Jordan School District
The Jordan Education Foundation was given tickets to the Deseret News Home Show for this weekend. Each ticket gets one adult in for free. Tickets will be available at the District Office reception desk tomorrow, October 13th, from 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. The tickets will be handed out on a first come, first serve basis.
Please share this information with your staff.
Thursday, November 2, 2017
4:00-5:30 p.m.
Auxiliary Services Building - Auditorium (north end)
7905 S Redwood Road, West Jordan
Principals: Please share this information and flyer with your teachers.
Learn about your retirement benefits with free webinars from Utah Retirement Systems. Please distribute or post the attached flyer for all employees at your location to review.
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DATE:
September 25, 2017
TO:
Elementary Principals
Elementary Special Education Resource Teachers
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum/Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Courtney Titus, Program Specialist
SUBJECT:
Professional Development for Elementary Resource Teachers – Journey’s
The Special Education Department is hosting two professional development training days for elementary resource teachers. This training will address the use of the Journey’s curriculum in the general education classroom and how resource teachers supplement/support the general education teacher’s instruction. We will be providing participants information on how to access and use Think Central, writing materials, and how to structure a lesson plan in resource using the materials to provide the targeted specially designed instruction each student needs.
The first training will be held on October 9, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for elementary resource teachers. The second training will be held on November 1, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for elementary resource teachers. You only need to attend one training.
Both trainings will be at the District Office in room 129. Please register on JPLS at https://jpls.truenorthlogic.com and search for course #101256 and choose the appropriate section.
If a sub is needed, please use budget code 1292. If you have questions please, contact your teacher specialist.
DATE:
September 30, 2017
TO:
All Elementary Principals
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Laura Finlinson, Administrator, Curriculum/Staff Development
Norman Emerson, Instructional Support Services/Fine Arts Consultant
SUBJECT:
Utah Symphony Performance at Abravanel Hall for 5th Grade Students
Once again we are pleased to announce Utah Symphony concerts for your 5th grade students at Abravanel Hall. The performance dates for 4th grade at Abravanel Hall are February 6, 12 and 20, 2018. Your school’s date and time will be provided on a separate schedule. Please note that there are no assigned seats. Schools will be seated upon arrival.
Study materials for use in preparing your students will be provided by the Utah Symphony in the weeks prior to the performance.
Your secretary will need to complete a transportation request on Skyward. The number of teachers should be included in your school’s final count. When entering your busing request, please include the correct group name (e.g. Daybreak, 115 Curr). This will ensure that the Curriculum Department will cover the busing fee.
Transportation requests should be completed as soon as possible. Due to the number of buses that need to be used for the Symphony concerts, there will be a moratorium on any other transportation requests for these dates.
DATE:
September 30, 2017
TO:
All Elementary Principals
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Laura Finlinson, Administrator, Curriculum/Staff Development
Norman Emerson, Instructional Support Services/Fine Arts Consultant
SUBJECT:
Utah Symphony Performance at Copper Hills High School for 4th Grade Students
Once again we are pleased to announce Utah Symphony concerts for your 4th grade students at Copper Hills High School. The performance dates for 4th grade at Copper Hills High are February 14 and 15, 2018. Your school’s date and time will be provided on a separate schedule. Please note that there are no assigned seats. Schools will be seated upon arrival.
Study materials for use in preparing your students will be provided by the Utah Symphony in the weeks prior to the performance.
Your secretary will need to complete a transportation request on Skyward. The number of teachers should be included in your school’s final count. When entering your busing request, please include the correct group name (e.g. Daybreak, 115 Curr). This will ensure that the Curriculum Department will cover the busing fee.
Transportation requests should be completed as soon as possible. Due to the number of buses that need to be used for the Symphony concerts, there will be a moratorium on any other transportation requests for these dates.
DATE:
September 18, 2017
TO:
All School Principals
All School Financial Secretaries
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Daniel Ellis, Director of Accounting, Budgets and Audits
SUBJECT:
Quarterly School Financial Report for July, August and September 2017
Each school is asked to report the quarter end account balance and transaction detail with the Apple Volume Purchase Program and return with your bank reconciliation. If your school has no Apple account, please so indicate and return.
Please include the account balance with Apple on the reconciliation sign off form and print a report or screen shot(s) of the balances and quarterly transactions from Apple’s website. If you need assistance, please contact your Curriculum Technology Specialist – Bonnie, Deana, Harrison, Nancy, Jay, and Raimee.
Please photocopy the selected elements and send to Accounting by October 20, 2017.
Please include:
If you have questions or need assistance, please call Liz Robins at (801)567-8267.
Thank you.
Cc:
Michael Anderson, Administrator of Schools
Jill Durrant, Administrator of Schools
Anthony Godfrey, Administrator of Schools
Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools
Teri Timpson, Administrator of Schools
DATE:
September 21, 2017
TO:
Jordan District Contract Employees
FROM:
Dr. Patrice A. Johnson, Superintendent of Schools
SUBJECT:
Change of Schedule for Spring Break
A week-long spring break is scheduled for the 2017-18 school year. Students and teachers at both traditional and year-round schools, as well as staff on a 10-month/206-day classified contract or a 225-day licensed contract, will be out of school Monday-Friday, April 2-6, 2018.
Currently, employees on a 12-month/242-day or 12-month/245-day contract are scheduled to work Monday-Wednesday (April 2-4) and off on Thursday and Friday (April 5-6). With Easter falling on April 1st, we are implementing a change in the employee calendar to accommodate time off closer to the holiday. Employees in these two groups will have Monday and Tuesday, April 2-3, for spring break and will return to work on Wednesday, April 4th and work through Friday.
If anyone in your department has already made plans based on being off April 5-6, please work with them to resolve any hardship this change may cause them.
Training for Kindergarten Assistants will be held on Wednesday, September 27 from 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. in PDC 103. Please be sure teachers and assistants are aware of this meeting.
Attached is a copy of Superintendent Johnson's Power Point from the September 12th Principals' Meeting.
As a reminder, please be prepared to bring an assessment to the November 7th Principals' Meeting.
Principals:
Please announce this and post in your school and on your website. Share with your School Community Council and PTA members.
Do You Know What's on Your Child's Smartphone?
Thursday, September 28, 2017
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
West Jordan Middle School
Principals:
Please share the attached flyer with your School Community Council members. As a reminder, new principals and new chairs are required to attend one of these trainings. An online video will be provided for training all other members during a SCC meeting. Watch JAM for information of when the video will be available.
Administrators:
Please remember that all JSD schools are required to conduct a fire drill within the first 10 days of the start of school, and then again within the first 10 days after winter recess. Emergency drills are reported electronically and information compiled on the Compliance Report for our Administrators of Schools and the Risk Management Coordinator. Attached are instructions, including the link to the report form and also a review of the process and list of other emergency drills requirements.
The report can also be accessed in the shared Google Drive file: ASB - Website Doc and Forms, Safety/Security, Reports/Forms/Documents.
Below is the link to the Report of Emergency Drills:
https://goo.gl/forms/NAEiaB69QE5B9p712
For questions, please don't hesitate to contact Peggy Margetts at 801-567-8753 or at peggy.margetts@jordandistrict.org.
Please be reminded that each school, along with the School Community Council, must provide digital citizenship and internet safety training.
Please see attachment for information regarding the rules and regulations.
DATE:
August 24, 2017
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Upcoming Changes to UTIPS
USBE has been working to update the UTIPS system to be aligned with the Utah Core. The item bank for English language arts is 100% updated and aligned with the core, the math item bank is 75% completed, and the science item bank will be updated later this fall.
Teachers will now need to check their assessments on UTIPS to be sure that they are aligned to the Utah Core as well. The standards bank in UTIPS will be updated in mid-September and all obsolete standards will be removed from the system. This will affect any teacher-created assessments that are not aligned to the current core.
We ask that all principals pass this information on to their faculties so that teachers may take the appropriate actions to ensure that they will still have access to their assessments on UTIPS and that those assessments are aligned to and assessing the current Utah Core.
If you have any questions, please contact Ben Jameson at 801-567-8243.
DATE:
August 24, 2017
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
2017 SAGE Data Release on USBE Data Gateway
Beginning August 25, 2017, the 2016-17 SAGE proficiency results will be released on USBE’s Data Gateway for principals, schools, and districts to review. 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.
We ask that principals log into the Data Gateway and review their school’s SAGE results for accuracy as soon after August 25th as possible. The intent of the review is to address any data errors before the mid-September public release date. Please report any concerns or inaccuracies to the Evaluation, Research & Accountability department at 801-567-8185.
It is anticipated that USBE will release accountability data and school report cards in mid-September for principals, schools and districts to review. While the release date is still tentative, schools will 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.
DATE:
August 23, 2017
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum & Staff Development
Ron Bird, Director of Information Systems
Michael Heaps, Support Services Manager, Information Systems
Mark Sowa, Instructional Technology Consultant
SUBJECT:
Canvas Licenses
Many of you may have heard that Canvas licenses have been purchased by the State for all students in Utah public schools. This is accurate. However, funding has only been committed for the current school year. There is no current plan or guarantee that the State will pay for licenses after this school year.
If you are interested in using Canvas at your school under the current free licensing, please contact Michael Heaps or Steffany Ellsworth in Information Systems (801-567-8140) for more information and instructions on how to begin this process.
You will also want to consider a professional development component to implementation. To discuss this further, please contact your respective Instructional Technology Teacher Specialist.
Please send the name of your GT Networking representative to Rebecca Smith (801-567-8368 / rebecca.smith@jordandistrict.org).
Please see the attached flyer with the 2017-2018 GT Networking schedule.
DATE:
August 17, 2017
TO:
Elementary Principals
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Norman R. Emerson, Fine Arts Consultant
SUBJECT:
Assemblies by Artistic Resources for Teachers and Students, Inc. (ARTS, Inc.)
ARTS, Inc., now in its fifty-sixth 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. We welcome their artists in our schools again for the 2017-18 school year.
Click this link to find:
The artists have been instructed to contact you at least two weeks prior to their assembly to verify starting times and specific needs for their performance. If the date selected for the music group to perform at your school does not work with your schedule, please contact the music group as soon as possible to reschedule. The name and phone number of the contact person for each group has been provided.
If you have any questions, please contact Norman Emerson at 801-567-8364.
