Northern Illinois University

Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center

Promoting Collegiality in the Academic Environment

Dr. Robert Cipriano, Southern Connecticut State University

Thursday, March 20, 2008
Workshop: 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Discussion of Scenarios: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Sky Room, Holmes Student Center

Overview:

This is the tenth in the continuing series of department chair development workshops sponsored by the Office of the Provost and organized by the Department Chair Development Workshop Planning group. The purpose of the morning workshop is to understand what collegiality really is, review best practices in promoting collegiality, discuss the roles and responsibilities of chairs and administrators in facilitating a civil and collegial environment, learn how to assess objectively collegial and civil behavior and how to develop and implement guidelines to foster collegiality in academic departments. The morning workshop will include a presentation for 90 minutes and will be followed by a large group discussion.  The afternoon session will provide interested participants an opportunity to have a more detailed conversation with the presenter on specific scenarios on collegiality and how best to handle them.

Workshop Outline:

Morning
08:00 am to 08:30 am
Check-in and Refreshments
08:30 am to 08:45 am
Welcome and Overview by Provost Alden
08:45 am to 10:15 am
Presentation by Robert Cipriano on promoting collegiality
10:15 am to 10:30 am
Break
10:30 am to 11:45 am
Large group discussion with Robert Cipriano
11:45 am to 12:00 pm
Closing Remarks by Provost Alden and Workshop Evaluation
Afternoon
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Discussion of scenarios on collegiality
2:30 pm to 2:45 pm
Break
2:45 pm to 4:00 pm
Discussion of scenarios on collegiality (continued) and wrap-up

Presenter: Dr. Robert Cipriano

The workshop presenter, Dr. Robert Cipriano, received his doctoral degree in Therapeutic Recreation with a Cognate Area in Higher Education. He has written two textbooks, and has published 97 journal articles and manuscripts. He has received more than $9 million in grants. He is currently a tenured full professor, and has been a department chair at Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut for 27 years. He has delivered more than 200 presentations in the U.S. and Asia. His research interests include collegiality and conflict management/resolution in higher education, chairs' roles in personnel decisions, demographics of department chairs, and disabilities-related issues.

Registration Information:

The workshop is open to NIU Academic Administrators only.

Sponsors:
Office of the Provost
Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center

Registration Deadline: March 14, 2008
Please complete the form below to register.

Registration Form:

Registration is closed for this program.

 

Last Updated: 03/20/2008