Chair & Dean Resources

Chair Responsibilities by Semester

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).

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

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.

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.

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.