Strategic Planning, Business Plans, & Performance Budgeting

Performance Budgeting
Readings

• GFOA: Smart School Spending Overview
• GFOA: Academic Return on Investment
• Managerial Accounting and Continuous Improvement Initiatives

Discussion Questions

• How does your district currently make budget decisions?  What are the gaps between your district's current process and the processes presented in the readings?
  
• What would it take to move your district towards the processes presented in the readings?
• How do you see your financial/business office and academics working together to implement performance budgeting?  What roadblocks would you anticipate?

Strategic Planning
Readings

• Balanced Scorecards for School Districts
• Balanced Scorecards and Management Data

Discussion Questions

• How does your district currently approach strategic planning? 
• How are cross-departmental initiative managed?
• How do you know your initiatives are successful?
• How do departments stay aligned in your organization?

Business Plans
Readings

• GFOA: Plan of Action
• Flexible Business Plans

Discussion Questions

• How does your district currently approach planning for large initiative investments? 
• How would you keep a project/initiative "true" to the business plan?