A Systems Approach to Education: The Human Resource Component

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A Systems Approach to Education The Human
Resource Component
Susan Tave Zelman Ohio Superintendent of Public
Instruction September 18, 2008 INTASC/SCEL
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Expecting More Higher Achievement for Ohios
Students, Educators and Schools

• Human Resource System
• Managing Human Capital
• Preparation
• Recruitment and Hiring
• Induction
• Training and Development
• Educator Leadership
• Performance Management

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Creating Clarity and Focus

• Ohios education system
• Delineates clear expectations for students
• Builds capacity of system to reach high
  expectations
• Holds individuals and systems accountable for
  results
• Focuses on high performance through adaptation
  and improvement

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Ohios Results

• 7th in nation Education Weeks 2008 Quality
  Counts Report
• National Assessment of Educational Progress
  (NAEP) above national average
• Outperform national average on ACT, 65 percent
  participation in 2008
• State performance index, up 25 percent since 1999

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High Challenge for Students and Educators

• Great students great educators
• Variance is not within students it is within
  classrooms

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Expectations for Educators

• What should we expect of our educators?
• World-class standards for teachers, principals
  and professional development
• Rich understanding in subject areas
• High quality teaching and learning
• Matriculate through career beginning,
  advanced, distinguished

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Human Resource System
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Rethinking Human Capital
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Goals for Human Resource System

• Realize higher achievement for all students
  through highly effective teachers and school
  leaders.
• Build a human resource system for the 21st
  century.
• Evaluate and support educator effectiveness.
• Create stronger partnerships with higher
  education to move educator training toward K-12
  school-based apprentice, intern and residency
  programs

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Preparation
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Recruitment and Hiring
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Induction
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Training and Development
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Educator Leadership
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Standards for Instructional Leadership

• Data and Decision-Making
• Focused Goal-Setting
• Instruction and Learning
• Community Engagement
• Resource Management
• Board Relations Governance

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Performance Management
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Human Resource System Levers

• Educator Standards
• Working Conditions
• Compensation

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