Standard 3.2: Secure Financial Practices

As the newly promoted director of student achievement for Washington, D.C Public Schools, I am fully committed to the expansion of current program offerings as well as the creation of additional programs. To achieve this, I will make use of the principles learned in my graduate budgeting course to assess the current financial situation, plan the department’s future direction, create and implement the new annual budget, and lastly, evaluate the success of the programs and the budget in preparation of repeating these steps.

The third standard is, teachers understand and use varied assessments to inform instruction, evaluate and ensure student learning. To apply this standard in my practice I will have to try give the students assessments to see if they understand the content that they are required to know. To demonstrate that I am adhering this standard, I will have to make sure that I create an assessment that I can use to test the students and to see if I am teaching them the way they need to be

To distribute and account for all of the student aid dollars given to students each year and to do this accurately (over 6200 schools)

ELCC 3.5. Standard Element 3.5 addresses high-quality instruction that ensures all students experience academic success. The ELCC 3.5 was a culmination of assigned readings, coursework, and internship activities. The internship activities were Policy Recommendation on Teacher Attendance and Successful School Observation. The professional knowledge and skills I gleaned from the internship activities under this standard element was effective school leadership means being proactive in handling teacher absenteeism, reward positive behaviors with incentives, and distributed leadership responsibilities among the staff. In my opinion, when the staff is recognized for their efforts, this transcends to high quality teaching in the classroom.

As an educator the decisions that are made should be with the students’ best interest in mind. Standard 5 has given me more knowledge and ability to promote the success of all students by acting with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner. Modeling school principles of self-awareness, safeguarding the values of equity, and diversity, and promoting social justice within the schools are all elements of standard 5.

* From the e-Activity, choose one (1) of the eight (8) steps in the Clarified Auditing Standards–Learning and Implementation Plan. Based on the step you have chosen, analyze support for the action plan proposed, and make at least two (2) recommendations that would improve support of the action plan.

According to DoD Financial Management Regulation Volume 2A, Chapter 1, O&M and MILPERS are considered expenses. Procurement and Military Construction appropriations are considered investments. RDT&E includes both characteristics of expenses and investments (p. 1-10).

Efficient administrators must make certain their schools are in compliance with district, state, and federal educational guidelines. These statutes include identifying and delivering specified instructional lessons for students who qualify for services under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and the students who qualify for ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages). Academic leaders who ensure compliance among these regulations and educate themselves on the appropriate instructional practices, will properly assist their teachers and students in finding academic success.

Teachers must stay on track with the system guide and are required to complete more school related tasks

In order to implement this policy, responsibility will be bestowed upon the “Foundation School Program” and the Texas state Legislature (Grusendorf, 2015, pg.2). These two groups play the most vital role in changing and implementing the new “state formulas” (Grusendorf, 2015, pg.3). Both will work together in creating and agreeing to the new state formulas. We will review the formulas every year and decide if funding is truly being distributed with equity. Only if they are not then will both organizations have to re-write the formulas to improve upon them.

Briefly discuss the scope of the standard (i.e., explain the types of transactions to which the standard applies).

Overall. The FASB Codification Topic 320: Investments-Debt and Equity Securities is included under the financial statement asset section and offers guidance on investment instruments that represent either a creditor relationship (debt) or an ownership interest (equity) and provides standards for reporting such investments according to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) (FASB ASC 320-10-05-2, 2016).

Grant management, whether the receiver or giver of grant funds, can have its challenges. As a recipient of a grant, some small and some as large as $400,000, managing and adhering to the specific guidelines were challenging at times while trying to maintain other funding budgets. It is a very good practice, however, to follow the guidelines for obtaining the grant. Most grants require measurements with evidence indicating that the grant is being implemented with fidelity. The general concept of grants management is that each particular grant should be implemented and accounted for separate from any other grant as well as budget, specifically in school settings. This implies that all money from grant funds are represented as an unmistakable,

Edwin M Wells Middle School, in Houston, Texas, is part of the Spring ISD. The school, in 2015, reports enrolling 1,165 students in grades six through eight, and it has 69 teachers on staff. The problem is the school 's process for financial expenditures not being well aligned with students ' needs. By streamlining the process for financial expenditures, it will ensure the expenditures fulfill students ' needs efficiently and appropriately. The impact the problem is having is that when the lessons are not fully supplemented with the required supplies there is a lack of engagement in the classroom. Therefore, the system must be streamlined in order to fulfill student needs.

Abstract. The article reviewed was Standards for Financial Decision-Making: Legal, Ethical, and Practical Issues. The key of the abstract is to emphasize the existence of standards and statutory mechanisms for financial decision-making. The article is based on standards of the National Guardianship Association (NGA) (p. 1275).