Job Description

 

Title:

Department Chair

Reports to:

Dean of Department

Duties and

Responsibilities:

1.

 

Assists Dean in establishing department plans for the

following:

a.

 

Curriculum Development

b.

 

Course rotation plans

c.

 

Course development, revision, and deletion

d.

 

Advisory Committees

e.

 

Program review and accreditation

 

2.

 

Attends relevant division, campus, and college meetings.

3.

 

Conducts departmental meetings on a regular basis.

4.

 

Assumes responsibility for ordering equipment and supplies

and monitoring inventory control.

5.

 

Coordinates requests for STEP funds within the department.

6.

 

Assists the Dean in development of the departmental

budget.

7.

 

Provides orientation to new departmental faculty.

8.

 

Assists the Dean in faculty classroom and performance

evaluation to include recommending disciplinary action.

9.

 

Transmits, after consultation with the Dean, important

curriculum proposals and changes and administrative

decisions to faculty.

10.

 

Recommends teaching assignments.

11.

 

Coordinates the recruitment and hiring of adjunct and full

time faculty.

12.

 

Coordinates class coverage when a faculty member is

absent.

13.

 

Coordinates textbook orders.

14.

 

Assists the Dean in developing advising and registration

schedules.

15.

 

Assists the Dean in determining transfer equivalencies for

transcript evaluation and course articulations.

16.

 

Recommends development and action plans for

departmental faculty.

17.

 

Reviews course syllabi to insure compliance with master

syllabi and college policy.

18.

 

Review and updates the master syllabi as directed by the

Dean and facilitates distribution to the faculty.

19.

 

Coordinated development and administration of

departmental final exams where applicable.

 

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20.

 

Initiates and maintains relations with counterparts at local

colleges and universities.

21.

 

Initiates and maintains relations with colleagues at other

campuses and learning sites.

22.

 

Assists in the development and completion of program

assessments.

23.

 

Performs special duties related to the department as

assigned by the Dean.

24.

 

Assists department faculty in learning about and adopting

learning centered theories and strategies in

classes/courses/department.

25.

 

Assists in the collection and analyses of department data for

SACS.

26.

 

Represents the division/college in the community.

Qualifications

and Experience:

 

 

 

 

 

Approved: