Jarrad Grandy Email & Phone Number

Greater Detroit Area

• Design & developed K-12 Countywide Career Readiness System w/stakeholder feedback for 28 local districts (176K+ students)• Created Career Readiness Allocation formula funding for countywide-career readiness activities for 28 local districts• Established business strategy pivot for K-12 Career Readiness Unit - (from serving 2700 to 183+K students) • Redesigned Business Advisory Committee process for OS Technical Campuses to increase employer feedback (ex., student assessments, capital outlay, and industry credentials)• Creator of STEMco concept• Design and developed STEMi• Brought a new county-wide platform that connected industry professionals with Middle School educators (Pathful Connect)• Helped bring MiCareerQuest to Oakland County – Executive Steering Committee Member • Created “Teachers in Industry” professional development, which places teachers in businesses to give them real-world experiences to bring back to the classroom• Negotiated substantial savings and provided free access for local districts to Xello and Pathful Connect• Based on the IASL award model, I created -crafted STEM Consultant positions to help connect STEM Education efforts in Oakland County to Industry• Created and Designed D.solve concept - Design Thinking Cascading PD Model -Wrote and Received grant from GM Foundation for long-term teacher externship program (county-wide) –• Providing leadership to over 180+ staff (10 directs) at five sites• Leading department that provides direct instruction to over 3100 students from the 28 districts we serve via online, early college, CTE early college, CTE, and alternative education (Alt. Ed. school closed June 2020)• Established Student Services Leadership Team to help lead the Student Services Dept.

2930 Knapp Ave Ne

Administrator Leading people, developing partnerships, budgeting, designing, planning, and implementing instructional services for local districts and Kent ISD. 2014 Winner of the International Association for STEM Leaders, District Leader Award.• Created “Teachers in Industry” professional development which places teachers in businesses to give them real-world experiences to bring back to the classroom• Founded MiCareerQuest- career exploration event that attracted nearly 6000 students throughout West Michigan• Created Career Exploration Coordinator positions which have become a central-point-of-access to help schools connect with businesses to provide job shadows, internships, parent nights, and other events throughout Kent County• Created & designed STEM Curriculum Development and service process that led to IASL award• Collaboratively work with Common Core Project team which covers multiple West Michigan counties• Responsible for design, development, and deployment of County-wide Career Readiness initiatives, activities, and program designs• Program Designer, Developer, and Manager for Health Sciences Early College Academy, Alternative Energy, Mechatronics, and Nanotechnology• Avionics program - 1st program in the country to prepare students (high school only) for the prestigious NCATT certification• Leading development teams to assist local districts with Flipped, Blended, and STEM design programs

• Oversaw management of over 30 budgets totaling approximately $13 million • Led, supported, and evaluated administrators and staff of over 80 in a school of approximately 2000 students• Empowered staff to lead Student Performance Meetings, Student Success Team (PLC’s), and Process Improvement Initiatives• Created new marketing opportunities to increase enrollment (“Program Spotlight”, Marketing Team visits)• Provided instructional leadership in initiating, planning, and leading staff for Cross-Programming and Modular Instruction for multiple programs based on IDEO• Created leadership development and School Improvement opportunities for staff (project management, technical assistance trainings, “10 steps” curriculum, etc.)

• Oversaw management of over 30 budgets totaling approximately $13 million • Led, supported, and evaluated administrators and staff of over 80 in a school of approximately 2000 students• Empowered staff to lead Student Performance Meetings, Student Success Team (PLC’s), and Process Improvement Initiatives• Created new marketing opportunities to increase enrollment (“Program Spotlight”, Marketing Team visits)• Provided instructional leadership in initiating, planning, and leading staff for Cross-Programming and Modular Instruction for multiple programs based on IDEO• Created leadership development and School Improvement opportunities for staff (project management, technical assistance trainings, “10 steps” curriculum, etc.)

Taught US History, World History, and CivicsDepartment Chair (2006-2007)Summer School Principal (2007)

Taught US History, World History, Modern Problems (created curriculum), and Civics

Bachelor Of Arts, History Major/Political Science Minor

Masters, Educational Leadership