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Month: January 2018

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DATE: 
January 9, 2018

TO:  
School Psychologists/School Psychology Interns

FROM:   
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum/Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Fulvia Franco, Program Specialist – Guidance

SUBJECT: 
January School Psychologists’ Meeting

A school psychologists’ meeting has been scheduled for Friday, January 19, 2018, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Auxiliary Services Building Auditorium. Verne C. Larsen, Regional Prevention Director with the Division of Substance Abuse Mental Health, will provide us with a presentation titled Unleashing the Power of Prevention.

Part-time staff: I would appreciate it if you could adjust your schedules in order to attend this meeting.

cc:
Principals

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DIBELS data review sessions have been scheduled by feeder system following each assessment window. We will assist in running reports, reviewing data, and planning next steps for instruction. Please put the following dates on your calendar. Be careful to note date change from previous memo for WJ & CH feeders.

 

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DIBELS parent letters for MOY are attached.  Gaylene Miller will send spreadsheets to Principals when testing is complete. The testing window closes on January 31 and letters must be sent home with ALL first, second and third grade students on or before February 15. Please do not send this letter home with Kindergarten students, as the reporting law does not apply to them. The parent letter from mCLASShome.com is appropriate to share with all parents. Please contact Becky Gerber with any questions.

 

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Dear Principals:

Just wanted to send out a reminder to register for the Math Tournament before the deadline - January 23 - if your school is interested in participating. You should have received the paperwork with a previous email, but if you need it again, please email daybreakmathtournament@gmail.com to request them.

I have the following schools registered so far -

Daybreak
Jordan Ridge
Riverton
Hayden Peak
North Star
Heartland
Westland
Southland
Midas Creek
Silver Crest
Eastlake
Foothills
Providence Hall
Ascent Academies
Bastian
Mountain West
Welby
Blackridge

Thanks,
Katherine Harbaugh

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Beginning January 2018, the “District/School Related Activity or Request for Third Party Reimbursement Form” will be significantly modified as follows.

  • Requests for District/School Related Activities will no longer be required or submitted. Absences entered into AESOP and Skyward must include notes to indicate details of the District/School Related Activity.  These reports will be reviewed monthly by both the HR Substitute Office and Payroll Department.  The administrative assistant or person responsible for substitutes at your location will be contacted if insufficient information is submitted or discrepancies exist.
  • A NEW “Request for Third Party Reimbursement Form” was created and is required when any outside agency will be reimbursing the District for the cost of a substitute. (See attached)

 

NEW HR Websites:                      

http://workatjordan.org/

(replaces hr.jordandistrict.org)

http://workatjordan.org/adminonly/

(replaces hr.jordandistrict.org/AdminOnly)

http://workatjordan.org/hrconnections/     

(replaces hr.jordandistrict.org/secretaryconnections)

 

For your convenience, please bookmark these new websites.

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Please be aware of the increasing popularity of vaping among our youth.  A new device is showing up in classrooms called JUUL, an e-cigarette that can be concealed easily because it looks like a USB flash drive and has cartridges that are available in many kid-friendly flavors.  JUUL now has the highest market share (in tracked channels), surpassing Reynolds’ Vuse as the most popular e-cigarette product.  Here are some recent news articles about JUUL and youth:

·         “A mango-scented flash-drive-looking device lets kids smoke in class,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 12, 2017:  http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2017/12/12/JUUL-vaporizer-nicotine-flash-drive-small-concealable-e-cigarette/stories/201712120151

·         “Teenagers Embrace JUUL, Saying It's Discreet Enough To Vape In Class,” NPR, December 4, 2017: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/12/04/568273801/teenagers-embrace-juul-saying-its-discreet-enough-to-vape-in-class

·         “Juul e-cigs: The controversial vaping device popular on school campuses,” USA Today, October 31, 2017: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/10/31/juul-e-cigs-controversial-vaping-device-popular-school-campuses/818325001/

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Utah Retirement Systems is offering individual Retirement Planning Sessions on February 7, 2018 at Oquirrh Hills Middle School. Please review the attached flyer to sign-up instructions.

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HR has been busy working on a fresh, new website which will go live on Monday, January 8th. The url is workatjordan.org for all of your HR needs. The AdminOnly and SecretaryConnections (now called HRConnections) websites will be accessed through workatjordan.org/adminonly and workatjordan.org/hrconnections. Please update any bookmarks you may have.

HR will be holding the 2nd administrator training of the year on Thursday, January 11th at both 9:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. for your convenience. Hiring Best Practices along with procedures related to Non-Renewals, RIS, Transfer Fairs, and Hiring processes will be discussed. As the hiring season is upon us, it is highly recommended that all administrators attend in order to review these processes and procedures. We hope to see you at one of the trainings. (see attachment)

Some reminders from the “Critical Dates” timeline: (see attachment)

  • You may post hard to fill positions in January to replace licensed employees who have submitted resignations.
  • The due date for submitting Non-Renewals and Provisional Status Extensions is February 5th.
  • Teacher Transfer Fair is on February 20 for both Elementary @ Columbia Elementary and Secondary @ Elk Ridge Middle. (see attachment)