COLLEGE OF ARTS

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WHAT IS A DEPARTMENT CHAIR?

• COLLEGE OF ARTS SCIENCES
• NEW chairs and directors orientation
• FORMER Dean virginia Sapiro
• 8/28/2014

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WHAT IS A DEPARTMENT CHAIR?

• Leader
• Manager
• Decision-maker and authority
• Bridge and liaison
• Communicator
• Educator
• Colleague
• Confidante

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Otherwise Stated .

• Chief Academic Officer
• Chief Financial Officer
• Chief of Human Resources Chief of Staff
• Chief Diversity Officer
• Chief of Communications
• Secretary of State
• Chief Morale Officer and Party Animal
• Pastor

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WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH?
Ask yourself before its too late!
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WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH?

• Move your department forward on its strategic plan

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WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH?

• Move your department forward on its strategic
  plan
• Support and enhance the excellence of the faculty
• Facilitate great faculty recruitment.
• Help junior faculty become successful scholars,
  teachers, and academic leaders.
• Guide processes of tenure, promotion, merit
  review, awards
• Help senior faculty continue to develop
  professionally, meet the highest professional
  stands, and be satisfied with their work lives.
• Gather and apply the resources necessary to
  support quality teaching, research, and
  professional success.

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WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH?

• Move your department forward on its strategic
  plan
• Support and enhance the excellence of the faculty
• Enhance the quality and standing of your academic
  programs
• Examine your degree programs, and curriculum, and
  student academic experience and make necessary
  improvements What is the state of the art? What
  is possible here?
• Realign the distribution of teaching student
  support duties to match the needs of the
  curriculum and students.
• Improve the quality of teaching and mentoring
  expand the repertoire of pedagogies.
• Seek collaboration with other programs/departments
  for mutual benefit

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WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH?

• Move your department forward on its strategic
  plan
• Support and enhance the excellence of the faculty
• Enhance the quality and standing of your academic
  programs
• Increase the quality and prominence of your
  research programs
• Mentor the newest scholars and demand the highest
  standards
• Support and encourage promising new research
  clusters and projects
• Pursue publicity for research accomplishments
• Seek ways to assist faculty who are not
  sufficiently research active or seek alternatives
  for them
• Encourage collaboration with other
  programs/departments for mutual benefit

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WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH?

• Move your department forward on its strategic
  plan
• Support and enhance the excellence of the faculty
• Enhance the quality and standing of your academic
  programs
• Increase the quality and prominence of your
  research programs
• Transform the working climate of your department
• Listen carefully for overlooked needs
• Look at other models
• Respect but dont be barricaded by the past
• Do the difficult internal work

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WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH?

• Move your department forward on its strategic
  plan
• Support and enhance the excellence of the faculty
• Enhance the quality and standing of your academic
  programs
• Increase the quality and prominence of your
  research programs
• Transform the working climate of your department
• Keep your personal goals in mind and use this as
  an opportunity for growth learn, develop, make a
  difference

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HOW DO YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS?
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HOW DO YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS?

• Set goals, plan, and check your progress
• Examine alternative strategies
• Attend to the big picture and the critical
  details
• Seek intelligence from others with experience
  colleagues, other chairs, administration,
  colleagues at other institutions, read! Know your
  resources.
• Respect but dont be barricaded by the past
• Know your strengths and weaknesses and respect
  them.
• Demonstrate appropriate ethical, professional
  personal qualities.
• Dont be afraid to fail sometimes

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HOW DO YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS?

• Understand how to work with the Dean and the
  Deans Office

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HOW DO YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS?

• Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, and
  sometimes it rains.
• Learn to let it go and move on.

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PLAN FOR FUTURE LEADERSHIP NOW