Leadership in School Business Administration

Catalog description

The educational leadership required to establish an effective relationship between school business services and the success of the total educational program is the primary focus. The professional and legal responsibilities of the school business administrator to manage the organization and resources, identifying and solving problems and issues related to the effective and efficient operation of school district, will be reviewed. Specific legal and code requirements and best-practice organizational and management procedures critical to the administration of a public school district will be examined. Topics studied include:organization and management of the district business office; development of strategic planning models; traditional and program oriented budgets; and, application of technology to instruction and management of school and district fiscal operations. Importance of "generally accepted accounting procedures" in district operations is emphasized. Other topics include:personnel, enrollment, and resource forecasting; debt service and insurance expenses; food services, transportation, and facility operations;supply management and facility maintenance;and temporary financial investments. Students demonstrate course understandings through actual classroom and school applications that are referenced to state adopted core curriculum content standards and professional development standards, the Standards for School Leaders of the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium, and the candidate proficiencies developed by the Educational Leadership Constituent Council.