Learning with CFA

September CFA Department Chairs Trainings: The work of department chairs is an important one and we want to help you along the way. Have questions about assigning courses? Concerns about your rights as a department chair or program manager? Join us for one of two workshops this month, where we will cover your rights and role as a chair, articles of importance for re-appointment and class assignment, workload, Retention, Tenure, and Promotion (RTP), evaluation and more.

“As an externally hired department chair, I attended several chair development workshops, learned from generous other chairs, and read my CBA (Collective Bargaining Agreement) often,” said Kathy Jamieson, CFA Sacramento community liaison. “Intentionally different from the corporate-style, budget protection, and litigation reduction of other workshops, the CFA workshop prepared me for truly respecting faculty work, including my own. CFA’s on-the-ground work for equity and social justice comes through in its framing of all levels of hiring, advancement, and retention — this not only spoke to my own queerly Brown academic journey, but also provided me a set of tools to better support all faculty in doing their best work.”

Workshops will be held Monday, September 19, from 4 to 6 p.m. and Thursday, September 22, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Space is limited, and RSVP is required. Register here.

Racial and Social Justice Workshops and Equity Conference Videos: CFA continues its mindfulness practices and efforts toward anti-racism and social justice development. Members are invited to learn with us and utilize workshops offered by CFA’s Council for Racial and Social Justice. To learn more about the variety of workshops and how to schedule, click here. Additionally, members are encouraged to watch webinars from the March 2022 Equity Conference to learn about our collective work.