Friday, January 23, 2009
using the IIRC
I have used the Illinois Interactive Report Card (IIRC) many times this fall since learning about the importance of data driven decisions in EDL 505. After our work this weekend, I am able to make more use of the financial links. We studied in class this weekend how the large dollar amount of administrator salaries in large districts is actually a relatively small percentage of the the education budget, typically 3 to 5 percent. I looked at the data for my small schools and found that the salaries for only two or three administrators represents over 10 percent of the education budget in our rural districts. That, of course, is a result of the lower administrator/student ratios in the small schools. It's because of that declining ratio that had lead to a number of districts trying to operate with a principal/superintendent position.
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I am also employed in a small school district. We have three separate campuses. Each campus is located a few miles apart.
While the budget for admin salary may be higher than larger districts, I don't know how we would operate without the number of administrators that we have. Our enrollment is less that 500 students at this time and we have a Superintendent/Principal, Principal, and Assistant Principal. In essence, one administrator per building.
Perhaps smaller districts like mine must spend the money to hire administrators in order to complete all of the responsabilities that all districts require.
I think that many large districts may have some "hidden" administrators that smaller districts might not have. Our district has 5 "head teachers, 8 department heads, 9 grade level leaders and a small learning communities grant coordinators. All of these are full or part-time "teaching" positions or differentials.
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