Working library

Don’t start from a blank page.

Twenty practical templates, nine fictional examples, and the complete course source files—ready to copy, adapt, and put to work.

20Templates
9Worked examples
2Editable formats

Markdown files open in any text editor. CSV files open in Excel, Numbers, or Google Sheets.

Templates

Tools for the decisions on your desk.

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Annual Budget

Build and test the financial assumptions behind a management decision.

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Budget Review

Build and test the financial assumptions behind a management decision.

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Budget Variance

Build and test the financial assumptions behind a management decision.

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Capstone Workbook

Turn a recurring leadership responsibility into a clear, usable operating tool.

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Contract Review Checklist

Clarify the terms, interests, risks, and next steps before the conversation.

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Contract Summary

Clarify the terms, interests, risks, and next steps before the conversation.

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Decision Log

Turn a recurring leadership responsibility into a clear, usable operating tool.

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Delegation Planner

Create explicit expectations and a repeatable people-management process.

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District Meeting Preparation

Clarify the terms, interests, risks, and next steps before the conversation.

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Executive Dashboard

Turn a recurring leadership responsibility into a clear, usable operating tool.

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Hiring Scorecard

Create explicit expectations and a repeatable people-management process.

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Meeting Agenda

Turn a recurring leadership responsibility into a clear, usable operating tool.

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Negotiation Preparation

Clarify the terms, interests, risks, and next steps before the conversation.

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Onboarding Checklist

Create explicit expectations and a repeatable people-management process.

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One Page Strategic Plan

Turn a recurring leadership responsibility into a clear, usable operating tool.

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Performance Conversation Planner

Create explicit expectations and a repeatable people-management process.

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Process Map

Turn a recurring leadership responsibility into a clear, usable operating tool.

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Risk Register

Turn a recurring leadership responsibility into a clear, usable operating tool.

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Staffing Cost

Build and test the financial assumptions behind a management decision.

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Standard Operating Procedure

Turn a recurring leadership responsibility into a clear, usable operating tool.

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Fictional examples

See what strong work can look like.

Every example uses the fictional North Valley Special Education Cooperative. No real students, employees, districts, or agreements are represented.

Prefer the source files?

The original Markdown course is still here.

Download the syllabus, schedule, progress tracker, glossary, and source list.