Jordan School District
Principals and Administrative Assistants:
Please take note of the AA417 Fund Raising Policy when planning a fund raiser.
Attached you will find a revised Fund Raising Request form. Please discard all previous forms and use this new form for any requests.
Elementary and Middle School Principals:
Due to increased rigor in the Fountas & Pinnell assessment, the Guided Reading levels in the reading rubric have changed. Please see attached.
All JSD employees are invited to nominate outstanding Elementary Principals for an award. Please fill out the following survey by Oct 1, 2018.
Elementary Administrative Assistants are encouraged to forward this link to the SCC chair and PTA president as well for their nominations.
https://education.byu.edu/cites/learning_edge
To register, contact Amanda Hansen (88319) by Wednesday, October 17, 2018.
There is nothing more important than safety. It is our responsibility to help prepare our students to be as safe as possible and promote healthy interactions while out in the community. Jordan School District has been collaborating with the Region PTA on Safety/Green Ribbon Month, which will be September.
All elementary schools are encouraged to participate in this PTA led program, which focuses on education, awareness and prevention of pedestrian/motor vehicle crash injuries.
The PTA will have a packet that consists of:
The Jordan School District Transportation Department and Office of Communications have produced an exciting bus safety video, available at: https://youtu.be/Fr5Ciiox0Vw
The JSD Office of Communications produced a Reunification video to be shown to parents/guardians to inform them on protocol and expectations for reunifying them with students following an emergency/disruption to school. This video is available on the District Web site under the Parents & Students tab, by selecting General Information, then Student Safety & Safe Walking Routes. The Be a Safety Super Hero video is also located on this Web page and can be shown to students during Safety/Green Ribbon Month and anytime in the future to reinforce safe behavior.
Both videos can be found at: http://auxiliaryservices.jordandistrict.org/school-safety-security/student-safety/
The following link has additional Green Ribbon Month resources:
The JSD Transportation Department offers a Safety in the Schools - Riding the Bus Safely assembly. Transportation Training Office Assistant Amber Gardner will be contacting your school to schedule an assembly.
If your school’s PTA President has not reached out to you regarding possible PTA led Safety/Green Ribbon Month activities at your school, please feel free to contact them.
Reminder: Principals' Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at the ASB. A light breakfast will be provided starting at 7:30 a.m. The meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. See you all there!
DIBELS parent letters for BOY are attached. The testing window closes on September 30 and letters must be sent home with ALL first, second and third grade students on or before October 15, 2018. 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.
As a result of implementing the 3rd Edition of the Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System, we have made adjustments to the Guided Reading Level Spectrum. Along with this adjustment, we are asking teachers to enter an instructional reading level for each of their students into Skyward four times a year: Beginning of year (Aug/Sept) and at each reporting period. Please help us communicate this expectation to teachers.
A copy of the revised spectrum is attached and available at cbl.jordandistrict.org.
Ballet West will again be presenting in-theater presentations for students from grades 1-12. If you are interested in having your class attend one of these performances, please contact Verlene Jensen at 801-567-8296. See flyer below for dates.
30 Day Expiration Dates for Prior Year Free and Reduced Eligibility (all students without a current 2018-19 free and reduced meal application in our system as of the following roll-over dates will default to a paid eligibility status)
Traditional Elementary Oct 3, 2018
Traditional Middle Oct 3, 2018
Traditional High Oct 3, 2018
Track A Sept 5, 2018
Track B Sept 25, 2018
Track C Sept 26, 2018
Track D Sept 24. 2018
State required semi-annual school bus evacuations have been scheduled for this fall. This applies to those elementary students that ride the bus daily to and from school.
The evacuations will be conducted during the week of:
Monday, September 24, 2018 thru Friday, September 28, 2018
Your school’s regular bus driver will perform this evacuation as they drop your students off in the morning one of the days during that week. This procedure takes place at your school and is located in your normal bus drop off/pick up zone.
This evacuation requires all professional school bus drivers that transport elementary students, to perform evacuation procedures in case of an emergency. This can either be a rear, side, front door or combination evacuation. The students will then, under the driver’s direction and supervision, evacuate and meet in a safe place approximately 100 feet away from the bus.
Your assistance is welcome but not mandatory to complete this required evacuation drill quickly, safely and effectively.
Thank you for all you do to help us safely transport your students.
Earlier this week, each principal was sent the current list of personnel in their building that have been authorized and issued a security code to lock/unlock your building security alarm system.
We request that principals work with their head custodians to update the list. If additions or deletions are needed you can access the fillable, most current change form on the ASB website: Security Code Addition/Deletion Form
All changes to your list need to be sent, by September 28th, 2018 to:
Jeff Beesley, Safety/Security, ASB
If you have any questions please contact Jeff (801)567-8611
Thank you for your assistance to ensure accuracy of our building codes.
DATE:
Thursday, September 6, 2018
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
2018 SAGE Data Release on USBE Data Gateway
Beginning September 5, 2018, the 2017-18 SAGE proficiency and growth results were released on USBE’s Data Gateway for principals, schools, and districts to review. Originally, USBE intended to release this data to the general public on September 13th; however, due to a glitch in the Data Gateway system, the 2018 SAGE data was made available to the public as of this morning. The URL for the Data Gateway is https://datagateway.schools.utah.gov/. The login prompt is in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
SAGE science grades 6-8 data are not yet released on the Data Gateway pending ratification from the USBE. We expect this data to be released in mid-October.
We ask that principals log into the Data Gateway and review their school’s SAGE results so as to become familiar with what parents and other stakeholders can view and thus be able to answer their questions.
It is anticipated that USBE will release accountability data and school report cards in late November for principals, schools and districts to review. While the release date is still tentative, schools will likely have an opportunity to review their accountability data prior to public release.
If you need assistance navigating the Data Gateway or logging in, please contact Ben Jameson at 801-567-8243.
Please share with appropriate staff in your building.
Please see the current forms below.
DATE:
Monday, August 27, 2018
TO:
Elementary School Principals
Middle School Principals
High School Principals
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Research Project
The Research Review Committee has reviewed a research project in which your school has been asked to participate.
Project Title: “Examining Teacher Rates of Praise and Corrections in Relation to Class-Wide Achievement Scores and On-Task Behavior”
Applicant: Jessica Cummings, University of Houston
The project has been approved by the District Research Review Committee. The applicant has been directed to contact you to discuss the extent of the project and to obtain your permission to conduct the study at your school. Participation in the study is at your discretion. If you have questions or concerns relating to participation, please contact Ben Jameson at 801-567-8243.
The project will involve 30-minute observation in sampled classrooms.
Thank you for your assistance.
Please see revised schedule below.
Following are the dates for the 2018-19 Assistant Principal Meetings. More information regarding place and time will be coming.
September 25, 2018
November 6, 2018
December 11, 2018
January 15, 2019
February 12, 2019
March 26, 2019
May 14, 2019
June 7, 2019
The following are new administrative assignments:
DATE:
August 23, 2018
TO:
All Principals
All Special Education Staff
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Brian King, Program Specialist
SUBJECT:
A.S.P.E.N. Training for all Special Education Staff 2018-2019
A.S.P.E.N. training will be required for all licensed special education teachers, SLPs, school psychologists, elementary school counselors, and for all instructional assistants in SEB and Autism self-contained support classrooms during the 2018-2019 school year. A.S.P.E.N. is a positive, preventative, and proactive approach to managing aggressive student behavior. This program provides similar training to the Mandt System, but is less time consuming and more applicable in most school settings. If you have more than one teacher or instructional assistant that needs to attend, please consider having them attend on separate days in order to maintain adequate coverage in your school. The Special Education Department will cover the costs of substitutes for licensed special education teachers under budget code 1292. Staff should register through JPLS.
Those who participated in A.S.P.E.N. training during the 2017-2018 school year, do not need to take the full course, but should instead plan on taking an ASPEN re-certification class.
Mandt training will continue to be required at Kauri Sue Hamilton and River’s Edge School. Staff at these schools will not need to attend A.S.P.E.N. Others wishing to keep their Mandt training current may do so; however, participation is not mandatory and teachers and instructional assistants will not be compensated for their attendance. A Mandt training schedule will be forthcoming.
A.S.P.E.N. training dates and times are attached to this memo.
For questions, contact:
Daveed Goodrich at kenneth.goodrich@jordandistrict.org or
Brian King at 801-567-8208 (brian.king@jordandistrict.org)
