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Principal as HC Manager

Principals are the key to strong HC management, and the HR office can help support the principal in this role. This section provides tools to help HR offices and principal managers set principals up to be strong managers of human capital.

Human capital management and instructional leadership are two sides of the same coin. By understanding talent management, principals are able to be stronger instructional leaders.
–Susan Marks, USHCA Team Member

Resources

Road Map to Principal as HC Manager Visual pathway for implementing materials in this section
Principal as HC Manager Summary Overview powerpoint of this topic area
Clear Expectations – the Principal’s Human Capital Role Key HC Actions that rest with principals and school teams
Assessing HR Supports for Enabling Principals As Human Capital Managers Assessment tool to identify strengths and areas of improvement to develop principal HR skills
HC Discussion Topics Calendar Calendar of key HC topics to discuss with principal supervisors
Human Capital Walkthrough Tool Set of protocol and processes to help HR Partner work with principals on individual challenges
What Would You Do If? – Principal as HC Manager Scenarios Scenarios related to the role of the principal as human capital manager to start conversations
Quick Wins for Building a Quality Pool of Principals A set of strategies that can be implemented as "quick wins" for building a quality pool of principals
Top 10 Principal HC Actions – Induction, Support & Retention Actions principals should take to improve teacher induction, support & retention
Assessing HR’s Support to Principals – the 4 C’s Tool to analyze how to support principals as HC leaders
Planning Tool to Help Principals be Great HC Managers Planning tool to develop action plan for developing skills of principal with HR work
Top 10 Principal Human Capital Actions – Teacher Induction, Support & Retention Actions principals should take for teacher induction, support and retention
School-Level HR Planning Tool Sample 1 Planning tool to start conversation between Principal and HR Partner about HR work
School-Level HR Planning Tool Sample 2 Planning tool to start conversation between Principal and HR Partner about HR work
Principal’s Bill of Rights for High-Needs Schools List of rights HR should provide to principals in high needs schools
Supporting Equity in HC at the School Level Guidance for HR/HC staff on improving educator equity in a school
Summary of Learning — Principal as Human Capital Manager Detailed powerpoint of USHCA work on this topic.
Summary of Learning – Principal Supervisor as HC Manager Detailed powerpoint of USHCA work on this topic