Aligning Resources and Systems for School Improvement

Catalog description

In this course, school finance in California, including relevant laws and regulations are covered to prepare candidates to work collaboratively with others in the school community to develop, implement, monitor, and report the school’s budget in a transparent manner. Candidates will assess and analyze student and site needs as a base to support financial decision-making and prioritize expenditures aligned with the school site plan. Candidates will also learn to align, effectively manage, and integrate all the organizational systems, structures, and policies of a school system that impact the school’s ability to implement the school site plan and achieve its vision and goals. These skills include an understanding of the regulatory and legal contexts involved with the management of human, fiscal and material resources. A minimum of 25 hours of embedded clinical practice/fieldwork is required for this course.