Dept Chair, English

Dept Chair, English - Central Campus

The Department Chair is a leadership position that translates the strategic directions from the Instructional Deans and Strategic Leadership Team into practical implementations that affect student success. The Department Chair utilizes specific resources to achieve instructional goals of the division; leads and evaluates the faculty members and staff; coordinates continuous improvement initiatives; and uses experience, best practices, plans, processes, and teams to produce clear deliverables and outputs.

The department chair will demonstrate the college values.

• Creates and approves goals for department by interpreting and supporting the goals of the institution as they relate to the department
• Implements and/or reinforces changes based on policy decisions; interprets department policies to faculty, staff, students, and/or public
• Initiates and maintains communication with colleagues, administrative staff, faculty, students, industry, external community, state, and national agencies
• Informs the dean of decisions involving changes in the department and issues related to other campuses
• Conducts meetings with faculty and staff
• Provides the necessary research and department support to obtain/maintain external grant funds or donations, if appropriate
• Resolves issues that arise between faculty and students
• Keeps current on trends, issues, and initiatives in the divisions' related fields of education that affect teaching and learning within the departmental program
• Assigns teaching loads and other departmental duties
• Identifies best practices for department or processes in collaboration with industry and in review of educational literature and community needs
• Monitors compliance with policies and procedures of the College
• Attends meetings (e.g., department meetings, task forces, committees, councils)
• Meets the leadership competencies established by the College

• Prepares the annual department budget
• Reviews/approves the purchases of goods and services
• Develops and/or reviews class schedules
• Reviews and processes textbook requests on a semester basis to insure timely access and bookstore processing
• Works with dual credit to meet the needs of independent school district partners

• Recommends renewal of faculty contracts
• Reviews and approves personnel changes within the department and forwards forms to the respective dean
• Determines personnel needs in the department, makes appropriate requests in writing, and participates in hiring interviews in conjunction with the appropriate search committee
• Performs tracking and analyzing of program data, specifically student performance and enrollment data
• Develops and implements strategies that support program completion, job placement, and/or transfer opportunities for students, when appropriate
• Ensures department participation in student recruitment efforts
• Supervises campus grants that provide for educational programs or services to the division. Works with colleagues in college district to develop new grant applications
• Responds to requests for faculty substitutions, class emergencies, and as a first point of contact for part-time faculty access
• Performs beginning-of-term learning management system checks, distance learning course reviews, and verifies end-of-course documentation

• Evaluates faculty teaching effectiveness through classroom observations, distance learning reviews, and end-of-course documentations annually, using consistent evaluation procedures, and informs the dean of any concerns about the performance of department members
• Recognizes faculty who demonstrate a high level of teaching effectiveness, giving recognition for positive actions of faculty as well as offering constructive suggestions for professional growth
• Supervises and evaluates new faculty and staff
• Provides and/or promotes professional development opportunities to members of the department as appropriate
• Meets with faculty and/or staff members to create key performance indicators that…