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The principal's guide to school budgeting / Richard D. Sorenson, Lloyd Milton Goldsmith.
LIBRA LB2830.2 .S67 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sorenson, Richard D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School budgets--United States.
- School budgets.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 249 pages ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press, [2013]
- Summary:
- Developing budgets that keep up with economic changes and instructional expectations is a challenge. This updated bestseller walks school leaders through the budgeting process, focusing on vision and strategic planning as firm guides to resource allocation. With an eye toward tough budgetary climates, the authors provide a budgeting model that helps you align organizational goals with a sound fiscal accountability system. This new edition features
- 25 tips for budgeting during an economic downturn
- Analysis of real school action and budget plans
- Methods for conducting a needs and program assessment
- Answers to some of the toughest budgeting dilemmas
- Case study applications and problems
- A budgeting checklist for administrators
- Selected templates, forms, and resources
- Discussion questions and hands-on activities
- Showcasing real school finance scenarios, The Principal's Guide to School Budgeting helps school administrators learn to plan a budget, monitor funds, evaluate budget reports, and prepare school action plans that keep students achieving during fiscally difficult times. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Understanding the budgeting process
- The budget-vision relationship and the national standards
- Culture, data, and celebrating success
- A model for intergrating vision, planning, and budgeting
- Effective and efficient budgeting practices
- Building the school budget
- Resourcs A: selected forms
- Resource B: experiential exercises
- Reources C: budgeting checklist for school administrators
- Resource D: state department of education websites.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-240) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781452255477
- 1452255474
- OCLC:
- 811731685
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