Resources for TCU Department Chairs
Department chairs are responsible for scheduling, hiring, personnel, assessment, curriculum, budget, contracts, development and more. No other leadership position on campus has as much direct impact on the quality of our academic product. They provide critical leadership at the foundational level of the university, where students, faculty, and staff come together.
Chairs Council Meetings
Please contact Joanne Green, j.green@tcu.edu, for information on upcoming meetings.
Policies and Procedures
- Handbook for Department Chairs
- Faculty and Staff Handbook
- Academic Affairs Handbook
- Student Handbook
- Title IX
Calendars
- Academic Calendar
- Final Exam Calendar
- Five Year Calendar
- Holidays and Pay Dates
- Tenure and Promotion Calendar
Finance and Budget
Evaluation of Teaching
- Best Practices for the Evaluation of Teaching
- Recommended Guidelines for Teaching Evaluation for Deans, Chairs and Committees
Professional Development and Training for Department Chairs
- Leadership in Higher Education Conference
- Academic Chairpersons Conference, San Antonio, Texas, February 9-11, 2022
- Academic Impressions
- Council of Independent Colleges
- Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences – Seminars for Department Chairs
- The Chair Academy
Best Practices
- 5 Tips on Surviving Your First Year as a Department Head by By Rob Kramer and Peter J. Mucha
- Different Strategies for Diverse Hiring by Beth McMurrie
- Leading From the Middle By Pamela L. Eddy, Regina Garza Mitchell, and Marilyn J. Amey.
- That New Hire Needs Your Help – By Jane S. Halonen and Dana S. Dunn
- There is Such a Thing as a Good Retreat by Rob Kramer
- They Don’t Train Us for This: 13 Lessons I Wish Someone had Taught Me Before I Became an Academic Administrator by Fred Schwarzbach