Principal As a Human Resource Essay

In fact, it cannot be overemphasized how important the provision of advanced education and training is for building a strong and effective instructional practice for teachers and in achieving the school vision and goals.

III. Responsibilities of HR Liaison

The responsibilities of the school administrator/principal includes that of providing guidance and support to staff and assessment of staff performance and skills, and making identification of needs relating to education and training of staff as well as coordination and recruitment of staff and for competency-based selection and facilitation of resolution of issues relating to HR in the school. The work of Norton (2008) entitled: "Human Resources Administration for Educational Leaders" states that a great part of the objectives of effective administration of human resources in schools is "lessening personal employee anxiety and forecasting a more positive climate…" (Norton, 2008)

The responsibilities of the school administrator or principal in their capacity as HR Liaison are various and diverse and require excellence in processes of collaboration, that the school administrator or principal has effective communication skills and require that this individual listen to what all constituents are communicating to them during cooperative and collaborative efforts in school staff development and management initiatives.

Bibliography

Norton, M. Scott (2008) Human Resources Administration for Education Leaders. SAGE 2008. Google Books. Online available at: http://books.google.com/books?id=ZYV2ryO_02MC

Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium Standards (2009) Educational Leadership. Online available at: http://www.uni.edu/coe/elcpe/edleadership/professionaldevelopment/isllc_standards.shtml

Florida Principal Leadership Standards (2005) SBE Rule 6B-5.0012, Approved April 19, 2005. Online available at: https://www.floridaschoolleaders.org/fpls.aspx