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IV. DEPARTMENT / SCHOOL FUNCTIONS,
MEETINGS, COMMITTEES, ETC.
- Functions
The
primary functions and responsibilities of a department/school
are to develop and implement the curriculum of the departmen/school, to contribute to the advancement of
scholarship in the department/school's areas of specialty, to
maintain contact with colleagues at other institutions,
and to promote the professional teaching competency and
Christian esprit de corps of the department/school. Activities
of the department/school should contribute to the achievement of
these goals and the overall goals of the institution.
Although the department chair/school dean should give leadership in
the development and implementation of the department/school's
programs, members of the department/school shall take an active
part in the formulation of the department/school's policies and
in assisting the chair/school dean in the implementation of these
policies.
It
is the responsibility of the chair/school dean to lead the department/school
in the following specific functions:
- Review and
development of department/school curriculum and programs
- Faculty
recruitment, evaluation, and development
- Class Schedules
and faculty teaching assignments
- Employment and
supervision of student workers
- Academic advising
- Facility and
resource planning and monitoring
- Preparation of
department/school budget
- Planning
department/school chapels
- Evaluation of the
department/school assistant
- Meetings
Department/school
meetings shall be held on a regular basis, ordinarily at
least once a month, to transact departmental/school business.
Meetings may be called by the chair/school dean or, in his or her
absence, by the department/school's recording secretary (see
definition below).
- Membership
and Franchise
- All persons
appointed to a position with the rank of
instructor or higher are members of the
department/school to which they are appointed and are
eligible to vote on all matters which shall be
transmitted to faculty committees or the
administration for action.
- Adjunct (non
full-time) faculty may attend department/school meetings
at the discretion of the department/school, but they
shall not be eligible to vote on matters
transmitted to faculty committees or the
administration for action.
- Recording Secretary
Each
department /school shall have a recording secretary, elected for
a one-year term, from members of the department/school. The
secretary shall send copies of the departmental/school minutes
to the college dean and shall place a complete set of
department /school minutes in the archives to the end of each
academic year. The secretary shall transmit departmental/school
decisions to appropriate administrators and committees
when requested to do so by the chair/school dean.
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