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The November Assistant Principal meetings will be held on November 1 (8:00-11:00am) and November 3 (8:00-11:00am). All meetings will be held in-person at the JATC-S. All assistant principals and intern assistant principals are invited. 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. Please CLICK HERE and it will take you to the Google Doc to sign up for which day you would like to attend. If you have any questions please call Nadine Page at 801-567-8182 (x88182). Thank you!

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The Jordan Ethnic Advisory Committee (JEAC) is hosting an employee open house on Wednesday, Nov. 2 at JATC South from 3:30 - 5 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. Come share your ideas, solutions and celebrations. Your voice is important.

Can't make the meeting? Your suggestions are always welcome. Please contact jeac@jordandistrict.org.

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DATE:     
October 6, 2022

TO: 
All School Administrators

FROM:  
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
McKinley Withers, Health and Wellness

SUBJECT:  
Comprehensive Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG) Practices and Resources

JSD schools are increasingly becoming fully trained in Comprehensive Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG). The following information will assist you in accessing and storing the documentation, upcoming training opportunities, and suggestions for creating threat assessment teams in your schools.

How to access forms

  • There are several CSTAG forms that can assist with determining what kind of threat and how to respond to a threat. There is a Microsoft Word option as well as a fillable PDF option.
  • A copy of these forms can be found in your schools CSTAG google drive. You can make a copy of the fillable forms and then same them after you edit them for each threat assessment. You can also use the copy of the word documents to edit them to best fit your school’s needs.
  • Forms can also be found on the Student Services website.

Where to store documentation of your school’s threat assessments

  • Every administrator has been given “content manager” access to a CSTAG shared drive for their school. This means that you can create additional folders (within the drive), copy and save documents, scan and upload documents, add users from your threat assessment teams, and change the name of the folder.
  • This drive is a common place for all schools to store documentation for completed threat assessments and assist in accountability and liability of investigating threats.
  • If you are struggling to find your shared drive in google, please reach out to Angie Rasmussen.

Upcoming trainings for CSTAG Level 2

  • For those completing CSTAG level 1 or have other school personnel you are adding to your threat assessment teams, there will be additional level 2 CSTAG training opportunities in the upcoming months.
  • There will be more information about these training sessions as the dates get solidified. Ideally there will be a training offered in January and March, and then again in July.
  • To sign up for CSTAG level 2 training on November 4th go to JPLS.

Creating Threat Assessment teams in your schools

  • If you are interested in having other faculty members at your school complete the CSTAG training, please send an email with their first name, last name and district email address to Angie Rasmussen.
  • Each participant costs the school $85. Once an email is received, the training will be set up by Student Services who will reach out to your school for reimbursement. The participant will then receive instructions via Navigate 360 on how to begin the online training.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Angie Rasmussen.

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DATE:  
October 5, 2022

TO:  
School Psychologists and School Psychology Interns

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

SUBJECT: 
October School Psychologist Guidance Meeting

A meeting for school psychologists and school psychology interns has been scheduled for Friday, October 14, 2022, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Auxiliary Services Building (7905 South Redwood Road). Juliana Peterson, doctoral student in the Clinical/Counseling Psychology Program at Utah State University, will provide us with a 3-hour presentation on ACT Clinical Skills. We had originally scheduled Dr. Tyler Renshaw from USU to do this presentation but he unfortunately had to cancel last week due to some other commitments.

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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Attached is a slide deck that elementary principals can use to hold half-day PLC meetings with teachers. The slides are broken into sections to allow flexibility based on the time that has been allotted for PLC meetings. The slides can be used all together or in parts. Principals are welcome to adjust the slide deck to meet the needs of the teachers in their buildings.

Principal PLC Slides

BOY Student Tracking Map

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School/Department Administrators:

With your great input, we have simplified the process for hiring licensed employees through Frontline. These changes include:

  • A video screening/interview feature
  • Interview documentation simplified
  • Reference forms simplified

Please schedule a training time to see these important modifications. This training is available to administrators and administrative assistants, especially those who are new to Frontline Recruiting/Hiring.

All trainings will be at the District Office room #129. Two sessions will also be on Zoom. Please bring a laptop or have one available for the hands-on training. For available dates/times and to schedule a training session, visit the link below. Space is limited in each session. Additional sessions will be added as needed.

Frontline Training Schedule for Appointments

Also available on HRConnections and HRAdminOnly are the training videos and tutorials. Contact Brent Burge at #88224 if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Human Resources

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DATE:
September 8, 2022

TO:
All Principals

FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Scott Festin, Consultant, Planning and Enrollment
Caleb Olson, Consultant, Planning and Enrollment

SUBJECT:
10th Day Enrollment versus the Estimate

Please see the memo below.

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Attached you will find a copy of the presentation given at the Jordan School District annual School Community Council trainings.

All new principals and new SCC Chairs need to attend one of the SCC Trainings for this year. The last training scheduled for 2022-23 is tonight, September 29th. Please see the meeting link below.

If you have any questions contact Nadine Page, nadine.page@jordandistrict.org or 801.567.8182 (x88182).

September 29, 2022 - 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Join Zoom Meeting    LINK

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The final session of the optional training for office and administrative staff of schools and District offices will be held Tuesday, October 4, 2022, beginning at 8:00 a.m. If you would like to participate, please send an email to Lisa LeStarge at lisa.lestarge@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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AVOID DENY DEFEND (ADD) is simple response strategy that can be used during an act of violence, threat of violence, or dangerous situation. ADD is a continuum that doesn’t need to be exercised in any particular order. Always respond with the best part of the strategy that is called for based on the information you have at the time and your proximity to the threat.

  • AVOID the threat whenever possible.
  • DENY the threat access to you by LockOUT or LockDOWN.
  • DEFEND as a last resort. You have the legal right to defend yourself from harm.

All school and district staff members, and secondary students are encouraged to watch the seven-minute ADD training video on the Auxiliary Services Incident Command Web page, link:
Incident Command Website

Parents/guardians are invited to watch this ADD video as well. It is not appropriate for elementary-age students.

Additional emergency training videos on the Jordan School District Google Drive, link: JSD Incident Command Training Videos

  • AVOID DENY DEFEND (ADD) Instructional Video for staff, 58 minutes
  • Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) Instructional Video for staff, 56 minutes
  • LockDOWN Training for students and staff, 3 minutes
  • LockOUT Training for students and staff, 3 minutes
  • Shelter-in-place Training for students and staff, 3 minutes

Additional trauma care training for all staff will be made available at a later time.

Please contact Emergency Operations Manager Lance Everill with questions: 801-567-8623, lance.everill@jordandistrict.org

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DATE:  
Thursday, September 29, 2022

TO:  
Elementary School Administrators

FROM:  
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
Rebecca Smith, Consultant, Gifted & Talented

SUBJECT:     
6th Grade CogAt Test Administration Training

The test administration window for the 6th grade CogAt opens October 24th and closes December 2nd. 6th grade teachers, in collaboration with school test coordinators, can administer this assessment to their classes.

A test administration training is being offered to school test coordinators as well as 6th grade teachers. School administrators may attend a training session, but it is not required. Testing pool hours may be used for ESPs who are attending a training session outside of their usual hours. There is no funding for substitutes; thus, schools will need to cover the cost of a substitute if a classroom teacher is attending a training session. Attendees should bring a device to the training. Those who are planning to attend a training session should sign up here.

Below are the training session dates, times and locations. Please note that all trainings will be held at the Auxiliary Services Building (7905 South Redwood Road):

Date Time Location
Wednesday, October 12 9:00 – 10:30 am PDC 101
Wednesday, October 12 12:30 – 2:00 pm PDC 101
Monday, October 17 12:30 – 2:00 pm PDC 102

Please contact Kira Jensen in Evaluation, Research & Accountability or Taryn Cox in Teaching & Learning with questions.

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Principals:

We have scheduled two separate training sessions on the operation of the school’s security camera and software. The training will include the use of the software, saving of camera footage and the transferring of that footage to the appropriate device. We receive many requests for help in this area.

The training will be held on October 5, 2022.

Session 1: 9:00-10:00 am
Session 2: 1:00-2:00 pm

Both sessions will be held at the Auxiliary Service Building in the Presentation Room, enter at Entrance C. It is recommended that at least one administrator per building attend one of the sessions and if possible send one hall monitor to each session.

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Registration for the 2023 ESL endorsement class is now open. Registration will close when full, so sign up quickly.

For additional questions, please contact Language and Culture Services.

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DATE:   
September 26, 2022

TO:  
All Elementary Principals
All Secondary Principals

FROM: 
Mike Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Jill Durrant, Administrator of Elementary Schools
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Elementary Schools
April Gaydosh, Administrator of Elementary Schools
Becky Gerber, Administrator of Elementary Schools
Travis Hamblin, Director, Student Services
Stacee Worthen, Counselor Consultant

SUBJECT:
October 2022 School Counselor Trainings

School Counselor Training and Professional Development for October 2022

The following are dates that school counselors will be attending training this month.

October 5, 2022 (8am-11am) -- New Counselor Training, JATC South
October 6, 2022 (Session 1: 8am-10am; Session 2: 10:15am-12:15pm) -- Q2 In-Service, JATC South
October 12, 2022 (8am-11:30am) -- Counselor Collaborative, DO Rm 129
October 14, 2022 (7:30am-9am) -- Secondary Counselor Singleton PLC, Valley HS
October 14, 2022 (1:30pm-3pm) -- Elementary Counselor Singleton PLC, DO Rm 129
October 14, 2022 (12:30-3:30) -- Lead Counselors by Guidance Invitation, ASB Auditorium
October 19, 2022 (Session 1: 8am-10am; Session 2: 1pm-3pm) -- Optional JPAS Training, Valley HS

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Stacee Worthen at (801)567-8309.