1. Key Work – Puzzle Pieces
Summary

2. Key Work of HR – Puzzle Pieces
Content in Context
What is the most important or “right” work to recruit and retain teacher and principal leaders?
Key Work of HR – Puzzle Pieces 

3. What is the Key Work of HR?
The “Right” Work
A highly effective HR/HC department focuses on the right work –
Work that makes a Principal’s job in finding and keeping great teaching talent for their school considerably easier
Work that makes a Principal Supervisor’s job in finding and keeping great principals considerably easier
While not all of the work to ensure teacher quality resides in HR, the department should play a critical role to ensure that the strategic work is being moved forward

4. What is the Key Work of HR?
Components of Improving Teacher & Principal Quality
Teacher Puzzle Pieces
Principal Puzzle Pieces
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5. What are the Puzzle Pieces?
Digging Deeper
The Teacher & Principal Puzzle Pieces outline the strategic or “right” components of HR’s work to improve teacher and principal quality
Puzzle Pieces interconnect to symbolize how each component of the work impacts and influences all others
For example, strong compensation and benefits impacts who you can hire and select
At the center of each of the Puzzle Pieces stands the key Human Capital Managers that HR needs to partner with to improve student results
Principals for Teacher Quality
Principal Supervisors for Principal Quality
For further detail regarding key activities in each puzzle piece and how to measure the work of the Puzzle Pieces, see the ABC Tools

6. Anatomy of the Puzzle Pieces
Interlocking Pieces – symbolizes how all work connects
Understanding the Graphic
Puzzle Piece Title – one key component of the “right” work
Teacher Puzzle Pieces
Italicized Font Subtitle – what you can expect as a result if you’re highly functional in this area
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Surrounding Context – Conditions that impact the “right” work

7. Common Barriers Keeping You from the “Right” Work Budget constraints
Lack of HC Strategy – “Random Acts of HC”
Union/ Association restrictions
Less than functional HR policies
Manual/ paper processes
Lack of data-driven culture
System for input from key stakeholders
Federal/ state policies that are compliance-driven
Betsy
Mention the issue brought up from prior FADDS convenings where value add scores often undermine a principal’s effort to evaluate a teacher based on their professional judgment. i.e. Teacher is evaluated low by a principal, but value add scores from state are high enough to bring overall rating up.
February 2015

8. Why is This Important? Key Work
HR often gets mired in transactional work with little impact on teacher and principal quality
There are best practices available to improve teacher and principal quality – HR teams don’t need to reinvent the wheel
HR’s contribution to workforce quality can and should be measured
Strategic or Not

9. Keep in Mind Things to Remember
The work of HR is to make a Principal’s and Principal Supervisor’s jobs in finding, deploying, and retaining great talent easier
HR should stop or streamline work with little impact on teacher and principal quality
The Puzzle Pieces and the ABC Tools provide a comprehensive review of HR’s key work with associated metrics
Using data is essential in understanding HR’s strengths and gaps
All team members should understand the key work – not just HR leaders
Strategic or Not

10. Making Connections Related Content
Assess, Breakthrough, and Change Tools
Allows the HR/HC team to self-assess their current status and progress towards being a strategic support to the organization. Once the initial analysis is done, the team will be able to use the results to determine gaps in their functionality, to identify quick hits, and to build a strategic plan to close those gaps.
Stages & Priorities for Transforming HR/HC
Stages and prioritizes the work of HR when confronted with limited staff and resources
Power Metrics
Provides the top metrics HR/HC must measure and use to support and improve the quality of teachers, principals, and HR/HC services within the district
Key Levers for Accelerated HR Improvement Tool
Provides a process to understand key HR work required to make progress