Jordan School District
Please join us for the last Kindergarten Night Out this school year! We will be talking about FOSS! Bastian Elementary Kindergarten Teachers will be joining us to share how they have successfully implemented FOSS. Please sign up on JPLS.
May 11, 2022
4:15-5:15 pm ASB Auditorium
Please share the attached flyer with all kindergarten teachers.
Please advise your staff that Insurance Open enrollment for this year is May 15 - June 15 for a September 1, 2022 Effective Date.
Let your staff know that they need to receive confirmation that they have gone in and updated or verified that everything is correct on the InfinityHR online enrollment system. Attached are the Open Enrollment Highlights.
InfinityHR/Arcoro (click here to access account) will be used for all benefit eligible employees to make benefit elections offered at Open Enrollment and for newly eligible employees. All benefit eligible employees should log into the online system to verify dependents, beneficiaries and benefit elections. Included in the attached Open Enrollment Highlights are online enrollment instructions.
The following changes may be made during the open enrollment period.
With only one month left of the 2021-22 school year, it is time to hold the last fire evacuation drill and any other drills that still need to be conducted. Be sure to report all drills, related meetings and notes from actual emergencies, using the link: 2021-22 REPORT EMERGENCY — DRILLS, ACTUAL EVENTS, or MEETINGS Form on Google Drive. Use the Jordan School District Incident Command Manual for planning, conducting drills and preparing for emergencies, link: Incident Command Folder on Google Drive.
If you have any questions regarding what drills your school has conducted this year Judy Bird in the Risk Management Office can provide this information: 801-567-8625, judy.bird@jordandistrict.org.
Please contact Emergency Operations Manager Lance Everill with questions: 801-567-8623, lance.everill@jordandistrict.org
DATE:
May 5, 2022
TO:
All administrators
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
McKinley Withers, Health and Wellness Consultant
SUBJECT:
You’re invited to attend a Prevention Planning Party!
Our Health and Wellness team will be offering additional prevention planning parties (also known as workshops) for school leaders and their teams at the ASB Auditorium on the following dates and times. We will be using the District’s prevention planning guidelines to support your school’s planning.
Use this link to sign up!
This prevention planning workshop is an opportunity to communicate to your school community all of the great things that your school does to care for your students! The intended outcome of the workshop for attendees will be a completed, concise, clear prevention plan for their school that highlights their unique approach and follows District and State guidelines. If you would like to make alternate arrangements for prevention planning, please reach out to McKinley Withers (801-567-8245 mckinley.withers@jordandistrict.org)
DATE:
May 5, 2022
TO:
Principals
Administrative Assistants
Secondary School Registrars
FROM:
Administrator of Schools
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Caleb Olson, Consultant, Planning & Enrollment
SUBJECT:
Permanent Records – Transfer Processes and Procedures
Permanent records for students leaving the school (either a boundary change or 6th and 9th grade advancement) need to be delivered in person to the appropriate school by the sending schools staff. Records need to be delivered on or before
June 10, 2022. This record transfer MAY NOT be done through secure district mail if the quantity of records being sent from one location to another is greater than ten (10) total files.
The receiving school will need to check the student list against each permanent record to assure all permanent records were received. Each bundle must be accompanied by two (2) alphabetized lists which includes the name of the sending school and receiving school. Computer lists or PDM’s may be used.
Dead files that did not earn high school credit should be kept at the school of origin for three years post-separation before destruction. Dead files that earned high school credit should be transferred to the boundary high school for retention with other files of the same cohort.
General Permanent Record Transfer Procedures (Policy AS61):
DATE:
May 5, 2022
TO:
Principals
Elementary Administrative Assistants
Secondary Attendance Secretaries
FROM:
Administrator of Schools
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Caleb Olson, Consultant, Planning & Enrollment
SUBJECT:
Entering Attendance in Skyward for the Last Six (6) Days of the School Year
Please see the memo below.
Dear Awesome Principal A.K.A. Great Leader of Mathematics,
We would like to increase meaningful mathematics moments in EVERY school!
Our goal is to build math leadership capacity.
Choose a mathematics leader to join us on this quest!
Who would be the best fit from your school?
PURPOSE: This is an awesome opportunity for a teacher or coach to become a leader in mathematics. This leadership committee will not only create an effective means to communicate, but also provide means to assist EVERY school in improving mathematics. Your math lead will be a part of a district wide community focused on enhancing mathematics. We hope this will create a more personalized experience and enable the mathematics department to provide assistance in a meaningful way.
Our theme for the year is creating meaningful moments in mathematics. We will structure our math lead meetings to not only communicate dates and information about curriculum and resources, but to also focus on the key ingredients to increasing students’ conceptual and procedural understanding in mathematics.
Your math lead for the 2022-2023 school year will engage in three meetings. In order to get off to a great start for the upcoming school year, we have planned an opening kickoff session.
Teachers will be paid inservice rate for the beginning meeting (August 8). A substitute will be provided for the other two half-day meetings and a small stipend will be given.
August 8, 2022 8:30 - 11:30 or 12:30 - 3:30 ASB PDC 101
December 5, 2022 8:30 - 11:30 or 12:30 - 3:30 ASB PDC 101
April 10, 2023 8:30 - 11:30 or 12:30 - 3:30 ASB PDC 101
All meetings will be held in the JSD ASB, 7905 Redwood Road in PDC room 101 entrance B. Schools beginning A-J will be assigned 8:30-11:30 and schools M-W will attend the 12:30-3:30 time.
Submit your school math lead information using the Google form linked here.
MATH ROCKS!
Thank you,
Melissa Garber, Orla Hurley, and Amy Kinder
Please share with any teacher new to 6th grade.
We are excited to start planning for the 2022-23 school year. This summer we are able to provide a condensed version of the Open Up Resources math training for any teacher new to sixth grade. This training will focus on navigating the curriculum and other resources, understanding instructional strategies, and planning for the first unit. We want to be sure to catch any teacher who is a new hire or any teacher that has transferred to 6th grade. Space is limited so please encourage teachers to register as soon as possible for one of the two sessions. They will receive inservice rate for their time.
June 10, 2022 8:30-3:30 ASB PDC 101
August 9, 2022 8:30-3:30 ASB PDC 101
Registration link. Upon registration you will be added to a Canvas course.
DATE:
April 7, 2022
TO:
Jordan District Administrators, Directors
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Administrators of Schools
SUBJECT:
Time Schedule for the Last Day of School
Please review the attached memo carefully for your school dismissal time, and convey this information to your students and parents.
DATE:
April 7, 2022
TO:
All Principals / Department Directors / School Administrative Assistants
SUBJECT:
Requests for 2022-2023 Special Calendars – Licensed Only
Your assistance is requested, as the Human Resource Department is preparing special calendars for the 2022-2023 academic year for licensed employees. Special calendars are essential to ensuring appropriate contract pay, time entry, emergency protocols and temporary employee tracking. Employees who meet certain criteria, as listed below, should have a special calendar on file with the Human Resource Department.
A list of licensed employees at your school/department location who are currently on a special calendar for the 2021-2022 contract year will be emailed to you for review on Friday, April 8th, 2022. If needed, please make all appropriate additions, corrections, or other changes by submitting an online Hire/Change form in Skyward to the Human Resource Department. Please follow the additional instructions below.
Criteria for determining if an employee requires a special calendar:
If you have an employee you would like to review to determine if they may need a special calendar, you may contact the Human Resources Department, HR Assistant Senior- Mai Vang, for assistance. If a list is not included, there are currently no employees on a special calendar at this location. However, if you anticipate a special calendar for a licensed employee, please follow the instructions below.
Instructions for Special Calendar Requests:
Important Reminders:
Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter. Failure to follow these procedures may cause an employee to be paid incorrectly. Any questions about this procedure or completing a special calendar should be directed to Mai Vang, HR Assistant Senior, at (801) 567-8228.
An abbreviated version of this memo was included in the April 2022 HR Connections, which can be viewed at https://employment.jordandistrict.org/hr-connections-newsletters/.
JL/jo
School/Department Administrators:
Would you like more training on Frontline recruiting for licensed applicants?
In April, the HR Administrators will be providing additional training opportunities for principals, assistant principals and administrative assistants. All trainings will be at the District Office room #129. Please bring a laptop for the hands-on training. For available dates/times and to schedule a training session, visit the link below. Space is limited in each session. Additional sessions will be added as needed.
Frontline Training Schedule for Appointments
Also available on HRConnections and HRAdminOnly are the training videos and tutorials. Contact Brent Burge at #88224 if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Human Resources
ESSER funds will cover up to two weeks of summer school.
To access ESSER summer school folders:
The following are important due dates.
All UETS-based JPAS evaluations (Provisional & Career) are due by April 22, 2022. This includes all signatures, special education pieces, and uploaded SLOs with data and stakeholder input.
All interim end of the year reflections are due by May 31, 2022. The requirements for the end of the year interim include:
Education support evaluations are due by May 31, 2022. These are completed on Skyward. If you have questions about the ESP evaluation please contact USER.
DATE:
Thursday, April 7, 2022
TO:
Elementary School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
2021-22 KEEP Exit Administration Guidelines and Materials
Elementary school administrators are asked to pass this information, along with the materials included with this memo, to their kindergarten teachers as soon as possible.
KEEP Exit administration for the 2021-22 school year is still required by the state. The KEEP Exit window is scheduled during the end-of-year kindergarten testing days (Friday, May 20th through Friday, May 27th). However, the official state test administration window opens Monday, May 9th and ends on the last day of school.
Data entry into the Data Gateway is due by Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Those who are administering the KEEP Exit (including kindergarten teachers and classroom aides) should have been trained. Test administrators can access training in one of two ways:
The KEEP Exit materials included with this memo are:
DATE:
Thursday, March 31, 2022
TO:
All Elementary School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Spring 2022 Summative Testing Reminders
School administrators are encouraged to share the following information with their RISE-tested teachers.
Please see the memo below.
Kindergarten Night Out will be held on April 6 in the ASB auditorium from 4:15 to 5:15. We will be talking about writing! We will be giving ideas on how to prep for the KEEP test and other ideas to easily integrate writing throughout your day. Please sign up on JPLS. This is one that every kindergarten teacher will want to attend! Please share the attached flyer with all kindergarten teachers.
DATE:
Thursday, March 24, 2022
TO:
Elementary School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
EOY Acadience Testing Reminders
The end-of-year Acadience testing window opens on April 11th. With a six-day spring break and six additional days with no kindergarten students in buildings, the 2021-22 EOY window is one of the shortest testing windows on record. 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:
If you are interested in having your aides get trained to administer both Acadience Reading and Math tests, there are two Canvas courses available:
Please contact Ben Jameson or Shannon Johnson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with any questions or concerns.
DATE:
Thursday, March 24, 2022
TO:
Administrators of TSI Schools
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Michelle Love-Day, Consultant of Language & Culture Services
SUBJECT:
TSI Workshop for School Administrators
As a requirement under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), USBE identified schools for Targeted School Improvement (TSI) in 2018 and 2019. A workshop has been designed to help administrators of TSI identified schools understand the calculations behind their school’s TSI designation as well as the timeline and criteria necessary to exit TSI. The vast majority of our TSI schools have second language learners and/or students with a disability that are struggling as a student group. This workshop will offer evidence-based strategies and ideas to help provide more robust supports to both student groups, thus allowing schools to exit TSI. Representatives from Special Education, Language & Culture Services, and Evaluation, Research & Accountability will be on hand to provide guidance and answer questions.
All school administrators of TSI schools are encouraged to attend one of the two sections offered on March 29th and April 6th. School administrators may register for either date on JPLS using course #101888. Here is the information for each section:
| Date | Time | JPLS Section # | Location |
| Tuesday, March 29th | 1:00 – 4:00 pm | 117119 | ASB Presentation Room |
| Wednesday, April 6th | 8:30-11:30 am | 117120 |
Please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability, Kim Lloyd in Special Education or Michelle Love-Day in Language & Culture Services with questions about this workshop.
DATE:
March 17, 2022
TO:
All Administrators
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
McKinley Withers, Health and Wellness Consultant
SUBJECT:
Prevention Planning Workshop
Our Health and Wellness team will be offering prevention planning workshops for school teams on the dates below. To sign up, please visit the Google Form to receive further communication about the workshops.
This prevention planning workshop is an opportunity to communicate to your school community all of the great things that your school does to care for your students! The intended outcome of the workshop for attendees will be a completed, concise, clear prevention plan for their school that highlights their unique approach and follows District and State guidelines. If you would like to make alternate arrangements for prevention planning, please reach out to McKinley Withers (801-567-8245, mckinley.withers@jordandistrict.org)
