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Standard Nine Summary
Standard Nine Summary
Education 650
Standard Summary
“Effective educational leaders manage school operations and resources to promote each student’s
academic success and well-being.” This standard was met by participating in the following
activities.
Standard Activity 9.37A: For this activity, I examined operational policies for Clay
County High School. The policy book I examined dated back to 1976. It was tedious to
go through each policy, but I pulled out and expanded upon the ones that I felt were most
beneficial to operations.
Standard Activity 9.38A: For this activity, I read and summarized the findings and
violations found by the State Fire Marshall. The high school did relatively well, but there
were things such as extension cords and outlet covers that needed fixed.
Standard Activity 9.41C: During this activity, I interviewed the assistant superintendent
about finance for Clay County Schools. During the interview we discussed levy money
and how that is applied, the School Building Authority money that has funded the high
From this experience, I learned that the county has had to learn to be very resourceful
when deciding how money is spent. They have learned how to stretch money and cut corners
where it is needed. This experience also showed me that the Fire Marshall is a very important
visitor that can cost the county a lot of money if major violations are found.
Area(s) Needing Further Experience and Improvement
I would like to be able to actually examine the numbers that the county spends and
discuss how that is further broken down. Finance is something that intimidates me at the
administrator level, so I would want to learn more and be more hands on with those financial
numbers.