Jordan School District
In order to maintain safety for all students, we will not be having Halloween parades this year. All activities need to maintain social distancing and contact tracing guidelines.
School Halloween activity ideas might include:
If you have further questions, please contact your Administrator of Schools.
You are invited to share the following parent outreach information with your school community as you see fit.
Please review the attached guidelines for students returning to school from mental health treatment, suspension, or other, high-need absence.
The purpose of the re-entry (or “return to learn”) process is to empower students and their support system to enhance social, emotional, and academic wellness throughout the transition back to school
If you would like more information on implementing these guidelines or follow-up please contact McKinley Withers. This follow-up could include:
Our District has access to quality training covering the following topics:
Any staff member can sign up who is interested and will be able to earn credit for attending. We invite you to share the registration link and flyer with individuals in your school who could benefit from this training.
Principals:
ARTS, Inc., now in its fifty-ninth year of operation, was founded in 1961 and has provided performances in all forty-one school districts in Utah, reaching more than 250 schools each year with professional arts and education programming. Jordan District elementary audiences have enjoyed performances by Sounding Brass, Tunes and Tales Trio, and Vocal Dimension, to mention just a few of the artists in their roster.
This year, while striving to keep everyone safe and while maintaining the importance of a live performance, they would like to do two 20-minute live-stream performances per school (one for upper grades and one for lower grades). The performances would be scheduled as they have been in the past, but schools would be provided with a link for them to log on when it is time for their "assembly".
In order to facilitate the planning process for this year's ARTS, Inc. performances, please take a moment to answer the questions in this survey.
Thanks,
Norm Emerson
Administrators, please share with parents and guardians:
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Our 5th grade maturation program as part of our health and wellness curriculum for 5th grade will be held online for the 2020-2021 school year. Our maturation program is presented in an online video format presented by health care providers. While this is not a mandatory program, this is presented as an opportunity for you to watch the program together. Students are encouraged to talk to their trusted adults for questions or concerns that they may have. Our presentation can be found online at: https://pe.jordandistrict.org/healthandwellness/
Sincerely,
___________________________________
Administrators, please share with parents and guardians:
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Due to COVID-19 and attempts to decrease the possible spread of the virus, the Utah Department of Health has recommended that mass vision screenings be suspended for the health and safety concerns related to COVID-19 for the 2020-2021 school year. Parents are encouraged to take their child to their physician for a thorough eye screening. Students who are in special ed., getting a new special ed. evaluation, or a re-evaluation will be screened using appropriate distancing guidelines. Parents and teachers may contact their school nurse to request a vision screening on all other students that they may have a concern about.
In an effort to support students, teachers, and administrators in online learning, T&L will provide an extra contact to encourage participation for students who are not engaged in the learning process. Teachers who have students who are not participating in class meetings, who have not logged into the Canvas course, and who have not responded to teacher communications are asked to complete this FORM. Efforts will be made to contact the parents. Schools will be notified if there are special circumstances or other important information. It is expected that a teacher uses multiple methods of communication prior to completing the form. If you have questions, please contact Kimberly Navratil at kimberly.navratil@jordandistrict.org or 801-567-8131
DATE:
September 5, 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.
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 time sheet.
Class sizes for the full certification will be limited based on the location of the training in order to promote physical distancing. Participants will not be engaging in the physical components associated with ASPEN training at this time. Participants should plan on wearing a mask while attending the class.
Staff that participated in a full certification ASPEN training during the previous school year should plan on taking an ASPEN recertification class that will be offered online. Those who completed the ASPEN recertification course last school year should plan on participating in the third step of ASPEN, which will be offered via Canvas. More information regarding these recertification courses will be forthcoming.
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.
For questions please contact:
Daveed Goodrich at daveed.goodrich@jordandistrict.org or
Cassidy Hansen at cassidy.hansen@jordandistrict.org
DATE:
September 10, 2020
TO:
Principals
Assistant Principals
Administrative Assistants
Attendance Secretaries
Registrars
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Caleb Olson, Consultant, Planning & Enrollment
SUBJECT:
2020-21 Attendance on Fridays and Learner Validated Attendance for Virtual Students
Please see the attached memo.
The virtual Utah Science Teacher Association (UtSTA) conference starts in October. This is a great opportunity for teachers to become familiar with and expand their understanding of the new SEEd standards. Funding will need to be provided through individual school however a grant opportunity is available. You can easily apply for a grant to attend this conference.
Please see flyer below for information on how to apply for a grant and registration information.
DATE:
September 17, 2020
TO:
Administrative and Office Staff of Schools and District Departments
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
SUBJECT:
Business Department Training for District and School Office and Administrative Staff
Please see the memo and agenda below for information about the optional training being conducted by the Business and Auxiliary Services Departments.
Please read the attached information carefully in order to prepare for the September 17th JELL Session.
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.
DATE:
September 8, 2020
TO:
Elementary Principals
FROM:
Shelley Nordick, Administrator, Teaching and Learning
Norman Emerson, Instructional Support Services/Fine Arts Consultant
SUBJECT:
JSD-Arts Representatives for 2020-21
This year we will continue to have two District Arts Representatives (DARTS) represent your school throughout the 2020-21 school year. We have appreciated the work of past DARTS representatives and how they have helped strengthen arts instruction in your schools. Meaningful progress toward a greater level of arts integration has been made, and we wish this to continue.
DARTS meetings will be held on the following dates: September 16, October 14, November 18, January 20, February 17, March 10, and April 21. The meetings will be held online from 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Please assign two teachers to serve as your school’s DARTS representatives by either selecting a grade-level team, or two teachers from different grade levels. The DARTS representatives will meet once a month for two hours to learn and collaborate. Teachers will be paid at the inservice rate. (Note: In addition to the two regular classroom teachers, your school's BTS arts educator will also be attending the DARTS sessions).
Please email the names of your choices for the JSD DARTS Team for the 2020-21 school year to linda.gold@jordandistrict.org as soon as possible.
DATE:
September 10, 2020
TO:
Administrative and Office Staff of Schools and District Departments
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
SUBJECT:
Business Department Training for District and School Office and Administrative Staff
Optional training will be provided by the Business and Auxiliary Services Departments on October 1, 5, and 15 via Zoom or Google Meet. This training opportunity is for school or department personnel including principals, assistant principals, administrative assistants, clerks, aides or others with responsibilities correlating with the Business or Auxiliary Services Departments. Please see the memo below for detailed information.
Utah Education Network is working to provide a ZOOM Pro Plan for Educators. Within the next two weeks you will receive an email (sample below) from ZOOM with an invitation to approve a request for a new account through UEN. If you would like the Pro Plan for Zoom, you will have 30 days to approve the request. Please share this.
Now that all Elementary students have been placed in virtual or in-person classrooms, a procedure has been created for online requests for new move-in students.
If a family requests virtual learning for a new student when registering at an Elementary School, the Administrative Assistant must complete the following form:
https://forms.gle/WranSUEVAa6vwySL8
Once this form is filled out by the Administrative Assistant, the request will be reviewed and schools will receive information about placement within a few days. This will allow us to carefully balance the amount of students in virtual classes.
If the student was in a virtual class at another Elementary school within our district before the move into a new school boundary, every effort will be made to keep this student with the same virtual teacher.
This procedure applies to New Move-In students who have requested online classes only. If a student would like to attend school in person, standard class placement procedures should be followed.
Administrators:
Please review this important letter from the County Health Department with teachers and staff. Especially share with staff working in the front office.
