Budgeting Strategies: CTO Master Class

In this session we’ll discuss Technology Budgeting. We’ll talk about strategies for planning and tracking your budget needs for both the short and long term.  School Committees, Superintendents, and Business Managers have varying understanding of technology lifecycles and ultimately look to you for prudent and reasonable budget requests.  How do you do it?

Outline:
As many ways to budget as there are schools
What you need to track & plan
How you track your budget (during the year)
How you plan for the coming year
Long term planning
The Real Work: Communication

Session Information






Dr. Lee McCanne

Director of Technology and School Libraries
Weston Public Schools



About
Lee was born and raised in Colorado but has been in the Boston area since 1993. After completing his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Colorado State University-Pueblo, he taught middle school music for the Fountain-Fort Carson Public Schools near Colorado Springs. In 1993 he moved to Weston Massachusetts and began graduate coursework at Boston University in the field of Educational Media and Technology. While completing his doctoral coursework he taught undergraduate and graduate coursework in for the Boston University School of Education. Lee has worked as the Technology Coordinator in Wilmington, Belmont, and has been with the Weston Public Schools since 2008.