Federal Programs Director (2025-2026)

POSITION DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE: Federal programs Director

REPORTS TO: Superintendent

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Appropriate state licensure
• Minimum of five years teaching experience
• Principal and district office experience preferred
• A Masters degree in Educational Administration
• Administrative certification required
• Possess collaborative and interpersonal skills
• Proven leadership skills

AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

• Provide leadership and direction to the district’s entire educational program.
• Provide leadership and direction to the district’s federal programming goals.
• Perform all other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Superintendent.

Mission and Goals

• Works with the Superintendent and those whom he/she supervises to articulate and promote the school system’s vision of teaching and learning
• Assists with monitoring and evaluating progress toward accomplishment of system goals and objectives
• Uses student data to identify program needs
• Develops goals and objectives, programs and operations that are consistent with school system vision, mission, and goals
• Ensures that unit and program plans are consistent with the system’s strategic plan
• Organizes daily, monthly, and yearly schedules to facilitate funding for teaching and learning in the schools
• Communicates high expectations of students, staff, and parents/guardians
• Creates, identifies, encourages, and supports innovative ideas that support teaching and learning in the schools

Management of Educational Resources

• Selects and utilizes personnel to meet the needs of schools
• Assists in development of the budget that pertains to curriculum, instruction, and evaluation of the instructional program based on results and expenditures
• Achieves maximum results for available resources and money spent
• Monitors the protection of instructional time
• Understands and utilizes available technology of the schools with focus on student achievement
• Evaluates program effectiveness and personnel effectiveness and makes appropriate recommendations

General Performance Responsibilities

• Compiles and completes the Civil Rights report and supplies copies to the appropriate personnel
• Develops and implements a plan of action to comply with Title IX requirements and address grievances as addressed by School Board policy
• Secures approval from the Superintendent and Board of Education before submitting final proposal for federally funded programs
• Informs the principal and superintendent of the efforts of current and impending federal legislation
• Attends meetings as assigned by the superintendent, assistant superintendent, and state education officials pertaining to federal programs
• Assures coordination between federally funded staff, regular staff, and parents in planning and implementing programs
• Plans and implements a public information program for parents, teachers, administration, and the general public
• Provides leadership in establishing local and district parent involvement

Instructional Support

• Works with teachers, principals, and other persons involved in carrying out the objectives of federally funded programs
• Works with the Director of Staff Development to provide in-service education workshops for professional and para-professional staff members
• Makes periodic and regular site visits to classrooms for purposes of program evaluation and needs assessment of Federal and special projects
• Directs the planning of education activities and support services for district-wide federal programs

Federal and State Programs

• Coordinates the Drug Education Program
• Allocates Drug Education funds to schools on an equitable basis
• Assumes the responsibilities for writing all proposals and the filing of all Consolidated Federal Programs applications under the direction of the Superintendent
• Serves as liaison between the and the State Department of education in meeting the requirements for receiving federal funds that are available to schools
• Obtains information, data, and application forms necessary to fulfill the requirements of the application
• Secures approval from the Superintendent and Board of Education before submitting final proposal for federally funded programs
• Conducts surveys necessary to implement Federal and special projects
• Remains up to date on changing laws and requirements regarding federal funds available to the schools
• Compiles and maintains written records and reports on all federal projects and disseminate this information, as appropriate to the school, the state agency lay groups, and the U.S. Office of Education
• Prepares, for submission and approval, an application for federal programs and for federal funds for the implementation of said programs within the perimeter of the approved project and applicable regulations
• Maintains an inventory of all equipment and materials purchased with federal funds
• Obtains grants for Extended School Year (21st Century, etc.)
• Prepares necessary budget instruments for securing and expending funds for project implementation, including making necessary amendments and reports
• Approves all expenditures of project funds via purchase order

Supervision and Evaluation of Instruction

• Supervises and evaluates personnel in Title I as designated by the assistant superintendent
• Prepares, administers, and supervises the budget and expenditures for all approved federal programs
• Reports regularly to the assistant superintendent on the progress of the tutorial and remediation efforts
• Shows student growth on the Mississippi Assessment system over a two year period
• Performs other responsibilities as designated by the Superintendent, the Assistant Superintendent, and the designee of the Superintendent

Terms of Employment: Ten, eleven, or twelve month year. Salary and work year will be established by the Board.

Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on

Evaluation of Professional Personnel.