Chairs’ Primary Responsibilities

Faculty Matters

• Recruit new faculty consistent with SPU mission
• Assist with faculty advancement procedures:
• Third-year review (due in spring)
• Tenure (due in early autumn)
• Promotion (due in autumn)
• Step increases (due early winter)
• Chair post-tenure review committees (due end of spring)
• Conduct reviews on three-year cycle for non-tenured faculty (due in spring)
• Recommend emeritus status for retiring faculty (due in autumn)
• Contribute to faculty development
• Observe classroom teaching of adjunct and continuing faculty
• Keep faculty current on advising issues and policy changes
• Review faculty Professional Development Plans (annually for non-tenured faculty) (due in autumn)
• Assist in application process for Faculty Research Grants (FRG) and Academic Renewal Grants (ARG) (due in winter)

Administrative Matters

• Conduct regular department meetings; update faculty on policy changes
• Manage day-to-day operations and budget (c onsult with CAS budget manager as needed)
• Submit requests for capital expenditures to Dean
• Participate in CAS Chairs ' Meetings
• Advocate for department to dean and Academic Affairs
• Represent department to outside constituencies

Curricular and Student Matters

• Manage oversight and development of curriculum
• Catalog copy (due in autumn) and
• Time Schedule (due in winter)
• Load sheets and adjunct requests to Dean (due in winter)
• Assessment Report and updates (due in spring)
• Implement formal program review (UPEC, GPEC)
• Facilitate departmental curricular innovation
• Review student major and minor applications;
• Make recommendations on student academic petitions
• Manage student complaints

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