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DATE:
February 1, 2024

TO:
Elementary Principals
Elementary Special Education Teachers
Elementary Speech Language Pathologists
Elementary School Psychologist

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

SUBJECT:
Additional Offering of the Core Standards and IEP Alignment PD

Back by popular demand, the Special Education Department will be offering a repeat session of the Core Standard and IEP Alignment professional development. This training is for all elementary resource teachers, support classroom teachers, SLPs, SLTs, and school psychologists. Topics that will be covered include: Embrace FAQs and updates, a review of the classification eligibility forms, and an introduction to the new IEP Goal/Core Alignment Google Sheet. This training is optional, but highly recommended!

Date/Time: Mar 1, 2024 from 1:30- 3:30 PM
Location: Zoom (link will be sent out to all special education elementary staff via email)

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Prior to the TEACHER TRANSFER FAIR on February 12, principals may post available positions for the 2024-25 school year on a Google Form. Please click here to advertise your transfer openings for teachers and other licensed employees. This will allow teachers to view your postings prior to the Teacher Transfer Fair.

Teacher Transfer Fair Link 

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Each year elementary principals are recognized for their excellence in one of six areas. We invite you to nominate a principal who has demonstrated qualities in one of the listed areas. The principals named in the Google Doc are eligible to be nominated this school year. Names of elementary principals who have received one of these awards in the past few years will not show in the dropdown.

Google Doc Link

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DATE:
February 1, 2024

TO:
Principals and Administrative Assistants

FROM:
Cody Curtis, Middle School Level AOS
Brad Sorensen, High School Level AOS

SUBJECT:
Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences for Secondary Schools

The dates for Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences for secondary schools are Tuesday, February 13, 2024 and Thursday, February 15, 2024, from 4:00 pm until 7:30 pm.

Here is the schedule that the schools will follow:

  • Middle Schools:
    • Tuesday, February 13, 2024 - Virtual
    • Thursday, February 15, 2024 - In Person
  • High Schools:
    • Tuesday, February 13, 2024 - In person
    • Thursday, February 15, 2024 - Virtual

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DATE: 
February 1, 2024

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 2023-24 School Year

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. We will soon be providing each school secretary with a sheet of currently recorded purchase/reimbursement totals for the special education department at your school up through January 31, 2024.
  • 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.

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Intermountain AP Summer Institute is the only institute of its kind held in the state of Utah. 2024 marks the 14th year of operation as a College Board endorsed training. APSI offers the highest quality professional development in 18 content areas. Make the most of your AP dollars by speaking with Chris Richards-Khong in the Teaching & Learning Department about how you can help sponsor registration and stipends for AP teachers.

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ALPS testing will be conducted during the school day at local schools from February 7 - March 15, 2024. The GT office and/or the proctor for your site will contact you to schedule dates and times for your school.

Please contact Rebecca Smith (88368) with any questions you may have. Thank you for accommodating the testing at your sites.

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Please see the attached document for registration and other information for the Elementary Math Tournament, hosted at Daybreak. Registration is due Friday, February 23 and can be submitted via this Google Form.

Please contact Rebecca Smith (88368) with any questions you may have.

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DATE:   
February 1, 2024

TO: 
Principals

FROM:   
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Matt Alvernaz, School Safety Coordinator

SUBJECT: 
Standard Response Protocols (SRP) Communication

Communication with staff, students, and parent(s)/guardian(s) is a central theme of the Standard Response Protocols (SRP) for safety. With the implementation of SRP, it is critical that each school communicates with these vital stakeholders frequently about school safety efforts.

Communication regarding SRP begins with the monthly safety training for School Safety Specialists (SSS) and Administrators over safety. Using the training, school staff should be trained by the SSS and Administrator about the monthly SRP drill and how to communicate with students. After staff are trained, they should teach their students about the SRP drill (in February it will be HOLD). At some point during the month, whether before or after the safety drill, the school should communicate with parent(s)/guardian(s) (including, but not limited to, the PTSA and Community Council) informing and educating them on the specific monthly SRP drill. Resources for communication will be shared at the monthly SRP training provided by Matt Alvernaz, the School Safety Coordinator, as they become ready.

Each school should begin SRP communication by sending information to parent(s)/guardian(s) introducing them to SRP as soon as reasonably possible. The following resources are provided to assist with that effort:

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DATE:
February 1, 2024

TO:
Middle School Administrators
High School Administrators

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

SUBJECT:  
2023-24/2024-25 Approved Course Requests

For your information, the attached memo is an updated list of courses approved over the last two academic school years. All courses have been added to the Jordan School District Course Catalog.

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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, 2024   $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:   
February 1, 2024

TO:  
Principals
Assistant Principals
School Safety Specialists

FROM: 
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Matt Alvernaz, School Safety Coordinator

SUBJECT:   
Monthly Safety Drill Preparation (HOLD)

Our monthly drill preparation will be held on February 7th at 3:00 PM with a second session at 3:30 PM. This month we will be covering HOLD. Each School Safety Specialist is expected to attend along with administrations assigned to oversee school safety. All other administrations are welcomed to attend as well. The meeting is also opened to any staff who may be interested.

Information regarding the HOLD response protocol can be found in the Jordan School District Safety Manual on pages 5-7. We will discuss how to implement and execute the drill. This will be an opportunity to ask questions and share ideas amongst the schools.

We will be holding this meeting over Zoom so please join using this link.

 

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DATE:  
February 1, 2024

TO:      
Principals
Assistant Principals

FROM: 
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services

SUBJECT:  
Safety Training Opportunity

Webinar: The Role of Principals in School Safety Efforts

The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Safe and Supportive Schools and its Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance (TA) Center will host a webinar on Thursday, February 8, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.  This webinar will focus on the role that principals play in preventing, protecting the school community from, mitigating, responding to, and recovering from threats and hazards.

The objectives of this 60-minute webinar are to

  • Highlight the importance of establishing a collaborative planning team for school emergency operations plan (EOP) development, as outlined in Step 1 of the Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans.
  • Reinforce how principals can contribute to EOP development and ensure school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness.
  • Share relevant resources to be used by principals and core planning teams.

Register on Zoom to participate in the Webinar.

Guest Panelists

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida

  • Ty Thompson, former Principal

Ocali Charter High School in Ocala, Florida

  • Elizabeth Brown, Principal

Hudson High School in Hudson, Ohio

  • Michael Sedlak, Unit Principal

Sandy Hook Elementary School

  • Kathy Gombos, Principal

Panel Moderator
Janelle Hughes, Project Director, REMS TA Center

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First, the "Discipline Notes" released in previous memos have been consolidated into a single document, available at this link: Discipline Notes

Second, there are four new "Discipline Notes" entries based on items identified in recent discipline review committee meetings. The new entries are:

• "Targeted" Offenses
• Fighting / Mutual Altercation
• Commentary in Log Entries
• Actions in Offense Comments