• Conducts regular divisional faculty meetings; • Maintains an inventory of division equipment; • Initiates procedures for necessary repairs and maintenance of division equipment and facilities; • Works with advisory committees; • Facilitates long-range planning by division personnel; • Attends division, Academic Council, Enrollment and Student Services Council, and administrative staff meetings; • Oversees the coordination of normal first-week activities each semester, i.e., room changes, last minute instructor no-shows, aiding students, etc.; • Initiates schedule changes and submits them to the Dean of Instruction; • Works to create and promote diversity in the division; • Represents Division on appropriate campus committees such as those involving campus leadership, strategic planning, budget, facilities, technology, academic issues, and student academic achievement; • Participates in the development and administration of student scholarships and awards; • Provides Division leadership for annual graduation and honors activities and other campus special events; • Leads grant administration and development; and • Hires adjunct/Part-time faculty. Adjunct/Part-time Faculty Hiring Responsibilities Division Directors maintain files of resumes from interested potential adjunct faculty as well as a community network of sources that can recommend appropriate candidates for potential adjunct faculty. In the absence of appropriate candidates in division files and network, Directors complete a Job Description request and submit the request to HR for posting and/or advertising. HR will advertise the position when provided with materials by the Division Director and forward all resumes and applications to the Division Director. The Division Director contacts qualified applicants for interviews, interviews potential candidates, completes an interview checklist, evaluates the qualifications of the candidate for teaching a class within the division, and offers the position if appropriate. The Director confers with the Vice President of Academic Affairs and Student Services when a candidate has less than the required qualifications. The Division Director provides an orientation to each new part-time faculty member. The Division Director or Division Office Associate completes the New Adjunct and ESSENCE Checklist, collects the required documents, and submits information for each adjunct to Human Resources and the Executive Assistant to the VPAASS by completing the HCC New Adjunct Information form. Human Resources will input the new part-time faculty member’s information into Datatel. The Division Office Associate will add the name of the new part-time faculty member to the appropriate schedule in Datatel as soon as the Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Academic Affairs and Student Services informs them of the adjunct faculty member’s ID number. Division Office Associates order desk copies of appropriate course materials, set up a
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