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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.

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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

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In order to ensure that your District mail is properly delivered, please include the following on all items:

  • First and last names
  • Full school or department name
  • Full building name (for items not delivered to schools)

Thanks! This will help ensure that all of your items are delivered quickly to the proper location.

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This course will be a review of the Jordan School District Incident Command System Action Plans and roles for responding to a critical incident. The course is available for school/location administration and anyone else that has a key response position, as to be determined by the administrator. It is recommended that new administrators attend.

The course is being repeated on 4 different dates, and will be led by JSD Emergency Operations Manager Lance Everill.

Auxiliary Services Building, Auditorium – Entrance A

  • Wed., Oct. 28, 2020, 8:30am-10:00am
  • Thurs., Oct. 29, 2020, 8:30am-10:00am
  • Wed., Nov. 4, 2020, 1:30-3:00pm
  • Thurs., Nov. 5, 2020, 1:30-3:00pm

Register on JPLS
50-person capacity for each class
Masks required
Social distancing will be observed

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DATE:
September 28, 2020

TO:  
Employees in the District Office, Auxiliary Services Building, and Transportation Facilities

FROM: 
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Scott Thomas, Administrator of Auxiliary Services
Shelley Nordick, Administrator of Teaching and Learning

SUBJECT:  
Halloween Activities

 Some departments and buildings have had a tradition of employees bringing their children and grandchildren into the building on Halloween for trick-or-treating. This activity has many merits and benefits to our groups and teams.  However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to maintain safety for all employees and their family members, we will not be having these types of activities this year.

We know this may be a disappointment to many who look forward to this each year.  However, many employees and/or those they go home to each evening have health concerns that make such activities unwise during a pandemic.

If you have questions or concerns regarding the cancellation of these Halloween activities, please communicate them through your supervisor to their Cabinet level supervisor.

As a general reminder:

  1. do your best to maintain a six foot distance between yourself and others;
  2. always wear a mask when you are around others and/or when you move about the building;
  3. wash your hands thoroughly and regularly; and
  4. never come to work if you feel ill or exhibit symptoms as indicated in the attached document

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DATE: 
Thursday, October 1, 2020

TO:
All Principals

FROM:   
Shelley Nordick, Ph.D., Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, 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:     Teacher Hope During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Applicant:     Dr. Suzanne Jones, USU

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.  Participation in the study is at your discretion.  If you have questions or concerns relating to participation, please contact Ben Jameson at 801-567-8243.

The researcher will send a recruitment email to teachers.  The project will involve a 25-minute survey administered to teachers who wish to participate.

Thank you for your assistance.

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In order to maintain safety for all students, we will not be having Halloween parades this year. All activities need to maintain social distancing and contact tracing guidelines.

School Halloween activity ideas might include:

  • Virtual parades
  • Students wearing their favorite Halloween shirt to school
  • Activities in the classroom run by the teacher or a volunteer

If you have further questions, please contact your Administrator of Schools.

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Please use the following links to access the State COVID-19 Manual in a multitude of languages, along with other flyers and information sheets produced the the State Health Department.

ENGLISH: https://jam.jordandistrict.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/COVID-19-School-Manual-FINAL.pdf

SPANISH: https://coronavirus-download.utah.gov/International-Language-Resources/Spanish/Es_COVID-19_School_Manual_FIN.pdf

OTHER LANGUAGE RESOURCES for COVID-19 are available here. The COVID-19 Manual is translated into Arabic, Farsi, French, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Thai, and Vietnamese. Portuguese is coming soon. This site also has many of the other COVID flyers and information sheets produced by the State Health Department: https://coronavirus.utah.gov/multilingual-resources/

 

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The State LAND Trust fall reports are due October 20, 2020. Please see information below regarding what reports are due and how to complete them. Due to the State website going offline for upgrades, the Final Report for 2019-2020 won't be due until February 5, 2021. The State website should be back up by January 15 for you to begin entering your Final Report. Please call Nadine Page with any questions you may have, 801.567.8186 (x88186).

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There has been a change to the process for attending and signing up for the mandatory assistant principal meetings for November and December 2020. As a reminder you only need to attend one of the sessions offered per month. Both sessions will provide the same information. The dates are the same November 5 (1:00-3:30pm), November 10 (8:00-10:30am), December 3 (1:00-3:30pm), and December 8 (8:00-10:30am). All meetings will be held in-person at the JATC-S. If you signed up in JPLS for the November meetings I have added your name to the session you had previously signed up for. If you haven't signed up for November, and everyone will need to sign up for December, please CLICK HERE and it will take you to the Google Doc that has the sign up sheets. If you have any questions please call Nadine Page at 801.567.8186 (x88186). Thank you!

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A revised agenda for the optional training sessions for office and administrative staff of schools and District departments is attached.  The October 1st and 15th sessions will be held in the morning and the October 5th session in the afternoon (same information presented at each session).  If you would like to participate in one of the sessions, please send an email to Jeri Clayton at jeri.clayton@jordandistrict.org and let her know which date you would like to sign-up to attend.  Attendees of each session will receive an email the day prior to the training with instructions for connecting to the Zoom meeting.

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The District ordered and has now received 1,000 Chromebooks for the purpose loaning these Chromebooks out to schools for short-term needs. Primarily the purpose of the short-term loan of the Chromebooks is for students in quarantine to use when the school does not have sufficient numbers for quarantined student use.

If your school has such a need for a temporary short-term use of additional Chromebooks, please call Mark Sowa at 801.567.8392 (x88392) to make arrangements. With only 1,000 Chromebooks to loan out, it is imperative that every school return the loaned Chromebooks as soon as possible with the intent of not being out longer than one month so we can assist other schools experiencing temporary increases in demand due to quarantines. Any device not returned will need to be reimbursed to the loaner program.

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You are invited to share the following parent outreach information with your school community as you see fit.

  • Jordan’s Health and Wellness team will be conducting a mental health screening event on October 7th. You are invited to forward this flyer to parents in your community as you see fit.
  • Jordan’s Health and Wellness team has been conducting Tuesday Wellness Tips live meetings for parents to attend a virtual “lunch n’ learn” for less than 30 minutes every Tuesday at 12pm. You are invited to forward this flyer to parents and families in your community as you see fit.

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Please review the attached guidelines for students returning to school from mental health treatment, suspension, or other, high-need absence.

The purpose of the re-entry (or “return to learn”) process is to empower students and their support system to enhance social, emotional, and academic wellness throughout the transition back to school

If you would like more information on implementing these guidelines or follow-up please contact McKinley Withers. This follow-up could include:

  • In-person visit to an MTSS or School Mental Health Team Meeting to talk through the guidelines with your team
  • A staff training on “EveryDay Strong” which would take less than one hour to give your entire school staff a foundational understanding of how to meet student’s social and emotional needs. This is foundational to every transition plan.
  • Making an individual “student wellness plan” with your school team for a student who is returning to school or who has been suspended to familiarize you with the process