Jordan School District
DATE:
February 29, 2016
TO:
Principals
Special Education Staff
School Secretaries
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum/Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Julie Brown, Program Specialist
SUBJECT:
Special Education Budget Closeout for the 2015-16 School Year
See attached memo.
Friday, April 8, 2016
Utah Valley University
8:30 a.m. t0 4:30 p.m.
Please share the attached flyer with the appropriate staff members in your school.
High School Principals: The High School Testing Bulletin for March is posted below.
Middle School Principals: The Middle School Testing Bulletin for March is posted below.
Elementary Principals: The Elementary Testing Bulletin for March is posted below.
DATE:
March 8, 2016
TO:
Principals
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Clyde Mason, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Accuracy Verification of Google Drive SLO Teacher Folders
A critical component of 2015-16 Educator Evaluations for all certificated personnel is the accurate reporting of SLO pre-test and SLO post-test results via the Excel spreadsheets which were previously created by Curriculum. In order to accurately report SLO pre-test and post-test results, teachers will need to place their completed Excel spreadsheet in a designated Google Drive SLO Teacher folder which has been created for each teacher within a larger Google Drive SLO School Folder.
It is important that each principal reviews the contents of their school’s shared SLO School Folder and makes certain that each of their school’s full-time and part-time licensed staff has a Google Drive SLO Teacher Folder created for them within the Google Drive SLO School Folder.
Principals need to email Holly Allen, holly.allen@jordandistrict.org, on or before Tuesday, March 15, 2016 to either confirm the accuracy of the Google Drive SLO School Folder’s contents OR provide the name and position of any educator who is missing that should be in the School’s SLO Folder or who is in school’s SLO folder but should not be.
Questions regarding this communication should be directed to Holly Allen at 801-567-8115 or directly at extension 88115.
Elementary Principals:
The Arts Express Conference is on June 14-15 in Alpine. Please give every teacher a flyer and put one up in the faculty room. This is a great way to earn USOE credit and relicensure points for $45 (includes breakfast & lunch both days).
See attached flyer for more information.
Friday, March 4, 2016
BYU Conference Center
8:00-3:30 PM
Please work with your specialist on their calendar so that Friday, March 4, 2016 is a contract day. This is one of the three required trainings for participation in the BTSALP program.
See attached flyer for more information.
This information will help administrators understand some of the resources related to students with special needs, available to their school personnel, as well as families in their community.
Wedneday, March 16, 2016
District Office, Room 129
9:00 - 11:00 AM or 1:00 - 3:00 PM
See attached flyer for more information.
DATE:
February 24, 2016
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 your school has been asked to participate.
Project Title: “Influence of Teaching Experience on Elementary Teachers’ Grade-Level Subject Matter Knowledge and Documented Science Misconceptions”
Applicant: Ryan Nixon, Ph.D.
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 801-567-8243.
Thank you for your assistance.
DATE:
February 24, 2016
TO:
Elementary and Middle School Principals
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Clyde Mason, Director of Evaluation, Research, and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Research Project - Understanding Fractions Through Writing
The Research Review Committee has reviewed a research project in which your school has been asked to participate.
Project Title: “Understanding Fractions Through Writing, Project FACT: An Instructional Approach at Tier 2 for Students in grades 6
to 8”
Applicant: Sharlene A. Kiuhara, Ph.D.
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:
February 24, 2016
TO:
Secondary Principals
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Clyde Mason, Director of Evaluation, Research, and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Research Project - Class Size and History Instruction
The Research Review Committee has reviewed a research project in which your school has been asked to participate.
Project Title: “Class Size and History Instruction”
Applicant: Alisa Kesler-Lund
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 801-567-8243.
Thank you for your assistance.
Elementary Principals:
Please make this flyer available to ALL of your teachers.
CONGRATULATIONS are in order for the following 2016-17 New JSD School Administrators! Their assignments are to be determined in the near future and additional administrative appointments will be made as needed.
Principals:
Please take note of the adjusted due date for the 2016-17 Land Trust Plan and reports. Due to the State Land Trust deadline this date has been moved up to April 1, 2016.
Land Trust Timeline - Spring 2016
See document below for important dates and reminders.
Secondary Principals:
Please make the attached flyer available to all of your teachers, especially your Band, Choir, Orchestra, Dance and Visual Art teachers.
Elementary Principals:
It is time to determine which reading software program (if any) you would like to use for the 2016 – 2017 school year. We would like to have as many licenses as possible paid from State grant funds. I will submit applications to USOE for each individual school and they will accept them on a first-come, first-served basis until funding is exhausted. Please send an email with the information listed on the attached document to becky.gerber@jordandistrict.org as soon as possible.
DATE:
February 19, 2016
TO:
All School Principals
FROM:
Scott Thomas, Administrator, Auxiliary Services
Paul Bergera, Staff Assistant, Auxiliary Services
Lance Everill, Facility Staff Assistant, Operations
Ron Boshard, Coordinator, Risk Management
SUBJECT:
2015-2016 State Risk Self-Inspection Survey
The Self-inspection Survey for 2015-2016 from the State Office of Risk Management is available online. These surveys are designed to heighten safety awareness and to encourage school and District personnel to be proactive in hazard mitigation. Please go to the following Web site: risk.utah.gov
The responsible person or “Surveyor” is the school principal. As in the past, this assignment can be delegated to the department head, lunch manager, custodian, etc. for specific surveys as you see fit. However, all principals will be the responsible person to see that this survey is completed on time.
As with previous years, you will be prompted to fill in a corrective action plan. Please specify Work Order #, date submitted, who will follow through from your school, a target completion date and any other important information pertaining to specific questions.
The surveys are to be completed by April 15, 2016. Note that when the survey is completed, the lock button at the end of the survey must be pressed in order to indicate it is completed.
Please feel free to call or email Ron Boshard, 801-567-8876, ron.boshard@jordandistrict.org or Peggy Margetts, 801-567-8753, peggy.margetts@jordandistrict.org if you have any questions.
Reminder emails will be sent out from SIS@utah.gov, please look for this email address.
Thank you for your support.
Cc: Patrice A. Johnson, Superintendentz
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Administrators of Schools
