DATE:
February 13, 2018
TO:
Middle School Principals
High School Principals
Special Educators
Speech Language Pathologists
School Psychologists
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curric./ Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Julie Brown, Program Specialist
SUBJECT:
Post-High Transition Training
Post-High Transition Training will be provided for all secondary special educators, Speech Language Pathologists, and School Psychologists. The training will focus on ways to make the process more student- centered as well as highlight the changes to the Utah State Special Education Rules, and provides as much clarification as possible on the diploma options. This half-day training will be conducted by combining high school feeders. In order to give school teams the opportunity to participate in a group while still providing for student learning, the training has been set up so that each school will send half of their staff in the morning and the other half in the afternoon. Please plan for the full day substitute teachers to switch between morning and afternoon groups. We recognize that Speech Language Pathologists (SLP) may work in multiple buildings and may not be available to attend the training on the assigned day of the secondary feeder. If the SLP works in 2 secondary schools, the SLP should attend with their home base school. If the SLP splits between elementary and secondary, and is scheduled at an elementary the day of the secondary training, the SLP can attend with another feeder. Staff that are not available for trainings with their feeders on March 6th or 7th should attend the March 8th training, as this is a single feeder system. School Team Leaders, please send a list of morning and afternoon participants to the Teacher Specialist assigned to your school by March 1st. Special Education will cover the substitute costs for training (Budget code: 1292). For more information, please contact Julie Brown at julie.brown@jordandistrict.org or 801-567-8200.
BHS and WJHS Feeder: March 6th at WJHS in the Tech Atrium
Morning session: 7:30 a.m. -11:00 a.m.
Afternoon session: 11:30 a.m. -3:00 p.m.
HHS and RHS Feeder: March 7th at RHS in the Tech Atrium
Morning session: 7:30 a.m. -11:00 a.m.
Afternoon session: 11:30 a.m. -3:00 p.m.
CHHS Feeder and Make-Up: March 8th at WHMS in the Media Center
Morning session: 7:30 a.m. -11:00 a.m.
Afternoon session: 11:30 a.m. -3:00 p.m.
WJHS: 8136 S. 2700 W. West Jordan
RHS: 12476 S. Silverwolf Way (2700 W.) Riverton
WHMS: 8270 S Grizzly Way (5400 W.) West Jordan
