Department Chair Handbook

Department Chair Handbook

Introduction:

• Role of the Department Chair (2.1.6 in handbook, not developed, COD created in the 90's, but it was never moved forward and can not be found)

Calendars:

• Annual Academic Calendar
• Eight Year Calendar
• Administrative Schedule
• New Faculty Orientation (Berit to check with Jace)

Contracts and Rosters (Need to be developed):

• Department Chairs
• Program Coordinators
• Cross Disciplinary Program Coordinators

Mission, Values, Goals, Strategic Plans:

• Pacific Rising
• Strategic Action Plan

Faculty Recruitment:

• Faculty Recruitment Procedures A Guide to Faculty Recruitment: 2008-10 Faculty Diversity Hiring Plan Part 1
• Faculty Recruitment Procedures A Guide to Faculty Recruitment: 2008-10 Faculty Diversity Hiring Plan Part 2 (resources)

Faculty Evaluation:

• Guidelines
• Faculty Evaluation Calendar
• Annual Review
  
• Tenure Information
• Promotion Information
• The Candidates Portfolio (Info Nadine and Berit have)
• Chairs Letter (Info Nadine and Berit have)
• Third Year Evaluations (Berit to find)

Faculty Development:

• Faculty Development Leave
• Sponsored Programs
• Center for Teaching and Learning (Faculty Center)
• Teaching Evaluations [Link to insidePacific, for DM, or 7.5 Faculty Evaluation Guidelines in the Faculty Handbook? (Berit to determine)]
• Resources for New Faculty
• Principles of Good Practice Supporting Early-Career Faculty

Budget Information:

• American Council of Education (ACE) Online Resource Center regarding budget and department management:
  • An Alternative Means to Supplement a Physical Science Department Budget
  • An Introduction to Budgetary Oversight for New Department Chairs
  • Balancing the Budget: Individual Faculty Development Accounts
  • Building Consensus and Implementing a Vision
  • Department Planning Within the Context of Institutional Expectations
  • Planning and the Plan: Thoughts on Strategic Planning for Department Chairs
  • Strategies for Tough Times: Planning, Acquiring Resources, Reorganizing, and Maintaining Morale
  • The Department Chair and Managing Physical Resources
  • Tips for Managing the Department Budget
• Berit to add General Budget Statement

Curricular Process:

• New Program Development
• AAC Forms and Procedures
• Syllabus Template

Program Planning and Self Study:

• Schedule for Review
• Guidelines - Program Planning Guide
• External Evaluators (Berit to write statement in support of external evaluators)

Policies, Procedures, and other information:

• Faculty Grievance Procedure
• Sexual and Other Unlawful Harassment Policy and Procedures (Human Resources)
• Prevention of Sexual and Other Unlawful Harassment Policy (Faculty Handbook)
• Student Code of Conduct
  
• Intellectual Properties Policy
• Crisis Information:
  
  • Student Counseling Services
  • Emergency Response
  • PacificCONNECT
• ProCard
• Driving for University Business
• Policy Statement on Faculty Background Screenings