| Department
Chair Manual
The
Riverside Community College District Department Chair Manual
is a work in progress and will be published and delivered
to each Department Chair in binder form when completed.
This
website is an attempt to share materials as they become
available. You will find materials linked in document or
PDF form. Department
chairs are encouraged to contribute ideas, questions or
content for the manual. Please send these to kristina.kauffman@rcc.edu
Presentation
on Program Review and Planning to Academic Planning Council,
November 3, 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.
Introduction
II.
Administrative Relationships
| 1.
Check List (none) |
2.
Resources
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III.
Budgeting
| 1. Check
list |
2. Resources
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| 3.
Readings
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4. Forms and processes
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IV. Campus
and Community Relationships
| 1. Check
list (none) |
2. Resources
-
Relationship and Representation within the campus
community: Senate, communities, etc. value
of service, efficacy, role in future planning
- Senate
-
Relationship with CTA:
Need author
-
Advisory Committees (in binder)
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V.
Classified Relationships
| 1. Check
list (none) |
2. Resources
|
3. Forms
- Employee
Evaluation Forms can be obtained from Human Resources
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VI.
Curriculum Matters
| 1.
Check list |
2.
Resources
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3. Forms
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VII.
Enrollment Management
| 1.
Check list |
2. Resources
-
Contractual
Issues – Article X
- Creating
class schedules
- Enrollment
management recommendations
- Calculating
a teaching load
-
D1, D9 etc
- spreading
load over semesters and intersessions
- 75/25
rule
- Evaluating
past class schedules
-
Working with faculty to plan for the upcoming
term,
-
Are sequences appropriate for students?
-
What about interfacing with related disciplines
in which students are enrolled? How should
the schedule be developed to meet student
needs?
- Consideration
of classroom utilization
- FTE,
FTES
-
Class cancellation policy
-
Relationship
with institutional research
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3. Forms
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VIII.
Faculty Matters
| 1. Check
list |
| 2.
Resources
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3.
Strategies
- Admissions
and Records (see notebook)
- Books
and the Bookstore
- Agreement
in department on process/policies
-
Plan for classes without faculty to adopt a
book
- Conflict
Management
- Emergency
Procedures
- Evaluation,
Tenure Review, Improvement of Instruction
-
Faculty Relationships
- What
you should expect from your faculty
- What
your faculty should expect from you
- Other
faculty expectations
- Special
concerns of multidisciplinary chairs
- Faculty
Survival Guide
- Relationship
to Discipline Facilitators
- Grievance
Procedure (faculty)
- Tips
on avoiding a grievance
-
Hiring
-
Full Time Faculty
-
Part Time Faculty
- Health
Benefits for Adjuncts
-
Keys (see your IDS)
-
Library Orders (see copies of forms in the paper
version of this manual)
-
Payroll
- Professional
Development
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4.
Readings
- Professional
Development: Supporting the Development of Faculty
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4.
Forms
- Attendance
(staff/faculty) (for students see section on grades)
-
Affidavits
-
for Personal Necessity, etc.
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IX.
Program Review & Strategic Planning
| 1.
Check list |
2.
Resources
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3.
Departmental
Self Studies
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X. Student Relationships
| 1. Check list |
2.
Resources
- Dealing
with Student Complaints
-
Grade grievances
-
What is the role, what are the steps
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Value of the “friendly ear” making 90% of problems
go away
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Student behavior issues – Be a sounding board
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Grade and attendance records
-
change/
drop and late add exceptions
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Petitions that require the chair’s signature
- Harassment
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Student Services
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How student services can assist chairs
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