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January 25, 2021

TO:  
School Psychologists, Elementary Counselors, and School Social Workers

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

SUBJECT: 
February School Psychologist, Elementary Counselor, and School Social Workers Meeting

A virtual meeting for school psychologists, elementary counselors, and school social workers has been scheduled for Friday, February 5, 2021, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Michelle Love-Day, Educational Language Services Consultant from Jordan School District, will provide us with a presentation on culturally responsive environments. Hunter King, doctoral student from the University of Utah, will review research re: reinforcers for secondary students.

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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Schools are required to send letters home notifying families of Acadience testing results in grade 1-3. The testing window closes on February 5 and letters should be sent out no later than March 5. Letters may be sent home with students and do not need to be mailed.

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DATE:
February 4, 2021

TO:  
Administrators
Administrative Assistants
Secondary Registrars
Special Education Team Leaders

FROM:   
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Norman Emerson, Consultant, Instructional Support Services / Fine Arts
Caleb Olson, Consultant, Planning & Enrollment

SUBJECT:    
Secure District Mail

In an effort to simplify and streamline the intra-district secure transfer of individual files, effective February 16, 2021, the District will implement a new program called Secure District Mail (SDM). Please see memo below for all the details.

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Dear Administrators:

As per OSHA guideline 29CFR 1910.1020, districts are required to implement a respirator program at each school that offers vocational programs and uses respirators or masks.

The district Risk Management Department will be contacting you to schedule a time to meet, where we can discuss the various training and medical requirements of this program. Each school will also need to designate an administrative point of contact who oversees the school plan.

Thanks for your support,

Jeff Beesley
Risk Management Coordinator
Jordan School District
801-567-8876

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Brigham Young University Career Services is seeking feedback that will help them not only recruit people into education but also help prepare graduates in education to perform well in the hiring process. The attached survey is brief but will provide significant information. Responses will be confidential. Please help out by taking the survey. Thank you!

Principal Survey - https://byu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e3EcN4ztIyxGYkJ

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Please use this link to learn how our department is helping students with our Student Outreach Specialists in our Winter newsletter. Check out our new Parent and Outreach Bulletin Board (translated version coming soon). Please take a moment to fill out this form and share the activities in your school or classrooms that are occurring in the month of February. We would love to visit, listen, and celebrate with you! If you are not even sure where to start, you can include that in the form and we can come present virtually to your school.

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The mileage reimbursement rate is based upon the IRS rate. Effective January 1, 2021, the reimbursement rate is $0.56 per mile. Please use the attached form when submitting for mileage reimbursement. All 2020 mileage reimbursement requests should be submitted as soon as possible. Click HERE to access the mileage form online.

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Schools are encouraged to participate in this unique opportunity to participate in the Instructional Leadership Conference. This year’s conference will be held virtually and will include keynote speakers Doug Fisher, Anthony Muhammad and Gerry Brooks, along with many other well-known and motivating speakers. Cost for the conference is $150/person or $1,500 for all school faculty members. The conference platform will be open and participants will have access to all speakers from March 25 - April 3. This provides a unique opportunity to join a conference in creative ways anytime during the week.

  • Bring staff together and listen to one of the speakers as a group.
  • Invite grade levels or departments to watch a speaker together.
  • Invite teachers to watch a specific speaker and meet together to discuss. 
  • Invite teachers to watch speakers of their choice. 

This conference will be well worth the cost, even if you’re not able to watch all speakers. See the attached brochure for session and registration information.

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This meeting will follow the format of the past meetings. The agenda and meeting links will be sent out by Monday, February 1st. The meeting will start at 8:00 a.m. and a beverage service will be available beginning at 7:30 a.m.

At this meeting we are going to have Natalie Gordon, from the State Land Trust Office, come and do training with all of you on how to make a concise Land Trust Plan. The plan needs to be Student Centered, Measurable, and Academic. She's going to explain what needs to go into the different parts of the plan; Goal, Measurements, and Action Plan Steps. She will also be available to answer questions at the end.

Looking forward, the website is still under construction and it will come back up later than expected. When it comes back up the 2019-20 Final Reports will need to be completed as well as the 2021-22 plan.

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Please see the updated data criteria for 6th grade reading placement.  If there are any concerns or if teachers would like to review the 6th grade data prior to placement please contact

Mandy Thurman by January 27th. mandy.thurman@jordandistrict.org, 801-567-8119

Reading Placement Rubric - Revised 1/14/21
Current (20-21 Students) 

6th Grade Students going into 7th Grade

CATEGORY Highly Proficient Proficient Approaching Proficient Below Proficient
District Benchmark (Most Recent) 16-30 12-15 8-11 0-7
HMH RI

Lexile Score

 1010+ 910-1009 690-909 100-689
CogAt Verbal Stanine 7+

PR: 77+

 Stanine 5-6

PR: 43-76

 Stanine 4

PR: 25-42

 Stanine 1-3

PR: 1-24

Students with scores ‘Proficient or higher in at least two categories may take an elective rather than a Reading Course for the upcoming school year.

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The Loaner Chromebook Program has received additional computers that are now available for loan to schools. To help ensure that all resources are used, loan requirements are being adjusted. If you are in need of Chromebook loans while waiting for an existing order to be fulfilled, or for any other reason, please contact Mark Sowa. Keep in mind, these will still be loaner machines that will need to be returned in due time.

Similarly, because the Loaner Kajeet Program has many devices still available, loan requirements have been adjusted. If a student has Internet access concerns (such as slow Internet, or too many people in the home trying to share limited bandwidth, or even student travel that would necessitate mobile Internet access), these could be solved with an additional point of Internet access. If you believe any of your students could benefit from having  Kajeet devices at no cost to the school or students, please contact Mark Sowa to make arrangements for a loan.

Mark can be reached at mark.sowa@jordandistrict.org, or at 801-567-8392.

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Parent-Teacher Conferences are fast approaching, and many of you will find your school in need of one or more interpreters in order to serve the needs of your parents. Mirsa Joosten is happy to find an interpreter in each language you need, but this can be extremely difficult when there is not sufficient time for her to make arrangements. The virtual format can make finding interpreters even more difficult. For these reasons, we ask you to please request your interpreter right away by completing the Interpreting and Translation Services Request Form available on the Equity and Compliance webpage, if you have not already done so.

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Elementary and Middle School Principals:

All 2021-22 Safe Routes Utah Plans for elementary and middle schools are DUE TO RISK MANAGEMENT AT AUXILIARY SERVICES BY FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2021.

Please refer to the November 19, 2020 JAM for the JSD Safe Routes to School Plan Form 2021-22, Municipal Representatives Contact Info. and the municipal meeting dates for final plan review.

JAM link: https://jam.jordandistrict.org/2020/11/19/2021-22-safe-routes-utah-plan-form/

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DATE: 
January 5, 2021

TO:
All Principals

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

SUBJECT:
Student Enrollment for December 2020

Please see attached memo.

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The following are new administrative assignments:

  • New Assignments effective Jan. 15, 2021:
    • April Gaydosh, principal at Westvale Elementary appointed Elementary School Level Administrator of Schools replacing Doree Strauss who retired.
    • Odette Desmarais, assistant principal at Foothills appointed principal at Westvale Elementary and her replacement is to be determined.
  • New Assignments effective July 1, 2021:
    • Yajaira Martinez, assistant principal at Bluffdale and Terra Linda Elementary appointed principal at Terra Linda Elementary replacing Karen Gorringe who is retiring and her replacement is to be determined.

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Attention JSD Educators:

The District will open a new elementary school in South Jordan and a Virtual school at each level beginning in August, 2021.  Applications are now being accepted. For information regarding positions available in Phase A, a position advertising schedule, position descriptions and instructions on how to apply, visit the JSD Job Postings at the New Schools page.

Additional compensated work for certain positions may be required prior to the beginning of the contract year.

JSD educators interested in applying for the positions listed above ​must submit ​an application​ using Skyward "Employee Access".  Please see the attached tutorial for application instructions.  External applications for licensed positions will be accepted after JSD educators have been give first consideration.

For assistance in accessing Skyward Employee Access, please contact the Help Desk at 801-567-8737.  For questions regarding positions at each school, please contact the appropriate principal.

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The next Assistant Principal meetings will be held on February 9 (8:00-10:30am) and February 11 (1:00-3:30pm), March 18 (1:00-3:30pm) and March 23 (8:00-10:30am), May 6 (1:00-3:30pm) and May 11 (8:00-10:30am). All meetings will be held in-person at the JATC-S. As a reminder you only need to attend one of the sessions offered per month. Both sessions will provide the same information. 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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Put these items on your calendars!

August 4, 2021 - Annual Administrative Conference

August 9, 2021 - 1st contract day for teachers. No meetings should be scheduled

August 10, 2021 - District directed professional development day

Watch for more information to come!