Department Chairs and Program Directors Responsibilities
Manage, mentor and support faculty and staff
Faculty
Conduct faculty searches
Oversee reappointment, tenure, and promotion reviews
Mediate conflicts among peers
Mediate student complaints about faculty performance (including grade disputes)
Coordinate mentoring of new faculty members
Manage transition to new chairs
Academic support staff/departmental staff
Direct hiring of new staff
Coordinate and supervise work schedule
Review performance annually
Coordinate departmental curriculum
Courses offered (new courses, courses to be withdrawn, first-year seminars, cross-listed courses, etc.); liaison with Curriculum Implementation Committee
Course scheduling
Check and revise annual catalog copy
Off-campus study and transfer of credit
Outside speakers
Annual department report
Coordinate student advising
Supervise advising of majors and minors
Approve requests for transfer credit and credit for off-campus study
Administer advanced placement credit
Sponsor and advise student groups
Determine equipment and space needs; oversee building management, renovation, maintenance, security
Manage department accounts and oversee expenditures; prepare annual budget
Serve as contact with Admissions Office
Interviews with prospective students
Represent department at Bowdoin Experience weekends
Evaluate applicants’ work where appropriate
Serve as contact with Development Office
Help with fund-raising – public presentations, speaking and grant-writing
Beyond Bowdoin
Act as point person for all outside requests for help and expertise