Practical tools for California school operations, from a former Chief Business Official.
Keith Bacon has run fiscal services, facilities, maintenance and operations, nutrition, and transportation in California school districts. BaconLeadership turns that experience into ready-to-run retreat kits and focused support for K-12 districts and nonprofits.
Backbone Intensive: retreat kits for the classified staff who keep schools running
Backbone Intensive is a series of ready-to-run, two-day retreat kits for classified staff. Each kit is a work session, not a motivational seminar. Teams leave with clearer roles, better handoffs, communication language they can use, and a short list of process fixes, each with an owner. You buy the kit once, keep the files, and run the retreat yourself. More tracks are in development.
About Keith
Keith Bacon has 20 years of leadership experience, the last 10 in public education, including as Chief Business Official overseeing fiscal services, nutrition, maintenance and operations, transportation, and facilities. Today he leads administrative services, facilities, and capital projects at a California public institution. MPA, California Baptist University; Ed.D. in Organizational Change in progress (2028). CASBO Chief Business Official Certification, CASBO School Business Finance Certificate, FCMAT CBO Mentor Program, CASBO BELP, ACBO Institute 1 & 2.
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Some teams are better served by an outside facilitator, for example when supervisors need to take part as participants or a team needs a reset. Keith can facilitate the Backbone Intensive on-site over two days, as a one-day version, or as a kickoff your own facilitators continue with the kit.
Consulting for school business and operations
Keith offers consulting in fiscal operations, business services, leadership development, and change management.
BaconLeadership kits
Retreat & leadership kits: buy, download, run it yourself
Built for California K-12 school sites and nonprofits. Every kit comes as editable Word and PDF files you keep, with a plain-language license.
Backbone Intensive: team retreat kits
Ready-to-run, two-day work sessions for the classified and front-line teams that keep schools and nonprofits running. Buy once, keep the files, run it yourself.
Facilities Track
For custodial, grounds, and maintenance crews. Facilitator guide, editable slides, 12 scenario cards, worksheets, and 30/60-day check-ins.
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Front Office Track
For front office, attendance, enrollment, and reception teams. Built around the counter, the phones, and the morning rush.
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Child Nutrition Track
For cooks, servers, cashiers, and cafeteria managers. Includes a USDA Professional Standards mapping and training sign-in sheet.
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Nonprofit Front Desk Track
For nonprofit reception, front desk, and intake staff, and the volunteers who cover the desk.
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Bridge Program
Department mediation for two teams whose work keeps breaking between them. Six facilitated sessions and a written inter-department agreement.
Get the kitFor new supervisors
Self-paced kits for the people who just got promoted, and the ones who have to say the hard thing. No facilitator needed.
New Leader Boot Camp
The first 90 days, fast: 10 modules in two work weeks, 30 to 45 minutes a day, with a real action on the job every day.
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Boot Camp: Team License
The same Boot Camp for one organization and up to 10 new supervisors a year, with a rollout guide and seat log for HR.
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Difficult Conversations Toolkit
Underperformance, attendance, staff conflict, parent complaints, and the emotional employee: a plan, scripts, and practice for each.
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Get the kits that work together and save compared with buying them separately.
District Classified Trio
Facilities, Front Office, and Child Nutrition: one site's whole classified team on the same system.
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School Site Pair
Facilities and Front Office: the two teams that hand rooms, events, and parent traffic to each other all day.
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Supervisor Essentials
New Leader Boot Camp plus the Difficult Conversations Toolkit, for one supervisor.
Get the kitBuying for a district? We accept purchase orders. Email keith@baconleadership.com for a W-9 and invoice.
Want Keith to facilitate a retreat on site instead? See Bring Keith to your district.
Need something different?
Not sure which kit fits, or need a custom retreat or budget and operations support? Let's talk.
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