If your department has graduate programs, there is a Council of chairs of graduate program in psychology (COGDOP) that has a listserv and an annual meeting. The chair of the UWF psychology program has always been involved with that group.
I just googled them and they have a web site: http://www.cogdop.org/ Locally, the three colleges created an All Chairs group that is organized by a triumverate of chairs from each of the three colleges. The group meets periodically - usually at least once a term but more often as needs arise. The group functions as peer mentoring and a means of communication among chairs and between chairs and other administrators. I'm not a chair, but I attend this group's meetings to assist with questions about assessment and faculty development. Either Stylus or Jossey-Bass have some books on being a chair. Check their web sites. I've got a few of these in the CUTLA library (you can search that from the web site). There are some good books on administration in HE in general. Peter Seldin has a book on creating an administrative portfolio - like a teaching portfolio - that addresses some of these issues. Robert Diamond edited a book, *Field Guide to Academic Leadership *(2002 / Jossey-Bass) that has excellent advice. Jossey-Bass publishes *The Academic Chair's Handbook *(now in a second edition). Jossey-Bass also publishes a newsletter called *The Department Chair.* ** Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 – 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 [email protected] CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Carol DeVolder <[email protected]>wrote: > > Hi, > Now that I am once again able to see and respond to messages on TIPS, I > have a question that is only tangentially related to teaching of psychology. > Do any of you have resources on the ins and outs of being a good chair? Are > there listservs for that? I've read books on it, but I'm still dissatisfied. > My biggest issue is the area of conflict management. I suppose I could > Google it, but I thought your collective wisdom might be better. > > Thanks, > Carol > > -- > Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. > Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology > St. Ambrose University > 518 West Locust Street > Davenport, Iowa 52803 > 563-333-6482 > > This e-mail might be confidential, so please don't share it. > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d550&n=T&l=tips&o=7838 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-7838-13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=7840 or send a blank email to leave-7840-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
