Click here to add text Click here to add text. Local Control, Accountability, and Transforming How We Finance Our Schools Elk Grove Unified School District Mark Cerutti, Associate Superintendent, Education Services Rich Fagan, Associate Superintendent, Finance and School Support Napa Valley Education Exchange, May 1-2, 2014

OBJECTIVES Elk Grove Unified School District Participants will be introduced to EGUSD’s integrated Educational Programming and Financial Planning process Participants will examine their own educational/financial planning practices through the lenses of a driving question and related guiding questions. Participants will exchange information related to LCFF/LCAP successes, challenges, and opportunities

DRIVING QUESTION Elk Grove Unified School District How do you maximize decision-making resulting in optimal fiscal outcomes to ensure high quality teaching/learning is afforded to all students?

Elk Grove Unified School District Optimal LCFF-LCAP Decision Making Adapted from Creative Confidence by Tom Kelley and David Kelley, 2013 EDUCATIONAL “Feasible” PEOPLE “Desirable” FISCAL “Viable” Finding the Sweet Spot of Feasibility, Viability, and Desirability

Guiding Questions Elk Grove Unified School District Insert Book Quote regarding learning vision Guiding Question – Is your fiscal planning and decision making guided by and in alignment with your district’s Learning Vision?

EGUSD Strategic Goals All students will receive high quality classroom instruction and curriculum to promote college and career readiness and close the achievement gap. High-Quality Classroom Instruction & Curriculum All students will benefit from instruction guided by assessment results (formative, interim and summative) and continuous programmatic evaluation. Assessment, Data Analysis, & Action All students will have an equal opportunity to learn in a culturally responsive, physically, and emotionally safe environment. Wellness Parent, Family & Community Partnerships All students will benefit from programs and services designed to inform and involve family and community partners.

 Priority 1 - Compliance with Williams criteria – instructional materials, teacher assignments and credentials, facilities  Priority 2 - Implementation of SBE adopted academic content standards, including programs and services for ELs to access the common core and ELD standards  Priority 7 - Access, including for subgroups, to a broad course of study in specified subject areas  Priority 4 - Pupil Achievement – statewide assessments, API, completion of A-G requirements, CTE sequences and AP courses, EL progress toward proficiency, college preparation (EAP)  Priority 8 - Pupil outcomes in specified subject areas  Priority 3 - Parental involvement  Priority 5 - Pupil engagement – attendance, dropout and graduation rates  Priority 6 - School climate – suspension and expulsion rates, etc. Conditions of Learning Pupil Outcomes LCAP State priorities under three broad categories: Engagement

Align Budgeting and Academic Planning IMPLEMENTATION Reaffirm adopted strategic goals Implement action plan Monitor progress Communicate progress report Review and adjust current year funding levels (1 st interim) MONITOR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN Adjust implementation as needed Conduct mid-year comprehensive progress review Communicate progress report Analyze projected funding level for LCAP for next year (Governor’s Budget and 2 nd interim) PREPARE FOR IMPLEMENTATION Initial implementation of action plans Review and adjust Budget for items not included in the adopted Budget for the current year REVIEW/REVISE/ADOPT GOALS Summative data analysis Needs analysis (gap/cause analysis) Identify priorities Determine alignment with E4 Determine capacity to implement Refine existing and/or adopt new LCAP Strategic goals Develop action plans Finalize funding level for LCAP Adopt LCAP/Budget (next Yr) SpringSummer FallWinter Ongoing Stakeholder Engagement and Data Analysis

Small Group Work Elk Grove Unified School District Consider the following questions in terms of your current reality. Think specifically in terms of organizational culture and specific processes, or protocols you have in place... Or may need to put in place 15 minutes

Guiding Questions Elk Grove Unified School District How do you decide what to do? How do you know what you are doing is the right thing, at the right time? How do you know what you are doing is working/has worked? How do you determine the professional learning needs of staff? How to you communicate results to stakeholders?

EGUSD’s Approach to answering these critical questions.... Elk Grove Unified School District

E 4 – An Integrated Learning System Elk Grove Unified School District Learning Vision Foundation Elements Support Systems From competing budget priorities to measurably accountable fiscal decision making based upon student outcomes From fiscal oversight focused on spending parameters to collaboratively leveraging opportunities for improved student performance

Continuous Improvement Elk Grove Unified School District A common language accompanied by research- based practices Human Performance Technology/Decision Making Model Organizational Readiness -The Hexagon Tool

Large Group Info Exchange Elk Grove Unified School District Where are your successes? What challenges are you facing? What opportunities are available 15 minutes

We Hope We Met Our Intended Objectives Elk Grove Unified School District Participants will be introduced to EGUSD’s integrated Educational Programming and Financial Planning process Participants will examine their own educational/financial planning practices through the lenses of a driving question and related guiding questions. Participants will exchange information related to LCFF/LCAP successes, challenges, and opportunities

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