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Full-Text Articles in Education
Administrative Chairs And Decision Making, Dean J. Laury Ed.D
Administrative Chairs And Decision Making, Dean J. Laury Ed.D
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
Presenter and participants will discuss decision-making strategies and best practices via case studies available to chairs (new or veterans) to support the decision making process within department operations.
Budgeting Basics For New Academic Chairpersons, N. Douglas Lees, David J. Malik, Jane R. Williams
Budgeting Basics For New Academic Chairpersons, N. Douglas Lees, David J. Malik, Jane R. Williams
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
The session is geared to new chairpersons who have little or no experience with budgets. Emphases will be placed on working with the dean to create fiscal flexibility and to incentivize budget expansion.
Meeting In The Middle: Strategies For Successful Union-Administration Collaboration, Kristi Haik, Mary Elizabeth Zimmer
Meeting In The Middle: Strategies For Successful Union-Administration Collaboration, Kristi Haik, Mary Elizabeth Zimmer
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
Presenters and participants will discuss best practices and develop strategies to create a collaborative working environment within a higher education-union culture.
Leadership Lessons From Six Seasons Of "Community", Kim Nehls
Leadership Lessons From Six Seasons Of "Community", Kim Nehls
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
During five seasons of the NBC sit-com Community (2009-2015) and an additional season on Yahoo (2016), Americans discovered the academics and antics of Greendale Community College. The TV show centered around seven diverse students who formed a study group in the pilot episode and eventually morphed into a tight-knit family that worked and played together beyond graduation. Five student development theories are relevant to Community. Come to this session to see how lessons will be applied to examples from the show.
Executive Presence, Trey Guinn
Executive Presence, Trey Guinn
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
Strengthening executive presence and communication skills enhances effectiveness as chairperson and beyond. To inspire change and achieve results, chairpersons must create and deliver persuasive messages with impact. Following an interactive workshop loaded with laughter, group activity, role-play, and various simulations, participants will leave with fresh perspective on how to be a more clear, concise, compelling, and confident communicator capable of exuding greater executive presence.
What We Can Learn From College Reform In The Eu, Jacqueline Kress
What We Can Learn From College Reform In The Eu, Jacqueline Kress
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
The Bologna Process—a curriculum reform encompassing 48 EU countries—engages faculty by discipline to articulate what students should be able to know, do, and understand at each degree level through academic dialogue. This session overviews its mechanisms and challenges and provides guidance for applying its lessons at US institutions.
A Guide For Chairs: To Encourage Undergraduate Research In Art As Standard Practice In The Classroom., Vaughan Judge Professor
A Guide For Chairs: To Encourage Undergraduate Research In Art As Standard Practice In The Classroom., Vaughan Judge Professor
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
This presentation is based upon my coming book publication which I am the principle writer and coauthor with Dr. Jenny Olin Shanahan & Dr. Gregory Young. This talk starts with an overview of undergraduate research, supplies tools for scaffolding research skills, and examples of undergraduate research activities and case studies on projects in the various areas of art study. For Heads of Dept and Directors of research based education
Open Educational Resources: The What, How, Why, And Who, Kris Helge
Open Educational Resources: The What, How, Why, And Who, Kris Helge
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
Open educational resources are free, digitally available, valid and reliable textbooks, videos, syllabi, and other educational resources utilized to save students money. This session describes what open educational resources are, where to locate them, why to use them, and it reinforces their validity and reliability of use.
Evaluating The Quality Of Online Courses: Challenges And Strategies For Success, Stephanie Boss Dr., Dana Hilbert Dr., Mary Dzindolet Dr., Jennifer Dennis Dr.
Evaluating The Quality Of Online Courses: Challenges And Strategies For Success, Stephanie Boss Dr., Dana Hilbert Dr., Mary Dzindolet Dr., Jennifer Dennis Dr.
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
The department chairs of Education, Sports & Exercise Science, and Psychology and their dean, share their process for evaluating the quality of online courses with faculty in existing and newly developed courses. Training, internal and external reviews, and implementation strategies will be discussed in this session.
Data-Informed Program Planning For Academic Chairs And Directors, Laurie Henry, Richard Wilkens
Data-Informed Program Planning For Academic Chairs And Directors, Laurie Henry, Richard Wilkens
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
Presenters and participants will engage in conversations related to data-informed decision making for academic departments and programs. Emerging strategies and best practices in data analysis will be employed to address critical questions related to cost efficiency, enrollment trends, and faculty load at the program level.
Addressing Dissention, Limiting Bureaucracy, And Enhancing Learning Through Assessment Processes, Frederick Burrack, Ryan Chung, Shari Barrett
Addressing Dissention, Limiting Bureaucracy, And Enhancing Learning Through Assessment Processes, Frederick Burrack, Ryan Chung, Shari Barrett
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
This panel is an open conversation around strategies that brings together curriculum and instruction, data on student learning, and assessment practices that can lead to program improvements to enhance curriculum, teaching, and learning, as well as expose misconceptions of assessment practice and how assessment leaders can contribute to, or hinder student success.
Ending Remedial Programs? What Your Faculty Can Do., Jacqueline Kress
Ending Remedial Programs? What Your Faculty Can Do., Jacqueline Kress
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
Remedial programs have not improved graduation rates and are being dropped across the US. What’s next? What can faculty do to support students’ learning? This session overviews current issues in remediation, provides opportunities to share chairs’ experiences, and introduces a strategy set faculty can use to support diverse learners.
Performance Evaluations - A Clear Translation, Barbara Brown
Performance Evaluations - A Clear Translation, Barbara Brown
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
“Performance evaluations”—these words can strike fear and dread in the hearts of faculty and department chairs alike. This presentation discusses the clear, transparent rubric I created to measure faculty performance against the evaluations standards at San Jacinto College. During Q&A, participants will have the opportunity to practice creating their own rubrics.
Using Technology To Facilitate Faculty Evaluation, Theresa Glenn, Rise' Lara
Using Technology To Facilitate Faculty Evaluation, Theresa Glenn, Rise' Lara
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
Are you tired of carrying a dozen or more 3-ring binders around to evaluate your faculty’s portfolios? Well say no more to the traditional faculty portfolio and go paperless. With the advent of Google sites, one department has streamlined the portfolio process with each faculty member having their own portfolio Google site.
Talking To A Disgruntled Faculty Member, John R. Hamilton Jr
Talking To A Disgruntled Faculty Member, John R. Hamilton Jr
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
Talking with disgruntled department members can be frustrating. This presentation discusses how Crucial Conversations training was used to help faculty and staff learn to communication more effectively with supervisors and peers. Selected techniques will be discussed with workshop participants.
Building Community And Teaching Excellence Among Adjunct Faculty, Kirk Weller, Kristi Haik
Building Community And Teaching Excellence Among Adjunct Faculty, Kirk Weller, Kristi Haik
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
We describe a professional development program to enable mathematics adjuncts to meet HLC guidelines for credentialing. We explain how this program has supported community building and teaching excellence among the adjunct group and consider possibilities for scalability and expansion.
Advocating For Your Department During A School Merger: The Chair Perspective, Mark Urtel, Amanda Cecil
Advocating For Your Department During A School Merger: The Chair Perspective, Mark Urtel, Amanda Cecil
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
This presentation will foster discussion and reflection on best practices in advocating for your department during an academic restructuring; to ensure growth and continued success.