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Department Chairs Series

This 12-session series will provide new and recently recruited chairs/directors with a wealth of information to help manage their academic department. Sessions will cover a range of topics from tenure & promotion to faculty incivility to data management. Presenters/ panelists will include our Vice Chancellors and staff members ready, willing, and able to assist you in the important role of leading your academic unit.

Spring 2012

2:00-3:30 p.m.

• Session 6 – Thursday, February 9, Hawaii Hall 309
  New Initiatives - Focus on Student Success, Retention, Graduation
  • Agenda Topics with Links
  • Spring 2011 Top 100 Highest Enrollment
  • Spring 2011 Top 100 Undergraduate Fail Rate
  • Spring 2011 HFC Scatterplot
  • Freshmen Registration Handout
  • Passport to Sophomore Success Conference
  • Evaluation Form
  
  
• Session 7 – Thursday, February 16, QLC 412
  Student Affairs
  • Office of the Student Affairs handout
  • Evaluation Form
  
  
• Session 8 – Thursday, February 24, QLC 412
  STAR, Enrollment Management, Data Management
  • No handouts distributed for this session
  • Evaluation Form
  
  
• Session 9 – Thursday, March 9, QLC 412
  Curriculum, Program Actions, Articulation
  • Course Approvals
  • UHM-1 and UHM-2 Forms
  • Articulation and General Education
  • Evaluation Form
  
  
• Session 10 – Thursday, March 16, QLC 412
  Program Review, Assessment
  • Provisional Programs
  • Program Action Approval Process Flowchart
  • 5-Year Program Review Cycle
  • Professional Accreditation Review Cycle
  • Review of Established Programs
  • Assessment Office
  • Evaluation Form
  
  
• Session 11 – Thursday, April 26, QLC 412
  Research and Graduate Education
  Recap and Closing
  
  

Fall 2011

• Session 1 – September 16, 2011
  Welcome, Introduction, Leadership
  • Twelve Things to Remember
  • The Role of the Department Chair
  
  
• Session 2 – September 30, 2011
  Tenure and Promotion, Contract Renewal
  • T&P and Contract Renewal
  
  
• Session 3 – October 14, 2011
  Recruitment, EEO/AA, Sexual Harassment
  • Contact Holli (956-7486), or by e-mail (holli@hawaii.edu) for handouts
  
  
• Session 4 – October 28, 2011
  Legal Matters, Communication Skills
  • Duties and Responsibilities of Chairs
  • Contact Holli (956-7486), or by e-mail (holli@hawaii.edu) for additional handouts on Legal Matters
  • Effective Communication: A Primer for Department Chairs
  
  
• Session 5 – November 29, 2011
  Fiscal Matters, Energy
  • Fiscal Matters: Budget & Planning
  • Manoa Chairs Report
  
  
• Session 6 – December 8, 2011
  Research and Graduate Education
  • Postponed to Spring 2012
  
  

Fall 2010

• Agenda Calendar


• Advice for Chairs


• Session 1 - September 1, 2010
  Introduction, Welcome, Leadership
  • The Department Chair
  
  
• Session 2 - September 8, 2010
  Tenure and Promotion, Contract Renewal
  • PowerPoint Presentaion
  • T&P Procedures and Timetable AY 2010-2011
  • Contract Renewal or Non-Renewal and Limite-Term Appointment or Non-Reappointment
  
  
• Session 3 - September 15, 2010
  Enrollment Management, Retention, Graduation
  • PowerPoint Presentaion
  • Undergraduate Credits at Graduation FY09.pdf
  • First-Time Full-Time Freshmen Enrollment & Graduation_F02 Cohort
  • First-Time Freshmen Retention Rates_1990_2008 Cohorts
  • Four & Six-Year Undergraduate Graduation Rates
  
  
• Session 4 - September 22, 2010
  Legal Matters, Program Cases, Conflict Management, Faculty Incivility
  • Campaign Restrictions for State Officials and State Employees
  • Ethics Checklist
  • Ethics Guide for State Elected Officials, State Employees, State Board and Commission Members
  • UH Executive Policy E9.210, Workplace Non-Violence
  • BOR Administrative Rules Title 20 Chapter 2, Statement on rights and Responsibilities of The University of Hawai‘i Community
  • UH Executive Policy E11.202, Management and Regulation of the Sale, Service and Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages on University Premises
  • Case Scenerio
  
  
• Session 5 – September 29, 2010
  Assessment, Data Management, Performance Matrix
  • Who is AO?
  • UHM quick Facts – Fall 2009
  
  
• Session 6 – October 6, 2010
  Student Affairs (Grievance Process, Recruitment, Disabilities, FERPA)
  • Fall 2010 Preliminary Classified First-Time Freshmen Highlights
  • Office of Student Affairs Narrative
  • Academic Grievance Procedures
  
  
• Session 7 – October 13, 2010
  Curriculum Articulation, Four-Year Degree Plans, STAR
  • Curriculum Matters
  
  
• Session 8 – October 20, 2010
  Fiscal Matters, Emergency Preparedness
  • University Budget
  • Fiscal
  • Emergency Management Presentation
  • Emergency Management Information
  
  
• Session 9 – October 27, 2010
  Recruitment, EEO/AA, Sexual Harassment
  • Faculty Employment Application
  • Candidate Release Form
  • Complaint Procedures for Sexual Harassment
  
  
• Session 10 – November 3, 2010
  Research
  • No Handouts
  
  
• Session 11 – November 10, 2010
  Program Actions, Program Review, WASC, Sub-change Process
  • Program Action Approval Process Flowchart
  • Authorization to Plan (ATP)
  • Proposals for New Academic Programs
  • Provisional Programs
  • 5-Year Program Review Cycle
  • Professional Accreditation Review Cycle
  • Review of Established Programs
  • Manoa Reorganization Process, M3.101
  • UH Organizational and Functional Changes, A3.101
  • BOR Policy Section 5-6, Establishment and Review of Centers
  • E5.215, Establishment and Review of Centers
  • BOR Policy Section 5-18, Establishment and Review of Organized Research Units
  • E5.213, Establishment and Review of Organized Research Units, E5.213
  • Off-Campus and Distance Education Degree Programs
  • Process of Institutional Review for Substantive Change Proposals
  • Outline of Elements for Distance Delivered Program Proposals
  
  
• Session 12 – November 17, 2010
  Public and Media Relations
  • News Media 101