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Category: Elementary Action Required

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DATE:  
October 15, 2018

TO: 
Elementary Principals
Elementary Assistant Principals
School Psychologists/School Psychology Interns
Elementary School Counselors
School Social Workers

FROM:   
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Fulvia Franco, Program Specialist – Guidance

SUBJECT:  
Riding the Waves Curriculum

Dr. Scott Poland, national suicide prevention expert, recommended that our district implement the Riding the Waves curriculum at the elementary level when he consulted with our district last school year. Although this is a suicide prevention curriculum that will be presented to all 6th grade students, suicide is never directly mentioned in any of the presentations. The curriculum consists of 12 scripted lessons that take approximately 30 minutes each to present. The focus of the lessons is to teach students problem-solving and coping skills, as well as building resilience and asking adults for help with problems they may be having.

Please speak with your Guidance staff to discuss the best way to implement this program in your school. Attached is a copy of a letter to parents in English and Spanish that explains the program and allows them to have their student opt out and be provided with an alternative educational activity. Please wait at least 10 days after parents are provided with the opt-out letter before starting the presentations.

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DATE:   
September 18, 2018

TO: 
Principals
Assistant Principals

FROM: 
Scott M. Thomas, Administrator of Auxiliary Services
Paul Bergera, Staff Assistant of Auxiliary Services
David Rostrom, Director of Facility Services
Lance Everill, Emergency Operations Manager

SUBJECT:  
Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) Hands-On Training

As indicated in a separate memo, you can anticipate the delivery of your school’s TECC kits sometime between October 1 and October 15, 2018.  However, even before your school receives the TECC kits, administrators are to begin the process of calling their local fire department representative to schedule a date and time that works best for you and your staff to receive your 45-minute hands-on training.

School administrators are responsible to have teachers and staff account that they have received the hands-on training and to keep that documentation on file.

Once you’ve scheduled your hands-on training, please notify your respective AOS of your scheduled date and time so that they might have the opportunity to participate.

Attached is the map and fire department contact name and number that corresponds with the city and your school.

Cc:
Administrative Cabinet

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Principals:

Please share the attached flyers with your School Community Council members. One flyer contains dates for Jordan School District trainings. The other is provided by USBE and has the list of the trainings they are offering.  As a reminder, new principals and new chairs are required to attend one of these trainings. A video will be available for training purposes if needed.

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Principals:  Please take note and share this information with the appropriate teachers.

The following dates are scheduled as make-up days for the Safety and Wellness Training for those who were not able to attend in July and August:

October 26th - 8:30 am - 3:30 pm in the ASB Presentation Room

January 14th -  8:30 am - 3:30 pm in the ASB Presentation Room - This training will only contain the "Wellness" part of the presentation. After October 26th the Safety (ADD) training will only be available online.

Teachers who missed the original training days can either attend a make-up day or use leave for having missed a contract day. If an employee has already taken a leave day for the missed training and would now like to attend the make-up day, they can work with their administrative assistant to reverse the leave day in Skyward, once they have attended the make-up day.

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The final live training of classified personnel for Avoid Deny Defend (ADD) and Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) will be held at:

Elk Ridge Middle School
Friday October 26, 2018
8:30 to 11:00 am

Please work with your school’s classified personnel to afford them the opportunity to receive the training while on the clock.

After October 26, 2018, the ADD and TECC presentations will be available online to be viewed at each school by the administration, licensed and classified personnel at their convenience. The online presentation will also be available to all new hires, personnel that were unable to attend the live trainings and for retraining on an ongoing basis.

Principals are accountable to maintain appropriate documentation that all classified personnel are trained prior to December 31, 2018.

Thank you for your cooperation.

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DATE: 
September 18, 2018

TO:  
Principals
Assistant Principals

FROM:   
Scott M. Thomas, Administrator of Auxiliary Services
Paul Bergera, Staff Assistant of Auxiliary Services
David Rostrom, Director of Facility Services
Lance Everill, Emergency Operations Manager

SUBJECT:
Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) Classroom Kits Distribution, Storage and Accountability

We anticipate that TECC kits will be delivered to your school sometime between October 1 and October 15, 2018.  TECC kits will be delivered directly to the school administration, who will then verify and sign off that the accurate number of kits has been received.

A classroom TECC kit should be distributed to each classroom, computer lab, media center and office (main, attendance, counseling center) and stored in a safe and secure location.  We recommend they be placed with the classroom “Go Kit”, classroom first aid kit, or other accessible area within the classroom.

Teachers are responsible for the safekeeping of their assigned TECC kit.  Please instruct all of your teachers and staff that they may also be accountable to produce the TECC kit, with all of its contents intact, during a random Jordan Safety and Security Assessment (JSSA).

Installation of your school wall-mounted kits will be scheduled and completed through the Facility Services Department.

Schools are responsible to pay the cost of any replacement TECC kits due to theft, damage or loss.

Cc:
Administrative Cabinet

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Principals and Administrative Assistants:

Please take note of the AA417 Fund Raising Policy when planning a fund raiser.

Attached you will find a revised Fund Raising Request form. Please discard all previous forms and use this new form for any requests.

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There is nothing more important than safety. It is our responsibility to help prepare our students to be as safe as possible and promote healthy interactions while out in the community. Jordan School District has been collaborating with the Region PTA on Safety/Green Ribbon Month, which will be September.

All elementary schools are encouraged to participate in this PTA led program, which focuses on education, awareness and prevention of pedestrian/motor vehicle crash injuries.

The PTA will have a packet that consists of:

  • Safety Related Facts
  • Potential Safety/Green Ribbon Month Activities
  • Helpful Safety/Green Ribbon Month Hints
  • Student and Driver Pledges
  • Utah Department of Health Questionnaire

The Jordan School District Transportation Department and Office of Communications have produced an exciting bus safety video, available at: https://youtu.be/Fr5Ciiox0Vw

The JSD Office of Communications produced a Reunification video to be shown to parents/guardians to inform them on protocol and expectations for reunifying them with students following an emergency/disruption to school. This video is available on the District Web site under the Parents & Students tab, by selecting General Information, then Student Safety & Safe Walking Routes. The Be a Safety Super Hero video is also located on this Web page and can be shown to students during Safety/Green Ribbon Month and anytime in the future to reinforce safe behavior.

Both videos can be found at: http://auxiliaryservices.jordandistrict.org/school-safety-security/student-safety/

The following link has additional Green Ribbon Month resources:

http://www.co.davis.ut.us/docs/librariesprovider5/community-health-services/green-ribbon-month-information.pdf?sfvrsn=0

The JSD Transportation Department offers a Safety in the Schools - Riding the Bus Safely assembly. Transportation Training Office Assistant Amber Gardner will be contacting your school to schedule an assembly.

If your school’s PTA President has not reached out to you regarding possible PTA led Safety/Green Ribbon Month activities at your school, please feel free to contact them.

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As a result of implementing the 3rd Edition of the Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System, we have made adjustments to the Guided Reading Level Spectrum.  Along with this adjustment, we are asking teachers to enter an instructional reading level for each of their students into Skyward four times a year:  Beginning of year (Aug/Sept) and at each reporting period.  Please help us communicate this expectation to teachers.

A copy of the revised spectrum is attached and available at cbl.jordandistrict.org.

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DATE: 
Thursday, September 6, 2018

TO: 
All Principals

FROM:  
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:
2018 SAGE Data Release on USBE Data Gateway

Beginning September 5, 2018, the 2017-18 SAGE proficiency and growth results were released on USBE’s Data Gateway for principals, schools, and districts to review.  Originally, USBE intended to release this data to the general public on September 13th; however, due to a glitch in the Data Gateway system, the 2018 SAGE data was made available to the public as of this morning.  The URL for the Data Gateway is https://datagateway.schools.utah.gov/. The login prompt is in the upper right hand corner of the screen.

SAGE science grades 6-8 data are not yet released on the Data Gateway pending ratification from the USBE. We expect this data to be released in mid-October.

We ask that principals log into the Data Gateway and review their school’s SAGE results so as to become familiar with what parents and other stakeholders can view and thus be able to answer their questions.

It is anticipated that USBE will release accountability data and school report cards in late November for principals, schools and districts to review. While the release date is still tentative, schools will likely have an opportunity to review their accountability data prior to public release.

If you need assistance navigating the Data Gateway or logging in, please contact Ben Jameson at 801-567-8243.

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Principals and Administrative Assistants:

Attached is a template that can be filled out and given to each staff member that has completed the required suicide prevention training for 2018-19.

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Principals and Administrative Assistants:

Attached is a template that can be used for your licensed staff to award the licensure points earned by attending the 2018-19 Safety and Wellness Forum. Each person in your building that attended the training this year will need to receive a certificate.

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DATE:  
Friday, September 24, 2018

TO:   
All Principals

FROM:  
Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:   
2018-19 Required Testing Ethics Professional Development Procedures

Instructions, materials, and documentation forms for the required 2018-19 Testing Ethics professional development, are being sent to schools via the Jordan Administrative Memo (JAM). These materials will also be available online at http://assessments.jordandistrict.org/ethics/ . The four required procedures for completing this testing ethics professional development are listed on the “2018-19 Principal’s Test Ethics Checklist” form provided in the materials.

It is important that all school leaders, teachers, and paraprofessionals that assist with testing be reminded that the professional testing ethics required for all Federally-mandated assessments such as NAEP or State-mandated assessments such as RISE, Utah Aspire Plus, ACT, DIBELS benchmarks and progress monitoring, and WIDA Access, also apply to all District-mandated assessments such as benchmark tests, SLO assessments, and other District-created assessments including MasteryConnect® assessments. Students must not be given secured assessment questions as homework or discussion items. Any use of secured assessment questions for instruction, discussion, or homework compromises the validity and integrity of the assessment questions and constitutes a violation of professional testing ethics protocol.

Principals are to make sure that teachers as well as paraprofessionals that assist with testing understand that professional testing ethics must be followed when working with District-mandated as well as State- and Federally-mandated assessments. Principals are also to remind teachers and paraprofessionals that assist with testing that any potential disciplinary action specified for violating professional testing ethics on State- and Federally-mandated assessments, also applies to any violation of professional testing ethics on District-mandated assessments.

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Utah schools are required to provide training to students that include education and awareness on safe technology utilization and digital citizenship.  To assist Utah schools to meet these requirements, the Utah office of the Attorney General partners with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Utah to provide annual NetSmartz Internet safety trainings in Utah's schools. These trainings are age-appropriate and are provided free of charge.

Please contact Jordan School District's Training Representative to schedule a training:
Josie Angerhofer
(385) 237-5067
Schedule online at: UtahNetSmartz.org

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DATE:
Thursday, August 23, 2018

TO:
Elementary and Middle School Principals

FROM:
Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:
Questar Nextera Fall Trainings for the New RISE Assessment

Please see attached memo for information and dates of the trainings. It is required that an administrative representative (principal or designee) and school testing coordinator attend one of these professional learning classes.

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Emergency Drills REMINDER

Administrative Code R277-400-6 Emergency Preparedness Training for School Occupants requires all schools to conduct a fire drill within the first 10 days of the regular school year.

R277-400-7(b) requires schools to conduct an other emergency drill by no later than October 1.  Schools may elect to accomplish both drills on the same day, such as conducting a bomb threat drill, then sounding the fire alarm and evacuating.

Please remember to report all drills using the Report of Emergency Drills form on the Google Drive, at:  https://goo.gl/forms/vUWdOfdE33844MDI3

Have a great, and safe school year!

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Your Educational Support/ALS teacher specialist has sent you an email with a video that explains what's new this year.  After watching the video, please contact your teacher specialist if you have questions. Also please complete the simple google form. This is important because it lets our department know who to contact when we are trying to support your school.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-JJkld4koE44qQ557fg6EvZGj3JohPOQPrjjrLrEX-k/edit

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DATE:  
July 16, 2018

TO:  
Elementary School Principals

FROM: 
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services

SUBJECT:   
Kindergarten Enrollment – Birth Certificate Requirement(s)

Please see attached memo for guidelines.