CHAIR RESPONSIBILITIES BY SEMESTER

Due Fall Semester:

• Annual meetings with Faculty (Chair/Director)​
• Promotion & Tenure and Non-TT reviews​
• PLOA requests​
• Start workload discussions with faculty (Chair/Director)​
• Schedule preparation  ​

Due Spring Semester:

• Workload assignments and notifications  ​
• Merit review and recommendation​
• eFAAR​s

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ANNUAL MEETINGS

• 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)​.

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PROMOTION AND TENURE

• 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 ​

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PROFESSIONAL LEAVE OF ABSENCES

• 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.​

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WORKLOAD ASSIGNMENTS

• 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 Jan. 31.​

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MERIT REVIEW

• Dean’s make recommendations to the Provost.
• Some colleges include chairs/directors in the merit process.

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EFAAR REVIEW

• Chairs/Directors confirm faculty have submitted eFAAR by Apr. 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. 

Interfolio Help for Chairs

Initiate Faculty Input Workflow

Approve Faculty Input Process