In a school, the students and district needs almost always overshadow the available resources required to meet the schools needs. Budgeting is all about forming priorities. This includes budgeting fiscal, human, and physical resources. Decision making regarding priorities has to be driven by student achievement. A lot of times, it is obvious that the student needs are much more than the amount of resources to meet specific needs. When I become an administrator, this may occur and I have to know how to address this. You need to have convictions and be sure of your morals. The impact on student achievement has to be the focus. Loeb Darling-Hammond, & Luczak (2005) conducted a study on teacher retention in California schools. They found that teachers are more likely to leave schools where the students are low-achieving and low income than a school with students who are more advantaged educationally and economically. Brown & Wynn (2009) describe this intervention as having a great effect on teacher retention. They write about the necessity of the principal to play a vital role in this intervention in order to guarantee success. The researchers describe the support and in-person contact to be components that encourage teachers to stay and feel good about teaching in the school. The principal needs to foster these relationships. Leithwood & Louis (2012) wrote about how leadership was connected very clearly to success of school students and success of those teachers who im
pact students. I previously examined professional codes of ethics and I also made my own personal code of ethics for professionalism. I will classify and rank objectives for instructional enhancement. I will use data from my own schools School Improvement Plan (SIP) to identify instructional improvement objectives, current interventions, and the resources that are currently set in place to try to meet such instructional needs. Then I will show my ability to highlight school needs by choosing a target to try to look deeper into the goal that might have the best impact on student achievement. I will define key elements of a professional code of ethics and values. Ladd & John (1991) discussed how ethics applies across professions and relates to professional progress. I will recognize aspects of school and overall district budgets. I will identify and describe the main forces that affect the school and district process for budgeting. I will connect the budgeting, as well as things about resource management connecting to student achievement as well as the effectiveness of the school. I will explore the ideas in this assignment in order to learn about how to create and set up a schools budget in order to accommodate needs that are instructionally prioritized. I will make a table that connects the funding resources and action plans that are both in place and are recommended. I will look at the schools fixed budget, discretionary funds, grant funds, and community resources.