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Administrative Regulation A.
Duties of
College Services Chair 1.
Represent the division at meetings with the College
Services Managers. 2.
Participate in the development and evaluation of
division goals, objectives, and effectiveness as they relate to division
services and course offerings. 3.
Provide input to the Vice President, College
Services, deans and unit managers in the process of formulating the division
budget. 4.
Participate in the preparation and revision of course
outlines for recommendation through the Vice President, College Services. 5.
Be responsible for in-service education in the
division. 6.
Coordinate with College Services unit managers the
recommendation and ordering of textbooks; recommend library materials for the
division. 7.
Participate with College Services unit managers in
the preparation of the annual division year-end report. 8.
Assist College Services faculty in developing
curriculum and make recommendations concerning course development to the
Curriculum and Instruction Committee. 9.
Assist in preparation of requests for outside
funding. 10. Participate in the selection and evaluation of
College Services faculty. 11. Hold division meetings at least once each month
during the fall and spring semesters. 12. Participate in the planning, development, and
evaluation of day and evening courses in the division. 13. Provide for general orientation for new faculty
concerning division curriculum and services. 14. Initiate studies to improve course offerings and
services in the division. 15. Review with College Services unit managers textbooks,
instructional materials, course outlines, and grading standards within College
Services to assure that they are academically up-to-date. 16. Coordinate with College Services unit managers the
scheduling of all classes offered by the division. 17. Participate in research and data gathering in order
to validate prerequisites appropriately. 18. Represent the division at Academic affairs and other
appropriate governance committees. 19. Report accomplishments and concerns to appropriate
College Services program managers. 20. Perform additional responsibilities as assigned by
the Vice President, College Services. B.
Appointment The
division chair is recommended for appointment by the Superintendent/President
for approval by the Board of Trustees after the democratic selection of a
candidate by the College Services faculty.
If the choice of the division is not recommended by the Superintendent/President,
the candidate is informed by the Superintendent/President, in person, and the
division is asked to submit another recommendation. C.
Term of Office Term
of office is five years. At the end of
the first two years of the term, the members of the division are invited to
recommend whether or not the chair shall continue in that position. If a majority of the members of the division
vote in the affirmative, the chair serves the remainder of the first-year
term. If not recommended for
continuation, the chair’s first term of office ends immediately and an election
is held to name a new candidate for chair.
A chair may be dismissed by the Superintendent/President at any time by
written notification to the person involved stating cause. D.
Eligibility and
Election Procedures 1.
A faculty member may be considered a member of only
one division for selecting a
chair. All tenured faculty members
assigned to the division are eligible to serve as chair. All tenured and tenure-track faculty members
in the division are eligible to vote.
(Exception to the tenure requirement is noted below in paragraph
4.) Faculty who are eligible to vote but
who will be absent because of extended illness or Board leave are eligible to
vote and to be considered for chair. A
notification of the election and absentee ballot shall be sent to such absent
instructors at least 30 days prior to the scheduled election. Absentee ballots will be held unopened until
the election. 2.
Every eligible member of the division is considered
to be a candidate, and the ballot will include the names of all eligible
division members. At the meeting when
voting will take place, and before voting begins, eligible members of the
division may advise the division that they do not wish to be considered. 3.
The eligible faculty member who receives the majority
of the votes cast, shall be elected. In
the event no candidates receives a majority when there are more than two
nominees, re-voting will take place between the two highest. If the voting between two candidates again
results in a tie vote, the nominee with the higher seniority in the division
shall be declared elected. If the
nominees have taught and/or served as a faculty member in District an equal
number of years, then the decision shall be made by drawing for the position. 4.
In the event no tenured member of the division will
accept nomination for the position of chair and be elected by majority vote of
the division members, non-tenured/tenure-track members shall be eligible for
nomination and election. A non-tenured
nominee for division chair shall have completed at least one full year of
employment in the division at 5. If no
member of the division will accept nomination for the position of chair and be
elected by majority vote of the division members, the administration shall
appoint a chair who shall serve at the pleasure of the administration for one
year. At the end of this term, routine
election procedures shall be initiated again. Adopted: 11/16/92 |