Jordan School District
DON’T FORGET! OPT OUT OF YOUR DISTRICT PRINTED W-2 by going to Skyward’s Employee Access by Midnight on December 11, 2022
Choose the electronic W-2 by selecting the “I do not need a printed copy”…
Opt out and win one of many prizes! A drawing for the prizes will be held on December 12th. Employees will be contacted. See the flyer below for details.
Please see the attached flyer for more information about the Jordan District Elementary Math Tournament. All schools are invited to participate! Contact Rebecca Smith @ 88368 with questions you may have.
The first lady is hosting a virtual symposium focused on educator mental health and would love to extend an invitation for school secretaries and staff to attend. Please share this with the teachers and staff at your school.
Dear Friends,
I want to sincerely thank you for the incredible work you do in Utah’s schools. While I am in the unique position of first lady, I want to do all I can to uplift and sustain the educators of our state. We received great feedback from our first ever in-person educator wellness conference last summer and will be hosting an upcoming virtual event to continue the conversation about educator wellbeing.
I am thrilled to invite everyone in your school to The Show Up for Teachers Virtual Symposium on November 12, 2022 from 8:30-11:30 am. Please share this invitation with your school community.
Kim Strobel, an internationally-known speaker and expert on the science of happiness will be our keynote speaker. In addition, we will hear from local education and government leaders and enjoy a live Q&A with a licensed therapist.
Registration is free to ALL educators and school staff. USBE will offer three relicensure credits to qualified attendees. For registration, please go to www.ShowUpUtah.org/wellness.
-Utah First Lady Abby Cox
Just a reminder that our annual Utah Skyward User Conference is scheduled for next Wednesday, November 16th. The conference will be held in person this year at Alpine School District.
This conference is an opportunity to learn about Skyward directly from the source as most sessions are being presented by Skyward staff. There are some fantastic sessions being offered this year, including Admin Bootcamp, Communication Tools, Discipline, Data Mining for Beginners, Data Mining for Advanced Users, and Skyward Tips & Tricks.
Please see the attached agenda for additional details. We hope to see you there!
This is a mandatory 2-day in-person training for all school administrators (principals and assistant principals). More details will be shared at a later date. Please go to this LINK and sign up for the 2-day training that will be best for your schedule.
For many years, Apple TVs have been an essential part of the instructional environment in Jordan School District, permitting teachers and students to display their digital screens through the classroom projector. One significant limitation of these devices has been their compatibility solely with the Apple platform, leaving Windows and Chrome platforms without options. A new device has recently entered the marketplace that solves this dilemma.
The Vivi company produces devices that permit all three major computer platforms to project through a single device (see attached for more specifics, reference the company website at http://vivi.io/product/, or view informational videos at the Vivi channel in YouTube, such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjHO-hO1X3U and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTEj0EKy9GI). This is a tremendous advance in classroom technology, particularly for Jordan District, where the majority of student devices are Chrome-based.
Because of the potential value that Vivi units advertised, Information Systems purchased and tested a number of them at multiple locations throughout the district. The results of these tests indicated that the Vivi units live up to performance levels as promoted. For references, reach out to Curtis Jenson (principal) or Matt Gates (tech), at South Jordan Middle, to discuss their school’s experience with Vivi.
Information Systems wants to ensure that all schools are not only aware of this new technology, but also have an opportunity to try it out so that it can be considered when planning future technology purchases. For schools that have interest, Information Systems will provide one Vivi unit for testing among the school’s instructional staff. If there is sufficient interest, the school can retain the single Vivi unit, and then pursue the purchase of additional units on their own.
The cost for a Vivi Pro unit is $499.00. These units are great not only for classroom purposes, but also for digital signage and other advanced features. Vivi also offers a “Lite” version, which could be considered where additional features are not necessary. The cost for these units is $399.00 each. This pricing is valid through October of 2023. While the pricing for these units is clearly higher than Apple TVs, Information Systems believes that the advantage of projecting screens from computers of any platform makes these devices worth serious consideration.
To arrange for delivery of a Vivi unit to you school, please contact Mark Sowa at 801-567-8392 or mark.sowa@jordandistrict.org. We would like to have these units assigned and distributed by the end of November. If we have not heard from you by that point, it will be assumed that you are not interested in Vivi, and the unit previously reserved for your school will be redistributed to a different location. We look forward to your response.
DATE:
November 1, 2022
TO:
District Administrators
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Scott Festin, Consultant, Planning & Enrollment
Caleb Olson, Consultant, Planning & Enrollment
SUBJECT:
Fall Enrollment as of October 1, 2022 - REVISED
Attached to this memo is District enrollment as of October 1, 2022.
These totals are revised and approved by the State Board of Education.
Ideally most emergencies and disruptions to a school day can be addressed during the normal hours of operation and on school premises.
Other incidents may require releasing students to authorized parents/guardians either earlier or later than the normal end of school time, or from a secondary evacuation location. The Jordan School District Incident Command Reunification Action Plan is utilized when a school is required to conduct this type of controlled release of students. Life safety and accountability are the two main priorities. Maintaining current Student Skyward records is a key part of this.
Elementary and middle schools may have to reunify an entire student body. High schools may only have to reunify preschool children, students in special education, students with special circumstances, that have been traumatized, or need assistance getting home.
The Reunification Action Plan is available in the Incident Command Manual on Google Drive, link: JSD INCIDENT COMMAND MANUAL
You can find Student Reunification Checkout Cards in English and Spanish on the Drive as well. The plan includes the proper reunification protocol, identifies roles and responsibilities, and use of effective communication to safely account for and release students to authorized parents/guardians.
There is a Reunification Video for parents/guardians on the Auxiliary Services Incident Command Webpage, link: Auxiliary Services Incident Command Webpage
Schools are encouraged to share this educational video with parents/guardians in advance of a potential emergency.
Please contact Emergency Operations Manager Lance Everill with questions, concerns, or ideas: 801-567-8623, lance.everill@jordandistrict.org
If you are a contracted employee and need to take Annual/Personal Leave before or after Winter 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 | Window |
| Winter Recess (180, 184, 187, 206, 207, Contracts) | Dec. 22, 2022-Jan. 2, 2023 | Nov. 7 – Nov. 17, 2022 |
| Winter Recess (242, 245 Contracts) | Dec. 26, 2022-Jan. 2, 2023
(245 works Dec 27-29) |
Nov. 11 – Nov. 21, 2022 |
Annual/Personal Leave Taken Before or After a Holiday 2022-23
The Utah State Board of Education has announced the 2022-23 Teacher Salary Supplement Program (TSSP) qualifications and application deadlines. The application deadlines are printed below. Information regarding the TSSP program and qualifications is found at the following Utah State Board of Education (USBE) link:
Educator Incentive Programs (TSSP)
Application Term Dates
An application term indicates a preference of when and how often the educator would like to receive any bonus. Applicants may select one of the following terms before the respective deadline:
| Term | # of Payments | Application Available & Accepted | Application Deadline |
| Annual | 1 | Saturday, October 1, 2022 6:00 AM | Sunday, April 30, 2023 11:59 PM |
| Semester | 2 | Saturday, October 1, 2022 6:00 AM | Tuesday, January 31, 2023 11:59 AM |
| Trimester | 3 | Saturday, October 1, 2022 6:00 AM | Tuesday, November 15, 2022 11:59 PM |
The Gifted and Talented Department will host two options for PD for teachers on the afternoon of November 4th. The secondary session will focus on differentiation. The elementary session will focus on ByrdseedTV. Please see flier for details.
Distracted driving is any non-driving activity a person engages in that has the potential to distract him or her from the primary task of driving and increases the risk of crashing. While all distractions can endanger drivers’ safety, texting is the most alarming because it involves all three types of distraction.
See the flyer below for more information.
Please see the document below.
See the flyer below!
Department Administrators:
The FTE Audit process is critical in ensuring employees are paid accurately and out of the appropriate budgets. Like last year, the FTE Audit will be electronic. Below is the process we will follow for the audits:
Electronic FTE Audit Process:
Thank you for your time and assistance.
TRAINING FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS: If you haven’t already had a training for your council members, our (State LAND Trust office) annual live online council member training will be held on the following dates. Email invites will be sent out to all council members on October 21st (following the Oct. 20th deadlines).
Join Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox and Mark Huntsman, Chair of the Utah State Board of Education, for a live discussion about education in our state.
Wednesday, November 2
6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
See the flyer below for all the details!
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Literacy Matters Newsletter October
DATE:
Thursday, October 20, 2022
TO:
All School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
2022 RISE and Utah Aspire Plus Tableau Dashboards Updated with Student Growth Data
The RISE and Utah Aspire Plus dashboards in Tableau have been updated with 2022 student growth data. School administrators will be able to see the median growth percentile (MGP) for the district, schools, grade levels and individual teachers. In addition, school administrators will be able to see individual student growth percentiles (SGP) for each student for whom growth could be calculated.
The updated dashboards may be found at the links below:
Here are a few reminders about growth calculations:
