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EA 754 Human Resource Management & Supervision (4 cr.)
Full time instructors - Bob Maxfield, Caryn Wells Part time instructors - Steve Gaynor, Dave Ruhland, Joan Sergent

4/6/10 I ran across this publication from [|Education Sector] and thought I'd share it with those of you who teach our HR course. BC

4/7/10 The [|Washington Post] reports on the contract settlement between Chancellor Michelle Rhee and Federation of Teachers union. Also note the links in the box within the article for a contract summary. BC

5/4.10 The May issue of the [|Kappan] has teacher performance pay as the theme with several articles focused on this hot topic. (I just received the digital copy as a member. I've linked it here but am not sure if you'll be able to access it.) BC

5/12/10 The [|Center for Teaching Quality] published this report that advises reviewing the old policy, "last hired, first fired".

6/3/10 A [|new report] may be of interest to EA 754 instructors since it presents research relative to selecting the best teachers.

9/28/10 An interview with the [|president of the New Haven Teachers' Union] about their much-discussed contract presents the views of a very progressive leader.

9/28/10 Tenn. has a pay for performance plan in the works while Vanderbilt University publishes a study pointing out no correlation between student achievement & performance pay. PBS education reporter John Merrow had this report on the Tenn. plan.

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This link is to the [|Vanderbilt study] presentation.

10/07/10 The **New Teacher Project** has released their recommendations for improved [|teacher evaluations]. Definitely worth a look. BC

Have you seen this parody on the "teacher draft"? Brief, fun way to introduce a discussion of our hiring & induction process for new teachers. BC

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Time magazine printed an article on teacher recruitment a few weeks back. In this blog, [|Bill Bushaw], former Michigan NCA Director, now Phi Delta Kappa exec. dir. discusses the Time article and adds his thoughts on teacher recruitment.

The [|Economic Policy Council]has published a report cautioning against using student test scores to evaluate teachers, even the "value-added method".

This 11/10/10 article in [|Ed Week reports] on some districts that are piloting alternative methods of determining teacher pay scales. Also note the Spotlight feature on the right side toward the bottom of the article. It features a collection of recent articles on performance pay.