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LEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY AND SERVICE FOR MANITOBA’S PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARDSLEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY AND SERVICE FOR MANITOBA’S PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARDS
Financial Stewardship in Public Education
A joint workshop of
MASBO, MASS & MSBA
November 25, 2011
Agenda
AM Following the Money• The funding structure• The budgeting process• Board role and functions
PM Making the Money Count• Setting budget priorities• Achieving equity• Ensuring efficiency• Engaging community
As financial stewards, boards must
• safeguard and manage the resources of the division
• in pursuit of its mission and goals
• to serve the interests and the well-being of students and stakeholders
• in all schools across the entire division
Stewardship imperatives
Duty of care
Duty of due diligence
Public accountability
LEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY AND SERVICE FOR MANITOBA’S PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARDSLEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY AND SERVICE FOR MANITOBA’S PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARDS
Following the Money
Facilitators:
Gord Olmstead, Beautiful Plains S.D.
Vince Mariani, River East Transcona
LEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY AND SERVICE FOR MANITOBA’S PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARDSLEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY AND SERVICE FOR MANITOBA’S PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARDS
Making the Money Count
Facilitators:
Mike Borgfjord, MASS
Carolyn Duhamel, MSBA
From what to so what
The challenge facing public schools is…improved outcomes rather than simple
access.
What’s your bottom line?
…Too many boards focus their attention on the actual dollars, rather than on what the budget is intended to accomplish.
Thomas, The School Board Member Handbook, 1994
The Money Myth
…any education problem requires increased spending and reform is impossible without more funding…
Setting budget priorities
How can we use the money we have to achieve our divisional goals for student
learning?
Table conversation #1
• Choose one person to facilitate the conversation.
• Choose a recorder of the conversation and a reporter for your group.
• Share and discuss your responses to the questions on the green worksheet.
Budget ‘buzzwords’
• equality
• equity
• effectiveness
• efficiency
Table conversation #2
• Choose one person to facilitate the conversation.
• Choose a recorder of the conversation and a reporter for your group.
• Share and discuss your responses to the questions on the yellow worksheet.
“We tried door prizes, theme parties, entertainers, and expensive opening acts, but we just can’t stimulate
better attendance at budget meetings.”
Table conversation #3
• Choose one person to facilitate the conversation.
• Choose a recorder of the conversation and a reporter for your group.
• Share and discuss your responses to the questions on the blue worksheet.
The school board’s bottomline
It always comes down to what’s best for kids. That is not always easy to figure out, but it remains the only guideline that justifies the action a
board takes.
Michigan School Board Member
LEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY AND SERVICE FOR MANITOBA’S PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARDS
LEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY AND SERVICE FOR MANITOBA’S PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARDS