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“I wasn’t trained for this!” – What are core skills for department chairs and how can you prepare yourself for taking on a leadership role in your department
 
Start here:
 

Management – Budget, Scheduling, Reviews & more

• Budgeting and finances workshop (from October 2024)
• Data Dashboard workshop and (from November 2024)

Interpersonal – working with students, faculty and staff

Staff – UNH Human Resources Coaching for Performance
Faculty – (lecturer faculty contract)
Faculty - (tenure-track faculty contract)
Faculty – Promotion & Tenure (Office of the Provost site)
All – Reporting obligations (CREO office video)
 
Resources

• (especially the ‘Ask the Chair’ columns)
• Kevin Dettmar (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022)
• (especially ‘Advancing as an Administrator’ or ‘Seeking an Administrative Job’)
• HER Institute
• Your discipline may have opportunities, for example:
  • Modern Languages Association (English, World Languages)
  • American Chemistry Society

Contact info

• Reach out to E3 to be connected with a leadership faculty fellow to talk about planning for taking on leadership role in your department or college (unh.e3@unh.edu).