Personnel and Staff Development EDAD 651
Tonight’s Agenda… Introductions Who are you? Where are you from? What are you currently doing? What do you want to do? What do you expect from this class / from me? The semester game plan My expectations for the class / for you Questions / clarification An overview of the role of the human resource function in school administration
Overview of the semester… Attendance Participation Weekly assignments Summaries Reading material Class activities Semester project – annotated bibliography Presentation of project Questions?
What do you think of when you think of administration and personnel?
What do you think of when you think of staff development?
Eight Major Areas of Human Resources Planning and forecasting needs Recruiting Selection Placement and induction Staff development Documentation and Evaluation Compensation of personnel Collective bargaining
PLANNING AND FORECASTING NEEDS System-wide Cohort survival method Census Within your school Retirements Resignations Rumors Balance
RECRUITING Largely dependent on budget, size of your system, system location, creativity. Involvement of building administrators Recruiting for diversity Minority Representation Race / ethnic / culture Gender Age Teaching style diversity Personality diversity
SELECTION Standardized selection process Why? Why not? What are you looking for? Your lens… Selection of staff members is THE most important function of an administrator!
PLACEMENT AND INDUCTION What does the candidate want? Induction process per system Induction process per school Sustained staff development
STAFF DEVELOPMENT Needs assessment System-wide / school-wide planning The new teacher The veteran teacher How do you keep the balloon afloat?
EVALUATION The purpose of evaluation Traditional models of the clinical approach Formative Summative As staff development… As documentation for dismissal…
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING History Indiana Win-Win
COMPENSATION OF PERSONNEL Board Policy Pay Scales Performance pay Benefits Insurance Investments Retirement