I currently work as a Project Coordinator for NJIT in which I am coordinating an entire project from training to payroll, to dealing with students and tutors. Initially, it was planned each tutor can make up to $700 per semester and the hours/tasks will be documented as the program continues throughout the semester. As I am currently in the last 1/3 of the program, our budget was under. This was because we never accounted for the fact that the 50 students assigned to our program also go to the Math Center, Writing Center, or Other learning assistants on campus (which are paid by the school). Thus, our budget for paying the students was under and as a project coordinator, I saw progress being made as expected but the students were using other resources besides what we provided. We planned a value of how much it would cost to have 6 tutors on the team working with 50 students. Our actual budget was less with the same end result as expected.

The program is running as expected and our budget is under leaving us with money that can be used to hire tutors with different areas of expertise to expand this ELA program for next semester and bring more students on board. This is my direct experience with budgeting and working as a project leader and making sure each of the team members in this program are on the same page.