On Friday November 20, I went to a lunch with honors, where we met with Chancellor Jim Schmidt to discuss current and upcoming issues on campus. I found this experience to be highly beneficial and learned a lot about how the campus is run and the changes that will be taking place over the next few years. One thing that we discussed was the recent budget cuts and how they affected our campus. I learned that this past year we had to reduce our budget by 12.5 million dollars, which resulted in the loss of 179 faculty members. What I found interesting is that unlike many other schools our Chancellor decided to not make cuts equally from each department. He tried to make the cuts in a way that didn’t diminish the student experience at Eau Claire, instead he tried to look at what departments could be reduced or made more efficient, so that the students weren’t negatively impacted. I thought that this way of making budget cuts was very well thought out and in the end won’t have a large negative impact on the way our campus runs, or limit the number of opportunities students have. Additionally, we discussed the Chancellor Jim hopes to utilize this renovation to reconnect students with the river, among other things. His plan includes making an outdoor classroom where the current Putnam and KT hall parking lot is, as well as making a ledge which protrudes off the riverbank and over the river. He also mentioned putting potential fire pits on the river to be used as gathering spots. Another aspect of the renovation may include extending the bridge so that it ends closer to Schofield, and ending it will three ramps, eliminating the stairs and 90 degree turns that often cause bicycle and pedestrian collisions. These are only some of the ideas that will be implementing during the renovations and I believe that they will be very beneficial to
... the cafeteria over 100 seats are available, so the surrounding will actually help people to be more engaging to their friends. Also, there are many events was held in the building, such as ISU after dark and some very significant speeches were taken place inside the building. The most exciting event I have been through was the orientation. It was taken place in the “Sun Room”, where can be a hall of party and auditorium of a speech. Outside the room there are soft sofa available to students to seat down and read, and the beverage bar will not be far, so why not get a drink and seat for a novel.
Overall, I was grateful for this experience. I was able to find out more about the behind the scenes responsibilities of our schools’ leadership.
The Chicago Public School District is the third largest school district in the United States educating around 400,000 students. Back in 1987 CPS was named “the worst in the nation”(). Moving its way up to the top, since then, CPS had completely rebuilt its structure, appointing leaders and reformed ideas. Now, with a deficit projected to be around $1 billion CPS is headed back in a downwards path, money being the biggest issue. The United States Federal Government already has financial issues of its own, which makes dealing with a CPS budget a problem within a problem. CPS, with a $6.6 billion FY2013 budget, is now taking a new strategy based upon a flawed “Student-Based Budgeting System”. The Board of Education is also struggling to solve the debt they have reached, and with their FY2014 plans this year’s budget book is argued to be “one of the most poorly written budgets”(). The way CPS is handling their budget is not benefiting the lives and education of students and is leaving CPS at a loss with giant financial issues.
The country needs to start monitoring how the government is spending the federal budget and they need to start splitting it fairly to benefit our country. 83% of the federal budget is spent on the Big Five which are the main expenses in the budget. We have to stop spending it all on the Big Five. Our government should really pay attention to what we need most of in this country and focus on the needs. The government needs to take away 20% of the Big Five and split it to categories that need it.
The forum enraveled with an introduction given by Mayor Tom Weisner as he welcomed the incoming crowd of students. As things settled down, he passed the mic to Dr. Brandon Kooi, associate professor of criminal justice at Aurora University, set the stage with a general overview of national state affairs and APD Chief Kristen Ziman expounded on community and relationships with an analysis of the
The department of Developmental Education is tasked each year with coming up with the following years budget and this year I was given that task. The Dean has given us a very hard task and that is that we have to cut 10% of our budget for next year. My task is to come up with five strategies that help in reducing our budget by 10% just for the following year, two of them will have to present a permanent change to our current budget and the ones to follow. This was a very tough decision, as many items have to be considered. I have given it a lot of thought and this is what I came up with, I will also explain which one of the strategies I think works best for our department and the institution.
1.How do scarce resources influence you personally? What impact does this have on your financial management?
It is with deep sadness and regret that we, the Johnson Core Team, must write this letter regarding the actions during the past leadership weekend. Without a doubt, our team was greatly affected by it, and we still feel its effects now, even as we have returned home from camp. We realize that poor decisions were made by us as a Core Team – who posed as leaders of leaders – and the negative implications that it has made for us, our teachers, and our administration. It is a decision that we admit to being a risk to not only the face of Monsignor Percy Johnson’s leadership, but the face of Catholic Student Leadership within the TCDSB. We acknowledge that our decision and actions do not reflect
As all states are facing budget cuts, it is imperative that all stakeholders work together to ensure academic success for all students. The idea then seems to be, teachers must learn to do more with less resources. Throughout the video, there were many main points made about how to cut the budget but not place student achievement at risk. For example schools must determine what expenditures could be removed and replaced with increasing innovation in the classroom. Another way is for schools to determine students’ performance on high performance testing and design budget to benefit this. Finally, find how your resources are being used right now and create a strategy that will make an impact on student performance.
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I learned a few things about my school and myself in regards to this area of leadership by participating in this activity. I learned that my school asks for very little participation from the teachers and community in regards to the budgeting process. But it could be an excellent venue to review prior year accomplishments as well as decide on future objectives with these stakeholders. If I were an administrator, involving the community and faculty would not only help in maintaining awareness, but I could also use this as a way to help those who may not be directly vested in my school, but who are helping fund it through their taxes, recognize effective administration in our efforts to reduce costs and provide needed resources to the various programs. I also feel that budget decisions cannot be solely programmatic or solely monetary. There needs
I appreciated Dr Fredrick Schmidt starting the plenary sessions with prayer. He mentioned about spiritual practices and its disciplines in the church, and explained how we could apply different lenses to spiritual disciplines. The second plenary session was a creative session with Dr. Karla Kincannon where we prayed and meditated and, helped us learn how to create the art. It helped us shape our creativity and spirituality together. The third plenary session was with Dr. Fredrick Schmidt where he taught us about the monastic life lived by the monks during the second century, how monks lived; the way they prayed and meditated and gave more time to God. The monks were living a more disciplined life, they were closer to God and away from the worldly pleasures. The last plenary session with Dr. Mark Fowler was an amazing experiencing. He reminded us that we are here in seminary for a purpose and that God wants us to fulfil that purpose in our lives. Our journey in the seminary may be of challenges but we have to keep our faith strong and remember by whom we have given our authority of
I may not be responding exactly as you intended the question to be responded to, but felt that applying the course to my current organization was the best way to demonstrate my understanding of the course materials. In my opinion, Unit 4 and the discussion of growth strategy was the most critical to the success of my organization. At the corporate level, there are three strategic alternatives that may be employed: growth, stability, and retrenchment (Parnell, 2014). My division had to endure retrenchment a couple of years ago. This strategy did not directly affect my region; however, the long-term effects have manifested a sense of fear for the whole organization. In our industry, we are dependent on having members to take care in order to
...nd was wonderful to shop with. Michael was a perfect gentleman. Marnie was always encouraging and understanding. Nisha and Rebecca Kozitza were amusing . . . and so on. If it had not been for everyone's wonderful personalities we would not have been able to endure such cramped living spaces. The final farewell was testament to the closeness of our newly found friendships. I look forward to another alumni event. Until then, I will treasure the friends I've made.
It was a privilege interviewing my teacher Ivone Menchaca. It was face to face. The