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DATE:  
December 8, 2022

TO:   
All School Administrators

FROM:   
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
McKinley Withers, Health and Wellness
Angie Rasmussen, School Safety & Wellness Specialist

SUBJECT:  
Comprehensive Threat Assessment (CSTAG) Updates and Information

Jordan School District has been invited to participate in a longitudinal study with the University of Virginia and Dewey Cornell. The purpose of this study is to gather data regarding the outcomes for students who have made threats in schools. Comprehensive School Threat Assessment is designed to help all students solve problems that are initially communicated as a threat of violence. We will be gathering data for each threat assessment done in our schools, and following up with additional data as we track the outcomes for those students over the course of a couple years.

Because documentation is vital to gathering the data requested for the study, and because it is best practice, we have several updates to assist with this.

Please see the memo below for the updates.

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DATE: 
December 13, 2022

TO: 
Principals
Assistant Principals

FROM: 
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Kim Lloyd, Director of Student Services
Fulvia Franco, Guidance Consultant

SUBJECT: 
Medicaid Reporting Requirements in EasyTrac

Beginning this year, the state changed how districts report special education services that are eligible to receive funding from Medicaid. Special education service providers are now required to enter services in EasyTrac for Medicaid billing. Medicaid funding is critical to the function of special education services in the District and accurate EasyTrac documentation is vital. Service providers should be logging the services they provide in EasyTrac regularly.

Monthly EasyTrac logging reminders will be sent to school psychologists and other service providers to assist in this effort. It is, however, strongly recommended that Administrators regularly follow up with all special education service providers (special educators, clinical support staff, school psychologists and elementary school counselors) regarding their timely and accurate logging in EasyTrac.

Questions about EasyTrac should be directed to Brenda Cruz in Special Education.

 

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DATE:   
Thursday, December 15, 2022

TO:   
Elementary and Middle School Administrators

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

SUBJECT: 
ISE Summative Test Coordinator Training

The window for end-of-year RISE testing is March 14, 2023, to June 2, 2023. To prepare for the 2023 end-of-year RISE Summative tests, school test coordinators are asked to complete one of the six following training sessions:

  • Tuesday, Feb 21, 2023, 8-11 AM or 12-3 PM (Room 101 in Auxiliary Services Building)
  • Tuesday, March 14, 2023, 8-11 AM or 12-3 PM (Room 103 in Auxiliary Services Building)
  • Thursday, March 16, 2023, 8-11 AM or 12-3 PM (Room 103 in Auxiliary Services Building)
  • Monday, March 20, 2023, 8-11 AM or 12-3 PM (Room 103 in Auxiliary Services Building)
  • Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 8-11 AM or 12-3 PM (Room 103 in Auxiliary Services Building)
  • Elementary testing coordinator Canvas course: https://jordanpd.instructure.com/enroll/9PE4FA or middle school testing coordinator Canvas course: https://jordanpd.instructure.com/enroll/X6TJ98

Registration for this training is required through JPLS using the course code 101348: https://jpls.truenorthlogic.com/

Principals, please note the following:

  • Anyone acting as a school test coordinator is required to complete one of the training sessions.
  • New testing coordinators are recommended to attend an in-person training, even if also completing the Canvas course.
  • Administrators or coaches are welcome to register in addition to testing coordinators.
  • Attendees should bring their device as this will be a hands-on workshop. Extra Chromebooks will be provided.
  • Attendees should make sure they can log in to the RISE system prior to attending: https://utahrise.org/

Please direct any questions you have regarding this training to Brooke Anderson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability, 801- 567-8393 or brooke.anderson@jordandistrict.org.

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DATE:
December 5, 2022

TO:
All Principals
All Special Education Staff

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

SUBJECT:
ASPEN Training Reminder for Special Education Personnel 2022-2023

As we move into the second half of the 2022-2023 school, this is a reminder that ASPEN training is 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 2022-2023 school year. (Exception: Staff with a current Mandt certification will not need to be ASPEN trained).

First year staff and staff who have not completed the full certification ASPEN training should register for the in-person training on JPLS. Training dates and times are attached to this memo. Please note that these are expected to be the final dates for the remainder of the school year.

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.

Staff who 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 at JPLS for the recertification class, they will then 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 and should be completed during available contract hours. Dates for the online sessions are attached to this memo.

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. If staff members are Mandt certified, they do not need to attend ASPEN training.

For questions please contact: Cassidy Hansen at cassidy.hansen@jordandistrict.org or Daveed Goodrich at daveed.goodrich@jordandistrict.org

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DATE:
Thursday, December 1, 2022

TO:
Principal
Assistant Principal
Panorama SEL Survey Coordinators

FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services

SUBJECT:
Panorama Mid-Year Survey

The mid-year Panorama SEL Survey window will open January 9, 2023 until February 3, 2023 for a total of 25 days.

As a reminder, prior to administering the SEL Survey parents should be notified allowing them an opportunity to opt their student out if they desire to do so. Student participation in the survey should never be used for grades and should always be voluntary.

Panorama is, by definition, a student record and the information contained in Student Success, including survey results, may be shared with parents upon request.

Survey Coordinators, in consultation with the administration, are encouraged to begin planning for the administration of the survey as soon as possible.

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Custodial items to be covered before the Winter Recess begins on December 22.

  1. There has been some confusion on which days custodians are off during the winter recess. All full-time custodial staff are contracted for 245 days 8 hours per day. The employee calendar for all 245-day 8 hours per day ESP is attached. School recess is from December 22, 2022 until January 2, 2023 however, contracted custodial staff are scheduled to work December 22, 23, 27, 28, and the 29th. Custodial staff are able to take any leave time that is approved by their school Administration during this time.
  2. If a building is going to be unoccupied during any of the following winter recess days December 22, 23, 27, 28, and the 29, 2022 please notify Lauri Spitzenberger at lauri.spitzenberger@jordandistrict.org so the Alarm Response and Maintenance Teams, can be notified.
  3. Energy Management items: any building or area of a building that is unoccupied, the heating and lighting controls should be turned to unoccupied. The heating is not turned off, the temperature is lowered to a non-freezing but unoccupied level around 55 degrees. All lighting except the security lighting should be turned off. Kitchen doors and serving curtains along with vestibule doors should be open to allow for heat circulation. Kitchen and restroom exhaust fans should be turned off.
  4. Mandatory new work order system training (Brightly) for all Head Custodians on either December 22, 2022 at 8:00 AM. or at the custodial work shop on January 18, 2023 at 8:30 AM. Both trainings will be at the Transportation building. Lead custodians are welcome to attend this training but are not required.

Your head custodian will receive an email with these instruction on Friday December 9th from the Custodial Offices.

Thanks
Steve Peart Director of Custodial/Energy Services
385-272-9530

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Participation is required for all school and District program Administrators/Supervisors with current open positions. Please see the flyer below for all the details.

Date:  January 25, 2023
Time:  6 to 8pm
Location:  Oquirrh Hills Middle, 12949 S 2700 W, Riverton, UT 84065

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As we begin to prepare for the 2023-24 school year, we would like to collect our mid-year 6th grade Acadience and Growth Measure data as soon as possible. This will allow us to provide the data to middle school principals and counselors as they begin their 7th grade registration process in January. 

Please advise your 6th grade teams to administer their mid-year Acadience and Growth Measure in December, with the deadline being Friday Jan. 2, 2023. The mid-year testing window for Growth Measure opens December 1, 2022. 

The data we collect will inform the rubrics that we use as recommended guidelines for Reading placement. (See attached.) We appreciate your patience and collaboration in our efforts to use data to do what is best for students. 

22-23 Reading Placement Rubric

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The following are reminders to keep in mind when completing evaluations. 

Full UETS-based JPAS -- Teachers on a full UETS-based JPAS will upload student performance information (SLO) and stakeholder input in place of completing the interview portion of the JPAS. Teachers can upload the documents directly from their computer by logging into Perform and choosing “My Folder” -- “Evidence” -- “Add Artifact.” Teachers are asked to name the file and can then choose to upload a document from the computer or add a URL. 

  • Student growth can be recorded on the form that was previously sent out in this issue of JAM. Please review the instructions and make sure teachers have the form for uploading. If any other documentation is being used, please  ensure  that the document includes: 
    • The core standard
    • A growth target
    • Pre assessment information (include dates and scores)
    • Post assessment information (include dates and scores)
    • A summary of student growth
  • Stakeholder input could include climate survey information, copies of emails or descriptive phone logs. The intent is to show personalized communication with parents.

Administrators may access evidence by logging into Perform and  selecting “My Staff” -- “Staff” -- the individual teacher’s Folder -- “Evidence.”  (No action is required.)

The first cycle for provisional and probationary teachers is due December 21, 2022.

Adding Observation Data into Perform (Action Required)

  • Forms must be entered into Perform the day of the observation or at the latest the next day. This is to ensure that policy and procedure are followed and evaluations do not end up out of compliance. 
  • Summative Score Form
    • This form will generate the score for you to view before meeting with teachers. You simply click on Go to Form next to the summative form and then click on Save Progress. This will generate the score so administrators may prepare for the professional development meeting. 
    • This form should not be submitted until the end of the professional development meeting with the teacher. This is due to the goal requirement. 

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The Central Warehouse has KN-95 masks available to any district employee that would like them. They come in boxes of 40 for adults and 100 for youth. If you would like a box, please go through your school/department administrative assistant to place an order through Skyward inventory. The details are as follows:

Mask KN95 Adult - #5800861; 40 Masks per box
Mask KN95 Child - #5800862; 100 Masks per box

Warehouse personnel will deliver to the front office on your regularly scheduled stockroom order day, so please indicate in your notes who is requesting them. You can also request a will call pick up if that is more convenient for the employee to pick them up at the ASB. 

AVAILABLE ONLY WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!

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For schools that are considering the purchase of a new Apple TV, you will want to be aware that any model you purchase MUST have the Ethernet option included. An Ethernet port is required to permit setup of the Apple TV on the district’s network. Apple TVs without an Ethernet port will not be able to be used.

Currently, Apple has only two models of Apple TVs available. One is a WiFi only model at $129.00. The other is a WiFi and Ethernet model @ $149.00. Purchases of the WiFi only model have been blocked, so you will only be able to acquire the WiFi and Ethernet models through district vendors. If you choose to acquire Apple TVs through other means, please ensure you are purchasing the model that includes an Ethernet port.

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DATE:   
Thursday, December 1, 2022

TO:  
All School Administrators

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

SUBJECT: 
Testing Ethics Reminder – Parents Should Not Proctor State Assessments

Principals are asked to share the following information with their faculty at their earliest convenience.

This is a friendly reminder about a few less known but important aspects of the state’s testing ethics policy:

  • All state assessments must be proctored under the supervision of a licensed educator.
  • Unless they are an employee of Jordan School District, parents should not be proctoring any state assessments.
  • Unless they are an employee of Jordan School District, parents should not be allowed in the classroom where students are taking a state assessment. In addition, the public is not allowed to view secure test items or to observe testing sessions.
  • All educators, education support professionals, and administrators who participate in state assessment administration and/or proctoring must complete the annual testing ethics training. As part of their crucial concerns and policies checkoff, licensed employees have completed this training already. School administrators must complete testing ethics training with any ESPs that will participate in any way in the administration of state assessments (see JAM memo dated 8/18/2022 for procedures and training materials).

Testing ethics violations are to be immediately reported to Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability so that an investigation may be initiated. Please contact Ben Jameson with any questions.

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DATE:   
December 1, 2022

TO:  
Elementary Principals
Elementary Administrative Assistants

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

SUBJECT:  
Guidelines to Establish Kindergarten Enrollment

It is the responsibility of each school to obtain a kindergarten roster for the upcoming school year. This roster helps facilitate kindergarten staffing and establish budgets for supplies and materials. Typically, efforts to establish kindergarten rosters begin in December. Enrollments for kindergarten should be promptly entered into Skyward so that projections accurately reflect enrollments. Schools must not keep external lists or delay entering kindergarten enrollments.

The following steps should be used to establish a kindergarten roster:

  1. Send a flyer home with every student.
  2. Publicize in the school newsletter – communicate (several times) the importance of getting accurate kindergarten counts.
  3. Use all other resources available to you (Skylert, social media, etc.).
  4. NOTE: New Student Online Enrollment (NSOE) for the 2023-24 school year enrollment will not be available until after the Skyward pre-enroll. If applications were entered prior to pre-enrollment, they need to be inactive for the current year and active for next year. This can be done during the approval process in NSOE.
  5. Schedule kindergarten orientation as soon as possible. After the January pre-enroll, check your New Student Online Enrollment to see if there are any pending applications that need follow up.
  6. Hang banners announcing Kindergarten Registration being accepted for the following school year.

Please schedule your kindergarten orientation AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Optional Ideas:

  1. Make a block contact with every home using PTA support.
  2. Contact preschools in the attendance area of your school.
  3. Use a telephone tree operated by parent volunteers with a list of questions for consistency.
  4. Contact neighbors who can identify new move-ins.
  5. Contact community members who do not have children enrolled in school.
  6. Avoid forwarding kindergarten orientation letters to new addresses if a family has moved from your boundary area. Delete that name from your list.

Please be diligent in recruiting all the kindergarten students within your school boundary.

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DATE: 
November 17, 2022

TO: 
Principals
Assistant Principals
Elementary Administrative Assistants
Secondary Registrars
Secondary Attendance Secretaries

FROM: 
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Caleb Olson, Consultant, Planning & Enrollment

SUBJECT:  
School Choice Permit Allocations and Procedures

The open enrollment permit window opened on Tuesday, November 15, 2022.

Permit seat totals can be found on each school’s Enrollment Dashboard. Open the “2023-24” tab and scroll down to the permit section.

A calendar of required tasks and completion dates is available at this link. As a general rule, the following are the requirements for schools to remain compliant and provide the best response to applications:

  • At least weekly, schools should verify applications in the 2023-24 school year workspace and prepare them to be processed and moved to the waitlist.
  • At least monthly, schools should verify applications in the 2022-23 school year workspace and prepare them to be processed and moved to the waitlist.

Schools should verify all outstanding applications prior to leaving for Winter Recess and verify any applications received during Winter Recess as soon as possible in the morning on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, so that the lottery can be run that afternoon. Once the lottery has been run, schools may immediately begin offering seats (if available). Seats not accepted within two weeks should be revoked (after attempting communication with the parent) and reoffered to the next student in line on the waitlist.

The calendar of required tasks and completion dates also reflects an important change for this year’s permit processing: In previous years, several schools have not kept current on processing permits or seating students, meaning these students were not given the appropriate opportunity to be awarded a seat. This year, to avoid this situation, Planning & Enrollment will “mass approve” unprocessed applications prior to the lottery and will “mass seat” students on the waitlist if schools do not verify and seat in a timely manner. Please note that these mass actions will be done to ensure compliance and permits will not be individually verified for discipline or other requirements. Schools concerned about ensuring that students with discipline or other concerns are appropriately processed should ensure they stay current in their own processing.

During the early enrollment window (now through February 3), the availability of permit seats is governed by BUILDING CAPACITY. Schools that are the most full will have the least available seats. Adding seats is governed by rules of the tier system established by the Board of Education and, in all instances, requires conversation with the Administrator of Schools for the building. In the late enrollment window (after February 3 and 2.0 allocations are released), schools may request additional seats from their Administrator of Schools. Available seats in this window will be determined by the availability of space, by grade, in the teacher allocation based on current enrollment figures.

One final reminder: the early enrollment window (now through February 3) requires schools to seat students if permit seats are available. Schools MUST follow the waitlist order when offering seats. It is inappropriate – and potentially illegal – for a school to modify the waitlist order so that students who listed the school as a “first choice” are placed before others, regardless of their lottery priority. Schools who follow this practice may lose the ability to seat permit applications themselves. School administrators with concerns over this guideline may raise the issue with their Administrator of Schools.

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DATE:   
Thursday, November 17, 2022

TO: 
Elementary School Administrators

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

SUBJECT: 
Tableau Viewer Accounts for All Elementary Coaches

Please pass this information on to your building coach(es).

In the past, only one coach per building had a Tableau viewer account, but with additional funding, we are now able to provide Tableau viewer accounts for all elementary coaches.

Building coaches will have access to the same data that school administrators see. The only exception will be teacher level data for the Stakeholder Input Survey that only school principals can see.

Coaches should have already received an email from Tableau Online letting them know that their account is now active. They can access the login page using the link below. As with all Tableau logins, they will need enter their district email address. Then it should redirect them to a Google sign-in page where they will re-enter their district email address and then their password.

Click HERE for the Tableau login page.

A Tableau training will be offered to all coaches, both those that have been using Tableau and those who just received new accounts. The training will cover the following topics:

  • How to navigate Tableau
  • How to filter data to see demographic performance
  • How to filter lists to target teachers and students for extra support and help
  • How to use Tableau with teachers they are coaching

In addition, attendees will provide input on what other types of dashboards would be most helpful to them in their role as building coaches.

Interested participants may sign up for a session in JPLS using course #101932.

Date Time Location Comments:
Monday, Nov. 28th 8-11 am PDC 101 Participants need only attend one session.

 

Please bring a device and make sure you can login to Tableau before your session.

 
12:30-3:30 pm
Tuesday, Nov. 29th 8-11 am ASB Presentation Room
12:30-3:30 pm
Monday, Dec. 12th 8-11 am PDC 101
12:30-3:30 pm

Please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with questions about Tableau accounts.

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DATE: 
Thursday, November 17, 2022

TO:  
Elementary School Administrators

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

SUBJECT:   
MOY Acadience Reading and Math Testing Reminders

The middle-of-year Acadience Reading and Math testing window opens on Thursday, December 1st and closes on Tuesday, January 31st. As we prepare for Acadience testing, there are a few friendly reminders that help the district testing teams be as efficient as possible while they are at your school testing students:

  • Because our assessment teams are fully staffed, it is not required that instructional coaches assist with testing, though they are still welcome to help. That said, we will still need coaches to assist us with absent testing. We have left a narrow cushion of two days at the end of the testing window during which we will come test as many students who were absent on the days of testing as is possible, but those days may be used as alternate testing days to cover a snow day.
    • For snow days before the winter break, schools will need to plan on testing the first day back from winter break (Tuesday, January 3rd). For snow days during January, schools will need to plan on testing either on January 30th or 31st. Evaluation, Research & Accountability will contact any school affected by a snow day.
  • Please avoid scheduling kindergarten and first grade classes back-to-back, when possible. They take longer because assessment assistants are administering both the reading and math measures. Staggering them between second and third grade classes helps the team stay on time.
  • Encourage your teachers to be flexible. They need to be prepared to come early or late to their allotted time. When possible, please try not to schedule classes to test around recess or lunch times just in case assessment teams are running early or late.
  • Be sure to have an adult runner available who knows the school and can quickly get the next class to come to the testing area, distribute student cards, and help the testing run as efficiently as possible. If schools don’t have a runner available, a parent who knows where teacher classrooms are is a viable option. If there is no runner, one of our assessment assistants must do it, which means she is testing less students.

We know creating testing schedules can be difficult and we understand that some things are just not possible. We appreciate your efforts to make the process run as smoothly as possible. Please contact Ben Jameson or Shannon Johnson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with any questions or concerns.

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DATE:  
Thursday, November 17, 2022

TO:   
All School Administrators

FROM:  
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
Michelle Love-Day, Director of Language & Culture Services

SUBJECT:  
WIDA ACCESS 2.0 Test Administration Training for Schools

School administrators are asked to pass this information on to anyone who will be proctoring or coordinating the WIDA Access testing in your school this year.

As part of a federal requirement and the state’s accountability system, districts are required to administer the WIDA Access 2.0 annually to all EL students who have earned a Language Proficiency Level (LPL) of less than 5. The 2022-23 WIDA test administration window begins on January 5 and ends on March 3, 2023.

Schools will administer the WIDA Access to students in grades 1-12. Because the WIDA Access test is administered one-on-one to kindergarten students as well as students with severe cognitive disabilities that are eligible for the WIDA alternate assessment, Evaluation, Research & Accountability will complete testing for these students.

All school personnel who will assist with WIDA Access test administration are asked to attend a mandatory test administration training. Participants may choose to attend any one of six training sessions, including one online training. Training participants will need to bring a device. Please note that if schools choose to send a classroom teacher, principals will need to cover the cost of the substitute teacher. Test pool hours may also be used for this.

Those who are to be trained to administer the WIDA should register in JPLS so that we may create their accounts in the testing and training platforms prior to their selected training date. Following are the training dates and times:

Date Time Location Additional Information
Thursday, Jan. 12 8-11 am ASB Presentation Room All participants should register on JPLS – Course #101930.

 

Participants should bring a laptop/device.

 

If schools choose to send a classroom teacher, principals will need to cover the cost of a half day sub.
Friday, Jan. 13 8-11 am
1-4 pm
Wednesday, Jan. 18 8-11 am Zoom
Thursday, Jan. 19 8-11 am ASB Presentation Room
1-4 pm

Please contact JoLynn Snelgrove in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with questions about the WIDA Access test administration and training.

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For many years, Apple TVs have been an essential part of the instructional environment in Jordan School District, permitting teachers and students to display their digital screens through the classroom projector. One significant limitation of these devices has been their compatibility solely with the Apple platform, leaving Windows and Chrome platforms without options. A new device has recently entered the marketplace that solves this dilemma.

The Vivi company produces devices that permit all three major computer platforms to project through a single device (see attached for more specifics, reference the company website at http://vivi.io/product/, or view informational videos at the Vivi channel in YouTube, such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjHO-hO1X3U and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTEj0EKy9GI). This is a tremendous advance in classroom technology, particularly for Jordan District, where the majority of student devices are Chrome-based.

Because of the potential value that Vivi units advertised, Information Systems purchased and tested a number of them at multiple locations throughout the district. The results of these tests indicated that the Vivi units live up to performance levels as promoted. For references, reach out to Curtis Jenson (principal) or Matt Gates (tech), at South Jordan Middle, to discuss their school’s experience with Vivi.

Information Systems wants to ensure that all schools are not only aware of this new technology, but also have an opportunity to try it out so that it can be considered when planning future technology purchases. For schools that have interest, Information Systems will provide one Vivi unit for testing among the school’s instructional staff. If there is sufficient interest, the school can retain the single Vivi unit, and then pursue the purchase of additional units on their own.

The cost for a Vivi Pro unit is $499.00. These units are great not only for classroom purposes, but also for digital signage and other advanced features. Vivi also offers a “Lite” version, which could be considered where additional features are not necessary. The cost for these units is $399.00 each. This pricing is valid through October of 2023. While the pricing for these units is clearly higher than Apple TVs, Information Systems believes that the advantage of projecting screens from computers of any platform makes these devices worth serious consideration.

To arrange for delivery of a Vivi unit to you school, please contact Mark Sowa at 801-567-8392 or mark.sowa@jordandistrict.org. We would like to have these units assigned and distributed by the end of November. If we have not heard from you by that point, it will be assumed that you are not interested in Vivi, and the unit previously reserved for your school will be redistributed to a different location. We look forward to your response.