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TO:
All Administrators
All Administrative Assistants

FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Nadine Page, Administrative Assistant

Reminder! This deadline is approaching.

The LOG/TIMESHEET must be turned in to the school no later than April 11, 2025 so that amounts may be paid in the May 2025 paycheck. Hours must be completed before turning in the log/timesheet. Payroll will take the information for payment from the Google Sheet.

Please make sure to total the hours listed on the Log/Timesheet and put this number on the Google Sheet. Double check to make sure ALL employees to be paid are listed and that their hours worked are correct. If you have questions please reach out to Nadine Page at x88182 or nadine.page@jordandistrict.org.

Below you will find the original documents sent out at the beginning of the school year with all the guidelines. Here is the LINK to the original JAM that was sent with all instructions.

 

 

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TO:
All Administrators
All Administrative Assistants

FROM:
April Gaydosh, Administrator of Human Resources

If you are a contracted employee (Benefit eligible) and need to take Annual/Personal Leave on a Critical Day before or after Spring Recess for any reason not listed in policy DP335NEG or DP335B, you must submit a request as follows:

How to Request
During the window, the employee must send the request through email. Please include your name, school, position, and the date you are requesting the leave. Requests left on voicemail or over the phone will NOT be accepted.

Licensed employees submit their request to licensedpersonalleave@jordandistrict.org

Education Support Professionals submit their request to classifiedpersonalleave@jordandistrict.org

The employee will receive an email confirmation within two working days after submitting the request. If the employee does not receive a confirmation email, then Human Resources has NOT received your request and your leave will not be approved.

School Holiday Date of Holiday Critical Days Window
 Spring Recess
Licensed		 April 1-4, 2025 March 28 and April 7, 2025 Feb. 16 – Feb. 26, 2025
Spring Recess

ESP

 April 3-4, 2025 March 28 and April 7, 2025 Feb. 18 – Feb. 28, 2025

Licensed Annual/Personal Leave Taken on a Critical Day 2024-2025

ESP Annual/Personal Leave Taken on a Critical Day 2024-2025

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TO:
Elementary Principals
Elementary Administrative Assistants

FROM:
Michelle Love-Day, Director of Language & Culture Services

We are assisting schools with interpreters. For schools not listed on the form, please reach out to lisa.stonedejimenez@jordandistrict.org to request an interpreter for parent/teacher conferences. We encourage you to reach out to the Latinos in Action students for assistance. Please use this LINK to view your school's services:

If you have an ESP that can help out, we can timesheet them and pay them from our office. Please contact Nicole Woodburn by Feb. 14th, prior to the conferences. We just need to know their names and be pre approved. If we do not have their name, they cannot be paid.

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TO:
Elementary Principals

FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Amanda Bollinger, Associate Administrator, Teaching & Learning
Todd Theobald,  Special Projects, Teaching and Learning

Elementary Principals,

Due to the scheduling conflict with the BYU CITES Instructional Leadership Conference, the March 21st Elementary Principal PLC has been rescheduled to March 28th. Please notify your instructional coach(es) that this meeting has been rescheduled and mark your calendars to reflect this change:

Elementary Principal PLC - UPDATE SCHEDULE
DATE: March 28th
TIME: 8:30-11:30 a.m.
PLACE: ASB Auditorium

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DATE: 
Thursday, February 13, 2025

TO:  
Elementary School Administrators

FROM: 
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:  
MOY Acadience Reading and 6th Grade CogAT Tableau Dashboards Updated with Latest Results

MOY Acadience Reading and the 2024-25 6th grade CogAT results are now available in Tableau viewer accounts. Elementary school administrators may access the MOY Acadience Reading dashboard here and the CogAT dashboards here. Results are available at both the district and school level. School administrators may also filter the data by student groups (economically disadvantaged, ML, race/ethnicity, and students with a disability). Both dashboards also contain results for individual students.

Please contact Ben Jameson in Assessment, Research & Accountability with questions about these dashboards.

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TO:
All Administrators

FROM:
Mike Haynes - Director, Jordan Education Foundation

It's that time again! The JEF Rising Star Scholarships will recognize one resilient student from each high school with a $2,000 scholarship to the college, university, or trade school of their choice.

This is your opportunity to recognize a student who has faced significant challenges impacting their schooling, yet has shown remarkable improvement in their academic performance.

To submit your nomination, click HERE and select the “Administrators Nominate Here” button.

Submissions are due by March 10th.

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DATE:
February 10, 2025

TO:
School Psychologists & School Psychology Interns

FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Fulvia Franco, Consultant– Guidance

SUBJECT:
February School Psychologists & School Psychology Interns Meeting

A meeting for school psychologists and school psychology interns has been scheduled for Friday, February 28, 2025, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Auxiliary Services Building Auditorium (7905 South Redwood Road). Kristina Feldman, Ph.D., Neurodiverse Psychological Services, will provide us with a presentation on ideas and resources to consider with neurodiverse populations. In addition, Kayleigh Brennan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Utah, will provide us with training on the WAIS-5.

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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TO:
Administrators

FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Jared Covili, Consultant in Teaching & Learning

Check out the links below for the latest updates from Teaching & Learning for February. Learn Tips and Tricks, Sign Up for Upcoming PD, and Learn about Important Updates from the T & L team.

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TO:
All Administrators
Administrative Assistants

FROM:
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Brian King, Ph.D., Assistant Director of Special Education
Mike Trimmell, Ed.D., Special Education Administrator

Attached is the Special Ed Newsletter for February 2025.

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DATE:  
February 1, 2025

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 2024-25 School Year

Please note that Special Education purchase orders/requisitions/reimbursement requests for the 2024-25 school year must be received by Thursday, March 6, 2025 @ 5:00 p.m. Remember that the SLPs/SLTs who received their legislative funds through the SpEd department this year are under these same guidelines and deadlines for those funds as well.

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 March 6th deadline.
  • 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.
  • Any purchases that were inadvertently charged to the Special Ed budget or do not qualify using the guidelines should be removed from the budget using a journal entry form prior to March 6th.

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 late July.

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

  1. All purchase orders/requisitions, should be routed through Amanda Hamblin in the Special Education Department.
  2. Use the following codes for Purchase Orders/Requisitions, 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 contact Amanda Hamblin at
(801) 567-8177.

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TO:
Directors
Administrators
Administrative Assistants

FROM:
April Gaydosh, Administrator, Human Resources

Upcoming Events and Opportunities – LICENSED EARLY NOTIFICATION

Valued Licensed Employee:

The Human Resource Department is contacting you with important information regarding upcoming events and opportunities.

LICENSED EARLY NOTIFICATION (Resignation or Retirement)

Licensed employees resigning/retiring at the end of the current contract year, who give official early notification in SKYWARD – EMPLOYEE ACCESS, will be eligible for a tiered incentive. To qualify, notification must be submitted on or before the following dates:

  • February 15, 2025  $200.00

The incentive will be paid on the last regular paycheck. Notifications of resignation/retirement received after the dates listed above will not qualify for an incentive. The official District “Notice of Resignation” form is found in Skyward Employee Access under “Task Processes”. Please see District policy DP318 for more detailed information regarding resignations. If you do not know your Skyward username or password please contact the Help Desk at 801-567-8737.

Licensed employees who do not submit an official “Notice of Resignation” form in Skyward Employee Access with at least thirty (30) calendar days’ written notice WILL BE FINED $500, which will be deducted from their final check. Informing your principal/school administrator either verbally or in writing is not sufficient. See District Policy DP318 – Resignations - Licensed.

School/District Administrators must submit an official “Notice of Resignation” form in Skyward Employee Access with at least sixty (60) calendar days’ written notice WILL BE FINED $500 in accordance with District Policy DP318A – Resignations-Administrators.

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DATE:     
January 28, 2025

TO:   
All Principals

FROM:   
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Brian King, Ph.D., Assistant Director of Special Education
Mike Trimmell, Ed.D., Special Education Administrator

SUBJECT:   
IEP Notes on Embrace

We are implementing a change in the process for handling Special Education meeting notes.

We encourage you to use the new Embrace Notes starting now, however, the PDF notes on the Forms page will still be available until March 1st. The PDF notes on the Forms page will no longer be available after March 1st. This adjustment aims to simplify our workflow and enhance accessibility to meeting notes.

You can access Embrace through the Google App Launcher. The document is named, “IEP Meeting Notes and Summary”. See the link below for a detailed guide to accessing the Embrace IEP Meeting Notes and Summary document.

If you encounter any access issues, or have questions, please reach out to Brenda Cruz at 801-567-8145, brenda.cruz@jordandistrict.org.

Embrace Notes Guide.pdf

 

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DATE:   
February 3, 2025

TO:        
All Principals

FROM:    
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Brian King, Ph.D., Assistant Director of Special Education
Mike Trimmell, Ed.D., Special Education Administrator

SUBJECT:
SCSC Transitioning Meeting for Elementary to Middle School and Middle to High School

To support the transition of students to their new Self-Contained Support Classroom (SCSC), the Special Education Department is providing an opportunity for SCSC teachers to meet with the teachers or team leads of the new SCSC setting for their students.

The transition meetings:

  • Elementary to Middle School will be on February 28, 2025, from 9:00 - 11:00 am through Zoom.
  • Middle to High School will be on February 21, 2025, from 8:00 - 10:00 am through Zoom.

The schedule and transition paperwork that needs to be filled out for each student transitioning to a new SCSC school have been emailed to all teachers.

Please contact your teacher specialist if you have any questions.

 

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DATE:   
Thursday, February 6, 2025

TO: 
Elementary and Middle School Administrators

FROM: 
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:  
AAPPL for DLI Tableau Dashboards Updated with 2024-25 Results

AAPPL for DLI results have been updated in Tableau. The dashboards contain district, school, and individual student data. In addition, viewers will be able to see results by teacher as well as by individual students. Tableau users may filter data by various demographic and student groupings as well.

AAPPL for DLI results may be accessed here:

Explore Menu > Assessments > AAPPL for DLI Analysis > AAPPL for DLI Analysis, 2017-Present

Please contact Ben Jameson in Assessment, Research & Accountability with questions about these dashboards.

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DATE: 
Thursday, February 6, 2025

TO: 
All High School Administrators

FROM:   
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:   
Tableau Dashboards for School LAND Trust and TSSA Planning and Reporting

The following Tableau dashboards may be helpful to school administrators as they plan for the 2025-26 school year LAND Trust and TSSA plans. As you look at each of these dashboards, please remember to change the School Name filter to your school.

Assessments:

ACT (11th Grade Administration)

Utah Aspire Plus Proficiency and Growth

WIDA ACCESS Composite Results
Listening Results
Reading Results
Speaking Results
Writing Results

AP Distribution of Scores and Pass Rates


School Accountability:

2023-24 TSI Calculations for All Schools and All Demographics

Breakdown of TSI/ATSI/CSI Identification Data (for TSI/ATSI/CSI schools only)


Other Relevant Data

Advanced Course Enrollments Over Time

Attendance

Behavior & Discipline

Demographics

Grades

Graduation and Dropout Rates
Graduation Rates, Compare by Student Group

State’s Data Gateway

School Report Cards

 

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DATE: 
Thursday, February 6, 2025

TO: 
All Middle School Administrators

FROM:   
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:   
Tableau Dashboards for School LAND Trust and TSSA Planning and Reporting

The following Tableau dashboards may be helpful to school administrators as they plan for the 2025-26 school year LAND Trust and TSSA plans.  As you look at each of these dashboards, please remember to change the School Name filter to your school.

Assessments:

RISE ELA Proficiency and Growth

RISE Math Proficiency and Growth

RISE Science Proficiency and Growth

Utah Aspire Plus Proficiency and Growth

WIDA ACCESS Composite Results
Listening Results
Reading Results
Speaking Results
Writing Results

AP Distribution of Scores and Pass Rates


School Accountability:

2023-24 TSI Calculations for All Schools and All Demographics

Breakdown of TSI/ATSI/CSI Identification Data (for TSI/ATSI/CSI schools only)


Other Relevant Data

Advanced Course Enrollments Over Time

Attendance

Behavior & Discipline

Demographics

Grades

State’s Data Gateway

School Report Cards

 

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DATE: 
Thursday, February 6, 2025

TO: 
All Elementary School Administrators

FROM:   
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:   
Tableau Dashboards for School LAND Trust and TSSA Planning and Reporting

The following Tableau dashboards may be helpful to school administrators as they plan for the 2025-26 school year LAND Trust and TSSA plans. As you look at each of these dashboards, please remember to change the School Name filter to your school.

Assessments:

Acadience Reading Benchmark Status and Pathways of Progress

RISE ELA Proficiency and Growth

RISE Math Proficiency and Growth

RISE Science Proficiency and Growth

WIDA ACCESS Composite Results
Listening Results
Reading Results
Speaking Results
Writing Results

School Accountability:

2023-24 TSI Calculations for All Schools and All Demographics

Breakdown of TSI/ATSI/CSI Identification Data (for TSI/ATSI/CSI schools only)

Other Relevant Data

Attendance

Behavior & Discipline

Demographics

Grades

State’s Data Gateway

School Report Cards

 

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DATE:  
February 6, 2025

TO:  
Principals
Assistant Principals
Counselors

FROM: 
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Stacee Worthen, School Counseling Consultant

SUBJECT: 
February 2025 School Counselor Training and Professional Development

This memo includes all school counselors’ training and professional development this month.

Highlights

  • February 3 - 7, 2025, National School Counseling Week
  • Ideas to celebrate your school counselors:
    • Publicly recognize your school counselors' hard work through morning announcements, a dedicated email, or a social media post highlighting their impact. A heartfelt message during a staff meeting or a personalized thank-you note from leadership can go a long way.
    • Surprise your counselors with a lunch delivery, coffee, or a favorite snack as a token of appreciation. If budgets are tight, consider partnering with the PTA, student leaders, or local businesses to sponsor a small treat.
    • Give them a small but meaningful token of appreciation, like a "Counselor Appreciation Certificate" or a simple sign on their door that says, “We ❤️ Our School Counselor!” Little gestures like these require minimal effort but can brighten their day.

Training & Professional Development Dates

See the memo below