Administration

A department chair is increasingly required to find creative ways to extend the departmental budget as state appropriations to KSU and other state institutions have become tighter. Strategies for increasing the department’s budget to cover essential personnel and operating expenses include advocating on behalf of the faculty and department to the dean and other senior administrators on campus for funds and the prospects of external fundraising. Rarely have department chairs been provided with training to effectively market and advocate for their department. This workshop will engage department chairs in constructing a marketing plan for the department and developing compelling ways to communicate the department’s strengths.

Administrator Developmental Workshop.

Administrator Developmental Workshop.

This session is designed to explore ways faculty can provide evidence of the quality and significance of their administration and leadership activities. Documenting the administration and leadership activities are often seen as more challenging than documenting effective teaching or research and creative activity. Because the new KSU tenure and promotion guidelines require that such evidence be provided by faculty with administrative duties who are considered for tenure and promotion, this session is intended to address ways this might be accomplished. Participants will discuss what is meant by the quality and significance of the administration and leadership, and how it might be documented in the realm of faculty roles in the institution, in our disciplines, and in the external community.