Work involves at least two categories: External and Internal

Here are some examples (alas, the list is not inclusive)

External Roles

• Identify and work to address departmental needs
• Work to gain support for departmental faculty
• Promote department: public relations, materials (perhaps 20% of my time over the past 30 years)
• Collaborate with administration, other departments
• Recruit students
• Develop and oversee budgets, equipment requests, facilities, labs

Internal Roles

• Shield other faculty from reports, forms, surveys, and other time sinks
• Support faculty teaching, scholarship, service
• Protect faculty from overwork, excessive demands
• Review faculty (merit raises, contract renewal, promotion, tenure)
• Organize mentoring for new faculty
• Facilitate departmental programs and their expansion and revision
• Facilitate communication among faculty, students
• Work to resolve conflicts

created 12 October 2006 last revised 16 October 2006

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