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SUMMARY

The Association of California School Administrators provides a full range of academies, in nine leadership specializations, to meet your needs as a school administrator, confidential employee or classified manager. Because ACSA represents all members of the district management team, we can help you build the administrative and leadership skills needed in your current job, while preparing you to take advantage of career advancement opportunities.

ACSA’s job-specific academies provide a solid foundation in the application of leadership and management fundamentals for administrators who are new or aspiring to advanced leadership positions. The academies are seen as the “fast track” into your career as a superintendent, principal, business manager, curriculum and instruction or personnel administrator, special education/pupil services director, confidential employee or classified manager. We invite you to take advantage of these exceptional high quality professional learning opportunities as ACSA continues to innovate to better meet your needs.

The academies attend to the California Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (CPSEL) and the standards for the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing’s (CTC) Professional Clear Administrative Services Credential (CASC) program. The ACSA Clear Administrative Credential Program is CTC-approved (see additional information at www.acsa.org/credentialing).

Personnel Administrators Academy

Intended Audience

Superintendents; Assistant Superintendents and Directors of Human Resources; district and county office personnel administrators and managers; certificated and classified personnel staff; Site Administrators

The ACSA Personnel Administrators Academy offers thorough training for new or aspiring personnel managers, human resource directors, and personnel staff. The comprehensive curriculum also gives superintendents and other top-level district administrators an excellent legal and operational foundation for managing employees. Presentations and discussion sessions are presented by experienced personnel administrators from throughout California. Participants develop the fundamental skills required for effective school personnel management and discover the resources needed to succeed on the job within the context of local control accountability planning and the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF).

For CTC-approved Clear Administrative Services Credential programs, and with prior approval of the credentialing program leadership, academy hours may be used toward completing annual required professional development requirements.

Specific themes include:

Personnel Department Organization

• Role of the personnel manager. 
• Organizing the certificated/classified personnel office.   
• Technology in human resource management.   
• Job description/reclassification/compensation.

 Employee Management 

• Evaluating employees. 
• Staffing needs and recruitment. 
• Employee counseling techniques. 
• Employer-employee relations.
• Collective bargaining and contract management. 
• Budget, salary, benefits.

Legal Aspects

• Due process. 
• Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). 
• State and federal laws and regulations. 
• Layoff and termination. 

Staff Development

• Troubleshooting special personnel problems. 
• Professional advancement opportunities. 
• Induction, orientation.

The course syllabus and materials provided to participants are excellent resources for ongoing reference and career planning.

2026-27 meeting format

Participants experience 70 hours of professional learning over seven weekends in a Virtual/Online or Hybrid meeting format for 10 hours per Academy weekend.