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Overview
After meeting with our administration team and primarily the principal and assistant principal, I
have gained knowledge of our allocated funds for the success of our student's behavior as well as
attendance and academics. The program is called the 5-star students point-based system and the
budget though basic was created with the purpose of designating funds to run the program. After
a careful review of the assessment, the principal was able to determine that training is a huge
factor in the success of this program. I am honored that she liked the assessment form and is
passing it on to activity advisors for her to review and have an idea of what is needed in different
The school's vision plan consists of respect, proactive, and responsibilities. This builds
the character traits that a student needs not only within a school setting but in real-world daily
survival. The principal shared that on many occasions we lose this focus as we only lean into the
need of academic achievement but in order for our students to be successful, we have to go
beyond that. I mentioned to my principal the standards covered in the professional standards for
educational leaders and she admired the connection made between those standards and her
vision. I shared with her that I believe the PSEL standard 5 correlates with bullet point d which
states, “Promote adult-student, student-peer, and school-community relationships that value and
Justification
In my excel google document shared below and linked for easy access, the basics were imputed
as we created this together. This being the first year, it was a higher investment than expected
but she does have the funds to allocate for this type of student success. The expense covers
many areas of behavior management and not only does it serve as a point-based system but as a
new way of maintaining records for hall passes, surveys and students' behavior. Part of the
improvement plan has been to increase attendance and improve behavior and there is an area that
grants students an opportunity to join celebrations with snacks for perfect attendance monthly.
Strategies
I am fortunate to have been granted a sneak peek of what's to come and with that, it opened up
for discussion on strategies that will assist in the revenue of this program. Though not yet
approved and therefore not on the budget, it is something that they will review and that is to host
a partnership with clubs that fundraise such as school dances and carnivals to allocate donations
from their events into the cost of this program in order for it to continue without affecting the
budget with only costs to run it. The funds donated to this program will serve as support to the
cost and to the success of students' overall performance in academics, social, emotional, and
physical needs. This connects back to standard 5 which talks to us about the importance of the
same. As administrators, keeping an open mind to what can benefit the school is a great way to
build relationships with not only staff but with students as they will truly enjoy the incentives
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References:
5 STAR BUDGET FORCAST. (n.d.). Google Docs. Retrieved July 27, 2023, from
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ydMUbgM9FpVCeZoEEjQAqLExs0_jgsi4T7mJ
sMCBZQw/edit#gid=0
https://www.5starstudents.com/Pricing/Small
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScv2z0WWXSeCfmb1t-Io_UpYE-
jalFcj5fWsndYZYXdzxpmUQ/viewform
http://www.npbea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Professional-Standards-for-
Educational-Leaders_2015.pdf