Final+Class+Reflection

The class was very electrifying from a knowledge perspective. I learned an awful lot concerning the budgetary process. My ability to reflect on the different elements of the budget has enhanced my understanding of where the money comes from and the areas where it should be spent. I still need a further understanding of all the elements that make up the budget, but I have increased my understanding by leaps and bounds. The Reflection in Action piece was enlightening. As Superintendents we will be required to reflect on our successes and also our failures. We must make decisions and at times we will make the wrong decisions. I believe that when we come against difficult decision, we should always make decisions in favor of the students. Reflection allows us to learn from our success and failures. Reflections also allow us to develop into experts in our fields. I have always remembered something that I learned in another Graduate Course, “we never make decisions with all the information.” We might have all the information available at the time, but this is not necessarily all the information. We will be blindsided at times believing that the information that we have is sufficient for the task at hand. We must be willing to make decisions and we must be willing to retract decisions made if we find that those decisions were incorrect.

I believe that I am prepared to take the challenge of assisting in the preparing of a budget document, notice I stated assisting in preparing the document. I also believe that if I had to go it alone I could struggle through the process.