Strategic Management of Human Capital in Education: Improving Instructional Practice and Student Learning in Schools

Strategic Management of Human Capital in Education offers a comprehensive and strategic approach to address what has become labeled as talent and human capital. Grounded in extensive research and examples of leading edge districts, this book shows how the entire human resource system in schoolsfrom recruitment, to selection/placement, induction, professional development, performance management and evaluation, compensation, and career progressioncan be reformed and restructured to boost teacher and principal effectiveness in ways that dramatically improve instructional practice and student learning. Strategic Management of Human Capital in Education guides educators towards putting more effective teachers, teacher leaders, and principals in the countrys schoolsespecially in poverty-impacted urban and rural communitiesequipping those teacher and principals with instructional and leadership expertise, and rewarding and retaining those who are successful in attaining these objectives. Drawing from cases, experiences, and deliberations from a national task force, this book outlines a comprehensive framework for how to transform current human resource management practices into authentic, strategic talent management systems in order to improve student achievement.