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EAD 510-0500
Field Experience 1
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
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,
(PSEL, 2015).
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
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
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
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
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
money for what is needed is something that has to be approved with the
Finance Office.
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