 How is this expenditure going to help our Donna I.S.D. students learn? Maricela Valdez, Federal Programs Director $$$$$$$$

 Making good decisions has no real value without the second one, which is practicing good discipline.  Decisions help us start  Discipline helps us finish

 Comprehensive needs assessments are beautiful  Strategies on CIP are beautiful  Tutorial proposals are beautiful  OFB’s are beautiful  Budgets are beautiful  BUT  BUT, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT YOUR RESULTS?

FUND (Store) OBJECT CODE (Dept.) FUNCTION (Size) SCHOOL NUMBER

 11 – Students/Teachers  12 – Library  13 – Staff Development  23 – Administration/Principal  31 – Counselor  32 – Clothing  33 – Eyeglasses  34 – Transportation  36 – U.I.L./Extra curricular  51 – Custodial  61 - Parental

 Personal Paycheck has a plan  Grocery money should have a plan  Your future should have a financial plan  Your campus needs to have a financial plan

 Warehouse orders for the year  Consultants for the year  Travel for the year  Other campus priorities for the year  Prioritize what will be most effective  KEEP EVERYONE ALIGNED TO FEDERAL FUNDING GUIDELINES!!!!!!!!

 Elementary 355 minutes/Secondary 390 minutes  Let’s make this time Highly Effective  Data leading decisions  Implement guided reading to the fullest extent  Provide quality guided reading centers

 Math/Science classrooms – hands on activities/lots of questioning/lots of vocabulary/lots of monitoring  Parental communication and support

 Identify students first  Review master schedule and find tutoring time. (See Sample)  Paraprofessionals during conference period  Counselors to visit high risk students daily  Coach 3 rd grade multiplication/science vocabulary/sight words for 2 nd.

 Utilize college math tutors  Utilize college reading tutors  Organize as needed to meet all student needs  Monitor! Monitor! Monitor! - Progress

 Less students needing assistance  Less teachers needed  Less funding needed  AYP Campuses are applying for additional funding

 162 Bilingual  164 State  211 Title I  212 Migrant  255 Teacher/Principal Training  263 Immigrant  See handout – budgets grouped together

 Is this expenditure going to help our Donna I.S.D. students learn?  Was the item identified as a need on the comprehensive needs assessment?  Is the item/strategy identified on the CIP?  How will it be evaluated?  Is it reasonable and necessary?  Is it supplemental?

 Run campus budget balances for you  Answer any and all questions on budgets  Assist in making recommendations on budget changes to meet campus needs  Take you through the process from beginning to end  Monitor tutorial funds for you  Recycle funds to meet everyone’s needs

 ALL requisitions are approved daily  ALL travel is approved within 24 hours assuming there are no errors  ALL contract services are approved within 24 hours assuming there are no errors  ALL field trips, extra duty pay, tutorial proposals, OFB’s, etc. approved within 24 hrs.

 “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”  The change is most significant when you have properly planned your expenditures.  Our students deserve it!