The Principals Guide to School Budgeting

About this book

"I highly recommend this book to budget committees site-based groups educational administration professors and new administrators. There are many examples provided that can be used right now in schools during a budgeting cycle." Darin Drill Principal Cascade High School Turner OR Align organizational goals with a sound fiscal accountability system! Effective administrative practices both budgetary and academic are continually being redefined at all levels by state district and school deregulation decentralization and restructuring. Keeping up with all the changes and meeting expectations is a challenge. This unique budgetary survival guide will enhance your instructional technical and managerial skills not only as the schools leader but also as the schools visionary planning coordinator and budgeting manager. You will find an overview of school budgeting practices within a collaborative decision-making context and ways to link educational goal development and resource allocation management. Special features include: Discussion questions Case study applications and problems Experiential activities Budgeting checklist for administrators Selected templates forms and resources This valuable desk resource is intentionally organized into brief single-topic-focused chapters which will teach you how to develop a budget monitor funds manage budget reports and prepare school action plans that are aligned with a strong fiscal accountability system.