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MASA Great Start Cohort

Communicating about School Finance

Christine Tucci Osorio

Superintendent ISD#622

11.18.21

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Teaching Strategies at Work

  • What do you want your audience to know and be able to do?’
  • Baseline Data - what is their current understanding?
  • Ensure comprehensible input
  • Differentiate your supports
  • Check for understanding
  • Reteach

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Know Your Audience

Experience, Personal Interests, Political Leanings?

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Example - Presentation to the MN House of Representatives

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Cost of Closing the Achievement Gap

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What is it you want your Audience to Understand?

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Use Analogies - Start with What is Familiar

Zone of Proximal Development

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Budget Assumptions

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Example - 622 Debt Forecast & Bond Referendum

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Example - 622 Debt Forecast Today

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Example - Net Tax Capacity

Pie Example

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Levy costs shared among property owners

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Differentiate your Communication

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Example - Flipped Presentation for School Board

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622 Finance Presentation for School Board

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Use Visuals

622 Federal COVID-19 Relief Funds Summary

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Scenario for Discussion

Contract Negotiations - Staying within your Budget

Stakeholder Groups

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Group 1 - School Board

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Group 2 - Teacher Union

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Group 3 - Taxpayers

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Other Scenarios?

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Wrap Up