Department Head Resource Guide

This Department Head Resource Guide is designed as a resource for department heads who have administrative responsibility for faculty and staff. It is intended to be a procedures manual compiling existing policies, operating procedures, and forms.

University Organizational Chart

Academic Calendars
Academic Calendar
Deadlines for Reports and Recommendations

Academic Affairs
http://inside.mines.edu/academic_affairs
Faculty Handbook
Academic Affairs Procedures Manual
Faculty Fund Responsibility & Accountability
Faculty Senate
Colorado Department of Higher Education
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
The Higher Learning Commission
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

Commonly Used Faculty Forms
https://www.mines.edu/academic-affairs/faculty-resources/forms/
Sabbatical Request
Travel Support Application for Teaching Faculty
Syllabus Template
Employee/Spouse Tuition Waiver
Request to Engage in Professional Consulting
Request to Perform Extra Mines Service for Additional Remuneration

Performance Evaluations, Promotion, Tenure, Sabbatical
Faculty
    Evaluation Process
    (Faculty Handbook Sec. 7)
    Faculty Evaluation & Data Reports
Faculty Data Report & Evaluation Templates
    (Faculty Procedures Manual Sec. 5)
    Faculty Promotion & Tenure Process
    (Faculty Handbook Sec. 8)
    (Faculty Procedures Manual Sec. 6.)
    Sabbatical Leave Policy
    (Faculty Handbook, Sec. 10)
Administrative & Classified Staff
    Performance Management – Administrative & Classified Staff

Faculty Instructional Support
Trefny Center
https://trefnycenter.mines.edu/
https://trefnycenter.mines.edu/engage/
    Faculty Services
    Multimedia Request
    Engineered/Active learning

Human Resources
http://inside.mines.edu/Office_of_Human_Resources
Human Resources Policies
State Classified Handbook
Classified Grievance Process
Protection of Minors
Salary Administration
Discrimination & Violence
Benefits Summary for New Hires
General Information for New Employees
    https://www.mines.edu/working-at-mines/

Institutional Research
https://ir.mines.edu/
Enrollment Summaries/Reports
    Graduation & Persistence Reports
    Degrees Awarded
Mines by the numbers

Compliance and Policy
https://www.mines.edu/compliance/
Policy Library
Conflict of Interest

Office of Research Administration
http://inside.mines.edu/Research_Administration
Grant Administrator Department Assignments
Proposal Preparation
Award Administration
Policies & Compliance
Forms & Templates
Reports

Budget Office
http://inside.mines.edu/Budget/
Budget Information
Fringe Benefit Rates
    Student Fee Guidlines

Registrar
https://inside.mines.edu/Registrars_Office
FERPA
    Course Schedules – Past, Current, Future Terms
    Common Exam Policy

Student Support
Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
    http://inside.mines.edu/Catalog
Degrees, Minors & Certificates
    https://www.mines.edu/academics/
Graduate Student Quick Reference
    https://www.mines.edu/graduate-studies/quick-reference-guide/
Safety & Wellness
    https://www.mines.edu/student-life/care/
    https://www.mines.edu/student-life/health-wellness/
    https://www.mines.edu/speak-up/