Management of Primary Teachers according to the Approach of Competency-based Human Resources Management

Abstract

This research focus on how to ensure primary teacher’s management according to an approach of competency-based human resources management in theories as well as how to apply in the Van Ho District, Son La Province of Vietnam as a case study. Nine criteria and 48 indicators were identified according to the dimensions of human resources management A) Planning; B) Managing the plan; C) Monitoring/assessing the results and providing feedback for improvement. To obtain the data, five hundred people participated in the survey and seventy-seven people were involved in focus groups. The case study focuses on three human resource issues: 1) The primary teacher’s professional standard, which was used in primary teacher’s management in Van Ho (mainly based on professional standards regulated by the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam); 2) The policy framework for motivating and encouraging primary teachers regarding the teaching policies of Vietnam; and 3) How the processes of primary teacher professional development could be carried out in the Van Ho context. The results show the human resource potential solutions for resolving the issues.