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Department Chair Position Descriptions. 5.9.1 Department Chair Position Description The department chairs will report directly to their department appropriate administrator. Duties of the department chair are limited to: 5.9.1.1 In consultation with the appropriate administrator and in collaboration with other units, develop annual and quarterly course schedules based on sound enrollment planning and student needs. This may include, depending on the department, coordinating class schedules to accommodate a variety of general and specialized transfer degrees, and eLearning on a district basis. 5.9.1.2 In collaboration with the appropriate administrator and faculty, determine faculty teaching assignments and load, maintaining satisfactory student/faculty ratios. 5.9.1.3 In collaboration with the appropriate administrator, recommend hiring of full-time faculty and staff, coordinate faculty to sit on department screening committees and assist in recruiting and recommending the hiring of associate faculty. 5.9.1.4 Coordinate and ensure observation of associate faculty. In collaboration with the appropriate administrator, address areas of faculty improvement. 5.9.1.5 In collaboration with the appropriate administrator, and department faculty, assist faculty with curriculum development; catalog submission; and course outline revisions. 5.9.1.6 Assist faculty in completing accreditation reports. 5.9.1.7 Coordinate with the appropriate administrator, complete program review and maintain currency of learning outcomes assessment plans with input from faculty. 5.9.1.8 Facilitate department operational planning and provide feedback to appropriate instructional administrator. 5.9.1.9 In consultation with the appropriate administrator, provide an annual budget and manage department budgets and expenditures; submit purchase orders. 5.9.1.10 Participate in the grievance process per Student Rights and Responsibilities. 5.9.1.11 Engage with the community, K-12 and four year colleges and work on marketing and recruitment. 5.9.1.12 As appropriate, work in collaboration with faculty and staff to manage inventory and equipment. 5.9.1.13 Coordinate participation in facilities planning that will impact the department. 5.9.1.14 Represent the department at department chair meetings. 5.9.1.15 Maintaining appropriate department records related to scheduling, personnel, budgets, evaluation, and other relevant information. 5.9.1.16 For departments with more than one (1) FT faculty, ensure communication, engagement and distric...
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  • Department Chairs The release time required to perform the administrative functions of the Department Chair positions shall be deducted from the total workload of the Department Chair with no less than fifty percent (50%) of this release taken from direct instructional duties.

  • Position Descriptions Individual position descriptions shall be reduced to writing and delineate the duties currently assigned to an employee’s position. A dated copy of the position description shall be given to the employee upon assuming the position and when the position description is amended. The individual position description shall be subject to at least an annual review with the employee. Nothing contained herein shall compromise the right or the responsibility of the Agency to assign work consistent with the classification specification.

  • Department Chairpersons 17.1 In each elementary, middle and senior high school, the need for department chairpersons/team leaders shall be determined by the principal. Each such department chairperson/team leader shall be appointed for one (1) academic year. If possible, such appointment should be made prior to the end of the preceding academic year. Teachers shall have the right to refuse such appointment. Team leaders will have coordinating and planning functions for their teams and shall serve as liaison between their teams and the principal. They shall not be considered administrative employees. 17.2 When feasible, and after consultation with them, department chairpersons and team leaders will be provided with release time commensurate with the responsibilities assigned to them by their principal.

  • Position Description The employee shall be responsible for drafting his/her position description form and shall forward it to his/her supervisor for approval. When the employee and the supervisor disagree on the job description, they shall meet promptly and attempt to reach an agreement on the employee's job duties. In the event that an agreement cannot be reached, the supervisor will finalize the job description in accordance with the supervisor's understanding and expectations of the position. The employee may submit his or her comments for the classification analyst to consider when reviewing the position description.

  • Department Responsibilities The use of sick leave may properly be denied if these procedures are not followed. Abuse of sick leave on the part of the employee is cause for disciplinary action. Departmental approval of sick leave is a certification of the legitimacy of the sick leave claim. The department head or designee may make reasonable inquiries about employee absences. The department may require medical verification for an absence of three (3) or more working days. The department may also require medical verification for absences of less than three (3) working days for probable cause if the employee had been notified in advance in writing that such verification was necessary. Inquiries may be made in the following ways: 1. Calling the employee's residence telephone number or other contact telephone number provided by the employee if telephone notification was not made in accordance with departmental sick leave call-in guidelines. These inquiries shall be subject to any restrictions imposed by the employee. 2. Obtaining the employee's signature on the Absence/Overtime Record, or on another form established for that purpose, as employee certification of the legitimacy of the claim. 3. Obtaining the employee's written statement of explanation regarding the sick leave claim. 4. Requiring the employee to obtain a physician's certificate or verification of the employee's illness, date(s) the employee was incapacitated, and the employee's ability to return to work, as specified above. 5. In absences of an extended nature, requiring the employee to obtain from their physician a statement of progress and anticipated date on which the employee will be able to return to work, as specified above. Department heads are responsible for establishing timekeeping procedures which will insure the submission of a time card covering each employee absence and for operating their respective offices in accordance with these policies and with clarifying regulations issued by the Office of the County Administrator. To help assure uniform policy application, the Human Resources Director or designated management staff of the County Human Resources Department should be contacted with respect to sick leave determinations about which the department is in doubt.