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Being a Chair, Head, or Director
Arlene CarneyAugust 20, 2009
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Why?
• Reasons for becoming a chair, head, or director
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Four Roles of Department Chairs
• Faculty developer• Manager• Leader• Scholar
Gmelch & Miskin, 1993
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Transitions to Leadership
• From solitary to social• From focused to fragmented• From autonomy to accountability• From manuscript to memoranda• From private to public• From professing to persuading
Gmelch & Seedorf, 1989
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Transitions to Leadership
• From stability to mobility• From client to custodian• From austerity to prosperity
Gmelch & Miskin, 1993
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Survival Guide Advice: Know Yourself
• Know why you took the job• Know your goals (2-3 to accomplish
over your term)• Know what pushes your buttons
Gunsalus, 2006
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Survival Guide Advice
• Know your colleagues• Set boundaries• Listen well• Key sentences
Gunsalus, 2006
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Key Sentences for Complaints
• “What action do you seek from me?”• “Now that I have listened carefully to
you, I need to find out what the other people involved have to say. I’ll get back to you after I do that.”
• “You need to do what you need to do.”
Gunsalus, 2006
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Work-Life Balance
• Critically important to newer generation of faculty
• Starts at the department level– Class & meeting scheduling– Release from teaching in a semester
when a child is born or adopted– Culture of acceptance of family
demands
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Chair as “Person in the Middle”
• Responsible to the faculty and staff• Accountable to the dean• Balancing act
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Problem Issues
• Seek help• Follow procedures set by the University
or college• Don’t improvise on procedures