The Symposium Implementation Initiatives are six inter-woven initiatives to improve department culture and climate on the DU campus. These are significant initiatives that will serve the institution, units, and faculty for years to come. These initiatives will train and support chairs and departments and make meaningful changes for all faculty.
Symposium Working Groups
Symposium Committees
Committee members were selected based on the following criteria:
- Representation across units
- Representation of different faculty ranks and series
- Diversity
- Expertise
- Expressed Interest in Serving
Deliberative Decision Making (DDM)
Goal: To support departments and units in deliberative decision-making by developing decision-making guidelines and practices and providing training and consultation.
Working Group Members
Annabeth Headrick, CAHSS
Darrin Hicks, CAHSS
Effley Brooks, UAP
Jack Sheinbaum, CAHSS
Kate Willink, Office of the Provost
Paul Sutton, NSM
DDM page
Inclusive Excellence Training Advocacy, Community and Toolkits (IETACT)
Goal: To build community around IE, provide hands-on experiential ideas, solutions, and best practices encouraging all to feel accepted and to have a sense of belonging to DU’s campus.
Working Group Members
Frederique Chevillot, CAHSS
Jing Sun, CAHSS
Kate Crowe, Libraries
Maik Mwosu, CAHSS
Scott Leutenegger, RSCES
IETACT page
Chair Development & Training
Goal: To better equip incoming chairs and like roles with a range of topics including deliberative decision-making and workplace conflict.
Working Group Members
Andrea Stanton, CAHSS
Erin Willer, CAHSS
Hava Gordon, CAHSS
Keith Ward, CAHSS
Lorenzo Patelli, DCB
Michelle Knowles, NSM
Rashida Banerjee, MCE
Sandra Eaton, NSM
Chair Development page
Chair Advisory Board
Goal: Support chairs through entire “life-cycle” by providing onboarding, professional development, off-boarding, and transition; as well as networking clinics. Create a feedback loop between Chairs &Directors (and people in similar roles) and the Provost’s Office.
Working Group Members
Aimee Hamilton, DCB
Annette Stott, CAHSS
Brian Gearity, GSPP
Cindy Cragg, UCOL
Davor Balzar, NSM
Joe Angleson, NSM
Mike Keables, NSM
Chair Advisory Board page
Mentoring and Onboarding Across Ranks and Series (MOARS) - Teaching & Professional Faculty
Goal: To build better on-boarding and mentoring programs for all faculty.
Working Group Members
Brad Benz, Writing Program
Nancy Sakaki, NSM
Norma Hafenstein, MC
Stacy Pinto, MCE
Theresa Conley, DCB
MOARS - Teaching and Professional Faculty page
Mentoring and Onboarding Across Ranks and Series (MOARS) - Tenure Track Faculty
Goal: To build better on-boarding and mentoring programs for all faculty.
Working Group Members
Eleanore McNees, CAHSS
Jennifer Bellamy, GSSW
Robin Tinghitella, NSM
Ryan Gildersleeve, MCW
Tracy Xu, DCB
Symposium Implementation Timeline
CDT Working Group convenes first meeting
Chair Advisory Board Working Group convenes first meeting
MOARS – Teaching & Professional Faculty convenes first meetinig
MOARS Working Group convenes first meeting
DDM Working Group convenes first meeting
IETACT Working Group convenes first meeting
Working Group undertakes review of existing resources & develops outline for Chair Handbook
Handbook will include: Part I: Why Are You A Department Chair? Moving Beyond Rotation. Part II: The Pragmatics of Being a Chair Part II: Being a Chair at DU
Considers different approaches to support chairs
Considering both Chair Clinic and “Office Hours” models
Partners with MOARS – Tenure Track Faculty to to compile current mentoring practices in all units & researches practices at peer institutions
Explores lit on different mentoring models & designates a liaison to the MOARS Teaching and Professional Track Faculty
Working Group performs lit review, discusses relevant case studies for faculty training, reviews COACHE process quality data
Case study examples include the current General Education Review and Inquiry Committee (GERRI) process For more information about COACHE survey and results, visit the COACHE web page.
Attends “Rethinking Mentoring: How to Build Communities of Inclusion, Support, and Accountability NCFDD” training
Pilot of the “Peer-to-Peer Solution-Seeking Clinic
The clinic is an idea rooted in the summer 2019 Symposium on Creating Collaborative Departments and Chairs. The Chair Advisory Board is piloting this clinic with the intention of developing..Read More
Convenes first quarterly meeting of Chairs and Provost
Solicit feedback on draft Chair Handbook
Release date TBD.
Chair and Director Huddle
The goal of the huddle is to support chairs and directors by providing the tools needed to navigate their roles especially during this time of sustained crisis. Join your colleagues..Read More
2nd Peer to Peer Solution Seeking Clinic Clinic
A second P2PSSC is currently planned on April 28 from 4 – 6pm. It will be held via Zoom and will follow a somewhat similar format as the pilot but..Read More
Submits research proposal to IRB & Begin collecting existing departmental and unit deliberative decision-making process and practices
C&D Huddle
Pilots IETACT Chair & Director Inclusive Excellence Scenario-Based workshop
“After the Adrenaline Rush: Chairing Through Prolonged Crisis” published at insidehighered.com
Rashida Banerjee, Hava Gordon, Andrea Stanton and Keith Ward advise how department chairs can translate this spring’s emergency responses into leadership approaches for a crisis that could last well into..Read More
Chair Handbook published online
This goal of the Chair Handbook is to help DU faculty at the start of their new roles as Department Chairs. It offers practical advice and guidance, and ideas on..Read More
CAB members meet to discuss ongoing structure and member guidelines
Orientation Discussion Sessions
In August, two orientation discussion sessions are to be held on Zoom. The first session — “Chairing in Crisis” — is for all chairs. The second session (August 27, 11am)..Read More
Gathering for New Chairs and Directors
On Friday December 4th, the Chair Development Team held a gathering for the new chairs and directors. This was an informal gathering where we discussed our greatest challenges, biggest surprises,..Read More
Symposium Implementation Updates
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The Chair Advisory Board (CAB) seeks new members for two-year terms that begin on September 1, 2020.
The CAB’s scope of work is to 1) create a clinic for collective problem solving for people in...
Peer to Peer Solution Seeking Clinic Report
In the spirit of providing a confidential and collaborative way for department chairs and academic directors across all DU academic units to share and address common challenges the Chair Advisory Board, in coordination with Kate Willink, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, piloted the Peer to Peer Solution Seeking Clinic (P2PSSC) on February 24, 2020.