Chapter 1 : Human resources leadership and effective schools -- Plan of the book -- Human resources leaders -- Model of student learning -- Organizational effectiveness -- School-based management -- Chapter 2 : Planning for staffing needs -- Recruiting teachers -- Projecting school enrollments -- Determining staff allocations -- A model of the selection process -- Essential functions -- Identifying selection criteria -- Chapter 3 : Evaluating and selecting applicants -- Sources of information about applicants -- Interviewing for selection -- Transfer policies and student learning -- Chapter 4 : Selecting administrative and support personnel -- Selection procedures -- Use of tests for selection of administrators -- Selection of principals and assistant principals -- Skills of effective leaders -- Women in administration -- Selecting other support personnel -- Chapter 5 : Motivation of personnel -- Nature of work motivation -- Job satisfaction in teaching -- Job satisfaction and teacher turnover -- Chapter 6 : Induction -- From student to teacher -- Purposes and types of induction -- Mentors for beginning teachers -- Administrative leadership for induction -- Induction for administrators -- Chapter 7: Professional development for educational personnel -- Functions of professional development -- Characteristics of effective professional development -- Planning for professional development -- Professional development for administrators and support personnel -- Chapter 8 : Evaluating employee performance -- Purposes of performance evaluation -- Models of teacher evaluation -- Characteristics of successful evaluation programs -- State-mandated evaluation systems -- Evaluation of principals -- Legal considerations in personnel evaluation -- Chapter 9 : Compensation and rewards -- Sound compensation plans -- Reasons for low salaries -- Single salary schedules -- Forms of incentive pay -- Containing costs -- Constructing a salary schedule -- Chapter 10 : Creating productive work environments -- Psychological success and work environments -- Teacher stress and burnout -- Chapter 11 : Legal issues in human resources -- State legislation and school boards -- Antidiscrimination legislation -- Constitutional protections for employees -- Defending personnel practices -- Sexual harassment -- Affirmative action and reverse discrimination -- Chapter 12 : Collective bargaining in schools -- Public sector bargaining -- Scope of bargaining -- New forms of collective bargaining -- Impact of collective bargaining on schools -- Chapter 13 : Managing conflict in schools -- Nature of conflict in organizations -- Methods of resolving conflict -- Managing conflict through the grievance process -- Arbitration of work rules -- Other issues in arbitration -- Chapter 14 : Termination and reduction in force -- Carrying out a reduction in force -- Reduction in force and employees' rights -- Dealing with employee misconduct -- Dismissal and nonrenewal --Documenting unsatisfactory performance -- Rights of dismissed teachers.
Summary:
"Now in its fifth edition, Human Resource Leadership for Effective Schools emphasizes the relationship of school HR management to positive outcomes for student learning. This research-based text addresses the effects of human resource decisions on human achievement. Seyfarth also discusses ISLLC standards and the impact of HR practice in schools with site-based management, and presents practical applications throughout."--Jacket.
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