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Month: September 2017

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DATE:
September 21, 2017

TO:
Jordan District Contract Employees

FROM:
Dr. Patrice A. Johnson, Superintendent of Schools

SUBJECT:
Change of Schedule for Spring Break

A week-long spring break is scheduled for the 2017-18 school year. Students and teachers at both traditional and year-round schools, as well as staff on a 10-month/206-day classified contract or a 225-day licensed contract, will be out of school Monday-Friday, April 2-6, 2018.

Currently, employees on a 12-month/242-day or 12-month/245-day contract are scheduled to work Monday-Wednesday (April 2-4) and off on Thursday and Friday (April 5-6). With Easter falling on April 1st, we are implementing a change in the employee calendar to accommodate time off closer to the holiday. Employees in these two groups will have Monday and Tuesday, April 2-3, for spring break and will return to work on Wednesday, April 4th and work through Friday.

If anyone in your department has already made plans based on being off April 5-6, please work with them to resolve any hardship this change may cause them.

 

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DATE:
September 12, 2017

TO:
District Administration

FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services

SUBJECT:
14th Day Enrollment vs. October Estimate - All Schools

Please see attached memo.

 

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DIBELS Progress Monitoring training for assistants will be offered on the following dates:

Thursday, September 21   8:30-11:30 a.m. PDC 103
Monday, September 25     1:00-4:00 p.m. PDC 103
Tuesday, September 26     1:00-4:00 p.m. PDC 103

All sessions will be the same content. Please call 801-567-8334 OR email lucy.bateman@jordandistrict.org to sign up for your preferred session. Limit of 35 participants per session. Please let Lucy know if these dates don't work for you. We will continue to provide training as needed.

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Click the link to access the 2017-18 Student Data Privacy Faculty and Staff Training video and use the attached signature form for personnel to acknowledge they have participated in the training.  Please conduct the training by Friday, October 27th.

The YouTube link for the video is: https://youtu.be/T6M-ZPrUl0w

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All Elementary and Middle School Principals:

It’s SNAP Plan time again.  You will find the 2018-19 SNAP form in the Google Drive:

  • Shared with me
  • ASB-Website Docs and Forms
  • Safety/Security
  • Safe Walk/SNAP Plans
  • SNAP Forms 2018-19.pdf

SNAP plans for schools in South Jordan, Riverton, Herriman and Bluffdale are due by Friday, January 19, 2018.

SNAP plans for schools in the City of West Jordan are due and will be signed at Columbia Elementary, Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 1:00 pm.

Don’t hesitate to contact Peggy Margetts at ext. 88753 with any questions.  She will be happy to help with the UDOT mapping software, inserting maps into the forms, or anything else you may need.

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JSD Administrators and Administrative Assistants:

You will soon receive an email link to the Emergency Procedures and Contact Information 2017-18 manual (aka The Red Book).  Please take a moment to open it up and verify that your contact information, and contact information for anyone listed from your school or department, is correct before we send it for printing.  If a correction is needed, please contact Peggy at ext. 88753 or peggy.margetts@jordandistrict.org by end-of-day Friday, September 22nd.

Once any final corrections have been made, the Emergency Procedures and Contact Information 2017-18 manual (aka The Red Book) will be available to you on Google Drive.  In addition, you will receive your hard copy as soon as they are back from the printer.

Many thanks from the JSD Safety Team,
Paul Bergera, Auxiliary Services Staff Assistant
Lance Everill, Facility Operations Manager
Ron Boshard, Risk Management Coordinator

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Attached is a copy of Superintendent Johnson's Power Point from the September 12th Principals' Meeting.

As a reminder, please be prepared to bring an assessment to the November 7th Principals' Meeting.

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2017 Flu Shot Clinics are under way. These clinics may be offered to your whole communities. Please remember that the staff immunization clinics that are currently under way are not associated with the flu shot clinics. Attached is a list of dates and locations for our clinics, a fact sheet, an insurance information sheet, and a poster for you to post your clinic (if you signed up for one) in your school. Please direct questions to Educational Support or to your school nurse. Have a healthy year!

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DATE:   
September 6, 2017

TO:  
All Principals
Secretaries

FROM: 
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Nancy Ward, Coordinator of Educational Support Services
Jordan District Nurses

SUBJECT:  
Medication Administration Training

Utah State Law and District Policy requires that all school personnel delegated to administer medication to students in schools must complete Medication Administration Training.

New employees who will be giving medication are required to attend the live training on Friday, October 6th 2017 . Prior to this meeting, they need to view the online training, following the links at jordandistrict.org and posted under Educational Support, Nursing Services.  Click on Medication Inservice (use a browser other than Firefox).

Employees who have attended this training and have a certificate of completion will not be required to attend this meeting.  However, they will be required to recertify by viewing the online training video and completing the corresponding test available on the district website.
(see above).

Please identify staff members that should receive medication administration training.  This may include head secretaries, office assistants, cluster teachers or aides, counseling center personnel, and the principal if appropriate.  Please inform all personnel that have the potential to administer medication to students at school of their responsibilities in this matter.

Thank you for your responsiveness and support.

Medication Administration Training
Friday, October 6th 2017
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
JSD ASB ROOM #102

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DATE:     
September 6, 2017

TO:  
Principals
Secretaries

FROM:  
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Nancy Ward, Coordinator of Educational Support Services
Jordan School District Nurses

SUBJECT:  
Immunization Policy and Guidelines, Skyward and USIIS Inservice

Jordan School District Nurses will be conducting this inservice on:

Friday, September 29,  2017
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
JSB ASB COMPUTER LAB D-112

This inservice is open to all office staff and administrators. It is not required that you attend; however, if you are involved with student registration, this inservice will be of benefit to you since immunization status is an important part of the registration process.

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Principals:

Please announce this and post in your school and on your website. Share with your School Community Council and PTA members.

Do You Know What's on Your Child's Smartphone?
Thursday, September 28, 2017
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
West Jordan Middle School

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Principals:

Please share the attached flyer with your School Community Council members. As a reminder, new principals and new chairs are required to attend one of these trainings. An online video will be provided for training all other members during a SCC meeting. Watch JAM for information of when the video will be available.

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Middle School Principals:

Please see the revised PLC calendar below. Also attached is an updated copy of the singleton's administrative assignments and room numbers. Please share with the appropriate people. These documents can also be found in the Middle Level Principal Meeting folder in Google Docs.

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Principals:

Although you do not need to submit this report, generating it will help you track who has and who has not completed the Crucial Concerns and Policies review.

Please see the attached instructions for running the report for both licensed and classified personnel at your school. If you have any questions please contact Penny Morrison in Info Systems at 801-567-8262.

 

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DATE:
September 6, 2017

TO:
Elementary Principals

FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator, Curriculum/Staff Development
Norman Emerson, Instructional Support Services/Fine Arts Consultant

SUBJECT:
JSD-Arts Representatives for 2017-18

This year we will continue to have two District Arts Representatives (DARTS) represent your school throughout the 2017-18 school year. We have appreciated the work of past DARTS representatives and how they have helped strengthen arts instruction in your schools.  Meaningful progress toward a greater level of arts integration has been made, and we wish this to continue.

The newly-revised Utah Fine Arts Core Standards will be the focus of our DARTS meetings this year. The USBE designated the 2017-2018 school year for full implementation of the new core, and the DARTS meetings will be important component of the implementation process.

Please assign at least two teachers to serve as your school’s DARTS representatives by either selecting a grade-level team, or two teachers from different grade levels. The DARTS representatives will meet once a month for two hours to learn and collaborate.  Teachers will be paid at the in-service rate.  

Please provide the names of your choices for the JSD-Arts Team for the 2017-18 school year by September 15, 2017.

Please fill out and return the information below (or send via email) to Verlene Jensen in the Instructional Support Services Department by September 15, 2017.  

School:_______________________________________________________________________________

Principal:_____________________________________________________________________________

DARTS Team Member #1: ____________________________________________________________

DARTS Team Member #2:_____________________________________________________________

 

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The following 2017-2018 Ballet West Performances are available to our students. There is no charge for seating but schools will need to schedule and provide for busing. Please contact verlene.jensen@jordandistrict.org if you are interested.

 Aladdin (225 seats available)
     Wednesday, Oct. 25   10:00-11:00
     Wednesday, Oct. 25   12:30-1:30
     Thursday, Oct. 26       10:00-11:00
     Thursday, Oct. 26       12:30-1:30

The Nutcracker (Full 2-hour performance) 100 seats available
     Tuesday, Dec. 5           11:30-1:30 (Special Needs Students First Request)
     Wednesday, Dec. 6     11:30-1:30 (Special Needs Students First Request)

The Nutcracker (Act I or II) 225 seats available
     Tuesday, Dec. 12         11:30-12:30
     Wednesday, Dec.13    11:30-12:30

Cinderella (225 seats available)
     Tuesday, Feb. 13         10:30-11:30
     Wednesday, Feb 14    10:30-11:30
     Tuesday, Feb. 20         10:30-11:30
     Wednesday, Feb 21    10:30-11:30

See attached flyer for more detail.