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The document provides strategies for department chairs to prioritize their duties and fulfill their job responsibilities. It categorizes the roles of department chairs as administrative, leadership, and interpersonal. It also distinguishes between urgent/important and not urgent/not important tasks. The document recommends better time management through tools like calendars and prioritizing action items. It also suggests better data management through organized filing systems and tools like Excel to track budgets and schedules.
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- 2. Outcomes Department Chairs will be able to: list and prioritize the duties involved in their job, and evaluate strategies for fulfilling these job duties.
- 5. Setting the budget Tracking the budget Scheduling teaching loads Scheduling students Ordering textbooks Ordering supplies Assigning year-end awards Attending Academic Council meetings Conducting Department meetings Mediating internal relationships Monitoring faculty Advocating internally External liaison Serving as role model Being curriculum leader Mediating Counseling Coaching Observing classroom teaching Interviewing for new hires Representing Department for tenure Managing departmental policies and procedures Integrating on-going professional development Graham and Benoit, 2004
- 6. Administrative roles Leadership roles Interpersonal roles Resource development Improving teaching & learning
- 7. Administrative Roles Setting the budget Tracking the budget Scheduling teaching loads Scheduling student tracks (honors, AP, remedial) Ordering textbooks Ordering or buying supplies Year-end awards Academic Council meetings Leadership Roles Conducting regular departmental meetings Internal intermediary (faculty to principal & back; secretarial issues such as publishing Summer Reading or course descriptions annually) Faculty monitoring (dress code, web presence, etc) Internal advocate (defending the role of your Department/ competing for resources) External liaison (calls from textbook publishers, other high schools, colleges, parents) Role model Curriculum leader Interpersonal Roles Mediator Counselor Coaching Resource Development Formal class observations (pre- and post -observation meetings plus write-ups) Interviews Tenure board duties Managing Departmental policies/ handbook Integrating on-going professional development
- 9. Urgent but not important Urgent and important Not urgent and not important Not urgent but important Covey, 1990
- 10. Strategies
- 11. Better time management Macro : keeping track of deadlines Multiple calendars for multiple deadlines School Department Personal
- 12. Micro : managing information and tasks as they come in. Actionable? 2-minute rule Not responsible? Forward or delegate ! If it’s a multi-step process, Figure out the end product Map out intermediate steps Start with the “Next Step” Not actionable? Delete it Archive it Allen, 2003
- 13. Karagos, 2006.
- 14. Better data management Filing systems that work Using the best tools for the task Phone vs. email vs. personal meeting Excel is under-utilized for lack of familiarity Good for tracking budgets Good for scheduling teachers Good for scheduling students
- 15. Works Cited Graham, Steven and Benoit, Pam. “Constructing the Role of Department Chair.” Department Chair Services – Online Resource Center . 19 November 2004. American Council on Education. 26 May 2007. http://www.acenet.edu/resources/chairs/docs/Graham_Constructing.pdf Covey, Stephen R. The seven habits of highly effective people: Powerful lessons in personal change . New York, NY: Fireside, 1990. Allen, David. Getting things done: The art of stress-free productivity . New York, NY: Penguin, 2003. Karagos, Stefanos. “GTD Wallpaper” Anabubula.com . November 29, 2006. http://anabubula.com/node/22
- 16. Contact Information Eric E Castro Saint Ignatius College Preparatory San Francisco, CA [email_address] http://www.siprep.org/faculty/ecastro This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.