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DATE:   
March 4, 2020

TO:  
School Psychologists, Elementary Counselors, School Social Workers, Secondary Counselors, and Health and Wellness Team

FROM:  
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Fulvia Franco, Program Specialist – Guidance
Stacee Worthen, Secondary Counselor Specialist
McKinley Withers, Health and Wellness Specialist

SUBJECT: 
March School Psychologist, Elementary Counselor, School Social Workers, Secondary Counselor, and Health and Wellness Team Meeting

A meeting for school psychologists, elementary counselors, school social workers, secondary counselors, and the Health and Wellness Team has been scheduled for Friday, March 20, 2020, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Jordan School District’s Auxiliary Services Building (7905 South Redwood Road). Denia-Marie Ollerton, CMHC, Safe UT Clinical Supervisor, will provide us with training on intervention with a student in a suicidal crisis. The training will also address JSD procedures for responding to students expressing suicidal ideation. We are requesting that school counseling teams in the secondary schools work with their administration to allow up to half of their team to participate in this training.

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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The last two custodial workshops for this school year will be on March 18th and May 20th in the ASB presentation room from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM. These workshops serve to train all the Head Custodians, and to update any new information pertinent to their positions. In an effort to insure that these workshops are productive trainings, the Custodial/Energy Services Department would like to address any ongoing, widespread problems or concerns that you might have. Additionally we are also looking for positive examples of individuals that are doing things right.

  • If you are aware of any issues or concerns that you feel need to be addressed in this workshop, please let me know about them, so that they can be addressed.
  • As a department, we are very interested in recognizing any custodial staff members that are doing an exceptional job. If you have someone on your custodial staff that deserves some public recognition for the exceptional job they are doing, please let us know. We are hoping that by having very specific examples, we can use these examples as best practices in our custodial workshop training to improve the service provided by all Custodian in the District.
  • As always, I am also very interested in individual concerns or problems so that our office can help those individuals with their training needs in a more private setting.

Thanks!

Steve Peart
Director of Custodial/Energy Services
801-567-8770
steve.peart@jordandistrict.org

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AUDITS ARE POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

 

DATE: 
March 6, 2020

TO: 
Applicable School Principals and Administrative Assistants (Financial and Membership)
All Area Administrators of Schools and Administrative Assistants
Caleb Olson, Planning and Enrollment
Steven Harwood, Support Services and Programming Manager

FROM: 
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Daniel Ellis, Director of Accounting and Audits
Jason Mott, Accountant/Internal Auditor

SUBJECT:  
External Audit Visits

Please see attached memo.

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DATE:   
Thursday, March 5, 2020

TO:  
Elementary Principals

FROM:     
Shelley Nordick, Ph.D., Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
Rebecca Smith, Consultant of Gifted and Talented

SUBJECT:   
6th Grade Universal Gifted/Talented Testing (CogAt) Dashboard

A new series of dashboards containing 6th grade CogAt, or Cognitive Abilities Test (gifted/talented screener), data have been pushed out to school administrator Tableau Viewer accounts. You may remember that the universal testing of 6th graders took place in November 2019.  These dashboards may be found here:

Explore > Universal 6th Grade Gifted and Talented Screener (CoGat) > 2019 6th Grade CoGat Final Analysis

CogAt data are reported using age stanines. A stanine is a method of scaling test scores on a nine-point standard scale. The 7th, 8th and 9th stanines are considered above average. Students in those stanines would benefit from advanced learning opportunities and most would qualify for the ALPS program. There are three subtests that make up the CogAt battery: Verbal, Quantitative, and Nonverbal. These dashboards will uncover student performance in each of these subtests as well as a composite score, which comprises all three subtests together. In addition, school leaders will be able to view student group performance and compare scores against the district average as well as other elementary schools.

Finally, school leaders will have access to student-level data for each subtest as well as the composite score. School administrators are encouraged to use these data to identify students in need of extended learning and to develop long-term interventions and strategies to further support advanced learners in their progress and growth.

For questions about the CogAt assessment system and the ALPS program, please refer to Rebecca Smith in the Gifted and Talented Department. For questions about the dashboards or data, please contact Ben Jameson in the Evaluation, Research & Accountability Department.

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Each year Jordan schools and departments are invited to nominate one non-teaching/support staff employee for recognition. Through a nomination process, Jordan Education Foundation Board of Directors will select up to five individuals to be recognized as Outstanding Education Support Professionals. Each recipient will be given $1,000 and a commemorative award at the Board of Education meeting May 26, 2020 at 6:30 pm.

Please visit the Jordan Education Foundation website for more information:
www.jordaneducationfoundation.org

See flyer below. Submission deadline is Monday, March 30, 2020.

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DATE: 
March 2, 2020

TO:  
Principals
Special Education Staff
School Secretaries

FROM:   
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education

SUBJECT: 
Special Education Budget Closeout for the 2019-20 School Year

Please note that Special Education purchase orders/requisitions for the 2019-20 school year must be received by Friday, April 17, 2020 @ 5:00 p.m. Please remember the following:

  • Budgets are not carried over from one year to the next.
  • Remember to deduct any previously submitted amounts from your Special Education budget (so that you know your balance) before submitting new orders. This includes reimbursements submitted through your school. No orders will be processed that exceed your budgeted allocation.
  • Please check with your school secretary to make sure all Special Education reimbursements have been submitted to the Special Education Department by the April 17th deadline. We have provided each secretary with a spreadsheet of currently recorded purchases/reimbursements for the total special education department at your school up through March 2, 2020.
  • When ordering supplies, follow Skyward procedures.
  • Be sure to follow the ordering guidelines outlined in the attached budget information page, as you close out your current year budgets.

Staff will be notified of the new budget allocation amount prior to the start of the new school year.  Keep in mind that new purchase orders/requisitions will not be processed until mid-July when all of the current year’s budgets have been closed out.

As you close out your budgets for the current school year, please note the following:

  1. All purchase orders/requisitions, should be routed to Debbie Fairbourn in the Special Education Department.
  2. Use the following codes for Purchase Orders/Requisitions, NPOs, P-Cards, and ECHECKS, submitted through the year.

Coding for P.O.s/Requisitions, NPOs, P-Cards, ECHECKS:

FUND TYPE LOCATION PROGRAM FUNCTION OBJECT
10 E (School #) 1295 1090 Use object code

 

If you have questions regarding your Special Education budget, please call Debbie Fairbourn at
(801) 567-8177.

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DATE:
March 2, 2020

TO:
All Principals

FROM:
Administrator of Schools
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Caleb Olson, Consultant of Planning and Enrollment
Scott Festin, Consultant of Planning and Enrollment

SUBJECT:
Student Enrollment for February 2020

Please see document below.

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DATE:
March 4, 2020

TO:
All School Administrators
All School Lead Administrative Assistants

FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Kurt Prusse, Director of Purchasing
Dan Ellis, Director of Accounting

SUBJECT:
School P-Card Authorization and Distribution

With more and more schools transitioning away from checkbooks to the consolidated financial system, we are pleased to expand the P-Card (procurement or purchasing card) option to more positions at schools.

The next page lists all school positions now authorized to have a P-Card and the allotted number of cards per school. The Principal, in consultation with the Lead Administrative Assistant, should determine who receives the allotment of cards among the positions listed. Just because a position is listed does not mean the person should receive a P-Card.

Although many would like to have P-Cards, it is simply not prudent to distribute large quantities of them. Therefore, we are targeting those positions we feel will benefit everyone the most (i.e. those making large numbers of small purchases throughout a year). Purchase Orders, NPOs, and reimbursing employees remains the better option instead of infrequent, irregular use of a P-Card.

This remains an optional program. If these positions do not need or want a P-Card, that is fine. Additionally, receiving a P-Card is a privilege not a right. If a supervisor, Accounting, or Purchasing feel the P-Card is being misused or that P-Card rules are not being followed, it can be revoked.

Thank you for your support, understanding, and assistance in this effort. If you have any questions or concerns, please call Kurt (x88701), Dan (x88389) or John (x88148).

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The following information will be shared with teachers in JEM. Please review so you may assist or answer questions about the teacher transfer process.

Video link: http://jem.jordandistrict.org/2019/02/how-to-apply-for-a-teacher-transfer/

Tutorial attached below.

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Administrators: Please post and share with those in your building.

Youth Mental Health First Aid USA is an 8-hour training for adults to teach how to help adolescents and young adults who may be developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The evidence behind the program demonstrates that it helps trainees identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. See flyer below for details on how to register.

Saturday, March 21, 2020
7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Jordan School District Auxiliary Services Building
Room 113

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DATE:  
February 25, 2020

TO:   
High School Principals

FROM:   
C. Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools

SUBJECT:     
Athletic Classes Taught During School Day

Please list the athletic classes on the document below. Return the form to Cari Minnesota by April 3, 2020.