Jordan School District
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.
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:
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:
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.
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.
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.
Please share with appropriate staff in your building.
Elementary Principals:
If you have not already, please send the name of your school's GT Networking representative to Rebecca Smith. Please see the attached flyer for meeting dates.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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
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.
DATE:
July 17, 2018
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
FTE and Enrollment Counts
FTE and staffing enrollment counts for the 2018-19 school year will occur on the dates listed below. As a reminder, student enrollment will be taken from Skyward and manual student counts are not needed for this process.
If there have been any changes to your FTE Staffing and Enrollment spreadsheet, please send an updated spreadsheet to Travis Hamblin in Planning and Student Services. Your staffing report and attendance combine to determine your FTE eligibility.
Questions regarding FTE and/or enrollment should be directed to Travis Hamblin or your Administrator of Schools.
Please staff conservatively.
DATE:
July 9, 2018
TO:
Principals
Head Financial Secretaries
Special Education Teachers (Resource and Cluster)
Speech-Language Pathologists
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
SUBJECT:
Special Education Budget Allocations 2018-19
Please see attached memo and budget guidelines.
All travel requests are to be submitted at least 45 days in advance of the travel. This is to a) allow sufficient time for approvals, ticketing, etc. and b) save money on travel costs.
Due to so many of the administrative assignment changes and secretary retirements with subsequent shuffling of personnel, the Purchasing Department wants you to know we are doing our best to track everyone. We have a pretty comprehensive list based upon known retirements and the administrative assignment list released by HR. If there are other changes that have not been announced yet, please notify Kris Wishart in Purchasing of those.
There is no need to cancel cards and then reapply. All we need to know is the address, phone number, and new account code for your new location. We will just make the changes in the system and your card will operate the same as usual. This is important because US Bank uses your zip code at times to verify valid charges. If an incorrect zip code is given, the transaction is rejected.
In the future, please notify the Purchasing Department of any personnel changes as they occur of P-Card holders during the year.
Please see document below for important information regarding summer office hours.
DATE:
May 24, 2018
TO:
Principals
Elementary and Middle School Resource Team Leaders
High School Special Education Team Leaders
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Admin. of Curriculum/Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Julie Brown, Program Specialist
Courtney Titus, Program Specialist
SUBJECT:
Information Regarding Beginning of 2018-19 School Year
Please see attached memo.
