Grant Services
Jessica Benavides - Deputy Superintendent of Schools
Phone: (517) 755-2922
Jessica.Benavides@lansingschools.net
Curt Barnum - Director of State & Federal Programs
(517) 755-2024
curt.barnum@lansingschools.net
Joelle Letts - Competitive Grants Director
(517) 755-2025
joelle.letts@lansingschools.net
Bobbie Smith - Grant Services Officer Manager
(517) 755-1042
bobbie.smith2@lansingschools.net
Andrea Hall - Pre-K - 3 Compliance Officer
(517) 755-1045
andrea.hall@lansingschools.net
Manjinder Ghotra - Middle Years & Academies Compliance Officer
(517) 755-4104
manjinder.ghotra@lansingschools.net
Valerie Kniffen - High Schools Compliance Officer
(517) 755-1044
valerie.kniffen@lansingschools.net
District and School Improvement Plans
School Improvement Resources and Information
AdvanceED Michigan Website and Resources
MI School Data
School Improvement Glossary
https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/Glossary_11-2014_473692_7.pdf
School Improvement Programs & Resources
https://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,4615,7-140-81376_38959---,00.html
School Performance & Supports
- Partnership Districts
- Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring System
https://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,4615,7-140-81376---,00.html
Michigan School Accountability
https://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,4615,7-140-81376_59490---,00.html
MICIP - Michigan Integrated Continuous Improvement Process
Time & Effort Reporting
Processes & Procedures
District Improvement
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Procedure to Set the School Improvement Process Timeline
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District Improvement Plan (DIP) Process
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Ensure Catergorical Expenditures are Aligned to Continuous Improvement Plans
Grant Compliance
- Determination of Building and District Grant Allocations
- Visiting / Monitoring Title I and Other Categorical Program Implementation
- Program Monitoring Site Visit Protocol
- Process and Procedure for Approving Expenditures
- Ensure Programs Meet Supplement Not Supplant Requirements
- Selection Process for Contracted Services
- Time and Effort Reporting
- Applying for External Funding (Grants)
Research & Evaluation
Title IA, ID, IN, II, III, IV, and Section 31a
Title I, Part A
- Process/Procedure
- Student Selection Procedure – Elementary by Grade Level
- Student Selection Procedure – Secondary by Grade Level
Title I, Part D and N
Title II, Part A
Title III Immigrant and Title III LEP
- Process/Procedure
- Ensure Student Eligibility for Title I and Title III LEP / Immigrant Funded Program
- Guidelines to Offer Participation of Programs to Non-Public Schools
Title IV
Section 31a
- Process/Procedure
- Procedure for Entering and Exiting Students for Section 31a Services – Elementary
- Procedure for Entering and Exiting Students for Section 31a Services – Secondary
Miscellaneous
- Ensuring Local Control – Site Based Decision Making
- Creating a Professional Development Plan
- Federal Technology/Equipment/Furniture Inventory Process/Procedure
- Supplement not Supplant Methodology
- Completion of Students Eligible for Free/Reduce Meals Report
- Professional Learning Plan Process
- Hiring of Highly Qualified Facilitators for Professional Development
- Communicate Core Content Standards
- Parent Organization Checklist