assignments
- Chairs/Directors will consult with Dean’s on their faculty workloads.??
- Dean’s make final workload assignment after consulting with the Provost.??
- The Dean’s office will provide written approval of each faculty member’s?workload.??
- Chairs/Directors provide written workload assignments to each faculty?member by January 31.?
Merit Review
- Dean’s make recommendations to the Provost.
- Some colleges include chairs/directors in the merit process
eFAAR Review
- Chairs/Directors confirm faculty have submitted?eFAAR?by April 30th deadline. ?
- Dean’s Office supervise and review?eFAAR?completion of Departments/Schools?.
- eFAAR?information is used to inform both the Chair’s/Director’s and Dean’s input?on workload.
- Review faculty members?eFAAR?to ensure all information is complete.?
- If?eFAAR?is? complete and correct, then the?eFAAR?is approved.??
- If?eFAAR?is incomplete or has errors, then the?eFAAR?is rejected.?
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