End-of-year testing season is fast approaching. Please take note of the upcoming testing events through the end of year. Please see the memo below for all the details.
End-of-year testing season is fast approaching. Please take note of the upcoming testing events through the end of year. Please see the memo below for all the details.
DATE:
Thursday, March 24, 2022
TO:
Administrators of TSI Schools
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Michelle Love-Day, Consultant of Language & Culture Services
SUBJECT:
TSI Workshop for School Administrators
As a requirement under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), USBE identified schools for Targeted School Improvement (TSI) in 2018 and 2019. A workshop has been designed to help administrators of TSI identified schools understand the calculations behind their school’s TSI designation as well as the timeline and criteria necessary to exit TSI. The vast majority of our TSI schools have second language learners and/or students with a disability that are struggling as a student group. This workshop will offer evidence-based strategies and ideas to help provide more robust supports to both student groups, thus allowing schools to exit TSI. Representatives from Special Education, Language & Culture Services, and Evaluation, Research & Accountability will be on hand to provide guidance and answer questions.
All school administrators of TSI schools are encouraged to attend one of the two sections offered on March 29th and April 6th. School administrators may register for either date on JPLS using course #101888. Here is the information for each section:
Date | Time | JPLS Section # | Location |
Tuesday, March 29th | 1:00 – 4:00 pm | 117119 | ASB Presentation Room |
Wednesday, April 6th | 8:30-11:30 am | 117120 |
Please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability, Kim Lloyd in Special Education or Michelle Love-Day in Language & Culture Services with questions about this workshop.
It is EASY and QUICK to apply. It will only take about 15-20 minutes.
This grant does not fund the entire school to use a program but will fund about 70%-80%.
This grant lasts for ONE year! You are able to reapply each year for continued funding.
All the software is approved for privacy.
You need to commit to using the software 40 minutes a week to maximize the learning experience for students.
See the flyer below for the programs that I (Amy Kinder, K-12 Mathematics Consultant) recommend:
DATE:
March 17, 2022
TO:
All Administrators
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
McKinley Withers, Health and Wellness Consultant
SUBJECT:
Prevention Planning Workshop
Our Health and Wellness team will be offering prevention planning workshops for school teams on the dates below. To sign up, please visit the Google Form to receive further communication about the workshops.
This prevention planning workshop is an opportunity to communicate to your school community all of the great things that your school does to care for your students! The intended outcome of the workshop for attendees will be a completed, concise, clear prevention plan for their school that highlights their unique approach and follows District and State guidelines. If you would like to make alternate arrangements for prevention planning, please reach out to McKinley Withers (801-567-8245, mckinley.withers@jordandistrict.org)
LOCKOUT, LOCKDOWN and Shelter-in-place are emergency responses often confused with one another. Jordan School District created clarifying videos on these responses to train students and staff, all under three minutes in duration, located at: Google Drive > Shared with me > Incident Command Training Videos. Click HERE
REMEMBER: Locks were invented to keep humans out of things. Associate “locks” with humans” and “LOCKOUT” and “LOCKDOWN” with a potentially violent person.
LOCKOUT and LOCKDOWN are DENY strategies, as part of the AVOID DENY DEFEND response protocols for violence threats. DENY the threat access to you by creating a physical barrier between you and them.
LOCKOUT – external threat
LOCKDOWN – internal threat
Shelter-in-place – chemical spill or severe weather outside (As defined by FEMA, not a response to violence)
Use the Jordan School District Incident Command Manual when planning, conducting drills and preparing for emergencies. Please contact JSD Emergency Operations Manager Lance Everill with questions: 801-567-8623, lance.everill@jordandistrict.org
DATE:
March 17, 2022
TO:
All Administrators and Administrative Assistants
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
SUBJECT:
Employee Overnight Travel
As a reminder, when employees travel to conferences or other events and it is not related to:
the following policies are to be followed (see the Financial Manual for more details):
Are you ready to be certified as an ESL teacher? Any JSD teacher can sign up while space is available. Please use this link to place your information by April 11th. This endorsement program is open to K-12 contracted licensed personnel in Jordan School District. This does not include substitute teachers or paraprofessionals who are licensed. Principals, please do not sign up for your teachers.
Really Great Reading Training Completion
Really Great Reading training links will begin to expire. These links are only active for one year. Please make sure all K-3 teachers have completed all modules for their grade level.
Think Central for Literacy Phase Out
As a reminder from the JAM on October 28, the current platform for Think Central for literacy is being phased out by Houghton Mifflin. As a result, this will be the last year that Think Central for literacy will be provided by T&L. This change will not affect Think Central for math. All Think Central accounts will remain in operation through the end of the 2021-22 school year. Schools can contact Houghton Mifflin directly for information regarding site based purchasing.
EOY PLCs and Principal/Coach/Specialist Planning Meeting
Assigned literacy teacher specialists will be contacting principals to set up end of year PLC meetings. In addition, they have been asked to meet with principals and coaches to get feedback from this year and begin planning processes for next year. We have designed an EOY District Literacy Initiatives Checklist to help in this process and are asking them to review this with you at that meeting.
DATE:
Thursday, March 17, 2022
TO:
Elementary School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
MOY Acadience Math Results
The MOY Acadience Math results are now available in Tableau viewer accounts. See the memo below.
DATE:
Thursday, March 17, 2022
TO:
All School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
2021-22 USBE Educator Engagement Survey Results
The 2021-22 USBE Educator Engagement Survey window closed on Friday, March 11th. An analysis of the survey has been completed and is available in your Tableau accounts here.
Tableau users may also navigate to the dashboard through the Explore menu: Explore > Surveys > USBE Educator Engagement Survey > 2021-22 > 2021-22 Educator Engagement Survey Analysis
The survey presented question items and solicited comments from classroom teachers regarding mentoring, school leadership, collaboration, professional learning, career growth, and job satisfaction. While no school-level data are available, the survey does present a perspective of educator engagement and job satisfaction that could provide guidance to school leaders in terms of morale, teacher preparation, the efficacy of mentoring programs, and school leadership.
Please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with any questions.
DATE:
March 17, 2022
TO:
Principals
Assistant Principals
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
SUBJECT:
Thriving Schools: A Summit for Student Success
These past few years have both challenged us and taught us the importance of prioritizing empathy, relationships, and social-emotional learning to support students. Above all we know that a thriving school community starts with ongoing learning and reflection.
Thriving Schools: A Panorama Summit for Student Success originally aired on February 15th – but they have made it available to access until May 16th for FREE. The topics include:
You may access the summit at the following link:
THRIVING SCHOOLS: A Panorama Summit of Student Success
Please feel free to share this resource with your counselors, psychologists, social workers, leadership teams and/or teachers as you see fit.
For teachers in grades K-3:
Below is the information about Unit 2.
The last virtual session for Unit 2 will be held on May 25th.
Many of these sections for the months of March, April and May are either extremely low or have no enrollment whatsoever.
Please sign up for a Unit 2 virtual session ASAP because some of these sessions may be canceled by the state. Thank you for your attention in this matter.
Direct link for Unit 2, MIDAS course #60077
Month | Dates |
March | 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31 |
April | 1, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 21, 22, 25 |
May | 6, 12, 25 |
Administrator/Psychologist sessions
LETRS for Admin is a two-part training that can be completed anytime between now and September of 2023, your online work is not required to be completed prior to attending a training but is required to be completed before the project end date of September 2023. This all day training is from 8:30am to 3:30pm.
LAST sessions for Unit 1 (60389) Dates: March 31, April 8, April 13, May 26th
Unit 2 (60446) Dates: June 6 & 15 July 8 & 20 August 5 & 16th.
Check out this information on the T & L website:
LETRS Administrator Information
Questions? Contact Bev Griffith at #88466 or beverly.griffith@jordandistrict.org
Dear Principals:
It is time to order student Math Expressions workbooks for the 2022-2023 school year. Student consumables for K-5th grade were included in the 2019 math adoption. Each school site has already pre-paid for 5 years of these materials. We are currently in year 3 and the orders placed will be for year 4 of the 5 year purchase. In order to be ready to start the 2022-2023 school year, Mtn. States has asked that we submit the refill orders now with expected delivery prior to the end of the year. They have given us a firm deadline of March 31.
An administrative assistant from the Teaching and Learning Department will reach out to you next week to confirm your refill orders and student numbers for each grade level. They will have the total number of books ordered for your school for 2021-2022 year and the expected enrollment for 2022-2023. We realize these numbers are projected numbers. Please account for growth, understanding that orders surpassing the initial order will still need to be paid for. If you had significant changes to your school population please work with your area administrator to determine how your school budget will reflect those changes.
6th Grade textbooks will not be purchased by the district, so 6th grade numbers are not necessary. Teachers have access to PDFs and Word docs for all student materials in the Open Up Resources Program, including Spanish resources. Additionally, there is a robust Canvas course, including MasteryConnect practice problems, Cool Downs, videos and slideshows for every lesson. Many lessons also include Desmos, Geogebra, and Nearpod tasks that teachers can adapt and use as they like. If your school would still like to order student workbooks for 6th grade, we can share the order information with your administrative assistant and your school can handle that order directly.
In order to facilitate this process, please work with your school administrative assistant to ensure that the numbers are ready to report. When contacted, each school will need to provide:
Thank you for your support as we work to have all materials in place for the beginning of the school year.
Sincerely,
Elementary Mathematics Specialists
Melissa Garber
melissa.garber@jordandistrict.org 801-567-8170
Orla Ryan Davis
orla.ryandavis@jordandistrict.org 801-567-8668
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 March 23, 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. No registration is needed for this training.
Beginning Tuesday, March 22 the Utah Department of Health will be offering COVID Mobile Testing on Tuesdays & Thursdays, from 4 - 7p.m. at Elk Ridge Middle. Please use the link or QR Code (see posted document) below to register.
DATE:
Thursday, March 10, 2022
TO:
All Elementary School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
School LAND Trust/TSSA Planning – Helpful Assessment Data
With the School LAND Trust and TSSA Plans due on March 25th, principals have been encouraged to create data-informed goals and supports. The following Tableau dashboards may be useful as principals set those goals:
Elementary Schools:
Other Helpful Data:
DATE:
Thursday, March 10, 2022
TO:
All Middle School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
School LAND Trust/TSSA Planning – Helpful Assessment Data
With the School LAND Trust and TSSA Plans due on March 25th, principals have been encouraged to create data-informed goals and supports. The following Tableau dashboards may be useful as principals set those goals:
Middle Schools:
Other Helpful Data:
DATE:
Thursday, March 10, 2022
TO:
All High School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
School LAND Trust/TSSA Planning – Helpful Assessment Data
With the School LAND Trust and TSSA Plans due on March 25th, principals have been encouraged to create data-informed goals and supports. The following Tableau dashboards may be useful as principals set those goals:
High Schools:
Other Helpful Data:
Please note that the following positions will be available for schools for the 2022-2023 school year only using ESSER III funds.
Any additional trackers or aides that have previously been paid for using CARES / ESSER funds will be the responsibility of the school for the 2022-2023 school year.
Schools will need to update budget codes for personnel who will be covered through ESSER III funds in 2022-2023. Please complete a New Hire/Change Form and code ESSER III Budget #7225 starting July 1, 2022.
The following Budget Codes will be discontinued after July 1, 2022:
10 E xxx 7211 1084 165 and 10 E xxx 7215 1084 165
Elementary Principals:
Please return the attached form to Cherice Thomson (cherice.thomson@jordandistrict.orgOpens in a new window) within two weeks after your conference dates. Thanks!