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As per the requirement of Senate Bill 55, Jordan School District is pleased to invite teachers and administrators of grades kindergarten through sixth grade to an open house to review the Wit and Wisdom language arts curriculum that is being considered for adoption. The intent of the adoption is to provide teachers and students with a strong curriculum that will help students build strong vocabularies, deep thinking skills, literacy knowledge and to become fluent writers and communicators. It is necessary for a new curriculum to be considered due to the current Journeys curriculum being out of print. 

The open house will be held on the following dates:

Tuesday, July 11, 2023
8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Wednesday, July 12, 2023
8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Jordan School District Auxiliary Building (Entrance D)
7905 S. Redwood Road
West Jordan, Utah 

The Jordan District School Board may make final decisions regarding this proposed curriculum in the August 8, 2023 board meeting. Public comment in person or via email will be taken at the July 18th and August 8th board meetings at 6:30 pm at JATC South. Public comment may also be emailed to board members. Email contact information may be found at jordandistrict.org.

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School/Department Administrators and Administrative Assistants:

Are you a new administrator or administrative assistant and need Frontline Recruiting/Hiring training? Would you like a refresher course? Human Resources will be providing additional Frontline Recruiting/Hiring training classes in July to prepare you for next year.

All in-person trainings will be at the District office room #129. Please bring your laptop. As an option, a few of these trainings will also be on Zoom. Zoom links will be sent to those who register for this option. For available dates/times and to schedule a training session, visit the link below.

Frontline Training Schedule for Appointments

Also available on  HRConnections and HRAdminOnly are the training videos and tutorials. Contact Brent Burge at #88224 or Brittany Bauer at #88214 if you have any questions.

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DATE:
Thursday, July 6, 2023

TO:
All School Administrators

FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:
2023 Growth Measure Results Now Available in Tableau

The summary Growth Measure dashboard in Tableau has been updated with 2023 end of year results. School administrators and instructional coaches will be able to see the following 2022-23 results for each testing window:

District results may be found here.

All of these dashboards are equipped with various demographic filters to help you analyze and interact with your school’s data.

Please direct questions about these dashboards to Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability.

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DATE:
Thursday, July 6, 2023

TO:
Elementary School Administrators
Middle School Administrators

FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:
2023 Unofficial RISE Results Now Available in Tableau

The summative RISE dashboard has been updated in Tableau with the unofficial 2022-23 proficiency results. RISE results have been downloaded from the RISE reporting system, the data was cleaned, and demographic filters from Skyward were added. Growth scores will be added after the state completes growth calculations and provides Evaluation, Research & Accountability with the official RISE data. At that time, Tableau will be updated again.

In the meantime, school administrators and instructional coaches will be able to see the following 2022-23 results:

District RISE results may be viewed here.

All of these dashboards are equipped with various demographic filters to help you analyze and interact with your school’s data.

Please direct questions about these dashboards to Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability.

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DATE:
Thursday, July 6, 2023

TO:
Elementary School Administrators

FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:
2023 EOY Acadience Math Results Now Available in Tableau

The Acadience Math summary dashboard has been updated in Tableau with end of year benchmark results. School administrators and instructional coaches will be able to see the following 2022-23 results for each benchmark period:

District results may be found here.

All of these dashboards are equipped with various demographic filters to help you analyze and interact with your school’s data.

Please direct questions about these dashboards to Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability.

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This is a reminder that the Botvin LifeSkills Training program must be offered to 4th, 8th, and 10th-grade students each year in Jordan School District. The Botvin LifeSkills Training Program is currently the only approved program to meet the requirements as outlined in UCA § 53G-10-406 and R277-910. The middle school and high school implementation takes place in health classes. Please share the training information with any new 4th-grade teachers and health teachers at your school who have not been trained. Administrators should ensure that all Botvin materials needed for the 2023-24 school year have been ordered.

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Jordan School District Employees are responsible for knowing and adhering to all District policies and procedures. The crucial policy review is now available to District employees in Skyward through “Online Forms.” As a condition of continued

employment, all employees (i.e. Licensed, ESP, Substitutes, Coaches, Miscellaneous adults, etc.), with the exception of minor students, will be required to complete this training. We ask your assistance in notifying your employees of this required training and ask that this training be completed by November 1, 2023.  

A message will appear upon login of Skyward Employee Access for the employee to complete an “Online Form.” Employees can complete the steps at that time or can return to the review at another time by selecting “Online Forms” under “Employee Information.”  Attached is a tutorial to assist in completing the review.

Reports of completion will be available through Skyward so you can verify that your staff members have completed this process. A tutorial is attached for your reference. If you or any staff members need technical help, please call the help desk at 801-567-USER (8737).

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On August 10th, from 9-12 we will be having our first annual "Wellness Welcome." Our topic is "Restoring a Culture of Connection." We welcome all educators who would like to add to their wellness toolkit for themselves and their students. Our target audience is classroom teachers, but everyone is welcome!

If you are interested, fill out the brief form and we will keep you updated as the event gets closer. A stipend may be available for licensed employees.

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DATE:
June 8, 2023

TO:
All School Administrators

FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
McKinley Withers, Health and Wellness

SUBJECT:
Student Mental Wellness Opportunities and Reminders

Throughout the 2023 summer, Jordan District’s Clinical staff will offer mental wellness groups focused on coping, connections, and community, as well as individual check-ins, screenings, and mental health consultations. If a student or staff member would benefit from these services, please share the attached flyer with them so they can schedule an appointment.

As a reminder, emergency services and mobile crisis teams remain available throughout the summer through 988 and SafeUT.

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The new English Language Arts Standards for elementary grades have been approved and are now available on the UEN website. It is common protocol for instructional standards in the state of Utah to be reviewed and updated on a regular basis. The new standards have gone through rigorous revisions and state board approval. They will be in effect for the 2023-24 school year and can be viewed on the UEN website. Please share the attachment with the links with teachers to help them in the planning process for the 2023-24 school year.

Use the following links to access the new English Language Arts standards for the 2023-24 school year:

Step by Step Guide to Finding the New 2023 ELA Standards

New 2023 ELA Standards

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DATE:
Thursday, June 8, 2023

TO:
Middle and High School Administrators

FROM: Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:
Utah Aspire Plus Individual Student Reports Uploaded to Skyward

Utah Aspire Plus Individual Student Reports (ISRs) have been uploaded into Skyward Family Access student portfolios by the Information Systems Department. These ISRs include all of the subscores for English, Reading, Math, and Science as well as predicted ACT scores. Each ISR has a code and instructions for parents to access the parent portal for more information.

Included with this memo are step-by-step instructions for parents on how to access these ISRs. Principals are encouraged to disseminate this information to parents via Skylert or by any other means deemed appropriate. Principals may also consider keeping copies of the step-by-step instructions in the main office to distribute to parents as needed.

Please contact Brooke Anderson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with any questions about the Utah Aspire Plus ISRs.

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DATE:
June 2, 2023

TO:
High School Principals and Head Administrative Assistants

FROM:
C. Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools

SUBJECT:
2022-23 High School Summer Office Help

Each high school in Jordan School District will be allocated $4,000 to assist in covering summer office hours for the 2022-23 school year. Please note that benefits must be deducted from this amount. Benefits are calculated at 7.75% to include FICA, Medicare, and Industrial Insurance. If you choose to use a full-time school employee that qualifies for retirement benefits, an additional 23.69% (Tier I-before July 1, 2011) or 20.02% (Tier II-after June 30, 2011) must be added to the total cost.

This money may be used for time worked from June 1 through August 31, 2023. Employees are to use True Time when working these hours. True Time hours should be submitted weekly. Please email a list of names of all employees who will be working these hours to Keelee Leulaui in payroll at keelee.leulaui@jordandistrict.org and she will add the pay-code ‘TSMRO - Summer Office Hours’ for them to use in True Time. No money will be carried over from the summer hour allocation. All time worked for your summer office hours will be coded as 10 E LOC 8707 2436 154 and should be recorded each month for Brad Sorensen’s approval on your school’s allocation form.

If you have any questions, please contact:
Brenda Groo at brenda.groo@jordandistrict.org, Ph: 801-567-8173
or Marilyn Smith at marilyn.smith@jordandistrict.org, Ph: 801-567-8166.

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Dear Administrators,

Each year parents must reapply for a space available permit for their student(s). This process will no longer be done by filling out a paper form issued by the school.

All space available permit requests will now be submitted online. Please see the instructions/tutorial on how parents can access and complete this online form.

Space Available Guideline Reminders:

  • Students who live within 1.5 miles of an elementary school and 2.0 miles of a middle or high school are identified as ineligible for transportation.
  • If space is available, students who live too close to the school to qualify for state supported bus service may be allowed to ride from the nearest existing approved bus stop.
  • Space available passes may be withdrawn at any time if an increase in eligible riders reduces the number of seats available.
  • Parents are responsible for the safety of their student(s) traveling to and from the bus stop. Bus stops will not be added to accommodate space available riders.
  • Space Available Passes will be issued within 15 calendar days after the school year begins.

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WHO? YOU!
Are you looking to improve your ability to address the "elephant in the room"? Want to be able to better handle difficult conversations? Join members of the Culture and Diversity Team to hone your skills in a relaxed, open environment.

WHAT?
We'll be reading and discussing "Don't Feed the Elephants" by Sarah Noll Wilson and using her techniques to get comfortable being uncomfortable.

WHEN?
Meeting Dates: June 15th, July 6th, July 27th, and August 10th

Time and Location TBA
Zoom Option Available

Email gwen.creelerickson@jordandistrict.org to reserve your spot.

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DATE:
June 1, 2023

TO:
Elementary Principals
Elementary Head Administrative Assistants

FROM:
Becky Gerber, Administrator of Schools
April Gaydosh, Administrator of Schools
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Jill Durrant, Administrator of Schools

SUBJECT:
Elementary Administrative Assistants Optional Summer Hours

Elementary school administrative assistants have up to eighty (80) hours of additional time to use during the summer months after the 206 contract ends June 13, 2023 and before the contract begins July 26, 2023. These hours remain optional and flexible and are to be used in coordination with the school principal. No other assistant (full or part time) may use these additional hours.

It is suggested the hours be spread out over the summer months when the administrative assistant is off contract and be used to keep registration current in Skyward and address other matters that typically build up over the summer months (voicemails, purchase verifications, time sheets, etc.). The hope is that these summer hours will aid the school in a successful opening for the students.

The hours should be reported through True Time under the heading “Summer Office Hours” and will be charged to account number: 10 E xxx 0050 2483 152.