Budget planning for the 2020-2021 school year will be as unprecedented as everything else in the world today. The only thing school districts know for sure is re-entry plans won’t…
Stephen Covey demonstrates the notion of empowerment with the visual representation of the Circle of Influence and the Circle of Concern. The Circle of Concern contains all the things that…
Most of us would go cross-eyed if we had to go through the reams of highly technical budget information that Christine Lee administers as the director of finance for the…
In 2007, B.C.’s Ministry of Education began a pilot project to encourage districts to look at school-based budgeting. The intent was to move districts away from top-down budgeting and instead…
Everyone wants to make sure taxpayer dollars are being well spent. But how do schools determine what it means to spend money well? Alberta Education currently operates under its “Accountability…
With thousands of employees and millions of dollars in infrastructure, school districts are as complex and demanding as large corporations. Add in the extra layers of scrutiny that come from…
When you oversee the budget for a school division the size of a country in Europe, being able to collaborate remotely in real time isn’t just a convenience. It’s a…
If you've decided you need to move away from spreadsheets, and have determined which type of solution fits your school district and budget, the next step is to evaluate specific…
To say we live in an interactive era is a gross understatement. It’s just missing the point to say that all that connection makes us unproductive when connection is, for…
