Most everyone is capable of implementing small changes to move the needle in the desired direction. What if everyone in the organization made it a personal goal to look for opportunities to make small changes that will move the needle weekly, monthly and year-over-year? This is the point of continuous improvement and improving internal controls. School districts also need to be strategic in bringing in outside resources to address opportunities in select operational areas.
It helps to have a reference that includes meaningful data points, trends and comparative levels to watch the needle move. This is where a robust data analytic tool can be a significant time-saver. Also, communication processes benefit from effective data visualizations. Easy to understand data visualizations help us observe our contributions to moving the needle, not to mention in getting one’s point across to the audience in our offices and in cabinet- and board-level discussions, in addition to dashboards published on campuses’ and school districts’ web sites.
TASBO, TASA and TASB have partnered with Forecast5 Analytics to provide an array of analytic tools to assist your school district in analyzing staffing, financial, operational, and academic data and performance. For more information, click on the link below.
http://www.tasbo.org/resource/forecast-5