Jordan School District
The application to be considered for an Administrator of Schools position has been posted. Elementary principal experience is strongly preferred.
To apply click here:
https://employment.jordandistrict.org/apply/ or apply through your Employee Access.
The deadline to apply is midnight on December 3, 2020.
DATE:
November 19, 2020
TO:
All Schools
FROM:
Derek Anderson, Director of Budgets
SUBJECT:
School Year 2020 – 2021 Budget Allocations
Attached is the fiscal year 2020-21 final budget allocations summary. There was an error in the PDF with the In Lieu budget that was sent out in the previous JAM. The amount in Skyward is the correct amount. The attached PDF is to reflect that amount.
Please note, if you received school startup funds or have made budget transfers those are reflected only in the total budget number.
Please call or email Derek with any questions.
Ex - 88275
E-Mail – derek.anderson2@jordandistrict.org
Attached is the DLM checklist for all special education teachers who are administering the DLM assessment to any of their students. The completed checklist must be completed and returned to Jen Birrell at the District Office by January 20, 2021.
Please direct any questions to Jen Birrell at 801-567-8905 or jennifer.birrell@jordandistrict.org
Any and all websites that are domain specific to Weebly or Wix will be blocked by the JSD iBoss Filter on January 18, 2021. All Weebly or Wix sites content will need to be transferred to a JSD supported website. For assistance please contact your school Digital Coach and your school assigned Digital Learning Specialist, Contact Us.
All Elementary and Middle School Principals:
It’s that time of year to start the process of developing your school’s Safe Routes Utah Plan for next school year. The 2021-22 Safe Routes Utah Plan Form (Word doc) is attached, as well as a PDF form with municipal representatives contact information. Your school’s municipal representative (city engineer) would like to be included in the initial planning process if possible. As you work with your safety team and school community council, please feel free to invite your municipal representative to the planning/SCC meeting.
The attached 2021-22 Safe Routes Utah Plan Form Word doc must be downloaded to begin working on it.
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.
Due to Covid-19, this year Bluffdale, Herriman, Riverton, South Jordan and West Jordan schools plans will be reviewed in a virtual meeting with each respective city. The District will schedule an approximate 15-minute virtual appointment with each school administrator for the day of the meeting.
Save the date:
South Jordan City schools will be on Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Riverton City schools will be on Wednesday, February 24, 2021
West Jordan City schools will be on Thursday, February 25, 2021
Bluffdale City schools will be on Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Herriman City schools will be on Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Please contact Risk Management Coordinator Jeff Beesley 801-567-8876 jeffrey.beesley@jordandistrict.org, or Administrative Assistant Judy Bird 801-567-8625 judy.bird@jordandistrict.org, with any questions.
For assistance with the Safe Routes Utah UDOT mapping software, contact Stacy Allen of Penna Powers, sallen@pennapowers.com, 801-487-4800, cell 801-694-7710. Her contact information is also included on the attached Municipal Representatives Contact document.
DATE:
November 17, 2020
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:
December 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, December 4, 2020, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. The link for this meeting will be sent to you before the meeting, Superintendent Anthony Godfrey will speak to our group at 12:35. Melissa McCart, Ed.D., Director of Oregon Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Teams, The Center on Brain Injury Research and Training at the University of Oregon, will provide us with a presentation on traumatic brain injury.
Part-time Staff: I would appreciate it if you could adjust your schedules in order to attend this meeting.
cc:
Principals
DATE:
Thursday, November 19, 2020
TO:
Elementary Principals
Elementary Administrative Assistants
FROM:
Shelley Nordick, Ph.D., Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
MOY 2020 Acadience Reading Testing – In-person and Online Students
Acadience Reading Benchmarks are once again required this year by the state – both students receiving their instruction in-person and online. USBE has extended the middle-of-the-year testing window by one week to Friday, February 5, 2021. This memo contains information on how the benchmark administration will be accomplished for both.
Students Receiving Instruction In-person:
Principals should have received an updated Monday-Thursday schedule of when district testers will be in schools to administer the state-mandated K-3 Acadience Reading Benchmarks. For questions about scheduling, please contact Shannon Johnson at 801-567-8873 or shannon.johnson@jordandistrict.org.
There will be 7-8 district testers during your assigned testing time. We also ask that the instructional coach, who was trained in September on Acadience Reading testing, assist with testing students as well. To better be able to social distance between individual testing areas, we are requesting that schools use one of two room options:
If neither of these room options is possible, please contact Ben Jameson at 801-567-8243 to make other arrangements.
Each district tester is equipped with an 18x18 plexiglass shield along with their Chromebooks and student materials. For this reason, student desks do not provide enough table space for everything. We are requesting tables with chairs to accommodate our testers’ equipment.
For information on the cleaning and disinfecting procedures district testers will follow after each student, please see the document entitled Acadience Reading Testing Protocols and Procedures for COVID-19 that accompanies this memo.
Besides the changes listed above, our district testers will follow a similar routine for testing that they have followed in the past.
Students Receiving Instruction Online:
We are required to administer the Acadience Reading Benchmarks to all students – including our students who have opted to learn online this year. Parents of online students can choose to have their student tested in-person at their boundary school or virtually via Zoom. Testing of online students will take place on Fridays at each elementary school. Evaluation, Research & Accountability will be sending a small team of 4-5 district testers to meet with and administer the benchmark assessments in-person to online students (principals have already been notified if their assigned Friday). We are requesting that schools set aside a location for the testers to administer the benchmarks that will have access to larger table spaces to accommodate the plexiglass shield, Chromebooks and student materials.
Evaluation, Research & Accountability will schedule online students for a testing appointment. Schools will not need to schedule anything themselves. If parents of online students or online teachers request the link to schedule a testing appointment, schools may provide the following link:
https://jordandistrict.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5mYuLUZcEtt9QOx
Please contact Ben Jameson with any questions or concerns. We look forward to working with you on a smooth Acadience Reading test administration.
If your building has extra PPE that is going unused or if your building desires extra PPE currently located at another building, please let Kris Wishart in Purchasing (x88708) know. She will try to match up any existing surplus with existing desires across the District.
Your ELS Language Teacher Specialist shared your school's ELS Compliance and Assurances Google Report with you. These are due December 17th. Please contact your school's specialist if you have questions.
To better provide access to all students for participation in online learning, the District has acquired mobile hotspots to loan out to schools who have students with inadequate Internet access at home. These hotspots are from a company called Kajeet, and they provide access to CIPA compliant filtered Internet service specifically for educational use. Each device comes with unlimited data, and can accommodate up to three simultaneous users. The devices and Internet service are being paid for through a grant, so there is no up-front charge to the student or school.
The term of the device loans from the district is variable, with the potential to extend up to the end of the school year. By accepting the loan, Schools agree to be responsible for the devices, and then use their own methods of distribution and tracking to loan them out to students in need. Sample checkout agreements for schools to customize and use with parents and students are available, as well as device usage instructions, and will be provided upon execution of the initial loan from the district. As per the terms of the district loan agreement, the devices are expected to be returned to the district on the agreed upon date in good working condition, otherwise the school will incur the costs of repair or replacement. Depending on demand, loans may be subject to recall at any time in order to accommodate situations of greater need.
To qualify for participation in this program, interested schools will need to designate a local Kajeet administrator to manage checkout and support of the devices. This should not be your building computer technician. Many schools have found success with their Media Coordinator designated as this person. The name and contact information for this person will be required on the loan agreement.
If you have interest in this program, please call Mark Sowa at 801-567-8392 (x88392).
The Salt Lake County Health Department is offering free Rapid COVID-19 testing for students. This testing is for people who meet the requirements to test 7 days after mask-on-mask school exposure and return to school early.
You can get a Rapid COVID-19 test at the Maverik Center, 3200 South Decker Lake Drive in West Valley City at the following days and times. Registration is required:
Please note, registration is REQUIRED prior to participating in the test events and lines may be long. Scan the QR code on the attached flyer to register.
All COVID testing in Utah is at NO COST to you. Find other testing opportunities at
coronavirus.utah.gov
Below you will find the return to school testing information for schools, in English and Spanish.
Administrators: Please encourage your Educational Support Professional employees to attend this fun event. They do not need to be off contract time.
We invite you to join us as we celebrate Educational Support Professionals Day with the help of Utah Jazz star Thurl Bailey.
Mr. Bailey will share his inspirational story during a special event honoring Jordan School District ESPs for their hard work and dedication supporting students and education.
Please RSVP for one of four sessions at 8:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18 or Friday, December 4 at Copper Hills High School.
You can RSVP at the link below:
Principals and kitchen managers:
As you are aware, we are currently serving school meals under a USDA Free Meals Waiver. Yet I need to remind everyone that our school meals program is a USDA child feeding program and all food must be accounted for. We are always happy to serve adult meals, but these meals must be paid for.
If a kitchen prepares more daily meals than what is served, anything that can be reused (milk, whole fruits etc.) will be saved and the remaining items discarded. These extra meals cannot be distributed free of charge to adults.
Handing out ‘extra’ free meals to adults (whether administration, staff, or parents) is in direct violation of Federal Policy and if caught in a review/audit, could result in program termination and our ability to serve our students.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
--
Jana Cruz, MBA, SNS
Director, Nutrition Services
During the 2020-2021 contract year, performance evaluations for Education Support Professionals will be optional, with the exception of Provisional employees. By policy, provisional employees must be evaluated twice in their first year of employment. For career employees, evaluations are recommended if performance concerns exist.
All administrators will be moved to an interim evaluation for the 2020-2021 academic school year. The interim will be completed online in Perform. As part of the evaluation administrators will need to complete the Beginning of the Year form located in Perform under My Folder-Tasks. The form includes the self-evaluation and the required 3 goals in one complete form. Please review the attachment with this notice for logging in and more information.
DATE:
November 11, 2020
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
SUBJECT:
ASPEN Training for Special Education Personnel 2020-2021
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 2020-2021 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. Please note that additional dates have been added, and these are expected to be the final dates for the remainder of the school year. Additional information is included on the attached memo.
For questions please contact:
Daveed Goodrich at daveed.goodrich@jordandistrict.org or Cassidy Hansen at cassidy.hansen@jordandistrict.org
Join us for our WebEx virtual Behavior Training! Classes are created for administrators, school psychologists and counselors, Teacher Leaders and others as appropriate. Build your behavior team and join a group or two! The two groups choices are Behavioral Hurricanes: De-Escalating Severe Behavior and Climate Change in the Classroom: Coaching Effective Behavior Management Strategies. Sign up for a group via email to brian.king@jordandistrict.org or melanie.dawson@jordandistrict.org ASAP! See attached flyer for more information, instructions and dates/times. Classes begin on November 18th so sign up today!
Please plan to attend a JELL Principal PLC on Monday, November 23, from 9:30 - 11:00. This will be an opportunity to look back at what we’ve covered so far, preview what’s coming up in the December JELL sessions, and collaborate and brainstorm with colleagues. The session will be virtual. The link will be available in the JELL Canvas Course.
In preparation for the PLC, please check that your JELL Action Plan is located in your school planning folder. This will place all school planning documents in one folder and will provide access to your AOS. Instructions for doing this can be found HERE.
Information received from the State LAND Trust Office to help you in training your SCC members:
A new short training video discussing School Safety and Student Health requirements for councils is available on the State website and on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TN-V1BUVEE. It is full of great information regarding the school safety plan requirement, digital citizenship training and discussion, and consulting on your school’s positive behaviors plan.
We have completed our fall training, and links to the recordings can be found here:
School Community Council Training https://schools.utah.gov/schoollandtrust/training
Charter School Trust Land Council Training https://schools.utah.gov/schoollandtrust/training?mid=5063&tid=1
DATE:
November 5, 2020
TO:
All Middle and High School Head Financial Secretaries
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Dan Ellis, Director of Accounting
Jason Mott, Accountant/Internal Auditor
Subject:
2020 W-9 Forms 1099 Information
(EXTREMELY IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW DIRECTIONS THOROUGHLY – CALL IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS)
Schools need to submit copies of their four Skyward 1099 reports and their paper W-9 forms to the Accounting Department by Friday, December 11, 2020.
See memo below for instructions.
