Human Resource Management for Effective Schools (3rd Edition)

This book emphasizes the relationship of human resource management to successful student learning. John Seyfarth emphasizes how human resource decisions affect student achievement. This book discusses human resource practice in schools with site-based management and addresses ISLLC standards. The book shows practical applications for research related to human resource practice. For school personnel administrators or human resource managers.

Hallmark Features

• Contains case studies to give students a detailed picture of various personnel problems. Four new case studies—No Child Left Behind, teacher recruitment and selection, reductions in force, and teacher dismissal—focus on recent developments in the field.
• Describes five major forms of collective bargaining used in school districts.
• Contains a major section on site-based management that reflects current practice in schools and districts.
• “Suggested Activities” at the end of each chapter provide practical applications.
• Annotated lists of Online Resources at the end of each chapter provide quick access to supplemental material.
• Discussion of teacher and administrator shortages—particularly among minority candidates—examines this important issue and its effect on learning.

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