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DATE:   
September 23, 2021

TO:   
Employees in the District Office, Auxiliary Services Building, and Transportation Facilities

FROM:  
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Scott Thomas, Administrator of Auxiliary Services
Shelley Nordick, Administrator of Teaching and Learning

SUBJECT:  
Halloween Activities

Some departments and buildings have had a tradition of employees bringing their children and grandchildren into the building on Halloween for trick-or-treating. This activity has many merits and benefits to our groups and teams. However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and in order to maintain safety for all employees and their family members, we will not be having these types of activities this year.

We know this may be a disappointment to many who look forward to this each year. However, many employees and/or those they go home to each evening have health concerns that make such activities unwise at this time.

If you have questions or concerns regarding the cancellation of these Halloween activities, please communicate them through your supervisor to their Cabinet level supervisor.

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Please use these contacting an interpreter for your school procedures when you need an interpreter or a document translated for your school. 

  1. Contact Mirsa Joosten in Equity and Compliance at 801-567-8314 for the language you need to be interpreted at the school. She can also help with the translation of documents. 
  2. If not available or she cannot assist you right away, you may use the number to connect with Commgap. 

Special Notes:
This number is for administrators and office staff to use. Please do not give out to the entire staff. 

When you can use this number: to share good news about a student, an accident, homework clarification, information on signed papers, issues at school, set up a meeting with translator, remind families of the District parent orientations, etc. 

For any clarification, please contact Language and Culture Services. 

Commgap offers on-site, over-the-phone, tele-health and video remote interpreting in over 100 languages. Language and Culture services will pay the invoice on calls made.

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We want to assist our parents of second language learners by giving them a virtual tour of the District and resources to our schools. Please share this flyer with your Refugee, immigrant, asylee and EL families. Please fill out this google form, "Contact information for Parent Orientations" on the families behalf if they plan on attending. Interpreters will be provided. If they need assistance with transportation, please have them contact Michelle Love-Day in Language and Culture Services. 

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DATE:  
Thursday, September 23, 2021

TO: 
All School Administrators
All Administrative Assistants

FROM:  
Shelley Nordick, Ph.D., Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:    
2021-22 Stakeholder Input Survey – Preparation and Administration Details

The 2021-22 Stakeholder Input Survey will be administered to parents, all school faculty and staff, and students in grades K-12 beginning Monday, November 1, 2021, and ending Friday, November 19, 2021. All parents, licensed educators, education support professionals and students should be invited and encouraged to participate in the survey.

The Stakeholder Input Survey is used as part of licensed educators’ annual evaluation, including this year’s JPAS Lite. Survey respondents have the opportunity to take part of the survey for school principals, assistant principals, classroom teachers and licensed support staff (i.e., instructional coaches, counselors, school psychologists, speech language pathologists, library media coordinators, cluster leaders, etc.). Thus, we need to ensure that the survey contains an accurate list of each school’s licensed educators for whom respondents can take the survey.

Principals and administrative assistants will receive staff verification lists via a shared Google Sheet from Ben Jameson that contains a list of licensed educators currently in Skyward. Administrative assistants, under the supervision of the principal or administrative designee, will verify the accuracy of that list, adding or deleting licensed educators as necessary. Staff verification lists will be sent to all schools by Thursday, September 30, 2021. Staff verification lists need to be verified and sent back to Ben Jameson by Friday, October 8, 2021. This will allow enough time to upload the staff lists into the survey. Once the survey begins, we will be unable to add or delete any staff.

The staff verification list should contain ALL licensed educators:

  • Principal
  • Assistant principals
  • Counselors
  • Teachers
  • School psychologists
  • Speech language pathologists
  • Library media specialists/coordinators
  • Cluster leaders
  • Instructional, technology, literacy, Title I or any other licensed academic coaches (non-licensed or athletic coaches need not be included unless they fill one of the above listed roles)
  • Any other licensed and certified educators at your school

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

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DATE: 
Thursday, September 23, 2021

TO: 
Elementary School Administrators

FROM:  
Shelley Nordick, Ph.D., Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
Rebecca Smith, Consultant over ALPS/Gifted and Talented

SUBJECT:
Universal CogAt Testing of 6th Grade Students Training and Test Administration

Principals, please share the memo below with your school test coordinator and 6th grade teachers.

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DATE: 
September 16, 2021

TO: 
All Jordan School District Principals (with bus route students)

FROM: 
Scott Thomas, Administrator of Auxiliary Services
Paul Bergera, Director of Transportation
Kathy Jones, Transportation Trainer/Risk Coordinator

SUBJECT:
State Required Bus Evacuations and School Bus Safety 2021-2022

State required semi-annual school bus evacuations have been scheduled for this fall. This applies to those students that ride the bus daily to and from school.

The evacuations will be conducted during the week of:

Monday, September 27, 2021 through Friday, October 1, 2021

Your school’s regular bus drivers will perform this evacuation one day during the week as they drop your students off in the morning. This procedure takes place at your school and is located in your normal bus drop off/pick up zone. All professional school bus drivers that transport students are required to perform evacuation procedures in case of an emergency. Bus evacuation will be through the front door this year. Students will then, under the direction and supervision of the bus driver, evacuate and meet in a safe place approximately 100 feet away from the bus.

Your assistance is welcome but not mandatory to complete this required evacuation drill quickly, safely and effectively.

We appreciate all you do to help us safely transport your students.

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DATE: 
September 15, 2021

TO: 
All Principals
All Special Education Staff

FROM:
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Brian King, Principal, River’s Edge School

SUBJECT:
ASPEN Training for Special Education Personnel 2021-2022

ASPEN training will continue to be required for all licensed special education teachers, SLPs, school psychologists, elementary school counselors, and for all instructional assistants in SEB and Autism self-contained support classrooms during the 2021-2022 school year. First year staff and staff that have not completed the full certification ASPEN training should register for the training on JPLS. Training dates and times are attached to this memo.

Although not required, instructional assistants working in any other special education setting may choose to attend ASPEN at the discretion of their building administrator.

If you have more than one teacher or instructional assistant that needs to attend, please consider having them attend on separate days in order to maintain adequate coverage in your school. The Special Education Department will cover the costs of substitutes for licensed special education teachers that will be attending the full certification under budget code 1292. Instructional assistants will be asked to use True Time to record their typical workday hours on the day of the training. Any additional hours spent in the training above their typical workday will need to be recorded on a timesheet.

Class sizes for the full certification will be limited based on the location of the training in order to promote physical distancing. Participants will have the opportunity to participate in the physical skills associated with ASPEN at the end of the class.

Staff that participated in a full certification or recertification ASPEN training during the previous school year should plan on taking an ASPEN recertification class that will be offered online. Staff should register on JPLS for the recertification class. After they are registered, participants will receive an invitation within two working days to participate in the online course. Participants will have two weeks during which they can complete the course work at their own pace. This course is expected to take approximately 3 hours. Dates for the online sessions are attached to this memo. Participants that successfully complete the course will be compensated for 3 hours of work (licensed- inservice rate, classified- hourly rate).

Mandt training will continue to be required at Kauri Sue Hamilton and River’s Edge School. Personnel at these schools do not need to attend ASPEN. Others wishing to keep their Mandt training current may do so; however, participation is not mandatory and teachers and instructional assistants will not be compensated for their attendance.

For questions please contact:
Daveed Goodrich at daveed.goodrich@jordandistrict.org

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Optional training will be provided by the Business and Auxiliary Services Departments on September 30, October 4, and 14 via Zoom. This training opportunity is for school or department personnel including principals, assistant principals, administrative assistants, clerks, aides or others with responsibilities correlating with the Business or Auxiliary Services Departments. The draft agenda is attached.

If you would like to participate in one of the sessions, please send an email to Lisa LeStarge, at lisa.lestarge@jordandistrict.org and let her know which date you would like to sign-up to attend. The total number of participants in each session will be capped at 80 (plus presenters). Because we want the sessions to have the same interactive environment as in-person sessions, attendees will be able to submit questions via ZOOM Chat. Attendees will also be provided with a link to hand-outs provided by the presenters so they can be viewed during the training or downloaded for future use.

We hope you will take advantage of this training opportunity.

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The following is being sent to teachers via JEM and Canvas. The information will also be available on the LETRS Information web page (access from Teaching & Learning Home page):

Dear Teachers,

Thank you for your enthusiastic participation in LETRS training! You are a pleasure to work with!! We look forward, with you, to see your efforts pay off as students reach their full potential in reading.

In order to help us with the tracking of the completion of Units for compensation, we’re asking each participant to fill out a google form (available on LETRS Information web page—access from Teaching & Learning Home page) for EACH Unit completed.

Completed forms will be submitted at the end of each month for compensation in the following month’s paycheck.

Please reach out to Ronna Hoffman 801-567-8242 or ronna.hoffman@jordandistrict.org with any questions you may have.

Link to Google Form

 

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All schools are required by Federal regulation to take continuing steps to notify students, parents, employees, and other school community members that the District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or disability. Non-discrimination notices must reach them in more than one way, and the notice must also be prominently and permanently displayed on District webpages.

Both a long and short version of the non-discrimination notice have been provided here for school use.

Suggested locations for publishing the non-discrimination notice include:

  • School website - If the District houses your website on its servers, this has been done for you. You can access the notice from the ADAAA/Non-Discrimination link located in the footer at the bottom of each page of your website. If not, you will need to add a link to the District’s ADAAA/Non-Discrimination page.
  • Student and faculty handbooks – Each school will need to add the notice to these documents.
  • Course catalogs - The District Course Catalog is web-based, and has the ADAAA/Non-Discrimination link in the footer. If the school maintains a separate version for student use, the notice should be added.
  • Brochures on programs and activities
  • School newspapers, newsletters, and magazines

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The the training video "AA419 - Student Conduct, Dress, and Appearance"  needs to be shown at your next SCC meeting. A member of Cabinet or Student Services will be available at the meeting to receive feedback regarding this policy.

Please contact your Administrator of Schools if you have any questions.

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DATE:   
September 14, 2021

TO:
Elementary School Principals

FROM:
Paul Bergera, Director of Transportation
Kathy S. Jones, Trainer/Risk Coordinator of Transportation

SUBJECT:
“Safety in the Schools” – Bus Safety Video

Utah State Standards for school buses require students to receive annual bus safety instruction.

This year, bus safety instruction and awareness for students in grades K-6 will come in the form of a video. The video is available at the following link for each individual teacher to present to his or her class.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-xtDcfE5sw&feature=emb_logo

In addition, please require all teachers in grades K-1 to have their students watch the Winnie the Pooh video at the link provided below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF_3MrYXDw4

When every teacher in grades K-6 has shown the video(s) to his or her class, please send a quick email confirmation to tammy.spearman@jordandistrict.org indicating that your school has completed this process.

Feel free to contact Denise Dallin in the Transportation Training Department at (801) 567-8856 with any questions you may have.

We would like to have this completed and turned into the Utah State Office by September 30, 2021.

Thank you for helping Jordan School District achieve “Safety in the Schools”.