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Ritchie Priest

EAD 510-0500

Grand Canyon University

June 10, 2019


Ritchie Priest

June 10, 2019

Field Experience 1

In my interview with my principal, Mrs. Harrelson, the bookkeeper, Mrs.

Pate and a 6th grade teacher, Mrs. Campbell that all work at my school, we

went over a lot of territory in our 5 hours that we sat right in the library,

where we could have papers spread out and have a “round table” discussion.

The 5 hours consisted of talking about the needs and wants for the budget, the

resources that we need as a school to increase our test scores, the basis of our

allotment and how we can use the money and what money is projected for us

to have for next year based on what we know so far from our Board of

Education. This is part of the standards in which we should follow for being

successful and professional leaders. PSEL standard 9 states, “Educational

leaders institute, manage, and monitor operations and administrative systems

that promote the mission and vision of the school” (PSEL, 2015). They also

state that you as the leader have to “Seek, acquire, and manage fiscal, physical,

and other resources to support curriculum instruction, and assessment…”

(PSEL, 2015).

The discussions that we had were informative because it gave a

different insight to what was needed because different types of faculty and
staff members were in the meeting. When reflecting back on my survey that I

gave to my staff last week, everyone loves it at Bladenboro Middle School and

feels that their voices are heard. The feedback that I received was positive but

I saw that the needs of the teachers were that they wanted more resources to

help with their curriculum and to also help reach ALL the students. We have a

lot of ESL students, so we need more resources to reach those students.

When we looked at the budget we gave room on our budget for extra

money to ESL resources. The school budget focuses on our vision and mission

statements and also our county motto; which is basically saying that we strive

for greatness using the top 21st century tools to enhance and enable our

students to compete in the 21st century learning environment. When we

spend our money, our bookkeeper and principal are trained to determine

which fund it comes out of. There are so many guidelines with Title 1 funding

and other school wide accounts. We strive to use the most out of all funds to

make sure the students have whatever they need to be successful.

Each month our SIT (School Improvement Team) meets to discuss the

budget and the needs and wants of our faculty and staff. We have a parent on

SIT team that reports any concerns or questions that she has from a parent’s

perspective. It helps because we have to make sure that we are meeting the

needs of the parents as well. The budget amounts are determined by what our
County Commissioners grant us and also what the State gives us. The budget

affects everything, even the number of teachers and teacher assistants that

are allowed at our school based on funding and enrollment. Due to the

enrollment and the funding that is granted to use yearly, the budget never is

the same because of the difference year in and year out.

There are so many tasks that make up the budget. I never knew that it

was such tedious work. Having to look over it whenever we decide that we

needed to buy something, or moving funding around to allocate enough

money for what is needed is something that has to be approved with the

Finance Office.

This interview and discussion taught me so much. The 5 hours over 2

days was so very helpful and I enjoyed it. There are still so many questions

based on the school budget that I haven’t gotten around to asking because I’m

still reading up on them.


Resources

National Policy Board for Educational Administration (2015). Professional


Standards forEducational Leaders 2015. Reston, VA: Author.

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