New Department Head Training
New Department Head Training is now the New Leader Program. More information about this program will be published on our website in July 2022.
The Office of Faculty Affairs invites campus leaders to register for the fall 2021 New Department Head Training Program. The program will introduce administrators at UGA to a variety of important policies and will provide them with opportunities to strengthen their management and leadership skills through the use of interactive discussions and activities.
Participation is expected for department heads, school chairs, assistant deans and associate deans who were appointed after September 1, 2020. Other campus leaders are encouraged to attend as much of the program as their schedule allows.
Registration Required: If you would like to attend a session, please contact the Office of Faculty Affairs, Program Coordinator, Harper.Davison@uga.edu.
We will be following USG and UGA guidelines and encouraging mask use for indoor spaces.
**If you participate in this program, we will provide you with C.K. Gunsalus's The College Administrator's Survival Guide. We will bring your copy to the first session. We will send the pre-session reading for the first session as a PDF to your UGA email.
You may also be interested in these orientation videos that were prepared for incoming faculty:
Office of Institutional Diversity Presentation
Development and Alumni Relations Presentation
Finance and Administration Presentation
Session 1: Leadership and the Role of Department Head
Monday, September 27, 2021 (8:30 am- 12:00 pm)
In person: Georgia Center, Room Q
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C.K. Gunsalus’s The College Administrator’s Survival Guide |
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Introduction |
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Chapter 1: Embrace Your Fate |
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Chapter 2: Know Your Colleagues |
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Time |
Activity |
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8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 am |
Insights into the Role of Department Head at UGA (Provost Jack Hu) |
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9:15 am |
Introductions (Elizabeth Weeks & Mary Carney) |
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9:30 am |
Administrative Resources (Elizabeth Weeks) |
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9:45 am |
Break |
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10:00 am |
“What Does It Mean to Be a Department Head?” Panel |
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11:00 am |
“Embracing Your Fate”: Your Leadership Identity (Elizabeth Weeks) |
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11:45 am |
Wrap up & Look Ahead (Elizabeth Weeks & Mary Carney) |
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12:00 pm |
Lunch (box lunch to eat in or take away) |
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Year |
Handout |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 |
Session 2: Student Concerns, Emergencies, and Safety
Thursday, October 7, 2021 (9:00-10:30 am)
Via Zoom: Link will be emailed after you register
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Time |
Activity |
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9:00 am |
Welcome |
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9:05 am |
Student Concerns & Case Studies (Carrie Smith) |
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10:05 am |
Emergency Preparedness (John Newton) |
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10:15 am |
Campus Health (Brandy Burgess & John McCollum) |
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10:30 am |
Conclude |
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Year |
Handout |
| 2021 | Preparedness Presentation for New Department Head Training |
Session 3: Legal Issues, Human Resources, and Conflict Management
Tuesday, October 12, 2021 (8:30 am - 12:00 pm)
In person: Georgia Center, Room Q
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The College Administrator’s Survival Guide |
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Chapter 6: When Not to Improvise |
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Chapter 7: Violations |
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Time |
Activity |
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8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 am |
Welcome & Introduction (Elizabeth Weeks & Mary Carney) |
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9:05 am |
Legal Issues (S. Elizabeth (Beth) Bailey & Qiana Wilson) |
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9:50 am |
Legal Issues Interactive Session (S. Elizabeth (Beth) Bailey & Qiana Wilson) |
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10:30 am |
Break |
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10:45 am |
Introduction to Human Resources & Conflict Management Case Studies (Sige Burden) |
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11:30 am |
Gunsalus’s Tips for “An Ounce of Prevention” |
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11:45 am |
Wrap up & Look Ahead (Elizabeth Weeks & Mary Carney) |
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12:00 pm |
Lunch (box lunch to eat in or take away) |
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Year |
Handout |
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2020 |
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2020 |
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| 2020 | |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 |
Session 4: Faculty Searches, Hiring, and Negotiations
Monday, October 25, 2021 (1:30 - 3:00 pm)
Via Zoom: Link will be emailed after you register
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The College Administrator’s Survival Guide |
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Chapter 3: Negotiations |
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Time |
Activity |
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1:30 pm |
Welcome |
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1:35 pm |
Faculty Searches & Hiring (Elizabeth Weeks & Carly Surratt) |
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2:05 pm |
Negotiating Offer Letters Panel & Interactive Breakout Session |
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3:00 pm |
Conclude |
Faculty Hiring
A variety of resources for hiring faculty, including the list of faculty ranks and employment status categories and the search and hire checklist, are posted on OFA’s Faculty Hiring and Appointments page. The template offer letters for full-time and part-time faculty are posted
on the Faculty Offer Letter Templates page. Tips on negotiating offer letters and other matters can be found in on this
handout.
Links to the detailed appointment and promotion guidelines for each faculty career
track can be found on the Promotion and Tenure page; these documents provide information on the roles of each faculty career track
and define the appointment requirements for each individual rank.
When you are ready to launch a search, before the job description is written, please:
- Contact Carly Surratt to request a copy of the faculty posting spreadsheet (this document will help ensure policy requirements are met and thus expedite approval of the posting in UGAJobs), and
- Encourage the search committee to participate in the Search Committee Training offered by Faculty Affairs (training schedule is listed on the P&T Workshops page).
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
by Roger Fisher , William L. Ury, Bruce Patton
Available at UGA libraries
The Shadow Negotiation: How Women Can Master the Hidden
Agendas That Determine Bargaining Success
by Deborah Kolb, Judith Williams
Available at UGA libraries
Crucial Conversations - Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
Available at UGA libraries
Session 5: Financial Management
Monday, November 1, 2021(9:00- 10:30 a.m.)
Via Zoom: Link will be emailed after you register
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Time |
Activity |
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9:00 am |
Welcome |
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9:05 am |
Facilities Management (Kim Thomas) |
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9:20 am |
Budget Management for Department Heads (Toni Rogers) |
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9:40 am |
Strategic Financial Management: Perspectives from Associate Dean Tom Mote |
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9:55 am |
Q&A |
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10:00 am |
Budget Management Case Study |
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10:30 am |
Conclude |
Session 6: Promotion & Tenure, Faculty Evaluations
Friday, November 19, 2021 (8:30 am - 12:00 pm)
In person: Georgia Center, Room Q
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The College Administrator’s Survival Guide |
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Chapter 4: Complaints |
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Time |
Activity |
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8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 am |
USG & UGA Policies about Personnel (Elizabeth Weeks) |
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9:15 am |
Promotion & Tenure Policies & Practice (Elizabeth Weeks) |
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10:00 am |
Break |
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10:15 am |
Introduction to Faculty Evaluations (Elizabeth Weeks) |
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10:30 am |
Performance Evaluations and Faculty Mentoring Panel |
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11:30 am |
Performance Evaluations and Faculty Development Interactive Session |
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11:55 am |
Wrap up & look ahead (Elizabeth Weeks & Mary Carney) |
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12:00 pm |
Lunch (box lunch to eat in or take away) |
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Year |
Handout |
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2020 |
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2020 |
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2020 |
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2020 |
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| 2020-2021 | |
| 2020 |
UGA Seven Year Promotion and Tenure Calendar for Untenured Assistant Professors |
Session 7: The Diversity Imperative: What it Means to Promote DEI as an Institutional
Leader
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 (9:00 am - 10:30 am)
Via Zoom: Link will be emailed to all in cohort
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The Department Chair as Transformative Diversity Leader: Building Inclusive Learning Environments in Higher Education (reading materials will be provided December 2021 via email & are available in the handouts section below)
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Time |
Activity |
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9:00 am |
Welcome (Elizabeth Weeks & Mary Carney) |
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9:05 am |
The Diversity Imperative: What it Means to Promote DEI as an Institutional Leader (Michelle Garfield Cook & Nontalie Morrow) |
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10:25 am |
Wrap up & look ahead (Elizabeth Weeks & Mary Carney) |
Session 8: Mentoring Across Differences
Wednesday, February 2, 2022 (11:30 am - 1:00 pm)
Via Zoom: Link will be emailed to all in cohort
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No pre-session readings. |
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Time |
Activity |
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11:30 am |
Welcome (Elizabeth Weeks & Mary Carney) |
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11:35 am |
Mentoring Across Differences (Shu-Mei Chang & Janette R. Hill) |
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12:55 pm |
Wrap up & look ahead (Elizabeth Weeks & Mary Carney) |
Session 9: Decision Making, Data Resources, and Institutional Reporting
Friday, February 25, 2022 (8:30 am - 12:00 pm)
In person: Georgia Center, Room FG
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The College Administrator’s Survival Guide |
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Chapter 8: Centering |
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Time |
Activity |
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8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast
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9:00 am |
Welcome (Elizabeth Weeks & Mary Carney) |
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9:15 am |
Decision-Making and Leadership (Panel) |
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10:15 am |
Break |
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10:30 am |
Elements and Faculty Records for Leaders (Elizabeth Weeks & Carly Surratt) |
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11:15 am |
Data Resources and Institutional Reporting (Paul G. Klute) |
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11:45 am |
Wrap up & look ahead (Elizabeth Weeks & Mary Carney) |
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12:00 pm |
Lunch (box lunch to eat in or take away) |
| Year | Handout |
| To be added after session. |
Session 10: Curriculum Development, Communication, and Celebration
Wednesday, March 23, 2022 (8:30 am - 1:00 pm)
In person: Georgia Center, Room Q & Magnolia Ballroom
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Time |
Activity |
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8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 am |
Welcome (Elizabeth Weeks & Mary Carney) |
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9:15 am |
Curriculum Development at UGA (Fiona Liken & Brooke Daniel) |
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10:00 am |
Break |
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10:15 am |
Effective Leadership Communication Panel Discussion |
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11:00 am |
Looking Forward (Provost S. Jack Hu) |
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11:45 am |
Takeaways from This Year's Leadership Development (Elizabeth Weeks) |
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12:00 pm |
Lunch and Celebration (Magnolia Ballroom) |
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1:00 pm |
Conclude |
| Year | Handout |
| To be added after session. |
