[Factc] {Disarmed} Leading During the Pandemic: A Workshop for Department Chairs

[Jennifer Whetham]

Department chairs looking for professional development ... this might be a worthwhile use of your time and professional development funds.

While I don't love the deficit language of the beginning paragraph, I do respect and admire the active learning approach and "guide on the side" model they describe in paragraph four.

Please forward on to department chairs you know and love who might be looking for support during these extremely difficult times.

Peace,

Jen

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From: Liz McMillen, Executive Editor <liz.mcmillen at chronicleaccounts.com>
Sent: Monday, October 5, 2020 7:46 AM
To: Jennifer Whetham <jwhetham at sbctc.edu>
Subject: Leading During the Pandemic: A Workshop for Department Chairs

A professional development series.
Dear jen,

Department chairs are caught between a rock and a hard place, between their faculty colleagues and the administration. If you are a chair or have been a chair in the past, you know this: You have all the responsibility but very little authority. You make the best decisions you can every day equipped with incomplete information. You aspire to make change on behalf of your department, but you spend nights and weekends fielding emails from that colleague—you know the one.

In a time of pandemic, economic collapse, and tectonic movements toward racial justice, the department chair’s role has never been more challenging—and it has never been more important. Please join us for frank conversation<https://info.chronicle.com/kE2JE0f005N03KUPq602E0A> among peers, faculty to faculty, about life as a department chair and leading from the middle.

The Chronicle has partnered with DeverJustice LLC and Ithaka S+R for a two-day virtual professional-development workshop series<https://info.chronicle.com/kE2JE0f005N03KUPq602E0A> designed to help your department chairs navigate the increasingly complex challenges of the role. This two-part workshop is not your typical virtual event. It goes beyond the PowerPoint and traditional speaker/attendee format and allows for full engagement and participation.

In small, ten-person groups, chairs will have the opportunity to present their department- or institution-specific issues with peers, receive hands-on coaching from experienced chairs, and get to pressing issues, whether about the shift to online learning or supporting faculty and students during a crisis. Participants will also receive exclusive in-depth reports published by The Chronicle.

The role of department chairs is critical to student, faculty, and institutional success, and the effects of the pandemic only intensify an already-difficult job. Encourage your chairs to register today<https://info.chronicle.com/kE2JE0f005N03KUPq602E0A> and ensure they are equipped to be effective leaders during the current crisis and beyond.

Sincerely,

Liz McMillen
Executive Editor
Chronicle Intelligence

Carolyn Dever
Professor of English and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies
Dartmouth College

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