Department Chair, Liberal Arts

3 weeks ago

Houston, United States San Jacinto College Full time

**Department Chair, Liberal Arts - Generation Park**

**Responsibilities**:
**Decision-Making and Leadership**:

- Creates and approves goals for department by interpreting and supporting the goals of the institution as they relate to the department.
- Implements and/or reinforces changes based on policy decision; interprets department policies to faculty, staff, students, and/or public.
- Initiates and maintains communication with administrative staff, faculty, students, industry, external community, state, and national agencies.
- Informs the director, instructional services of decisions involving changes in the department and issues related to other campuses.
- Conducts meetings with faculty to evaluate and approve departmental plans and delivery of instruction.
- Provides for the necessary research and department support to obtain/maintain external grant funds or donations if appropriate.
- Resolves issues between faculty and student.
- Keeps current on trends, issues and initiatives that may impact teaching and learning within the departmental programs.
- Assigns teaching loads and other departmental duties.
- Identifies 'best practices' for department or processes.
- Monitors compliance with policies and procedures of the College.
- Attends meetings (e.g. department meetings, task forces, committees, councils).

**Department Operations - Faculty Activities**:

- Recommends renewal of faculty contracts. Reviews and approves personnel changes within the department and forwards forms to the director, instructional services.
- Determines personnel needs in the department and makes appropriate requests in writing and participates in hiring interviews in conjunction with the appropriate search committee.
- Performs tracking and analyzing of program data, specifically student performance and enrollment data.
- Develops and implements strategies that support program completion, job placement, and/or transfer opportunities for students when appropriate.
- Ensures department participation in student recruitment efforts including new student orientations, job fairs, open house, and college night events.

**Department Operations - Non-Faculty Activities**:

- Prepares the annual department budget.
- Reviews/approves the purchases of goods and services.
- Develops Unit Plans/Program Assessment Plans.
- Develops and/or reviews class schedules.

**Professional Development and Performance Management**:

- Evaluates individual teaching effectiveness at least annually using consistent evaluation procedures, and informs the director, instructional services of any concerns about the performance of department members.
- Recognizes faculty who demonstrate a high level of teaching effectiveness, giving recognition for positive actions of faculty as well as offering constructive suggestions for professional growth.
- Supervises and evaluates new faculty and staff.
- Provides and/or promotes professional development opportunities to members of the department as appropriate.
- Meets with faculty and/or staff members to create the KPIs that reflect the particular needs of the department, as well as consideration for the annual priorities of the College that impact teaching and learning.
- Provides evaluation and ongoing feedback about faculty and/or staff performance. Participates in validation meetings to review and discuss performance ratings of department members with campus leadership.

**Curriculum and Assessment**:

- Facilitates assessment of student learning outcomes.
- Facilitates the development of curriculum programs, projects, and initiatives in support of the college’s mission and strategic plan and the college’s facilities master plan.
- Works with the Office of Institutional Research in gathering data (surveys).
- Participates in activities associated with SACS accreditation, program accreditation and/or program review.
- Monitors program compliance with national, state, and/or regional agencies.

**Additional Job Functions**:

- Administrative duties as needed to oversee departmental budgets.
- Reviews departmental budgets.
- Follows and reviews procurement activities.
- Reviews compliance to Blackboard standards for faculty.
- Approves departmental payroll.
- EPAF processing.
- Collaborates with the administration and faculty to develop and implement innovative partnerships with governmental agencies, high schools, and universities.
- Participated in reviews of division programs selected for the annual program review process.
- Teach a minimum and maximum of one class per year.
- Participates in professional development for continuous improvement and department initiatives.

**Qualifications**:
**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**:

- Applicant must be willing to work a five-day workweek, Monday - Friday; must be willing to work additional hours as needed.
- Applicant must have excellent communication skills, demonstrated tactical leadership abilities and proven results.
- Proven teaching success in higher e

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