1. Chapter 11: Understanding Budgets
2. Student Based Budgeting
3. Smart School Budgeting
4. Site Based Budgeting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCE_Hw7W2j0
5. Zero Based Budgeting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0KLvsvShsk
As you analyze the information provided consider the following questions to help synthesize the content. The questions are intend to help provide a framework for your paper but you are also encouraged to develop your own line of thinking based upon the literature.
A. Identify and discuss which budget types, analysis tools and procedures you would be most likely to implement in a school under your leadership and discuss why.
B. Consider which, if any, of these are being implemented in your current school or school district, if they are being done well, and what suggestions you would have for improvement based upon the theory presented in the literature.
C. What type of budget presented is most representative of your view of effective budgeting? Why?
D. How would you identify/develop budget priorities?
E. What methods would you employ to identify and prioritize cost saving opportunities?
