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Standard Ten (Management): School Operations

The effective educational leader develops and implements structures to maximize learning through relationships, management, fiscal responsibility, and adherence to district and state laws, policies and procedures.

ODEW Essential Question for the Standard: Have I demonstrated a comprehensive understanding of school operative functions, procedures and policies?

OLAC Focusing Questions for Principals’ Self-Reflection: By Standard-

1. Would I benefit from learning about operational management structures designed to maximize the learning of adults and students? Resources include:

   • Ohio’s Continuous Improvement Toolkit
   • OLAC Module: Resource Management
   • OLAC Module: Educational Equity: Understanding Why It's So Important
   • OLAC Webinar: Being an Instructional Leader at all Stages of the OIP: Superintendents and Principals
   • OLAC Cornerstone Connections: A Winning Partnership: SST Region 14 and Area ESCs Work Together to Support Educator and Student Success
   • Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Integrated Student Supports
   • CCSSO: States Leading for Equity: Promising Practices Advancing the Equity Commitment (2020)
   • OECD: The Funding of School Education: Connecting Resources and Learning (2017)

OLAC Focusing Questions for Principals’ Self-Reflection: By Indicator-

10.3: The effective educational leader plans and executes a fiscally responsible budget ensuring that federal, state and local guidelines are followed to support the focused plan.

1. Would I like access to resources to help me with budget planning, allocation, and monitoring? Resources include:

   • OLAC Module: Resource Management
   • Education Resource Strategies (ERS): What is Resource Equity? (2018)
   • The Education Trust: Alliance for Resource Equity
   • American Association of School Administrators (AASA) White Paper: School Budgets 101
   • Your Agora Blog: Financial Management Functions of the School Principal (2018)
   • Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA): Alliance for Excellence in School Budgeting

2. To learn more about how leaders align budget processes to a school’s and district’s vision, mission, core values, and improvement plans:

   • Reason Foundation Policy Brief: Student-Based Budgeting Helps Principals be More Effective Educators (2015)
   • Future Ready Schools: Aligning your budget to district priority matters. (2019)
   • Rennie Center: Smart School Budgeting: Resources for Districts
   • Education Resource Strategies (ERS): Transforming School Funding for Equity, Transparency, and Flexibility: An Introduction to Student-Based Budgeting (2018)