Academic Department Chairs are essential and significant members of the College leadership. They represent their faculty colleagues to the administration and the administration to their faculty. They speak for the department (or area) to the college community, serving as a channel of communication on course content, personnel, and budget matters. They encourage and foster excellence in scholarship, teaching, and professional and college service. They also provide crucial leadership in the pursuit of the College's commitment to diversity and inclusion.
ACADEMIC PLANNING
- Support the Assistant Dean, Associate Dean, or Dean in coordinating the development of a semester plan of course offerings based on the academic needs of students.
- Utilize the Learning Management System (LMS) as a tool to deliver course content and maintain relevance and currency.
- Partner with the Assistant Dean, Associate Dean, or Dean to review and revise course syllabi and instructional guidelines.
- Act as subject matter expert for assigned subject areas.
BUDGET
- Participate in academic budget preparation and fiscal administration relating to curriculum development and coordination.
DISTANCE EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION
- Maintain a teaching load of 12-semester credits per academic year to remain current in subject matter expertise.
- Exercise direct oversight of established teaching criteria and procedures, curriculum design, and operation of general education course offerings.
- Maintain a diverse teaching methodology utilization to drive continuous quality improvement.
ORIENTATION AND MENTORSHIP
- Participate in the recruitment, selection, evaluation, and in-service training of general education faculty.
- Deliver and evaluate teacher onboarding and teacher retention plans.
- Provide direct mentorship of beginning teachers of general education courses.
FACULTY MANAGEMENT
- Determine teaching assignments, teacher supervision, and teacher evaluation schedules (course and annual).
- Participate in faculty meetings or lead faculty meetings in the absence of the Assistant Dean, Associate Dean, or Dean.
- Maintenance of the faculty file that report to them.
RETENTION
- Monitor/track student retention using academic reports.
- Implement data-driven student retention improvement strategies to achieve department benchmarks.
STUDENT RELATIONS
- Provide access to students for ongoing communication through scheduled office hours and appropriate communication methods (Email, teleconference, in-person)
- Seek student feedback on matters of concern and exercise leadership to mediate conflicts with the expectation of resolution of issues at the department level.
STRATEGIC PLANNING
- Chair the curriculum review committee for general education course offerings to maintain high-quality instruction.
- Participate in strategic rollout initiatives regarding instructional technology and curriculum improvements plans.
- Use data-driven decision-making strategies to evaluate student outcome metrics and measure satisfactory academic progress.
All other duties as assigned.