The Principal's Guide to School Budgeting 2nd (second) Edition by Sorenson, Richard D., Goldsmith, Lloyd M. (Milton) published by Corwin (2012) Paperback

by Richard D. Sorenson

"I highly recommend this book to budget committees, site-based groups, educational administration professors, and new administrators. There are many examples provided that can be used right now in schools during a budgeting cycle." —Darin Drill, PrincipalCascade High School, Turner, ORAlign organizational goals with a sound fiscal accountability system!Effective administrative practices, both budgetary and academic, are continually being redefined at all levels by state, district, and school deregulation, decentralization, and restructuring. Keeping up with all the changes and meeting expectations is a challenge.This unique budgetary survival guide will enhance your instructional, technical, and managerial skills not only as the schoolâ€s leader, but also as the schoolâ€s visionary, planning coordinator, and budgeting manager. You will find an overview of school budgeting practices within a collaborative decision-making context, and ways to link educational goal development and resource allocation management.Special features Discussion questions Case study applications and problems Experiential activities Budgeting checklist for administrators Selected templates, forms, and resources This valuable desk resource is intentionally organized into brief, single-topic-focused chapters, which will teach you how to develop a budget, monitor funds, manage budget reports, and prepare school action plans that are aligned with a strong fiscal accountability system.(20050822)

Genres: Education, School

Paperback

First published April 12, 2006

Reviews

[Tricia Donley · Rating 4 out of 5]

While it wasn’t the most thrilling read, it was educational! I took a lot away from it.

[Traci · Rating 3 out of 5]

I mean, it's budgeting? haha It helped with my Finance course and I did take away some information from it.

[Ryan Boomershine · Rating 1 out of 5]

Worse than it sounds.

Mercifully, I sold the book on Amazon before I got to the very end. I guess I'll never know how it turns out.

[Cordel Finton · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sorenson and Goldsmith are descriptive and analytical in their approach to discussing school budgeting. This is as close to an objective approach as we can get, which is good, but it leads to at times unbearably dry and dense writing. For example, "Such thinking exemplifies the parameters by which school leaders utilize differing strategies for working with the learning community and readily correlate with the collaborative statements attributed to W. Edwards Deming in the introductory quote," (151). If effective writers are able to write the way they sound, then the authors of this book must be AI. I understand it's difficult to spice-up discussion on school finance and policy, but the analytical approach to ethical discussions make it wordy and pretentious at times.

[Susan Garcia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid attempt to demystify the confusing subject of school budgeting. The basic, simple presentation made understanding the challenging topic much easier. Great book for the novice administrator. The addition of case studies kept the reader interested.

[Mills College Library]

371.20609 S7138 2006

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just about as exciting as the title implies...