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FY18LicensureProgram
Massachusetts Association of School Business Officials (MASBO) and Worcester
State University Post-Baccalaureate School
Business Administrator Leadership Program
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What is Your Professional Goal?
Looking for a way to make a greater difference
in K-12 education using your undergraduate or
graduate degree? Working in municipal finance
and want to impact students more directly?
Seeking a transition from teaching or
educational leadership to a career that applies
your knowledge to fiscal challenges? Maybe you
work as a school business office assistant,
bookkeeper, or clerk and look to move up the
ladder? Then you might be interested in
managing the wide variety of finance and
operational responsibilities associated with
supporting student academic excellence in a
Massachusetts traditional municipal or regional
public, charter, collaborative, vocational-
technical, or private school or district.
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What do SBA’s do?
School Business Administrators (also known as
School Business Officials, Directors of Finance
and Administrative Affairs, etc.) manage
business functions that include budgeting,
accounting, payroll, accounts receivable and
payable, food service, transportation,
procurements, and more. You embed the
highest ethical standards, communication skills,
management abilities, and best financial
practices to set and achieve business standards
that directly and positively impact student
outcomes. Generally reporting to a
Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent,
Executive Director, or Chief Executive Officer,
School Business Administrators are key school
and district leadership team members.
Are You Ready to be a School Business Administrator?
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Licensure: Required by the Commonwealth and a Ticket to Your Future
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts requires
licensure of all educators including School
Business Administrators. In order to earn an
Initial License, candidates must have prerequisite
experience, subject matter knowledge,
demonstrate successful application of appropriate
Professional Standards for Administrative
Leadership, and achieve a passing score on the
Communication and Literacy Skills MTEL test
(http://www.doe.mass.edu/lawsregs/603cmr7.ht
ml.)
How can the MASBO/WSU program get
you on your way?
ü It’s uniquely designed for candidates who
have full-time professional and/or personal
commitments, and runs from September
2017 through November 2018.
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ü In partnership with Worcester State
University, we offer five graduate level
courses taught by Professionally Licensed
current or retired School Business
Administrators that cover all areas of
Subject Matter Knowledge. Courses include
36 hours of instructional time on occasional
weekdays and many Saturdays throughout
the school year. Credits can be applied to
WSU’s Masters in Education program
(provided other WSU acceptance criteria
are met).
ü The 300 hour practicum is overseen by a
Professionally Licensed current or retired
School Business Administrator and you are
matched based on geographic location,
school type (e.g. regional to regional, town
to town, etc.), skills needs, etc.
ü Program participation incorporates
membership to MASBO, the go-to
Association for school finance professionals
across the Commonwealth, allowing
networking and up-to-the-minute
professional development opportunities
that employ a continuous cycle of
improvement formembersandcandidates.
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Who are we? We are a non-profit, private
501(c)(3) organization that exists to enhance
the competence and knowledge of School
Business Administrators in Massachusetts by
providing exceptional leadership, professional
development, and support services to
members to enable them to perform the
responsibilities of their positions to the
highest standards of the profession and
maximize their contribution to the success of
students and public education in the
Commonwealth. For over 50 years, an
overwhelming majority of public schools and
districts have counted on MASBO to ensure
that their school finance leaders and staff
members are well trained, well informed, and
well prepared to effectively manage the legal
and operational aspects of planning,
accounting, reporting, budgeting,
procurement, payroll, human resources,
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facilities management, food service,
transportation, insurance, scheduling, and
special education (among other duties and
responsibilities). MASBO is a respected partner
of our colleagues from other statewide
educational associations, as we collectively
advocate for the resources and legislation
required that provides all public school
students with a foundation for academic
excellence. We support the work of School
Business Administrators with this Leadership
Program, coaching services for new SBA’s,
professional development opportunities for all
members (including PDP’s for Professionally
Licensed SBA’s), vendor partnerships, best
practice resources, and more.
More About MASBO…
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How does the SBA Leadership
Program work?
The program is designed to be completed in
a 15 month window. As part of the
admissions process, you will have applied for
licensure and submitted many required
documents, so you’ll be off and running
before you technically start! Leadership,
Ethics, and Communication runs over the fall
and spring semesters and meets primarily at
MASBO events, so candidates benefit by
having exposure to the professional
development content and networking
available to regular members.
Three additional courses run in succession within
those two semesters with the final, capstone
course undertaken the following fall. Classes are
not scheduled during school breaks or vacations,
which allows candidates to focus their work on
completing elements of the practicum during
those times. The Program’s facilitator will
provide your orientation; coordinate registrations
with WSU; support interactions among and
between candidates, instructors, and advisors;
and provide you an endorsement to the
Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education upon successful completion of the
Program’s coursework and practicum
components (the final item in your requirements
list for Initial Licensure).
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First Three Courses Leadership, Ethics,
and Communication
Inadditiontomanagementand
oversightofallschoolfinancialmatters,
businessadministratorsarealso
educationalleaderswhobearsignificant
responsibilityforexecutingthevision
andmissionoftheentitywhile
employingclearandeffectiveavenues
ofcommunicationtoreachall
stakeholdersandmaintaininghigh
ethicalstandardsthatfoundationally
supportfiscal,personnel,andfacilities
management.
This10monthcoursefocuses
candidatesonthreeguidingprinciples:
studentlearningandwellbeing,ethical
leadership,andeffective
communication.Theseprinciplesare
appliedtotopicareasthatinclude
facilityplanningandmaintenance;
oversightoffoodservicesand
transportationoperations;assuranceof
riskmanagementandstudentandstaff
safety;maintenanceofappropriate
informationtechnology;and
managementofotherancillaryservices.
ThefallHumanResourcescourse
addressesfundamental
personnel/humanresourcefunctions
suchasrecruitment,selection,teacher
inductionandretention,supervision,
andemployeeperformanceevaluation
anddismissal,amongothers.Therewill
beaspecificfocusonstrategichuman
resourcemanagement,processesthat
supportteachingandlearning,
improvedstudentachievement,and
relatedprofessionaldevelopment.
Governmentfinancialstatements,
includingentity-wideandfund-based
statements,footnotes,andrequired
supplementaryinformation(RSI)are
thefocusofthisearlywintercourse.
ThecoverageofRSIwillincludein-
depthdiscussionsofpensionandother
post-employmentbenefit(OPEB)
disclosurerequiredbythe
GovernmentalAccountingStandards
Board(GASB).Avarietyofauditors’
reportsapplicabletogovernment
entitiesandMassachusetts,including
basicaudit,singleaudit,Departmentof
ElementaryandSecondaryEducation
(DESE)End-of-YearReportandChartof
Accounts,StudentActivityFunds,
municipalrevenuereporting,and
internalaccountingcontrolswillbe
reviewed.Thecoursewillalso
introduceServiceEffortsand
Accomplishments(SEA)reporting
basedonGASBguidelinesissuedby
GASB.
Human Resources Management
Financial Accounting
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Managing Financial Resources
This early spring course covers topics
that include the history and specifics
of the state’s Foundation Budget
funding formula; budget development
models and effective budgeting
strategies; financial best practices; and
successfully managing budget
reductions. Other topics include a
detailed review of student activity
account guidelines, an overview of
ancillary services, and the school
business administrator as an
instructional leader. Class participants
review a school-based budget, prepare
a foundation budget analysis, and
complete an in-depth study of a
district ancillary service.
Candidates will explore how the
collection and use of information, data-
driven analysis, and the use of social
science research techniques can make
public programs and policies more
responsive, efficient, and effective in
this course held during the following
fall. It is designed to help the
practitioner develop the skills required
to define and critically analyze and
evaluate policy problems; articulate
relevant decision making criteria for
policy analysis and program
evaluation; and evaluate alternative
policy options or program delivery
options. Candidates are expected to
learn the available frameworks for
policy analysis and program
evaluation; how a particular
framework is relevant in a given
context; and the strengths and
weaknesses of each framework. These
frameworks, skills, and techniques will
be applied to a wide range of
substantive public policy issues and/or
programs.
A 300 hour field based experience is a
required element of licensure and
extends from the beginning to end of
the program. Practicum work is
designed to incorporate the nine areas
of Subject Matter Knowledge in DESE’s
licensure regulations, aligned with the
Professional Standards for
Administrator Licensure. You will be
partnered with a Professionally
Licensed school business administrator
and begin your collaboration by
reviewing your Pre-Assessment (due
after acceptance to the program),
which will help determine gaps in your
content knowledge. Together, you and
your advisor will plan a series of
activities and projects intended to fill
those knowledge gaps, documenting
your work in a Licensure Log that will
serve as evidence of your satisfactory
completion of the practicum. Prior to
the end of the program, you will
complete a Post-Assessment reflecting
ways in which you’ve addressed
content gaps.
Information Based Management
300 Hour Practicum
Final Two Courses Plus Practicum
Are you ready to take the first step into the world of school finance and operations? You’ve come to
the right place! Get started today by reviewing more detailed program materials at
www.masbo.org. Next, contact MASBO’s Professional Development Coordinator Margaret Raymond
Driscoll at mdriscoll@masbo.org or call at (781) 738-3019 and get started!
You Can Make a Positive Difference in the Life of a Student! You can make a positive
Massachusetts Association of School Business Officials 87 Elm Street, Suite 1 Hopkinton, MA 01748 www.masbo.org Phone: (978) 452-7044
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