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The mission of the Curriculum & Instruction team, in partnership with students, parents, and community, is to create a learning and teaching-centered environment that ensures quality and equity for all students to succeed."Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it." ~Marian Wright Edelman, Founder/President of The Children's Defense Fund

The Team

Dr. Jaronique Devezin - Interim Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum & Instruction — Dr. Jaronique Devezin
*Interim Asst. Superintendent*

Curriculum & Instruction

Dr. Ruben Alicea
*Director*

Office of Bilingual and ESL Education

Bryan Schuerman-CTE Supervisor — Bryan Schuerman
*Supervisor*

CTE Program

Tonya L. Dixson
*Director*

Student Services

Dr. Arnella L. Jamison
*Director*

Special Services and Student Equity

Jennifer Dean
Data and Assessment Coordinator

Yvette Williams
MTSS/Section

504 Coordinator and District Disciplinary Officer

Stacey Jackson
*Supervisor*

Mathematics and Science K-12

Felicia Geeter -
*Supervisor*

Literacy/Social Studies K-12

Welcome to the Exciting World of Grants!

Grants

Grants

WHAT DO WE DO?

Our Office has a two fold mission:

A. ACT AS Program Manager for TITLE I, TITLE II, TITLE III, SECTION 31A, SECTION 107

B. PROVIDE Compliance and Billing for ALL GRANTS

Provide PROGRAM OVERSIGHT and COMPLIANCE
DEVELOP a budget (initial/amendments) in collaboration with the Grants Compliance and Billing Office
REQUEST expenditures aligned to approved activities and approved expenditure amounts in the grant application/budget
Facilitate training and completion of PARS and Semi Annual Certifications in collaboration with the Grants Compliance and Billing Office
Facilitate and/or complete required grant reports in collaboration the Grants Compliance and Billing Office and/or the Business Office (programmatic and financial)
DEVELOP, SUBMIT AND MANAGE all grant applications/budgets (initial/amendments) to the appropriate granting agency in collaboration with Program Managers
MANAGE AND MONITOR effective utilization (during budget development and utilization phases) of all available grant funds
CREATE AND LOAD all grant account numbers into the financial system (account structure based on Michigan Accounting Manual – 1099)
Provide individual detailed budgets with account numbers to Program Managers for utilization
PROVIDE COMPLIANCE REVIEW AND APPROVALfor all grant expenditures (payroll/non-payroll)
1. Review to make sure it is an approved activity, within the approved expenditure amount in the application/budget, and is charged to appropriate account
2. House grant funded employee and stipend timesheets along with all necessary supporting documents
3. Review and approve all business office grant reimbursement requests
Facilitate training and completion of PARS and Semi Annual Certifications in collaboration with Program Managers
Facilitate daily, bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly and/or as needed meetings with Program Managers, and district level offices as needed (Human Resources, Business, Curriculum and Technology) to discuss/review budget utilization, staffing, updates on regulations/processes, etc. in order to effectively manage grant budgets/applications to meet the overall needs of the district
Facilitate and/or complete required grant reports in collaboration withProgram Managers (programmatic) and/or Business Office (financial)
Review, create, train and implement grant procedures (including continuous review for any revisions)
Facilitate completion of tasks in the Compliance Agreement