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SAVING MONEY – ARE YOU WILLING TO CHANGE, THE WAY YOU DO BUSINESS?. James Terry, Ph.D., C.P.A., CPFIM, CTSBO Executive Director of Finance & Accounting Services – North East ISD jterry@neisd.net. Change – Are you Willing?.
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SAVING MONEY – ARE YOU WILLING TO CHANGE, THE WAY YOU DO BUSINESS? James Terry, Ph.D., C.P.A., CPFIM, CTSBO Executive Director of Finance & Accounting Services – North East ISD jterry@neisd.net
Change – Are you Willing? WHEN THE RATE OF CHANGE OUTSIDE THE ORGANIZATION IS GREATER THAN INSIDE…. THE END IS NEAR Jack Welch General Electric CEO
Forecasting • Big numbers – easier to forecast with less errors • 1,000 STUDENTS MISS 1 YOUR .1% OFF • 10 MISS 1 YOUR 10% OFF
Forecasting • Big numbers – easier to forecast • If total elementary students = 30,000 • Students per campus – an average of 800 elementary students at 37 campuses • Students per classroom – average is 15 in 53 class rooms or a total of 2,000 classrooms
Costs • Personnel = 84% to 87% of the budget • Teachers are usually 50% of total personnel costs or higher
Enrollment Forecasting Enrollment Analysis as of June 2, 2010
Productivity • Utilization of personnel, especially teachers
Teacher Utilization (TU) = Number of actual students a teacher teaches (STT) divided by number of students the teacher is allowed to teach (SA). TU = STT/SA
Teacher UtilizationStudents to Teacher Ratios • 22 / 1 = 100% • 23 / 2 = 11.5 students per teacher 52% • 44 / 2 = 100% • 45 / 3 = 15 students per teacher 68%
Gain in Teacher Utilization 100% Efficient Efficiency Curve 100% 91% 68% Number of Students per Teacher Teacher Utilization 45% 23% Number of Students per grade level
Gain in Teacher Utilization 100% Efficient Efficiency Curve 100% 91% 68% Number of Students per Teacher Teacher Utilization 45% 23% Number of Students per grade level
District Elementary Teacher Productivity MeasureElementary Teacher UtilizationPotential Dollar Savings
Potential Savings at 100% Efficiency Note: The average salary per teacher with benefits: $43,000 35 Campuses
Actual Savings through Clustering Dollar savings 27 teachers at $50,000 equals $1,300,000
Clustering Schools Enrollment Analysis example Enrollment total K-2nd = 442
Clustering Schools Enrollment Analysis example Enrollment total 3rd-5th = 441
Total Savings in Clustering Two Schools example 5 FTE’s or $300,000
You Can Save Money, Are You Willing To Change? QUESTIONS????? • James Terry, Ph.D., C.P.A., C.P.F.I.M. • Executive Director of Finance & Accounting Services – • North East ISD • 210-407-0505 • jterry@neisd.net THANK YOU!!!!!