Please see flyer below for information on a Grant Writing Workshop to be held on Monday, August 30, 2021.
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District Distribution of Hand Sanitizer – August 2021
DATE:
August 19, 2021
TO:
School Principals and Department Directors
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
SUBJECT:
District Distribution of Hand Sanitizer
Please review the attached list of the estimated number of employees at your location. The warehouse will deliver that number of 16 oz. bottles of hand sanitizer to your location during the first few weeks of school.
If you would like less, let us know by August 24 and we will reduce the size of your delivery. Feel free to contact Lisa LeStarge at ext. 88120 if you have any questions regarding your hand sanitizer quantity or delivery.
JL/ll
2021-22 State Mandated SRO / Admin Training Make-up
DATE:
August 17, 2021
TO:
High school principals, Middle school principals, Elementary principals
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
SUBJECT:
State Mandated SRO / Admin Training Make-up
Each school resource officer and one administrator per school is required by law to have an annual training on the Roles & Responsibilities of SRO’s. That training was held on August 5th, 2021. This YouTube video link is provided for those who were unable to come on that day. Please share this information with your School Resource Officer to ensure that they complete this requirement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymAotcRL2Qk
After viewing the 2 hour training, the School Resource Officer needs to send an email to both of the following to ensure that their training is logged on the official role for that day.
sharon.jensen@jordandistrict.org
lance.everill@jordandistrict.org
Medication Administration Training 2021-22
DATE:
August 19, 2021
TO:
All Principals
Administrative Assistants
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Jordan District Nurses
SUBJECT:
Medication Administration Training
Utah State Law and District Policy requires that all school personnel delegated to administer medication to students in schools must complete Medication Administration Training.
New employees who will be giving medication are required to attend the live training on Friday, September 10, 2021. Prior to this meeting, they need to view the online training, click on this link https://nursingservices.jordandistrict.org/ and then click on Medication Inservice (use a browser other than Firefox).
Employees who have attended this training and have a certificate of completion will not be required to attend this meeting. However, they will be required to recertify by viewing the online training video and completing the corresponding test available on the district website. (see above)
Please identify staff members that should receive medication administration training. This may include head administrative assistants, office assistants, cluster teachers or aides, counseling center personnel, and the principal if appropriate. Please inform all personnel that have the potential to administer medication to students at school of their responsibilities in this matter.
Medication Administration Training
Friday, September 10, 2021
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
ASB PDC 101 & 102
Class size is limited. Please contact your school nurse if you are planning to attend. See attached nurse assignment list. Thank you for your responsiveness and support.
Immunization Policy and Guidelines, Skyward and USIIS Inservice 2021-22
DATE:
August 19, 2021
TO:
Principals
Administrative Assistants
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Jordan School District Nurses
SUBJECT:
Immunization Policy and Guidelines, Skyward and USIIS Inservice
Jordan School District Nurses will be conducting this inservice on:
Friday, September 24, 2021
9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
ASB COMPUTER LAB D-112
This inservice is open to all office staff and administrators. It is not required that you attend; however, if you are involved with student registration, this inservice will be of benefit to you since immunization status is an important part of the registration process.
Class size is limited. Please contact your school nurse if you are planning to attend. See nurse assignment list below.
Utah Aspire Plus Scores 2021
DATE:
Thursday, August 19, 2021
TO:
Middle School Administrators
High School Administrators
FROM:
Shelley Nordick, Ph.D., Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Utah Aspire Plus Scores
Utah Aspire Plus scores are available for math, reading and English. Science scores will not be available until later on this fall. In addition, ACT predicted composite scores will also be available in the fall. In the meantime, a Google Sheet containing the scores we do have for your school will be shared with each administration team.
Any ELA or math teachers whose students took the test last year will also receive their own Google Sheet with just their students’ scores.
Tableau dashboards will be made available once we have the science and predicted ACT composite scores.
Please refer to Brooke Anderson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with questions.
COVID-19 Information Update for Parents and Employees 8.13.21
Please see attached letter that was sent out on August 13, 2021 to parents and employees.
State Testing Systems are Currently Down for Beginning-of-Year Assessments – August 16, 2021
DATE:
Monday, August 16, 2021
TO:
All School Administrators
FROM:
Shelley Nordick, Ph.D., Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
State Test Administration Data Systems Not Functioning
School administrators are asked to convey the following information to your teachers:
There are currently some issues with rostering between Skyward and the state data system (UTREx). This means that rosters in test administration systems will not be current for the first week of school rendering those systems unavailable for use with students. The affected systems include:
- Acadience Reading (paper/pencil testing will be used until the situation is resolved)
- Acadience Math (for data entry only; this is already a paper/pencil assessment)
- RISE (including benchmarks)
- Utah Aspire Plus and high school benchmarks
- Utah Compose
- KEEP Entry (paper/pencil scoring should be used until the situation is resolved)
- UTIPS (civics test)
School Administrators will be notified when the situation has been resolved by the state. Please contact Evaluation, Research & Accountability with questions or concerns.
Driver Education Updates 2021-22
DATE:
August 13, 2021
TO:
High School Principals
Assistant Principals Responsible for Driver Education
FROM:
Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools
SUBJECT:
Behind-The-Wheel & Testing Clarifications
We recently received clarification from the USBE regarding Behind-The-Wheel instruction and testing of students to receive their Driver License. Please make sure that your instructors are aware of the expectations (53-3-505.5) when it comes to the required six hours as outlined in state code.
A simple practice to meet the state’s requirements regarding the six hours of Behind-The-Wheel training could be the following:
- 4 – 45-minute sessions of road driving and observation to equal at least 3 hours
- 3 – Two Hour sessions on the driving range for a total of six hours (2 hours of range equals 1 hour of behind-the-wheel)
Additionally, we want to make sure that all Road Exams take place after the six hours of Behind-The-Wheel instruction has been completed. As a district, we recognize that we are not required to offer the Road Exam but as a courtesy to our community and the DLD, we want all students to have the opportunity to take the Road Exam at least once with our endorsed examiners who are registered on the SDC System.
According to the DLD and USBE, a Road Exam will take between 20-30 minutes to administer and must be administered by someone different than the road instructor. We recognize that this may require some adjustments to your current practices but we would like all schools to make the necessary adjustments prior to the beginning of the second quarter of the 2021-22 school year.
Schools may want to consider designating one person to exclusively be the examiner that administers the Road Exam for your school if possible.
For more immediate updated information regarding Driver Education, please refer to the USBE website.
Elementary Calendar Change – August 12, 2021
DATE:
August 12, 2021
TO:
Elementary Principals
Elementary Administrative Assistants
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Caleb Olson, Consultant, Planning & Enrollment
SUBJECT:
Elementary Calendar Change
A correction has been made to the Elementary calendars. The four “Flexible Fridays” (September 10, November 19, February 11, April 29) will be the designated early-out days for their respective weeks. This is a change from the Thursday before the “Flexible Friday” as was previously published.
Updated calendars are available at http://planning.jordandistrict.org/calendars/. They are also attached to this memo. Schools should ensure that the staff and community members are aware of the change.
Administrative Assignments – August 2021
The following are new administrative assignments:
New Assignments effective for the 2021-22 academic year:
- Tami Pyfer, Chief of Staff for Unite and former Education Advisor to Governor Herbert, appointed part-time Community Engagement Specialist.
- Kenneth Auld, former principal of Logan High, appointed Human Resource Administrator.
- Sally Wilde, Language Arts teacher at Herriman High, assigned as an administrative intern to Bingham High.
- Chad Stolle, Geography/Spanish teacher at Mountain Creek Middle, assigned as an administrative intern to Sunset Ridge Middle and Southpointe High.
- Trudy Jack, Director at Franklin Discovery Academy, assigned as an administrative intern to Ridge View and Rosamond Elementary.
- Paulina Labra, Instructional Coach in Granite School District, assigned as an administrative intern to Oquirrh Elementary.
- April Thompson, Instructional Coach at Butterfield Canyon Elementary, assigned as an administrative intern to Aspen and Terra Linda Elementary.
- Veronica Holyoke, Instructional Coach at Aspen Elementary, assigned as an administrative intern to Bastian and Butterfield Canyon Elementary.
Updated HR Critical Dates 2021-22
Please see the updated Critical Dates 2021-22. Please note the date change for the Teacher Transfer Fair to February 15, 2022.
2021-22 Assistant Principal Directories – All Levels
Please see attached directories.
Additional Botvin Life Skills Training 2021
Please share this information with teachers assigned to teach Botvin.
Parking Lot Duty Guidelines for Elementary Schools 2021-22
Elementary Principals:
Through the 2018-19 negotiations process, the Board allocated funds to pay each elementary teacher $400 for parking lot duty each year. Following are additional details and clarification for the implementation of this payment.
- Although parking lot duty requirements will vary from school to school, the payment is the same districtwide.
- Administrators are encouraged to reduce parking lot duty for teachers as much as possible while still maintaining necessary coverage.
- All full-time K-6 licensed educators districtwide who are responsible for parking lot duty are eligible for the $400 stipend. Half-time educators are eligible for a $200 stipend.
- All elementary school Special Education cluster teachers are eligible for an $800 stipend.
- Licensed educators (psychologists, BTS teachers, etc.) who have not been assigned parking lot duty in the past may choose to participate and be paid a stipend but should not be required to do so.
- Administrators and classified staff are not eligible for a stipend.
- The stipend will be paid out on September paychecks.
- Teachers are required to complete parking lot duty unless they coordinate with the principal to give their assignment and stipend to another willing teacher.
- Teachers can take on as many parking lot duty assignments (and stipends) from other teachers as will fit in the calendar.
- Teachers can only give up their parking lot duty assignment and stipend or accept an additional assignment and stipend in coordination with the principal.
- Teachers can only give up or accept an entire assignment and an entire stipend.
- Principals should adjust the parking lot duty schedule as necessary to allow as many teachers to take on as many extra assignments as needed.
- Special Education cluster teachers cannot give up their parking lot duty assignment.
- Stipends for parking lot duty are included in retirement pay calculations.
In order to streamline payment, please ask your administrative assistant to complete the attached Excel workbook. Please scan the completed submission sheet and send with your regular September payroll to the Payroll Department by September 2, 2021 so that teachers can be paid the stipend on their September 25th check. Please list each educator in your building and beside each name indicate the dollar amount ($0, $200, or increments of $400) the teacher should be paid.
The budget code for Parking Lot Stipends is 10 E XXX 0050 1024 131
Please contact your Administrator of Schools with any questions.
Digital Learning Specialist Assignments for 2021-2022
Please take note of the following assignments:
Jared Covili - Consultant, Digital Teaching & Learning • 801-567-8191 • jared.covili@jordandistrict.org
Kelsey Peak Virtual Middle School, Kings Peak Virtual High School
Elementary Schools
Deanna Taylor • 801-567-8773 • dtaylor@jordandistrict.org
Antelope Canyon, Columbia, Falcon Ridge, Fox Hollow, Hayden Peak, Heartland, Majestic, Mountain Shadows, Oakcrest, Oquirrh, Rocky Peak Virtual, Terra Linda, West Jordan, Westland
Larisa Nageli • 801-567-8774 • larisa.nageli@jordandistrict.org
Aspen, Copper Canyon, Daybreak, Eastlake, Elk Meadows, Golden Fields, Jordan Hills, Jordan Ridge, Midas Creek, Monte Vista, Riverside, South Jordan, Welby, Westvale
Bonnie Muir • 801-567-8726 • bonnie.muir@jordandistrict.org
Bastian, Blackridge, Bluffdale, Butterfield Canyon, Foothills, Herriman, Mountain Point, Ridge View, Riverton, Rosamond, Rose Creek, Silver Crest, Southland
Secondary Schools
Ross Rogers • 801-567-8759 • ross.rogers@jordandistrict.org
Fort Herriman MS, Hidden Valley MS, Mountain Ridge HS, Oquirrh Hills MS, Riverton HS, South Hills MS, JATC South, Kari Sue Hamilton
Colby Hawkins • 801-567-8273 • colby.hawkins@jordandistrict.org
Bingham HS, Copper Mountain MS, Elk Ridge MS, Herriman HS, Mountain Creek MS, River's Edge, South Jordan MS, Valley HS
Kiera Beddes • 801-567-8264 • kiera.beddes@jordandistrict.org
Copper Hills HS, JATC North, Joel P. Jensen MS, South Valley School, Sunset Ridge MS, West Hills MS, West Jordan HS, West Jordan MS
Digital Learning Specialists - Instructional Coaches & Digital Coaches
- Larisa Nageli supports elementary instructional coaches • 801-567-8774 • larisa.nageli@jordandistrict.org
- Colby Hawkins supports secondary digital coaches • 801-567-8273 • colby.hawkins@jordandistrict.org
Important Literacy Updates – August 2021
We hope you are all getting off to a great start this year. Here are a few literacy updates to be aware of as you move into this new year.
- We are pleased to welcome Sara Henderson to the T&L team. She is replacing Cindy Stevenson and she will be helping with all literacy needs. Please feel free to reach out to her.
- As you take inventory of Really Great Reading supplies for the teachers at your school, please let us know if you need any additional teacher manuals or student workbooks.
- Teachers who teach self-contained support classrooms will need to use the Really Great Reading curriculum this year for tier 1 instruction. If materials have not been ordered for any of these teachers, please let us know and we will order right away.
- Teachers in 3rd grade will now be using HD Word Plus. These materials were purchased for your 3rd grade teachers. If you purchased HD Word for third-grade teachers last year, please send those materials back to us at the ASB and put “Attention to Sara Henderson” on the box. We can reimburse you for that purchase.
- If you have been sent any extra materials for Really Great Reading or 95% Group, please send them back to the ASB and put “Attention to Sara Henderson” on the box.
- We have had a shipping delay on the magnetic student syllaboards boards that go with Really Great Reading. We are expecting the shipment to arrive sometime in October. Kindergarten will not need these boards before this time, but 1st-3rd will. As a temporary solution the company has given us free access to the digital Letter Tile Free Play. Please let all 1st-3rd grade teachers know they can have students access the website at the following address and that the password is the same for all students.
Website: tile.rgr.fun
Password: jsd.jsd - We will be holding a Literacy Launch training for anyone who was not able to attend in the summer. The dates for that training are September 8th and 9th and the class will be held at the ASB in the auditorium. Anyone who needs to attend can sign up on JPLS.
Additional Heggerty and MSRC classes are scheduled on September 7th and 14th from 4:30 - 7:30 at the ASB for any teachers who still need this training. Teachers can register on JPLS.
2021-22 Reporting Completion of 10-Day Accounting
DATE:
August 12, 2021
TO:
Principals
Administrative Assistants
Attendance Secretaries
Registrars
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Scott Festin, Consultant, Planning & Enrollment
Caleb Olson, Consultant, Planning & Enrollment
SUBJECT:
Reporting Completion of 10-Day Accounting
Accurate enrollment counts are used to generate future projections. Please see attached memo.
Co-Teaching Professional Development 2021-22
The Special Education Department is offering professional development to support co-teaching instruction.
Interested schools will need to submit the attached application no later than September 3, 2021 to Amanda Bollinger. The co-teaching cohort will be capped at 13 teams/26 individuals. A signature on the completed application indicates that the principal is committed to supporting the teachers’ commitments in the co-teaching PD described in the attached document.
2021-22 BusHive Field/Activity Trip Software Training Resources
Earlier this summer the Field Trip Office launched BusHive, the new field/activity trip software for all field/activity trip requests. During the first week in July, Kitt sent BusHive online training resources and videos to designated point(s) of contact at all schools. If your school did not receive the training videos and you would like Kitt to resend them to you, feel free to contact him at kittisack.soumpholphakdy@jordandistrict.org or give him a call at 8-8809.
An in-person BusHive training option will be conducted on Wednesday, August 18 from 10:30-11:00 a.m. If your school's point of contact is interested in attending, please contact Kitt via email or by phone as mentioned above or Michele at michele.yuill@jordandistrict.org or at 8-8804.