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_________________LEE UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOK & CONSTITUTION_________________16. Perform other duties as assigned or as the situation dictates within the scope of thisclassification.Director of Faculty DevelopmentThe Director of Faculty Development is directly responsible to the Vice President forAcademic Affairs. The director will maintain a Center for Teaching Excellence and workdirectly with faculty to continually improve teaching and student learning. Duties includethe following:1. Maintain the Center for Teaching Excellence and the attendant resources.2. Lead the faculty development program, including the infusion of critical thinking,integrative learning, active learning, and instructional technology into the teachinglearningprocesses.3. Provide technical and professional guidance to faculty on new course developmentand the development and implementation of outcomes assessment for courses.4. Provide excellent orientation programs for new faculty.5. Promote teaching excellence.6. Provide faculty development opportunities as appropriate to the QEP.7. Supervise the Faculty Coordinator of Instructional Technology.Faculty Coordinator of Instructional TechnologyThe Faculty Coordinator of Instructional Technology is directly responsible to theDirector of Faculty Development. The coordinator is responsible for the development andon-going training of the methodologies that support the educational / instructional needsof Lee University with a focus on the Moodle Learning Management System. Thecoordinator will also design classroom materials for faculty at Lee. Duties will include:1. Develop course design documents – task analyses and curriculum design.2. Recommend tool(s) from our educational tool suite to deliver training content.3. Design course materials to assist faculty in using technology to create an activelearning environment.4. Lead course material development efforts.5. Design graphics for use in a web-based environment with interactive applications.6. Design faculty web sites.7. Maintain project plans.8. Solicit student assessment/feedback regarding course materials, development tools,delivery methods, and performances.9. Train faculty in applications for updating websites, promote use of technologies thatwill enhance engaged learning and work with faculty members to develop projectplans for instructional initiatives.10. Serve as point-of-contact during development of course materials.11. Participate in keeping faculty up-to-date on copyright issues.12. Provide opportunities for faculty to gather and share and demonstrate what theyfind to be some best practices.13. Attend conferences related to instructional design, learning and the integration oftechnology in the classroom environment.14. Research and assess instructional design and technology trends.15. Propose annual budget.Dean of the College of Arts and SciencesThe Dean reports to the Vice President for Academic Affairs, provides leadership tothe faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences, and is responsible for the administration3 - 15 Organization
_________________LEE UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOK & CONSTITUTION_________________of the academic programs of the college. The Dean is expected to teach six hours peryear. Specific responsibilities include the following functions:Personnel1. Mentor department chairs and assist them in fulfilling their responsibilities to theirdepartments and to the college.2. Supervise the work of the department chairs in the administration of the university’spersonnel policies in the recruitment, orientation, development and supervision offaculty and other academic personnel of the college.3. Plan and conduct meetings of the college faculty and, as needed, create and guidethe work of committees to deal with concerns which cross the boundaries ofindividual departments.4. With the assistance of department leaders, implement the faculty evaluation systemand provide appropriate feedback in the application of evaluation results in facultydevelopment, faculty promotion, and tenure recommendations.5. Supervise the professional activities of department chairpersons in the college andconduct evaluations for chairpersons in their roles as administrators and as teachers.6. Supervise the recruitment, employment, orientation, and evaluation of part–timefaculty in the college.Financial Management and Budget Development1. Supervise the preparation of the academic budgets of the college and submit budgetdocuments, including any needed budget revisions, to the Vice President forAcademic Affairs.2. Supervise department chairpersons’ use of assessment data in support of budgetproposals.3. Review and approve expenditures from budgets of each department in the college.Work with the Office of Business and Finance in the orderly control of budgets andproper accounting procedures.4. Review requests and represent the needs of the college to the Vice President forAcademic Affairs when contingency funding or budget revisions are needed.Instruction1. Review proposed workload assignments and class schedules as submitted bydepartment chairs. When approved, notify the Vice President for Academic Affairs.2. Assist the Vice President for Academic Affairs in the efficient allocation ofinstructional space and appropriate placement of classes with input from thedepartment chairs.3. Supervise the instructional processes of the college and provide leadership andguidance to department chairpersons and other instructional supervisors.4. Lead the faculty of the college in efforts to improve instructional effectiveness and toenhance student-learning outcomes.5. In consultation with department chairs, set college–wide goals, action plans, andassessment measures. Assess academic effectiveness in the college by reviewingall department institutional effectiveness reports.6. Oversee the implementation of the General Education Core.a. Monitor the development and implementation of core courses and evaluatenew additions to the core.b. Working with department chairs and school deans, request resources forappropriate materials and technology for core classes.3 - 16 Organization
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