Jordan School District
Principals: Please forward the attached flyer to teachers who may be interested in this opportunity.
Apply by June 2, 2017 at http://education.byu.edu/edlf/aspiring_principals.html
High schools will no longer be required to deliver their payroll to the District Office. By April 4th, school technicians will begin programming a specific copier or scanner to transmit payroll.
Here is a breakdown of the Payroll changes effective April 2017:
Because of these payroll changes and to avoid conflicting information between departments and schools regarding payroll, we ask that you please clarify or discuss any payroll issues and/or concerns through the Payroll Department.
We thank you for your continued support, suggestions, and especially for your hard work in helping Payroll run smoothly each month. If you have any questions, please contact Payroll at 801-567-8154 or email sarah.palmer@jordandistrict.org.
DATE:
March 22, 2017
TO:
All Principals
All Budget Directors
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
June LeMaster, Ph.D., Administrator, Human Resources
Heather Ellingson, Director of Accounting, Budgets & Audits
Cheryl Matson, Director of Insurance Services
Ron Bird, Director of Information Systems
Sarah Palmer, Director of Payroll
Kurt Prusse, Director of Purchasing
SUBJECT:
Year-end Processing Deadlines
Please observe the following critical deadlines regarding the financial year-end processes for the 2016-17 year. Please review these dates as they could have a major effect on your location’s ability to operate.
See complete memo below.
DATE:
March 27, 2017
TO:
Elementary Principals
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Clyde Mason, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Research Project
The Research Review Committee has reviewed a research project in which the parents of your kindergarten students may be asked to participate.
Project Title: “Salt Lake County Preschool Study”
Applicant: Jeremy Keele and/or William Powers, Sorenson Impact on behalf of Salt Lake County Human Services
The project has been approved by the District Research Review Committee. It is not expected that you or your staff will be directly involved in this study. Instead, the District’s Communications Department will be assisting the researcher in the distribution of email survey link invitations to parents of your kindergarten students.
If you have questions or concerns relating to this study, please contact Clyde Mason at 567-8243.
Thank you for your assistance.
DATE:
March 27, 2017
TO:
Principals
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Clyde Mason, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Research Project
The Research Review Committee has reviewed a research project in which your school may be asked to participate.
Project Title: “Students’ Social Interaction during Historical Reading and Writing”
Applicant: Dr. Jeffery D. Nokes, History Department, BYU
The project has been approved by the District Research Review Committee. The applicant will be working with Pam Sua to identify one 5th, 8th, and 11th grade history classroom to participate in this study. If one of these classes is in your school, your approval will be required prior to beginning the study. If you have questions or concerns relating to participation, please contact Clyde Mason at 567-8243.
Thank you for your assistance.
DATE:
March 22, 2017
TO:
Principals
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
Clyde Mason, 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: “Who Cares about Digital Badges? An Examination of Employers’ Perceptions of the Usefulness of Open Badges”
Applicant: Dan RANDALL, Department of Instructional Psychology and Technology, BYU
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. If you have questions or concerns relating to participation, please contact Clyde Mason at 567-8243.
Thank you for your assistance.
DATE:
March 22, 2017
TO:
High School Principals
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Clyde Mason, 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: “Guardian Awareness of Post-High School Opportunities for Students with Disabilities”
Applicant: Emily Ledingham CRANDALL
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. If you have questions or concerns relating to participation, please contact Clyde Mason at 567-8243.
Thank you for your assistance.
Principals:
Please take note that the 2017-18 Upcoming Plan, Progress Report and Council Signature Form are due to be completed online no later than March 31, 2017. This due date is determined by the State Land Trust deadlines that we have been given.
Don't forget to send the emails to your SCC members under Council Signature Form. There has to be a majority accepting the plan before it can be finalized and sent to the AOS for review and the Board for approval.
Thank you for your support!
Who: Elementary Media Assistants
What: Annual Training Meeting
Why: New curriculum to support the Utah Core State Standards for Library Media
Where: ASB Auditorium
When: August 23, 2017, 9:30-11:30 a.m. (Note: This is the first day for schools on a traditional calendar. Generally, media centers are not open to students on this day, so it is hoped that scheduling the meeting on this day will minimize scheduling conflicts.)
DATE:
March 21, 2017
TO:
All Principals
All Secondary Assistant Principals
All Attendance Secretaries
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum & Staff Development
G. Norma Villar, Consultant, Student Intervention Services
SUBJECT:
Policy AS90 Suspensions
District policy AS90 requires a suspension of 45 school days for students found guilty of a second offense possession or first offense distribution. As of March 23rd, 2017, there are 45 school days remaining in the 2016-17 school year. Students in violation of this policy should be suspended for the remainder of this year. Suspended students are not allowed to participate in any school activities, including end-of-the-year events. Seniors will not be allowed to participate in graduation ceremonies, but will be allowed to pick up their diploma the following day.
Please inform your students' parents that 45-day suspensions after March 23rd, 2017 will carry over into the 2017-18 school year. This office will send a list to all assistant principals next fall identifying students who have remaining days of suspension.
Questions regarding policy AS90 should be directed to:
G. Norma Villar, Consultant, Student Intervention Services, 801-567-8187.
There have been issues with the Child Lures Prevention: Think First, Stay Safe presentations. Several schools have reported that the sound on the presentations is of poor quality. We apologize for the frustrations this may have caused you and your staff. The presentations have now been uploaded to Jordan School District YouTube Channel. Teachers and staff now have access to the Child Lures Prevention: Think First, Stay Safe child abuse training materials online. A special shout-out to the Communications Department for making this available! They can be accessed here:
Module I Part 1 video https://youtu.be/4naq6d_EDPk
Module I Part 2 video https://youtu.be/aWD5I1vW-5Y
All staff members should complete either this training or the online training from Prevent Child Abuse Utah. Please document completion of the training and be prepared to indicate completion as part of the end-of-year checkout with your AOS.
Just a reminder that the end of the school year is fast approaching. Please remember to submit all surplus paperwork as soon as possible so that we can arrange to get it picked up before school is out. We would also encourage you to have your teachers work on it now instead of just before they leave in June. We can get it out quicker between the spring and summer than when everyone is back for school in August.
If your school has a special project going on this summer or a remodel/construction of any kind please get the surplus paperwork in early so that we don't have any delays in getting the surplus out of the way for the maintenance crews.
We appreciate everyone's patience and cooperation this winter and wanted to express our gratitude to the grounds crew for helping us get the surplus picked up from the schools.
As always if you have any questions or concerns, please contact us.
Sincerely,
Fixed Assets & the Surplus Warehouse
Corie Fuller 801-567-8717
Kris Wishart 801-567-8709
Do you have teachers who need to sharpen their MasteryConnect skills? Or learn MC for the first time? Good News! We’re hosting two Core Professional Development days for teachers at select partner schools. And these sessions are offered AT NO CHARGE!
See flyer below for details and to register.
Directors/Principals: Please forward to your licensed staff members
Attention all Teachers and Staff
University of Phoenix is offering an Administration Licensure only program for anyone who already has a master’s degree. This Program should only take 12 months and is done locally at their campus in Murray. Classes will start the mid part of July 2017. The license will only take 28 credits. Contact University of Phoenix if you are interested in this program.
Academic advisor: ariana.mormino@phoenix.edu
Please share the attached flyers with your teachers for the final professional development opportunities of the year for assisting your English Learners! We have received positive feedback for these courses.
The Human Resource Department is pleased to announce the College & University Fair. Representatives from colleges/universities will be presenting information to all participating educators interested in pursuing graduate level programs. Please inform your faculty/staff about this opportunity using the attached "College & University Fair Event" flyer.
Elementary Teacher Transfer Fair:
Monday, March 20, 2017
4:30-6:00 p.m.
Jordan Hills Elementary School
Secondary Teacher Transfer Fair:
Monday, March 20, 2017
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Riverton High School
See flyer below for details.
DATE:
March 16, 2017
TO:
All Principals and Directors
FROM:
June LeMaster, Ph.D., Administrator, Human Resources
Travis Hamblin, Administrator, Licensed
Brent Burge, Administrator, Classified
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
SUBJECT:
Employee Attendance at Relative's Graduation Exercises
For the past several years, Jordan School District high school graduations have been scheduled off-campus and starting times have varied considerably. This year, high school graduation exercises are on Thursday, June 1st.
Principals and Directors are encouraged to direct parents or grandparents who may wish to attend these graduations, but who are scheduled to work in their own locations to District Policy DP335 NEG. This policy specifically states: "Personal leave shall not be taken during the first five days and last five days that students are in school except...to attend to personal or business matters which require the employee's attendance and scheduling is beyond the employee's control."
Since graduation scheduling is beyond the employees’ control, it is the expectation that immediate supervisors will cooperate and provide employees who may fall into this category, an opportunity to attend graduation ceremonies of family members.
Employees are responsible for requesting a substitute through the AESOP system, if applicable. In the “Notes to Administrator” box, the employee should add graduation along with his/her relationship to the graduate.
Any questions should be directed to the appropriate Administrator of Schools.
Cc: Administrators of Schools
JL/am
DATE:
March 15, 2017
TO:
All School Principals
All School Financial Secretaries
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Heather Ellingson, Director of Accounting, Budgets and Audits
Daniel Ellis, Accountant/Internal Auditor
SUBJECT:
Quarterly School Financial Report for January, February and March 2017
Each school is asked to report the quarter end account balance and transaction detail with the Apple Volume Purchase Program and return with your bank reconciliation. If your school has no Apple account, please so indicate and return.
Please include the account balance with Apple on the reconciliation sign off form and print a report or screen shot(s) of the balances and quarterly transactions from Apple’s website. If you need assistance, please contact your Curriculum Technology Specialist – Bonnie, Deana, Harrison, Nancy.
Please photocopy the selected elements and send to Accounting by April 21, 2017.
Please include:
If you have questions or need assistance, please call Liz Robins at (801)567-8267.
Thank you.
Cc:
Michael Anderson, Administrator of Schools
Jill Durrant, Administrator of Schools
Anthony Godfrey, Administrator of Schools
Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools
Teri Timpson, Administrator of Schools
