Ongoing |
Monitor department budget expenditures
Class visits for probationary faculty
Assessment activities
Hire/mentor new faculty
Collect data for annual report
Attend Department Chairs meetings
Schedule regular department meetings
Attend divisional meetings
Sign internship forms
Sign ILP forms
Review student course substitution requests, including summer courses
Assist Career Services with planning career programs for majors |
July 1 |
New Chair assumes duties |
| August |
Faculty Workshop
First department meeting
Assist with drop/adds to fall classes
Receive authorization(s) to hire from Associate Provost/Academic Dean |
September |
Tenure review letters due to Rank and Tenure Committees
New faculty orientation activities (sponsored by LES)
Collect course syllabi from department faculty
Write letters supporting department sabbatical requests to the Faculty
Development and Research Committee DUE approximately October 1 |
October |
Write letters of support for Faculty Development grants for departmental faculty
DUE approximately late October
Write letters for department faculty applying for Study Abroad Directorships
Spring registration materials/PIN numbers sent out. Set up Department
advising process
Assessment report due to APSAC Due October 15
Write letters for faculty applying for Scholarship and Teaching Project Fellowships
one-sixth releases Due approximately mid October
Textbook orders due
Prepare department budget request for the following year Due in October
or November |
November |
Track registration – make adjustments to class offerings (e.g. cancel low
enrollment courses, request adjuncts, reassign faculty, etc)
Letters for Third-Year Review due to Rank and Tenure Committees
Interview with Rank and Tenure Committee for tenure/promotion candidates |
December |
Meet with Division Head/Associate Dean/Registrar to discuss courses for
next academic year
Recruit department faculty for First Year Seminar, Ethics courses and
Honors courses
Nominations for teaching and advising awards. DUE approximately mid-December |
January |
Receive request to submit courses for next academic year from Registrar.
DUE: end of January
Write letters of recommendation for department faculty applying for FDRC grants
DUE February
Write letters of recommendation for students applying for Study Abroad
Letters of evaluation for first-year probationary faculty due to Associate
Provost/Academic Dean
Review “conditional” acceptances to the major for final decision |
February |
Applications for major from second semester sophomores to be processed.
DUE: mid-February
Interviews with Rank and Tenure Committee for Third-Year Review candidates |
March |
Catalog Copy due (ordinarily alternate years)
Meet with Rank and Tenure Committee for Dean/Chair/candidate meeting for
Third Year Reviews
Academic hardware and software requests due |
April |
Monitor registration for needed adjustments
Conduct site visits for internships
Submit faculty office and classroom requests to division head
Textbook orders due |
May |
Review and sign application forms for degrees (second semester Juniors)
DUE: early May
Sign internship proposals, ILP’s, and honors theses proposals for Fall
Arrange graduation activities (receptions for major/parents, exit interviews, etc.)
Revise departmental brochure for Admission office
Work with probationary faculty on annual review DUE: June 30 |
June |
Requests for staffing for following year due to Associate Provost/Academic
Dean on June 1.
Make necessary revisions/adjustments to previous year’s budget
Assist advising/admissions with summer registration for new and transfer
students
Submit annual reports on probationary faculty to Associate Provost/Academic
Dean – DUE: June 30
Review “conditional acceptances” to the major for final decision. DUE: mid-July.
Prepare annual report. DUE: June 30.
Close out departmental budget
Proof catalog copy (ordinarily alternate years) |
