Department Chair Lunch Series

 

Goal: To acquaint Department Chairs with the broad scope of their roles and responsibilities, to direct them to the most critical tools and resources they need to be quickly successful, and to create community within the group.

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Outline of Department Chair Lunch Series 2007-08

Date & Location	Title	Topic	Presenters	Invited Participants
November 2007 TBD 12-1:30	Budgets, Funding, and Managing Department Resources		Kathleen Dettman Andrew Szasz	Department Chairs
November 2007 TBD 12-1:30	Research Compliance and Effort Reporting		Bruce Margon Burney Le Boeuf Caitlin Deck	Department Chairs
December 2007 TBD 12-1:30	Facilitating Faculty Success: Helping Faculty Become Even More Effective	Nurturing New Faculty Performance Counseling Mentorship Teaching	Alison Galloway Olof Einarsdottir CTE Representative	Department Chairs
January 2008 TBD 12-1:30	Effective Communication	Leading Productive Meetings Facilitating Good Group Decisions	Linda Kittle Donna Weeks	Department Chairs
February 2008 TBD 12-1:30	Important Policies and Procedures	ADA & Medical Leaves Disability Issues Family Friendly Policies Legal Issues	Susan Fellows Suzanne Purcell	Department Chairs
March 2008 TBD 12-1:30	The Unit 18 Contract	Issues Related to Unit 18 (Lecturer) Appointments	Susan Fellows Suzanne Purcell	Department Chairs
Date & Location	Title	Topic	Presenters	Invited Participants
April 2008 TBD 12-1:30	HR Processes	Working Through the staff Reclassification Process Tips and Advice Recruitment Management System		Department Chairs
May 2008 TBD 12-1:30	Review Process and Best Practices for Senate Faculty	Review of Annual Call Description of Process Role of the Chair By-law 55 and Senate Voting APM 210-Revised Confidentiality Outside Letters Flow Sheet	Barry Bowman Pamela Peterson Nancy Degnan Nancy Furber	Department Chairs
June 2008 TBD 12-1:30	Best Practices for Conflict Management	Conflict Management Involving Faculty, Staff and Students Dealing with Difficult Situations Problems That Can Arise With Staff & Faculty		Department Chairs