Department Chair Leadership Development
11th Annual CSU South New Dept Chairs Workshop
Friday, October 26, 2007
at The Pointe in the Pyramid
National Resources
CONFERENCES/INSTITUTES/PROGRAMS
ACE Department Chair Online Resources Center
ACE Department Chairs Workshops
ACE Good Practice for Tenure Evaluations (PDF)
Department Chair Institute: Four-day programs
The Chair Academy - offers leadership training and an annual conference.
PUBLICATIONS
From Anker Publishing
- The Department Chair
- A Resource for Academic Administrators
- New Book from Anker on Faculty Development
Creating the Future of Faculty Development, Learning From the Past, Understanding the Present by Mary Deane Sorcinelli, Ann E. Austin, Pamela L. Eddy, Andrea L. Beach, Anker Publishing, Inc., 2005.
- New Book on Building Community
Work and Peace in Academe, Leveraging Time, Money, and Intellectual Energy Through Managing Conflict by James R. Coffman, Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing, Inc., 2005.
From Atwood Publisher
- Chairing an Academic Department -
Book Description
"Academic leaders may be in the least studied and most misunderstood management position in the world," authors Gmelch and Miskin state. Although chairs come to the position for varied reasons, few come with any specific leadership training. Once in the position, they are critiqued, judged, and evaluated by both their faculty and administrators—groups which frequently have conflicting criteria.
Based upon their extensive study of the demands on and needs of chairs, the authors have distilled their findings into a practical and highly accessible volume to guide chairs in their growth. Despite the varied paths to the position, the authors state that all chairs find themselves in an environment distinct from their former facultly situation.
One of the most dramatic changes is that chairs need the ability to switch from one task or situation to another very quickly, and must develop a facility for refocusing. As chairs, individuals assume four basic roles: faculty developer, manager, leader, and scholar. Because of these roles and the need to quickly refocus, Gmelch and Miskin advocate becoming a swivel chair. They state: "To balance their roles, chairs must learn to swivel without appearing dizzy, schizophrenic, or ‘two-faced.’"
From Magna Publications
- Academic Leader - Newsletter
- Helps deans, chairs, and other academic decision makers provide effective leadership within their colleges or departments and fulfill their institutions’ primary missions of teaching and scholarship.
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