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The Board of Education approved the following adjustments to the 2022-23 calendar. Adjustments are reflected in the attachment and at http://planning.jordandistrict.org/calendar.

  • Elementary parent teacher conferences (both Fall and Spring) have been moved to the week following secondary parent teacher conferences.
  • A virtual Health & Wellness Day has been scheduled for Friday, February 10, 2023.
  • Three instructional days (Friday, September 16, 2022; Friday, November 4, 2022; Friday, April 21, 2023) have been converted to professional development days.
  • High school parent conference will return to an evening format with a Friday compensatory day.

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DATE:   
Thursday, February 24, 2022

TO: 
Elementary School Administrators

FROM:  
Carolyn Gough, 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: Spatial Reasoning with 3D Display Technologies in Elementary-aged Children

Applicant: Dylan Barton, BYU-Provo

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.

Thank you for your assistance.

 

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DATE: 
Thursday, February 24, 2022

TO: 
All School Administrators

FROM:  
Carolyn Gough, 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: Teachers’ Values for the Reduction of Teacher Attrition in Utah Public Schools

Applicant: Ryan Nixon, BYU-Provo

The project has been approved by the District Research Review Committee. 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 project will involve an optional anonymous survey sent to teachers. The survey link will be distributed directly to teachers by the researcher.

Thank you for your assistance.

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DATE:   
Thursday, February 24, 2022

TO:
Elementary School Administrators

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

SUBJECT:  
6th Grade CoGat Tableau Dashboard

A dashboard has been prepared in Tableau displaying district and school CoGat results from the 6th grade administration that took place in November and December 2021.

The dashboard may be found here or by navigating through your Explore menu:
Explore Menu > 6th Grade CoGat > 1-CoGat Universal Screening Analysis, 2019-Present.

As a reminder, the CoGat is broken up into three subtests that measure students’ verbal, quantitative and nonverbal reasoning skills.  A student sge score (SAS), percentile rank, and age stanine (comparable to a proficiency scale with a range of 1-9) with explanations of each score type are included in the dashboard.

The dashboard will allow users to drill into the data to discover performance by student group (economically disadvantaged, EL learners, race/ethnicity, and students with a disability).  Users can also view individual student results.

Please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with any questions about the dashboard.

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The final version of the 2022-23 TSSA Plan is due to be completed in your School Planning folder by March 25, 2022. Your budget allocation can be found on the "TSSA Plan" tab.

The JSD Board’s TSSA Framework establishes three priorities schools are to use in developing a TSSA Plan. The priorities include coaching, professional development, and school-based initiatives.

Each school has a personally-created School Planning folder in Google Drive that includes both last year’s and this year’s plans. TSSA Plans and the School Planning Folder can be accessed from 2022-2023 School Planning Tools. Following the School Planning Tool will ensure compliance with TSSA requirements.

The first tab in the School Planning Tool labeled “TSSA Overview and Checklist” provides guidelines and a checklist for completing plans. A quick checklist is provided below. The actual plan is found in the tab labeled “TSSA Plan.” 2022-2023 allocations are pre-loaded into each school’s plan.

Quick TSSA Plan Checklist

  • Share planning tool if desired. (Currently only principals have editing access.)
  • Summarize 2021-2022 TSSA Plan. (Focus on implementation and growth if limited data is available.)
  • Review data. (Review data that is available.)
  • Determine school goal(s) for 2022-2023.
  • (TSI Schools) Complete TSI data review, identify needs, and create goal(s).
  • Record plans and action steps for instructional coaching, professional development, and school-based initiatives.
  • Complete budget.
  • Add in your approximate carry-over in the correct spot.

Reminder that both your School LAND Trust and the TSSA Plan needs to be completed by this date of March 25, 2022.

If you have questions or concerns, please reach out to your AOS.
If you have technical issues, please feel free to contact Nadine Page 801-567-8182 or Chris Westra at 801-567-8657.

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The March Assistant Principal meetings will be held on March 3 (8:00-11:00am) and March 8 (8:00-11:00am). All meetings will be held in-person at the JATC-S. A beverage service will be provided, beginning at 7:30 am at each of the meetings. As a reminder you only need to attend one of the sessions offered per month. Both sessions will provide the same information. If you haven't had a chance to sign up please CLICK HERE and it will take you to the Google Doc. If you have any questions please call Nadine Page at 801.567.8182 (x88182). Thank you!

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Jordan School District Teaching and Learning Department is excited to SHARE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND an AWESOME Mathematics Conference by offering FREE scholarships to attend. 

This conference is sponsored by the Utah Council of Teachers of Mathematics

If you have never been, it is great. Teachers are sharing ideas and there are more than ten choices every session and there are 5 awesome sessions. 

We are very excited to spend the evening of February 25th and the morning of February 26th with you at Davis High School. This year’s conference highlights include:

  • Keynote address by Francis Su.
  • Nearly 50 different breakout sessions
  • Catered dinner and brunch sponsored by Derivita and TeachFX
  • Morning yoga session on Saturday with other mathematicians

Please apply for one of this year’s scholarships HERE

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The workshop with Kelly Gallagher for ELA teachers on February 3 was well-received!

Mr. Gallagher will be here again on the morning of March 2 to do a workshop on writing in the content areas. Middle and high schools are welcome to send teachers to this workshop. Two ½ day subs will be covered by T&L. Additional teachers may attend if schools provide the sub. Registration is now open in JPLS, Course #101874 – Section #117104. Please note that this is a single workshop, only offered in the morning from 8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Please see the attached flyer for more information. Contact Rebecca Smith @ 88368 with questions you may have.

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Republican Party Caucus Night is March 8. Democratic Party Caucus Night is March 22. Where possible, please avoid scheduling school activities on those evenings so that employees and community members have the opportunity to attend their local caucus meetings.

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A COVID-19 booster clinic will be held in the Oquirrh Hills Middle Gymnasium on Wednesday, February 23 from 4 - 7 p.m. A limited number of doses will be available on a first come, first served basis.

The following vaccines will be available:

  • Pfizer for children 5-11 years old
  • Pfizer for 12+ years old and up
  • Moderna for 18+ years old and up

COVID-19 Booster Clinic Flyer

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DATE: 
February 17, 2022

TO: 
All Principals
Secondary Registrars
Secondary Attendance Secretaries

FROM: 
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Michelle Love-Day, Consultant, Language & Culture Services
Caleb Olson, Consultant, Planning & Enrollment

SUBJECT: 
Clarification on Enrollment of Asylees and Refugees

Please see memo below.

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DATE:
Thursday, February 17, 2022

TO:
Elementary School Administrators

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

SUBJECT:
Acadience Reading Analysis Dashboard Updated with MOY Benchmark Results

The Acadience Reading Analysis Dashboard has been updated to include the middle-of-year benchmark results for schools and the district going back to 2015. The dashboard contains the following data:

  • Participation rates
  • Proficiency over time
  • Student growth over time
  • K-6 measures
  • Benchmark results by teacher
  • Individual student data

Each of these dashboards contain student group filters to help you drill deeper into the data. The student groups that are included are economically disadvantaged, EL, minority and students with a disability.

You may access the Acadience Reading dashboards here. You can also navigate to the dashboards within your Tableau Viewer account this way:
Explore menu > Acadience Reading & Early Literacy > School Acadience Reading Analysis, 2015-2022

Please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with questions about these dashboards or to set up a time to discuss your school’s results.

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Only 6 additional sections were added to the LETRS for Admin, part 1, course (#60389). Any administrative participants who would like to enroll for Part 1 can do so by following the links below:

LETRS for Amin, part 1 (Admin Overview) – Course #60389

The remaining dates for these sessions include March 4, 15, 31, April 8, 13 & 26. 

You do NOT need to have the Principal’s Primer book read before this session.

LETRS for Amin, part 2 (Principal Primer) – Course #60446

Dates for these sessions are from February 17 - August 16. 

*Remember that LETRS for Admin is a two-part course and you will need to enroll and attend both. These are the same 2 sessions that your school psychologists attend. 

Questions? Call Bev Griffith at 801-567-8466 or email beverly.griffith@jordandistrict.org.

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The long awaited G9 and G4 model Chromebooks are now available! These Chromebooks will be supported by Google through June 2029. We encourage everyone to move to these new models as you make your Chromebook purchases.

The new models are:
Part# 3V2Y2UT#ABA  HP Chromebook 11 G9 Education Edition, 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC, 11.6" (basic model)

Part# 3V2Y3UT#ABA  HP Chromebook 11 G9 Education Edition, Touchscreen 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC, 11.6".  (Touchscreen model)

Part# 3V254UT#ABA  HP Chromebook x360 11 G4 Education Edition, Touchscreen & Flip design , 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC, 11.6" (Touchscreen & Flip model)

Please check the monthly Technology Pricing page on the Purchasing Department webpage for current pricing and awarded vendors:
https://purchasing.jordandistrict.org/vendors/references/

Since these are just starting into production, HP is estimating that orders placed now will be on 8-12 week lead times. However, demand is expected to be high for these models, as well as supply chain and logistics problems can quickly extend these lead times. The sooner you place your orders, the quicker you will receive your Chromebooks.

Larger orders over $80,000 needing school board approval should note school board meetings will be March 29th and April 26th. Your order will be held until it can be approved at one of these meetings.

Please contact Tonya Hodges in Purchasing with any Chromebooks questions. She can be reached at tonya.hodges@jordandistrict.org or 801-567-8706.

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Over the past two years, the district’s loaner Chromebook program has successfully enabled thousands of students to have Internet access while schools have awaited the arrival of more permanent inventory. With numbers of school owned devices now at far more suitable levels, it has been determined that the district loaner Chromebook program is no longer needed.

As a result, the district will be permanently distributing all loaner Chromebook inventory to all schools equitably based on student population. Over the next few months, individual school administrations will be contacted by Mark Sowa to make delivery arrangements. If you have questions about this, please contact Mark directly at 801-567-8392, or at mark.sowa@jordandistrict.org.

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DATE:    
Thursday, February 17, 2022

TO:  
Middle School Administrators
High School Administrators

FROM:
Carolyn Gough, 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: Online Learning: Perspectives of Secondary Teachers in Northern Utah

Applicant: Matt Smith, Northern Arizona University

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.

Thank you for your assistance.

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Please take note of the following MANDATORY deadlines:

2020-21 School LAND Trust Final Report
Completion Deadline: February 28, 2022
Note: The column labeled "Amended Expenditures (entered by the school)" CANNOT be changed. Please ignore this column. The actual expenditures were provided by our Accounting Office to the State according to what you spent during the 2020-21 school year. Please complete this report, by the listed deadline, so the plans can be approved in a timely manner. After which you will be able to submit the 2022-23 Upcoming Plan.

Principal Assurance for 2021-22
Completion Deadline: February 28, 2022
This wasn't working in the fall so some of you may have completed this back in October, others have not. Please go into the "Council Membership & Signature Form" and check to see if you selected the date when the training was completed and then did the digital signature. If yours is not finished, please add in the date and your digital signature.

2022-23 School LAND Trust Upcoming School Plan
Completion Deadline: March 25, 2022
Your school's 2022-23 LAND Trust Allocation can be found on the State Website. When you click on the "Upcoming Plan" your "Estimated Distribution for 2022-2023" can be found in the box "Funding Estimates" on the 6th line down. This is your actual distribution.

New Information: You cannot submit your 2022-23 School LAND Trust plan until after your 2020-21 Final Report has been finalized. The final reports will be finalized as quickly as possible to enable you to get the 2022-23 Upcoming School Plan submitted. 

  • Do not end up with a negative estimated carry-over to 2023-2024.
  • Under "Action Plan Steps and Expenditures", please click on the provided button to input the budget allocations for that goal.
  • Add in what you will do if you have "Funding Changes". Remember that if it's listed here you won't need to do an amendment if you have extra money that you need to spend. (See tips and hints below for some suggested wording.)
  • REMEMBER THE LAST STEP, go into Council Membership & Signature Form and click to send the emails to your SCC members.

I can't stress this enough------please use the correct categories for the expenditures as you add them to your goals. They need to be distributed correctly. Don't put everything under salaries/benefits. Call Nadine Page (x88182) if you have questions of what category it should go under. 

Last Reminder: The 2022-23 TSSA Plan will also be due on March 25, 2022. Your TSSA Plan Link can be found HERE.

 

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DATE:
Thursday, February 10, 2022

TO: 
Middle School Administrators
High School Administrators

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

SUBJECT:
AP Analysis Dashboard Updated

The AP Analysis Dashboard has been updated with 2020-21 AP exam data in Tableau. School administrators may access both district and school dashboards here.

School administrators will be able to view participation rates, pass rates, and a distribution of scores by school, discipline, and assessment from 2016 to 2021. In addition, the dashboard also contains scores by AP teacher and student.

Please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with any questions about the AP Analysis Dashboard.

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DATE: 
Thursday, February 10, 2022

TO: 
All School Administrators

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

SUBJECT: 
Demographics Dashboard Updated with Oct. 1, 2021 Enrollment

The Demographics Dashboard in Tableau has been updated with Oct. 1, 2021 enrollment data. The dashboard will show district and school demographic trends from 2016-2021 Oct. 1st enrollment by race/ethnicity, gender, economically disadvantaged status, EL status, and student with a disability status. School administrators may access this dashboard here.

For the district’s population, school administrators will note some significant shifts in demographics that will also apply to some school populations:

  • 1% increase in minority students with the largest increases with the following two student groups:
    • 6% increase in Hispanic students
    • 8% increase in Pacific Islander students
  • 6% decrease in economically disadvantaged students (with free lunch being served to all students, there is no need for families to apply for free/reduced lunch; hence, the decrease in students being identified as economically disadvantaged)
  • 5% increase in EL students (454 more EL students for 2021-22 than the prior year with many more having been identified for services since Oct. 1, 2021)
  • 6% increase in students with a disability

Please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with any questions about the Demographic Dashboard.