Budget Discussion Questions
1. Think about your professional context and the dynamics that exist within it. What political or other internal institutional dynamics will influence budgetary priorities at your organization?
The role of a principal in budgetary planning to facilitate learning is multidimensional since it not only involves achieving the learning and teaching curriculum requirements but also involves meeting the political interests of the schools community. Some of the internal budgetary considerations of the institution are an investment in focused instructional interactions with teachers through coaching and school-wide instructional program (Barr & McClellan, 2011). Cultivating a productive school environment where the political interests of the school community will be secured through the invitation of core stakeholders, such as donors and goodwill partners, to take part in curricular and co-curricular activities. Therefore the priorities will be to facilitate continuous improvement in interactive instructional programs, community development activities, and securing the interests of stakeholders.
2. How have contemporary economic conditions affected public sensitivity to either revenues or expenses at your institution or organization?
Chicago, a public school district, has been affected by inaccurate dissemination of information, alleging that there has been an underutilization of resources. Due to the strained resource allocation to K-12 education, as one of the largest state expenditures, increased expenditure in
The state expenditure in the K-12 program has remained constant while expenditure in healthcare and security has grown incrementally. The misguided information that there has been underutilization of resources in the Chicago public schools resulted in the closure of more than 100 schools by 2012, which only led to a decline by 1-1.5 percent of the district operating budget on education (Farmer & Baber, 2019). These closures have had a devastating commercial impact, especially in black communities where schools are the only source...
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administration to recruit new teachers. Experienced teachers require higher salaries than newly qualified teachers (Abrar & Sidik, 2019). Consequently, a maximum of forty students were placed in each class, and newly qualified teachers were hired where this strategy did not cover all the students.
5. How would a good schedule for regular maintenance for facilities under your supervision look?
The management of the facilities would be planned quarterly to avoid facilities going out of service. For class equipment, electricity, and plumbing maintenance of these facilities, two specialists would be hired permanently to ensure these facilities are always available. If the buildings have a problem, the maintenance work will be outsourced since such challenges are rarer. The maintenance of sporting facilities will be designated to the maintenance personnel hired permanently. Quarterly planning for maintenance will allow the review of the state of facilities frequently and planning the budgetary…
