Faculty Affairs

Chair & Dean Resources

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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