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California Smarter Spending
Project Team:
Darren W. Armstrong – Project ManagerDr. Maureen Saul – Finance CoachDr. Katy Schneider – Finance Coach
May 4, 2016
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California Smarter SpendingAgenda
Agenda
▪ Introductions
▪ SSS Tools
▪ Objectives
▪ SAUSD SSS Process
▪ Smarter School Spending (SSS) and LCAP shared vision
▪ Team Structure
▪ SSS Goal & Initiatives
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California Smarter SpendingContext & Objectives
California context
▪ During the 2007/08 recession, California school budgets declined as the economy struggled overall
▪ Although budgets stabilized in recent years, they have not yet returned to pre-recession levels and schools must allocate spend as efficiently as possible
▪ In 2014, CA instituted LCFF and LCAP to increase funding and funding flexibility while requiring greater community engagement and spend transparency
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California Smarter SpendingContext & Objectives
Smarter School Spending context
▪ Smarter School Spending (SSS) is a process and set of tools for aligning resources (people, time, and money) with districts’ student achievement goals via year-round strategic planning and stakeholder engagement
▪ SSS program was developed directly from work done with four districts (e.g., Rochester City School District in New York) in partnership with the Gates Foundation and education finance experts
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California Smarter SpendingContext & Objectives
Objectives for this work
Leverage SSS to develop an LCAP reflecting strategic alignment of academic priorities and budget and build long-term capabilities by:
▪ Aligning on academic priorities and the key initiatives to support those priorities (including spend)
▪ Identifying opportunities to reallocate spend to support our academic goals
▪ Engaging district stakeholders to collect input and gain buy-in
▪ Developing sustaining practices (e.g., revised calendar & processes, capabilities, improved budget development, cross-collaboration, tools, etc.)
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California Smarter Spending
This effort will integrate strategic academic planning andthe budget process
…strategic planning and the budgeting process are merged to create a process for strategic use of resources in the district:
In Smarter School Spending…
Merging these processes allows for greater alignment of district strategy and finances, and allows the district to balance financial decisions as tradeoffs for increasing strategic investments in students
…strategic planning and budget processes happen in parallel tracks that don’t intersect:
In many districts…
Academic Strategic Planning
Budget Process
2. District Budget
1. Strategic
Plan
When these processes happen in isolation, a district is at risk for creating a strategic plan that cannot be funded and a budget that has no strategic basis
1. Strategic Plan
2. Strategic Finance
Plan3. Strategic
Annual Budget
Budget Process
Academic Strategic Planning
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California Smarter SpendingTeam Structure & Roles (Education Services x Bus. Services)
Leadership Team
Steering CommitteeOversee overall direction and decisions of the Smarter School Spending work
Design Team
Working GroupManage day to day aspects of the work, involved in analysis of the Action Teams, synthesize findings into concrete recommendations for final approval from the Steering Committee
Sub Committee Team
Action Team Action Team Action Team Action Team
Conduct the analysis and investigation into instructional priorities and other activities (one Action Team per area)
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California Smarter SpendingTeamwork—The Process
Our first step will be refining academic priorities, which we have started by collecting input & studying the data:
Administrators Interviews
Surveys
Collect input1
Study data2
Research
Reading levels
Smarter Balanced results
Graduation rates
Design Team analysis, synthesis, & recommendation using SSS tools
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Steering Committee provides guidance & direction on the overall process
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Attendance data
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California Smarter SpendingTools—How We Work
Targeted issues, programs, fidelity (impact), and initiatives were prioritized by:
▪ The Issue Tree, Budget Tree, and LACE
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California Smarter SpendingSSS Goal & Initiatives
How do we get there?
#1 (Early Literacy): To increase early literacy skills, commit additional funds and human resources for EL students, particularly at the K-3 level with the stated outcome of increasing early foundational reading skills. Using current data, collaboratively create an early literacy blueprint for each school to enhance services to and success of EL students. For example, services may include SIPPS and Reading Academy/small group instruction.
#2 (Professional development): To ensure implementation of strategies proven to ensure the achievement of ELs (including reclassification), refine the support by Education Services staff, and add personnel to provide job-embedded coaching for all teachers.
#3 (Leadership/School culture) Create an environment where the education of ELs is infused at every level of the district’s decision-making process. Include opportunities at principals’ meetings, and ongoing learning regarding methods of support and instruction for ELs (including methods for monitoring effectiveness).
Goal: Reclassify 75% of English Learners within a 5-year period.
