Organizational Operations in Human Resource and Fiscal Leadership

Students will explore the 1) theoretical and practical basis to contemporary
human resource administration in education with a focus on school and central office level leadership and 2) the theories, policies, and expenditures of school funds. Human resource topics will include legal issues, global staffing challenges, internal and external recruitment strategies, selection interviews, equal employment opportunities, and retention strategies. Study of fiscal leadership addresses the practice of educational finance within the public school structure; funding of private schools will also be addressed. Topics of school budget, financial accounting, purchasing and supply problems, school equipment, and school insurance will be studied. Funding mechanisms at the federal, state, and local levels will be reviewed. This course is designed to reflect VirginiaĄs Uniform Performance Standards for Principals with specific performance standards related to organizational operations concerning human resources and fiscal leadership.