Director of State, Federal & Local Programs

Job Summary: Responsible for coordinating, planning, development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of all Flint Community School District grants; to include Title I, Title II, Title III, Title IV, Special Education and other state, federal, and local grants. 

Essential Functions:

1. Provides leadership and direction in the improvement of the total educational program through the development and submission of state and federal grant funded programs (Title I, Part A, School-wide and Targeted Assistance, Title I Summer School, Title I Extended Day and Supplemental Educational Services Program). 
2. Oversees grants including 21H (MDE Partnership), GSRP, EDP, Social Worker Grant, and Community Education. 
3. Monitors Title I before and after school programs. 
4. Evaluates Title I staffs’ professional development training and supplemental educational services. 
5. Ensures the effective implementation and monitoring of the SES program. 
6. Organizes, implements, and monitors state and federally funded programs according to federal and state policies, agreements, and directives.
7. Recommends and outlines in detail the budget requirements to effectively implement state and federally funded programs to the Superintendent and the Business Office. 
8. Meet with Title I building principals to assist with budget preparation.
9. Conduct ongoing training sessions to advise funded parties of processes regarding grant applications, translation of instructional data, allocation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of the district’s grant funds. 
10. Maintain effective ongoing communication with the U.S. Department of Education and Michigan Department of Education.
11. Oversee major grant decisions, Nexsys entries and perform monthly financial evaluation of program spending and compliance results.
12. Responsible for overseeing program audits and site visits.
13. Responsible for the approval of all Title I requests for funds, Title I special requisitions, and travel requests. 
14. Makes recommendations for detailing the budget requirements to effectively implement Title I funded programs.
15. Collaborates with coordinators and Title I instructional specialists in developing strategies to assist high priority schools achieve adequate yearly progress. 

Qualifications 

• Master’s Degree required in business, accounting, public administration, educational administration, or a related field. 
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience with state and federal programs required.
• Administrative experience in a school district is preferred. 
• Demonstrated experience in federal and state grant writing preferred. 
•  Administrative Certification Required 
  • NOTE: Pursuant to MCL 380.1246 subsection (3), a person employed as a school administrator, after January 4, 2010, will have six months to enroll in a program leading to certification as a school administrator and three years to meet certification requirements. 
  • A valid MDE School Administrator Permit must be maintained during the three years leading to certification.