2018-19
Unit 18 Lecturers: A Primer for Chairs - October 25, 2018
This session focuses on the unique requirements of the Unit 18 Lecturer contract, with special focus on what the Chair's responsibilities are in relation to Lecturer appointments, workload, academic reviews, and mentoring.
2017-18
Update for Chairs: New Issues in Academic Affairs - June 20, 2018
This session highlights the important changes and updates on academic personnel matters, technology updates and other critical information designed to prepare incoming and current chairs for the 2018-19 academic year.
Academic Advancement: Update for Department Chairs - March 14, 2018
Delve into voting procedures, ballots and other Step Plus-related topics.
Campus Violence: What Faculty Should Know - March 1, 2018
Presentation - PPT
Presentation - Video
Conflict Management for Department Chairs - February 1, 2018
This bag lunch is an interactive conflict management session that includes approaches to prevention, strategies for intervening, and techniques for addressing the aftermath.
Handouts
Academic Disability Issues: A Chair's Guide to Navigating Sensitive Ground - November 30, 2017
According to the Centers for Disease Control, approximately 50% of all adults experience a chronic or major illness. When that illness strikes a faculty member, it critically impacts the faculty member, the department and, of course, students. Explore the shared responsibilities in providing reasonable accommodations and managing medical leaves for UC Davis faculty.
Handouts
2016-17
Academic Personnel 101B - What's New in Academic Personnel? - June 21, 2017
This session highlights the important changes and updates on academic personnel matters, technology updates and other critical information designed to prepare incoming and current chairs for the 2017-18 academic year.
Unit 18 Lecturers - A Primer for Chairs - April 26, 2017
This session focuses on the unique requirements of the Unit 18 Lecturer contract, with special focus on what the Chair’s responsibilities are in relation to Lecturer appointments, workload, academic reviews, and mentoring.
Academic Advancement - Update for Department Chairs - April 5, 2017
This bag lunch session provides key information about the advancement process for faculty.
Is it Bullying? - Awareness, Understanding & Strategies in Dealing with Abrasive Behaviors - February 22, 2017
According to a recent UC Campus Climate Survey, 24% of UC Davis respondents "believed that they had personally experienced exclusionary, intimidating, offensive and/or hostile conduct." Explore strategies for identifying, understanding and responding to bullying and other forms of abrasive behaviors.
Faculty Disability Issues - A Chair's Guide to Navigating Sensitive Ground - February 2, 2017
Explore the shared responsibilities in providing reasonable accommodations and managing medical leaves for UC Davis faculty.
Handouts
Conflict Management for Department Chairs - November 30, 2016
This conflict management session offers preventative approaches and practical application of intervention strategies for department chairs dealing with conflict in various settings.
2015-16
101B: What's New in Academic Personnel? - June 22, 2016
We will discuss important changes and updates on academic personnel matters, information on national and international awards, technology updates and other critical information related to academic personnel. This informative session is designed to prepare you for the 2016-17 academic year.
Handouts
Conflict Management - June 1, 2016
Department chairs often find themselves at the forefront of complex conflicts with the responsibility of being resolvers. This session is an interactive conflict management session that includes prevention approaches and a practical application of intervention strategies.
Is it Bullying? Awareness, Understanding & Strategies for Dealing with Abrasive Behaviors - April 21, 2016
This session will help academic leaders build an inclusive department while developing an understanding and response to bullying and other forms of abrasive behaviors.
Where's Professor Gunrock?: Everything You Need to Know about Faculty Leaves and Accommodations - February 11, 2016
According to the Centers for Disease Control, approximately 50% of all adults experience a chronic or major illness. Join us as we explore the shared responsibilities in providing reasonable accommodations and managing medical leaves for UC Davis faculty.
Rethinking Mentoring: How to Build Communities of Inclusion, Support, and Accountability - January 6, 2016
This discussion focuses on common problems pre-tenure and post-tenure faculty members experience and why traditional mentoring programs fail to meet those needs, proposes alternative framework for mentoring, and presents best practices in mentoring pre-tenure, under-represented and mid-career faculty.
Handouts
The Chair's role in Academic Advancement - October 22, 2015
This session provides key information about the Advancement process as well as an opportunity to ask questions about this important area for our faculty
Managing Productive Faculty Meetings - October 15, 2015
This session will explore strategies and best practices for fostering effective, productive and inclusive faculty meetings. Dr. John Vohs shares ideas on how Chairs and Directors can improve department meetings and facilitate successful meeting outcomes.
Handouts
2014-15
Academic Personnel 101B -- What's New in Academic Personnel - June 17, 2015
This session is open to new and returning Chairs and Directors. A budget update was provided by Senior Associate Vice Chancellor Kelly Ratliff, followed by other topics of interest such as changes and updates on academic personnel matters, information on national and international awards, technology updates and other general updates related to academic personnel. This is an informative session to prepare chairs for the 2015-16 academic year.
Handouts
- Conflict of Interest on Research Committees
- Extramural Letters Chart
- Request for Medical Leave - Template Letter
Academic Personnel 101A: Process & Best Practices for Dept. Chairs - June 3, 2015
This session is specifically designed for new and incoming chairs and directors and focuses on the basics of the academic personnel process. Returning chairs, especially those who manage academic advancement issues for departments/programs, can also benefit from this session as well.
Conflict Management - February 18, 2015
This interactive session provided prevention approaches and practical intervention strategies.
Handouts
- Article - "Can We Agree to Disagree"
- Conflict Management Resource List
- APM 245: Appendix A (Duties of Department Chairs)
Managing Accommodation and Medical Leave Issues - January 14, 2015
This session focused on legal aspects as well as best practices for handling medical leaves and disability issues.
Handouts
- Article - "As the Professorite Ages"
- Article - "UC Berkeley Award 2009"
- Supplemental Disabilty Information
- Job Description - Academics
Managing Productive Faculty Meetings - November 20, 2014
This session explored strategies and best practices for fostering effective, productive and inclusive faculty meetings. The group shared ideas and experiences on how Chairs and Directors can improve department climate and efficiency by ameliorating common forms of faculty meeting dysfunction.