Course curriculum

    1. Managing State and Federal Funds

    2. Resource Links

About this course

  • $200.00
  • 2 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content

What You'll Learn

Learn from our local area expert on the following topics:

Managing State and Federal Funds

Jump start the new year by joining us for training led by Kelly Gutierrez, Executive Director of Finance and Operations, at St. Croix Preparatory Academy.

We will discuss how to organize your school's operations team, processes, and calendar to ensure that the school accounts leverage and comply with state and federal funding and expectations. Learn more about best practices for establishing roles and responsibilities of the operations team for the following reports:  

  • ADM to the State
  • Food and Nutrition
  • Transportation Funding
  • Title Funding
  • Lease Aid
  • SPED and more...

Instructor(s)

School Financial Operations Consultant Kelly Gutierrez

Kelly is a founder of St. Croix Prep (Stillwater MN) and has been engaged in charter school finance and operations in Minnesota for 20 years. Prior to St. Croix Prep, Kelly worked as a CPA with Coopers & Lybrand in Minneapolis and as an assistant controller with Bank One in Chicago. Kelly holds a BBA degree in accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Kelly’s greatest professional contribution has been assisting in the establishment of St. Croix Prep. During Kelly’s tenure, St. Croix Prep has grown from a school of 200 students and 10 staff in a 10,000 sq. ft. leased store-front to a learning community of over 1,200 students and 150 staff in a 125,000 sq. ft. building located on a 58 acre campus. Kelly’s focus has been on budget creation and management, facility buildout and management, bond issuances and oversight, and the operational development of Human Resources, Food Service, Development, Health Services and Facility Departments. Under Kelly’s founding vision and leadership, St. Croix Prep has developed into a nationally recognized K-12 charter school.