Course: Financial Management in Primary School

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Course title Financial Management in Primary School
Course code USP/Z8FMS
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Petrů Puhrová Barbora, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
- Founders of schools and school facilities in the Czech Republic. - Legislation on education financing in the Czech Republic. - Basic concepts of management, specifics of financial management of the school. - Financing of regional education. - Establishment, changes and abolition of schools and school facilities. - Human resources, wage regulations, wage agenda. - Basic concepts in accounting in primary school. - Planning, management and control of financing in primary schools. Structure of the draft budget. - Internal regulations, guidelines and school documentation in the field of school financial management. - Fundraising and its use in primary school management. School communication with the public, school marketing. - Use of extra-budgetary sources of primary school financing (additional school activities, funds). - Subsidies, international projects, development programs and their use in primary schools. - Project and project management (planning, goals, processing, implementation, control and evaluation of the project). - The role of the project team, teamwork and team roles in project preparation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Text analysis
  • Participation in classes - 28 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 20 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 5 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 7 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
unspecified
unspecified
learning outcomes
specifics of school financial management
specifics of school financial management
planning, management and control of funding in primary schools
planning, management and control of funding in primary schools
founders of schools and school facilities in the Czech Republic
founders of schools and school facilities in the Czech Republic
use of extra-budgetary sources of financing of primary schools
use of extra-budgetary sources of financing of primary schools
project and project management in elementary school conditions
project and project management in elementary school conditions
national strategic and curriculum documents
national strategic and curriculum documents
selected international legal standards in the field of education
selected international legal standards in the field of education
legislative documents in kindergarten practice
legislative documents in kindergarten practice
selected documents, guidelines and regulations in kindergarten practice principles of control activity in kindergarten
selected documents, guidelines and regulations in kindergarten practice principles of control activity in kindergarten
principles of control activity in kindergarten
principles of control activity in kindergarten
Skills
orient in project challenges suitable for use in elementary school
orient in project challenges suitable for use in elementary school
teaching methods
Knowledge
Text analysis
Text analysis
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
assessment methods
Analysis of seminar paper
Analysis of seminar paper
Analysis of a legal example
Analysis of a legal example
Recommended literature
  • Doležal, J., & Krátký, J. Projektový management v praxi: naučte se řídit projekty!. Praha: Grada, 2017.
  • Kuchař, F., Schneider, P., Trojan, V., Urban, J., & Zeman, P. Školská politika, finance a leadership v ředitelské praxi. Praha: Raabe, 2014.
  • Obst, O. Manažerské minimum pro učitele. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci., 2006.
  • Ochrana, F., Pavel, J., & Vítek, L. Veřejný sektor a veřejné finance: financování nepodnikatelských a podnikatelských aktivit. Praha: Grada, 2010.
  • Prášilová, M. Vybrané kapitoly ze školského managementu pro učitele. Olomouc: UP, 2003.
  • Světlík, J. Marketingové řízení školy. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2009.
  • Tauer, V., Zemánková, H., & Šubrtová, J. Získejte dotace z fondů EU: tvorba žádosti a realizace projektu krok za krokem: metodika, pravidla, návody. Brno: Computer Press, 2009.
  • Valenta, J. Financování a rozpočet školy. Karviná-Mizeov: Paris., 2004.


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