Human resource leadership for effective schools / John T. Seyfarth

By: Seyfarth, John T [author]
Language: English Publisher: Boston : Pearson / Allyn & Bacon, 2008Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xviii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0205499295; 9780205499298Subject(s): School personnel management -- United States | School management and organization -- United StatesDDC classification: 371.2010973
Contents:
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."
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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.

"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."

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