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We want to acknowledge the standards-based grading work that you have been doing with your teachers. We know your efforts to intentionally identify power standards and create explicit proficiency scales will help students learn and reach their highest potential. We had originally hoped to begin new report cards this year but feel that the timing is not conducive to implementing something so important. We will continue standards-based work throughout the year and hope to let the process drive the implementation of new report cards.  

The report cards will include the same skills as in the past, with one minor change. Teachers will notice in their grading books that reading and writing are now two separate categories. In the creation of the online content, reading and writing were designed as two separate courses, and Skyward requires that each course be its own category for grading purposes. The skills within the categories have not changed. If a skill is included in both categories, teachers may choose to mark each one or may mark the category that is most appropriate based on classroom assignments and/or instruction.

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Cabinet members will be interviewing all administrators currently employed by Jordan School District who wish to be considered for an elementary, middle or high school principal position between now and October 2021. Your participation in these interviews is the way for you to declare your interest in a principalship. Similar interviews will be held each fall for anyone who has not interviewed previously. This year’s interviews will be held on Thursday, November 19th and Friday, November 20th.

Any administrator interested in being interviewed this year should email Angela Montague at angela.montague@jordandistrict.org by Monday, October 19th at 5:00 p.m. Please indicate whether you would like to be considered for an elementary, middle or high school principal position. This process is not designed to select principals for newly-constructed schools nor any school in particular. No application or documentation is required.

Any questions should be directed to a Cabinet member. We look forward to getting to know you better.

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We have had many requests for a tutorial on how to create a Special Project or create a Work Order in Sprocket. Attached you will find the step-by-step tutorial in a PDF. Please share this with your custodians and head administrative assistants. Only principals can create Special Projects.

If you feel you would like a more in-depth training, you are welcome to contact:

Judy Bird (801)567-8625 or Teresa Lyon (801)567-8626

They are located at the Auxiliary Services Building and would be happy to have you stop by anytime.

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Each year, we are required to inform parents of their student’s Acadience testing results after each testing window closes. The included letters can be placed on school letterhead and signed by the school administrator. The letters, to parents, should be sent home with students by October 30. Letters may be sent home with students and do not need to be mailed.

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Principals:

Jordan Ridge Elementary has a brand new “recovery couch” that they would like to offer to any school who might have a need. Here are the specifications:

Vendor: School Furniture 4 Less

Custom made, 24” (gunmetal gray) Vinyl with Chrome legs- 250 lb capacity

Price: 347.99

If you are interested in obtaining this for your school, please contact Jordan Ridge Elementary. You will then need to complete a Journal Entry for the purchase and fill out a transfer form so fixed assets can arrange for pickup and delivery.

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Trauma can have a detrimental impact on students' functioning in the school setting. Educators need tools to identify and support students who may have experienced or are currently experiencing traumatic stress. Please see the attachment below for helpful information and strategies.

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The final session of the optional training for office and administrative staff of schools and District offices will be held Thursday, October 15, 2020, beginning at 8:00 a.m.  There is space available for an additional 50 attendees.  If you would like to participate, please send an email to Jeri Clayton at jeri.clayton@jordandistrict.org and let her know you would like to sign-up to attend.  Attendees will receive an email the day prior to the training with instructions for connecting to the Zoom meeting.  The agenda is attached.

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Administrators, Special Education teachers, those that work with building access, those that deal with 504's, and other compliance issues please take special note of this document.

The document below is from the Officer for Civil Rights and is regarding K-12 public schools in relation to meeting the needs of all students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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In support of the JSD Policy AA432, an informational DOCUMENT specific for online elementary teachers has been created for additional guidance. Teachers will need to follow the steps in the document to verify student attendance. Upon verification teachers will submit absences for only students who do not meet minimum attendance requirements. Additionally teachers will complete this FORM. An email will be sent to school assigned administrators of students who have not met minimum attendance requirements for follow up and increased involvement if needed.

If you have questions, please contact Ross Menlove at ross.menlove@jordandistrict.org or 801-567-8192.

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DATE:  
October 1, 2020

TO:   
Principals
Assistant Principals
Administrative Assistants
Secondary Registrars & Attendance Secretaries

FROM:   
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Caleb Olson, Consultant, Planning & Enrollment

SUBJECT:
2021-22 Permit Updates and Trainings

It is time to begin preparation for the out-of-boundary permit application season. As a reminder, the open enrollment window runs from December 1 to the third Friday in February (February 19, 2021). Permits will again be accepted and processed through PowerSchool.

Please see memo below for information regarding training opportunities.

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The Board of Education has approved $4 million for the Educator Grant program.  Please make your faculty aware that all licensed educators can now apply for pandemic and innovative work grants.

As part of the pandemic work grant application, Principals will need to verify the pandemic work completed in the Spring of 2020, so we want you to be aware of this process:

1)    The individual applies for a Pandemic Work grant.

2)    They must request Principal Confirmation of work completed.

3)    This form in the grant application will automatically send you an email to verify their work. You will be able to click on a link to a description of the work and then click to confirm that the work was completed within the Pandemic work period.
The deadline for Principal Confirmation is October 30, 2020. We ask that you complete these quickly, as applicants will not receive a pandemic award if there is no verification by this date.

4)    If you are not the Principal that was working with this individual during the Spring of 2020, please forward this Principal Confirmation email to the correct Principal.

For more information please see the memo below.

 

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DATE:    
September 29, 2020

TO:  
School Psychologists, Elementary Counselors, and School Social Workers

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

SUBJECT:    
October School Psychologist, Elementary Counselor, and School Social Workers Meeting

A virtual meeting for school psychologists, elementary counselors, and school social workers has been scheduled for Friday, October 9, 2020, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. The link for this meeting will be sent to you before the meeting, Dr. Najmeh Hourmanesh, Miriam Walkingshaw, and Melissa Gutierrez will provide us with a presentation on Telehealth in Schools for Children and Adolescents; Heidi Alder, attorney, will provide us with a presentation on FERPA issues related to counseling students; and Dr. Olin Levitt will provide us with an overview of a recent ACES study.

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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Come learn how to be a Canvas administrator who is able to work with teachers and students in Canvas. In an effort to support students, teachers, and administrators in online learning, Digital Teaching and Learning will provide training to encourage participation for administrators who are using Canvas. Trainings will occur over Zoom on the following dates and times with waiting room enabled and passcode required:

Wednesday October 7, 2020 @ 8:00 - 9:00 am - ZOOM LINK - Passcode: fn4660
Thursday October 8, 2020 @ 8:00 - 9:00 am - ZOOM LINK - Passcode: EY1WWt
Thursday October 8, 2020 @ 3:00 - 4:00 pm - ZOOM LINK - Passcode: 5pfSuB

If you have questions, please contact Ross Menlove at ross.menlove@jordandistrict.org or 801-567-8192

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Administrators, we appreciate all that you are doing as lead learners in your buildings. Thank you!! We are opening up some additional times for support with FTE audits. In addition, USBE has extended the funding deadline allowing us to extend the FTE audit deadline to October 9, 2020. If you would like to schedule a Zoom meeting for support with your audit please click in the link below. If none of these times work for you please reach out to one of the Human Resource administrators below.

Schedule an FTE meeting

Brent Burge  Kim Gibson  Wyatt Bentley