Current Trends in Education
Running head: CURRENT TRENDS IN EDUCATION
Current Trends in Education
Current Trends in Education The trends in human resource management and its implications for education are altering. Several trends are innovative and are a result of the economy, while others are escalating as a result of new regulations, new types of degrees and education, and the type of people employed. The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader of several of these current trends. The trends that seems the most critical to human resource management in education are the reduction of teachers, enhancing of job application questions, integration of technology, employee benefits, and providing staff recognition to encourage retention. These trends mark substantial challenges to schools with reference to workforce development, retention, and recruitment. New human resource management trends in education can be directly linked to the downturn in our economy. (Scheid, November 2009) Simply because more schools are downsizing the amount of teachers retained, and increasing classroom sizes due to budget cuts. Superintendents need to work with their human resource managers to determine what types of individuals will work well with their teams. Beyond the basic educational skills, human resource managers need to know if new hires and possible candidates can produce, can be trained, and can embrace a team environment, as well as generate the ultimate goal of enhancing the academic performance of students. More human resources managers are expanding upon job application questions as far as education, internships, and experience in fields of expertise. This allow for changes in interview techniques. Two types of interview may be used by the human resource manager. One is the screening and the other is the behavior. The screening is to cull candidates that do not meet specific requirements. The behavioral interview is to make an educated selection based on fair and
Current Trends in Education
Current Trends in Education The trends in human resource management and its implications for education are altering. Several trends are innovative and are a result of the economy, while others are escalating as a result of new regulations, new types of degrees and education, and the type of people employed. The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader of several of these current trends. The trends that seems the most critical to human resource management in education are the reduction of teachers, enhancing of job application questions, integration of technology, employee benefits, and providing staff recognition to encourage retention. These trends mark substantial challenges to schools with reference to workforce development, retention, and recruitment. New human resource management trends in education can be directly linked to the downturn in our economy. (Scheid, November 2009) Simply because more schools are downsizing the amount of teachers retained, and increasing classroom sizes due to budget cuts. Superintendents need to work with their human resource managers to determine what types of individuals will work well with their teams. Beyond the basic educational skills, human resource managers need to know if new hires and possible candidates can produce, can be trained, and can embrace a team environment, as well as generate the ultimate goal of enhancing the academic performance of students. More human resources managers are expanding upon job application questions as far as education, internships, and experience in fields of expertise. This allow for changes in interview techniques. Two types of interview may be used by the human resource manager. One is the screening and the other is the behavior. The screening is to cull candidates that do not meet specific requirements. The behavioral interview is to make an educated selection based on fair and
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