Click here to read about the online seminar highlights. You can:
- Attend from anywhere—the online seminar comes live to your own computer.
- Network with other department chairs across the country in a highly interactive seminar format.
- Receive a complimentary copy of either The Department Chair Primer, 2nd Edition (with Series One) or The Essential Department Chair, 2nd Edition (with Series Two) when you sign up for all five sessions in the series, plus 30% discounts on all Jossey-Bass books and The Department Chair periodical.
- Attend asynchronously if you miss a session. All sessions will be
recorded and posted immediately so you can view them at your
convenience.
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One session: $99 each
Best value: All five sessions for $399—like getting one free! You save $99.
Early-Bird Rate: Register for the Spring 2012 series before February 14, 2012, and get all five sessions for $349. Use special code EBDCH at checkout to take advantage of this offer.
When you register for all five online seminars, you will also receive:
- Access to all live online sessions of the series you have registered for
- On-demand access to recordings of all sessions for six months after the conference
- Valuable resource: A complimentary copy of either The Department Chair Primer, 2nd Edition (with Series One) or The Essential Department Chair, 2nd Edition (with Series Two)
- Instant subscription to The Jossey-Bass Department Chair Insider e-newsletter
- Discounts on Jossey-Bass products:
- A 30% discount on all Jossey-Bass and Wiley books—perfect for professional development AND discipline-specific titles
- A 30% discount on new subscriptions to The Department Chair, a unique quarterly publication full of sound, practical advice, best practices, and relevant research
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Attend from anywhere. All Spring 2012 sessions begin at 11:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) and last for 90 minutes.
SERIES ONE: THE ESSENTIALS
Thursday, March 8, 2012 — The Most Important Things You Need to Know (and Do) as a Department Chair
Presented by Don Chu, dean of the College of Education, Health, and Human Services at California State University, San Marcos.
Thursday, March 22, 2012 — A Quick and Practical Guide to Managing Your Time and Stress
Presented by Christian Hansen, associate dean of computing and engineering sciences at Eastern Washington University.
Thursday, April 5, 2012 — Best Practices in Effective Communication and Conflict Management
Presented by Walter Gmelch, dean of the School of Education at the University of San Francisco.
Thursday, April 19, 2012 — What Department Chairs Can Do to Foster Excellent Teaching
Presented by Mary Deane Sorcinelli, associate provost for faculty development, professor of educational policy and research administration, and founding director of the Center for Teaching at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Thursday, May 3, 2012 — Best Practices in Budgeting, Resource Management, and Planning for Results
Presented by Don Chu, dean of the College of Education, Health, and Human Services at California State University, San Marcos.
SERIES TWO: BEST PRACTICES
Thursday, March 15, 2012 — Keys to Effective and Fair Faculty Evaluation
Presented by Jeffrey L. Buller, dean of the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College at Florida Atlantic University.
Thursday, March 29, 2012 — Program-Level Assessment: What to Do and What to Avoid
Presented by Susan Hatfield, professor of communication studies at Winona State University.
Thursday, April 12, 2012 — What Department Chairs Needs to Know About Legal Issues and Risk Management
Presented by Barbara Lee, former dean of the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University, professor of human resource management, and counsel to the law firm of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP.
Thursday, April 26, 2012 — Strategies for Leading and Managing Change
Presented by Linda Cabe Halpern, dean of University Studies at James Madison University.
Thursday, May 10, 2012 — Best Practices in Strategic Leadership and Decision Making
Presented by Walter Gmelch, dean of the School of Education at the University of San Francisco.
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Yes! You can sign up for one, two, or as many online seminars as
you’d like. Each one is $99. The whole series is the best deal at $399
for all five—a $100 savings!
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Yes! Once you have an account, you can log in and sign up for additional seminars or for the whole series.
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When you click on "Register Now" anywhere on the site, you will be
redirected to the publisher’s site where you can register and pay for
your class. Once we receive notice of payment, a confirmation email will
be sent directly to you.
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The conference is meant to adapt to your schedule. All live sessions
will be recorded and posted almost immediately after they conclude, so
you can catch up on sessions you may have missed at any time. All
registrants will have access to all series—and a network of colleagues
and authors—online for at least six months after the event concludes.
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Absolutely! Significant savings are available for groups of five or more
registrants. Registering a group is a great way to provide professional
development opportunities at a tiny fraction of the cost of sending
them to a face-to-face conference. Contact us for details.
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For the Entire Online Seminar Series:
Cancel your registration more than 30 days in advance (by February 7, 2012, for Series One and February 14, 2012, for Series Two) of the start of the Spring 2012 Jossey-Bass
Department Chair Leadership Institute Online Seminar Series and receive a
refund of your registration price, less a $100 cancellation fee. The
book is yours to keep. If you need to cancel after February 7 2012, for Series One, or February 14, 2012, for Series Two, we
unfortunately cannot issue a refund. However, if you have not yet
activated your pin (which you should have received during the
registration process), your registration is transferable to another
colleague at your institution. Simply send the confirmation email you
received when you registered to a colleague, who may use the unique
invitation key provided to join the program. If you have any questions
regarding your purchase of this product, please contact us directly by
telephone at 1-877-762-2974.
For an Individual Online Seminar:
If you cancel your registration more than 7 days in
advance of the date of the individual Spring 2012 Jossey-Bass Department
Chair Leadership Institute Online Seminar, you will receive a refund of
your registration price, less a $25 cancellation fee. If you cancel in
fewer than 7 days before the session, we unfortunately cannot issue a
refund. However, if you have not yet activated your pin (which you
should have received during the registration process), your registration
is transferable to another colleague at your institution. Simply send
the confirmation email you received when you registered to a colleague,
who may use the unique invitation key provided to join the program.
If you have any questions regarding your purchase of this product,
please contact us directly by telephone at 1-877-762-2974.
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Yes! As a registrant of the five-session Jossey-Bass Department Chair
Online Seminar Series, you receive a 30% discount code for savings on all Jossey-Bass titles and on new subscriptions to The Department Chair.
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Visit our presenters page for the most updated information on the seminar series presenters.
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A "chat window" within the LearningTimes site is the mechanism through
which participants ask questions during the live presentation. A
LearningTimes facilitator will be monitoring the input and questions
throughout each session. Participants may ask questions of the
presenters or of the other participants between sessions by logging into
the departmentchairs.org site, in a section that will become the
virtual meeting space. All of this will be described during the Tech
Setup session immediately before the first session. Our goal is to make
sure everyone is online and comfortable with both the virtual meeting
space and the interactive style of the online seminars.
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- You will need a computer and Internet access. Wired connectivity to
the Web is preferred but wireless is fine. If you would like to confirm
your Internet access speed we can instruct you in that test, but it is
not required.
- We also recommend the use of a headset. It is not required, but it
can be helpful depending on the environment in which you will be taking
the seminar. The headset is intended for listening only; if you have one
with a microphone that is fine but we will not be using it.
- You will need a Web browser and the latest version of Flash that
works with that Web browser. While Internet Explorer is supported, we
recommend using the Firefox browser for stability and security. Below is
a grid of operating systems, browsers, flash versions, and screen
resolutions we recommend specifically for the online class experience.
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Windows XP
SP2, 2003, Vista, 7
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Mac 10.4
or higher
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For those attending a live class:
We have created a special two-step Technical Check.
Running this in advance of your first live session will help confirm
the readiness of your computer. If you need any assistance, you can
always contact LearningTimes by email ( help@learningtimes.net)
or phone (1-888-222-9749) for guidance. We have also set aside a few
minutes before the start of the first session to provide an overview of
the technology so that you can focus on the content when the session
starts. Our goal is to make sure all the class participants are online
and comfortable.
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The archive of each seminar session will be posted within 24 to 48 hours of the live event, and it's accessed the same way: just click on the "Access Online" button for the session of interest at http://seminars.departmentchairs.org/. From there you can log in and then click the "Access Archive" button.
Participants who register for the full series have access to the recordings of prior sessions in that series.
Illustrations are usually posted one to two weeks after the seminar, depending on how much post-production the artist feels the drawing needs. Illustrations will be posted to the same page as the session archives.
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The archive of each seminar session will be posted within 24 to 48 hours of the live event, and it's accessed the same way: just click on the "Access Online" button for the session of interest at http://seminars.departmentchairs.org/. From there you can log in and then click the "Access Archive" button.
Participants who register for the full series have access to the recordings of prior sessions in that series.
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