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Strategy & Resource Allocation
In these uncertain financial times, school districts must learn how to maximize limited economic resources and partnerships. Access techniques on how to reduce costs, particularly around special education. Learn how be proactive with limited resources as well as how to access available funds from federal grants and stimulus money.
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A presentation from the 2009 Superintendents' Strategy Summit, this slide deck discusses special education today and gives a 10-step reform process for improvement and cost savings.
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With the growing attention on differentiated pay programs, DMC discusses considerations for designing, funding, and implementing a Performance Pay Program in your district.
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At the 2004 Superintendents' Strategy Summit, DMC defines internal and external partnerships and gives best practices on how to get the most of both partnerships.
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Who? Why? What? With your district's context and objectives in mind, these three critical questions.
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How did HISD become the highest performing urban district in Texas? This DMC Case Study examines former Superintendent Abelardo Saavedra's launch of HISD's Performance Pay Program in 2006, which was central to the growth in student achievement and the dramatic culture transformation in the district.
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This case study unpacks the process that Fairfax County Public Schools underwent to reconfigure its budgetary process.
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This DMC Spotlight defines innovation in the education landscape and gives school leaders the tools to manage innovation opportunities effectively.
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Most superintendents and their senior teams have come to develop a finely calibrated sense of how to best manage the year-to-year changes in their districts. With proactive preparation, districts can manage the downside risk, and seize the upside opportunity that uncertainty creates. The key to transforming the current crisis into a strategic opportunity is to accept the uncertainty of the current fiscal situation, recognize the uncertain dimensions of
each individual decision, and structure the strategic planning process accordingly.
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From the 2004 Superintendents' Strategy Summit, DMC provides decentralization tactics as well as budgeting tips for increased effectiveness. The slide deck also includes case studies of successful decentralization of districts.
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A presentation from the 2009 Superintendents' Strategy Summit, this slide deck presents key lessons from the business world that translate for the pain points of superintendents.
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At the 2009 Superintendents' Strategy Summit, DMC presented on how a financial crisis impacts a school district, providing a framework for improving communications, cost efficiency, and leadership capacity.
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DMC’s Executive Action Planning Meeting (EAPM) met in Boston on April 28-29, 2009 with the goal of helping districts utilize a framework to enable them to respond strategically to the changed economic landscape. DMC encouraged districts not just to react with immediate budget cuts, but instead to think proactively about tactical approaches that can foster leadership capacity, communications, strategic planning, and cost efficiency. These tactics should serve both to spend stimulus dollars effectively in the short term and to help position districts for the end of stimulus payments in FY 2011.
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This brief provides an overview of the myriad components of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA). It explores how the ARRA’s guiding principles, reform assurances, and suggested uses, as articulated by the Department of Education, expressly encourage districts to use one-time funds for lasting strategic impact.
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Special education costs are rising rapidly, and the number of students with severe special needs such as autism and emotional/behavioral issues is rising even faster. Here’s the good news: There is a 10-Step process with more than 75 specific strategies that will enable you to balance the budget and improve student outcomes.
Approaches for Improving Quality and Reducing Cost in Special Education
A Win-Win Approach to Reducing Special Education Costs
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