Practical Strategies for Applied Budgeting and Fiscal Administration: What Works for P-12 Administrators

Author:   Spencer C. Weiler ,  Gabriel R. Serna
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
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9781475825657


Pages:   180
Publication Date:   18 July 2016
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Author:   Spencer C. Weiler ,  Gabriel R. Serna
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.70cm
Weight:   0.277kg
ISBN:  

9781475825657


ISBN 10:   147582565
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   18 July 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
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Table of Contents Dedications Foreword: TBD Acknowledgments Chapter 1: The Importance of Money In Public Education Phase I: Foundations Chapter 2: Getting to Know a Budget Chapter 3: Anticipating Revenues and Expenditures Chapter 4: Basics of Financial Ratio Analysis Chapter 5: Forecasting, Accuracy, and Judgment Phase II: Developing and Overseeing the Total Program Chapter 6: The Budget Cycle Chapter 7: Oversight and Budget Variance Analysis Phase III: Capital Projects with and without Debt Chapter 8: Capital Budgets without Debt Chapter 9: Capital Budgeting and Debt Phase IV: Linkage, Philosophy, and Conclusion Chapter 10: Budget Alignment with Strategic Plan Chapter 11: Conclusion References About the Authors

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Practical Strategies for Applied Budgeting and Fiscal Administration is a state of the art resource for aspiring and developing administrators to understand fiscal budgeting in P-12 public education. Weiler and Serna provide a well-crafted applied text that is user-friendly and can directly inform the day-to-day work of school leaders. -- Oscar Jimenez-Castellanos, PhD, associate professor, Education Policy and Evaluation, Arizona State University Drs. Weiler and Serna have created the perfect text for aspiring school leaders to learn about school finance in a practical and useful way. The text focuses on the day-to-day working knowledge a leader will need at the school level, specifically budgeting...This text is conducive to focusing a school finance course on material that can be implemented and practiced by students currently serving in the field, which meets a need expressed by students nationwide. I would highly recommend this text for all aspiring and current school leaders. -- Brittany Larkin, PhD, assistant professor, Educational Leadership, Auburn University Written by scholars with practitioner experience, this book provides a combination of theory and practical applications worthy of current and future administrators facing an ever-evolving school finance framework. I highly recommend this book as one that recognizes long-term thinking while addressing immediate practical challenges. -- Thomas DeLuca, PhD, assistant professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Kansas Drs. Weiler and Serna provide a practical guide to school and district level finance and budgeting-essential information for today's school leaders. The complexity of education finance and budgeting is described in straightforward language accessible even to people without a background in finance or budgeting. Whether you are a student, teacher, administrator, school board member, or parent who wants to better understand how schools are funded and how they operate, this book will provide you with an excellent introduction to P-12 finance and budgeting. -- Philip Westbrook, EdD, associate professor, Educational Leadership, University of Alabama


Practical Strategies for Applied Budgeting and Fiscal Administration is a state of the art resource for aspiring and developing administrators to understand fiscal budgeting in P-12 public education. Weiler and Serna provide a well-crafted applied text that is user-friendly and can directly inform the day-to-day work of school leaders. -- Oscar Jimenez-Castellanos, PhD, associate professor, Education Policy and Evaluation, Arizona State University Drs. Weiler and Serna have created the perfect text for aspiring school leaders to learn about school finance in a practical and useful way. The text focuses on the day-to-day working knowledge a leader will need at the school level, specifically budgeting....This text is conducive to focusing a school finance course on material that can be implemented and practiced by students currently serving in the field, which meets a need expressed by students nationwide. I would highly recommend this text for all aspiring and current school leaders. -- Brittany Larkin, PhD, assistant professor, Educational Leadership, Auburn University Written by scholars with practitioner experience, this book provides a combination of theory and practical applications worthy of current and future administrators facing an ever-evolving school finance framework. I highly recommend this book as one that recognizes long-term thinking while addressing immediate practical challenges. -- Thomas DeLuca, PhD, assistant professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Kansas Drs. Weiler and Serna provide a practical guide to school and district level finance and budgeting-essential information for today's school leaders. The complexity of education finance and budgeting is described in straightforward language accessible even to people without a background in finance or budgeting. Whether you are a student, teacher, administrator, school board member, or parent who wants to better understand how schools are funded and how they operate, this book will provide you with an excellent introduction to P-12 finance and budgeting. -- Philip Westbrook, EdD, associate professor, Educational Leadership, University of Alabama


Practical Strategies for Applied Budgeting and Fiscal Administration is a state of the art resource for aspiring and developing administrators to understand fiscal budgeting in P-12 public education. Weiler and Serna provide a well-crafted applied text that is user-friendly and can directly inform the day-to-day work of school leaders. -- Oscar Jiménez-Castellanos, PhD, associate professor, Education Policy and Evaluation, Arizona State University Drs. Weiler and Serna have created the perfect text for aspiring school leaders to learn about school finance in a practical and useful way. The text focuses on the day-to-day working knowledge a leader will need at the school level, specifically budgeting….This text is conducive to focusing a school finance course on material that can be implemented and practiced by students currently serving in the field, which meets a need expressed by students nationwide. I would highly recommend this text for all aspiring and current school leaders. -- Brittany Larkin, PhD, assistant professor, Educational Leadership, Auburn University Written by scholars with practitioner experience, this book provides a combination of theory and practical applications worthy of current and future administrators facing an ever-evolving school finance framework. I highly recommend this book as one that recognizes long-term thinking while addressing immediate practical challenges. -- Thomas DeLuca, PhD, assistant professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Kansas Drs. Weiler and Serna provide a practical guide to school and district level finance and budgeting—essential information for today's school leaders. The complexity of education finance and budgeting is described in straightforward language accessible even to people without a background in finance or budgeting. Whether you are a student, teacher, administrator, school board member, or parent who wants to better understand how schools are funded and how they operate, this book will provide you with an excellent introduction to P-12 finance and budgeting. -- Philip Westbrook, EdD, associate professor, Educational Leadership, University of Alabama


Author Information

Dr. Spencer C. Weiler is an associate professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Northern Colorado. In addition to numerous publications (books, book chapters, and journal articles) in the area of school finance and budgeting, Dr. Weiler is honored to have worked 15 years in public education. Dr. Gabriel R. Serna is an assistant professor in the School of Education at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. His research interests include higher education economics, finance and policy.

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