The budget guidelines are a wonderful, if maybe at times a little overwhelming, resource. This information is of great importance to us all in that it provides examples which help me to understand a little more clearly the process. When I visit with our Director of Finance it at times seems she is speaking a foreign language but with this resource I find it a little more understandable. After this week’s conversation with her I am able to look at this information and understand more clearly her comments. For someone without the day to day experience of those guidelines, it would be very confusing.
Hello Chris,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your ideas. I am writing in response to your comments regarding,"After this week’s conversation with her I am able to look at this information and understand more clearly her comments." Having a common vocabulary and understanding the parameters and perspective of other professionals within the district is of tremendous importance. When I first began as the Director of ELLs, the budget director did not undertand why I could not understand what he was saying. He made the comment, "It's not rocket science." At that moment to me, it might as well have been. He then backed up and tailored the conversation a little more to what I understood and how we could have a common language we both understood. Clear understandings are critical to shared vision and leadership.
Thanks, Alma Sandoval