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I think you are overreacting. It is fairly standard (in my experience) that the professors read and go over the syllabus and class expectations with the class on the first day. I think it might even be a requirement by law or something, so no, nothing unusual about that. It is to prevent students from saying stupid stuff like, "oh, I didn't know we had a paper due" or "I thought it was ok to cheat cause the professor never told us otherwise". So from the beginning, the professor has to make things perfectly clear.
Secondly, as you don't know what the call is about, it is impossible to gauge the "urgency" of the matter. I always appreciate correspondence from my professors. Like Smooth said, how do you know the first calls were from him and why didn't you just talk to him then when you answered?
If it was important enough for him to call you instead of email, then the least you could have done was hear him out or respond in kind by calling him back during the allotted time.
I'm not sure why exactly you want to escalate this to the department chair. What complaint are you lodging? Most complaints at my school are for non-responsive professors. You should consider yourself lucky.
Don't be too hasty. Just find out first what this is all about before you rush to judgment and action.
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