Category: Elementary Deadline

Jordan Education Foundation (JEF) CLASSROOM GRANT applications will be accepted Monday August 15 through Friday October 28, 2016.

See attachment below for more information.

Classroom Grant Announcement 2016-17

Principals and teachers:

The STEM Math Software Grant Application has been released. If you are interested in applying for math software please read the requirements (below) and then fill out the google form (http://goo.gl/forms/NTfZigUl54Ikuce83) byFriday, June 3, 2016. The district will submit the requests for each school.

STEM Requirements and Information Year 3

DATE:   
May 12, 2016

TO:  
All Elementary, Middle, and High School Principals

FROM:  
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Heather Ellingson, Director of Accounting, Budgets, and Audits

SUBJECT:  
June 2016 Budget Transfer Request

If you would like to transfer budget between your postage, supply, textbook, and equipment budgets, please complete the following, sign and return to Heather by July 1, 2016.  If Heather does not receive this back from you by July 1, 2016, Heather will assume no transfer is requested.  The next opportunity to make such a transfer is December 2016.

Click below to access form.

June 2016 Budget Transfer Request

DATE:
April 29, 2016

TO:
Principals
All Certified Special Education Staff

FROM:  
Laura Finlinson, Admin of Curriculum/Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Julie Brown, Program Specialist

SUBJECT: 
Year-End Checkout for Traditional Schools/Year-Round Schools

See attached memo.

Year-End Checkout for Traditional Schools:Year-Round Schools

DATE: 
April 29, 2016

TO: 
Principals
All Certified Special Education Staff

FROM:   
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum/Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Julie Brown, Program Specialist

SUBJECT: 
End of Year SCRAM Detail Report

We are fast approaching our last SCRAM count deadline. It is important that this information be as accurate and current as possible. A year-end final SCRAM report that reflects the SCRAM/IEP Services that have been received from your school to date has been sent to resource and self-contained support class (cluster) team leaders.

Special Education generates funds from this count by student days in membership (i.e., how many days they were entered in your program). The resource or self-contained support class (cluster) team report should list all current students, including primary Guidance and primary Speech-Language students. Please check each student for the following information:

• Check that all students served in your program are listed on the report.
• Check that names, SCRAM entry dates, exit dates (if applicable), disability codes, environment codes, regular percents and service patterns are correct. Be sure to identify the provider of each service listed.
• Be sure that entry and exit dates reflect all days that the student received services.  If there is a gap in service dates, we lose days of membership, which directly impacts funding.
• Students who will continue in the same school (advance from grade to grade) or who will move to the 7^th or 10^th grade in their boundary school will automatically roll-over for the start of the new school year. It is not necessary to submit an exit SCRAM for these students.
• Current self-contained support class (cluster) students should have been rolled forward to the school they have been assigned to attend. It is not necessary to submit an exit SCRAM for these students (permit codes were entered by the special education department).
• For students who will continue past the 12^th grade, the school registrar must flag the student as a “Retained Senior” in the Graduation/Diploma status field.
• An exit SCRAM must be submitted for any student that has or will age-out or graduate and will not be returning at the beginning of the next school year.
• Be sure to use the appropriate exit codes and dates for any student who has exited the school during the school year. If they are not exited appropriately, we will lose days of membership, which directly impacts funding.  Note that the SCRAM exit date and the school exit date must be the same date.
• If there are any changes to SCRAM information, make sure parents have approved the change and submit an updated/corrected SCRAM/IEP Services document no later than the date listed below. Remember that any changes must also be documented on the IEP.

• Note that changes made directly on the printout report without a SCRAM/IEP service page will not be accepted as it leads to data entry confusion and may result in the student’s file being out of compliance. All SCRAM printouts and SCRAM/IEP Services document changes must be received in the Special Education Office no later than the end of the day on the following dates:

Traditional School Deadline:  Monday, May 23, 2016
Year-Round School Deadline:  Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Please note that separate reports have been sent to each resource team AND each cluster team (if applicable). SLPs, Guidance Specialists and other itinerant providers will need to work with both special education teams to check and complete the requested information.  Since one copy is being sent per “team” (i.e., resource or cluster), it is critical that the list be checked with other team members within your school. Please do not send multiple copies of the report back. Each team member must review and initial the report before returning it to the Special Education Department.

The SCRAM reports are run alphabetically by current grade. Any corrections must be made on a SCRAM/IEP Services form and sent through the District mail or faxed to SCRAM/Amanda Hamblin at (801) 567-8090.

Submit any SCRAM changes AND the signed current report(s) to Amanda Hamblin at the District Office. All completed reports and documents must be received in the Special Education Office by the end of the day on the specified due date.

If you have questions please contact the Teacher Specialist assigned to your school or Amanda Hamblin at (801) 567-8176.

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Please know that your assistance in completing this information accurately is critical, as it directly impacts Special Education funding!

Thanks for being ALL STARS!!!

End of Year SCRAM 2015-16

Date:    
April 28, 2016

To:   
All Jordan School District Principals – with bus route students

From: 
Scott Thomas, Administrator of Auxiliary Services
Herb Jensen, Director of Transportation
Kathy Simmons, Transportation Trainer/Risk Coordinator

Subject: 
State Required Bus Evacuations and School Bus Safety 2015-2016

State required semi-annual school bus evacuations have been scheduled for this spring.  This applies to those students that ride the bus daily to and from school.

The evacuations will be conducted during the week of:

Monday, May 2 thru Friday, May 6, 2016.

Your school’s regular bus driver will perform this evacuation as they drop your students off in the morning one of the days during that week.  This procedure takes place at your school and is located in your normal bus drop off/pick up zone.

This evacuation requires all professional school bus drivers, that transport students, to perform evacuation procedures in case of an emergency.  This can either be a rear, side, front door or combination evacuation.  The students will then, under the driver’s direction and supervision, evacuate and meet in a safe place approximately 100 feet away from the bus.

Your assistance is welcome but not mandatory to complete this required evacuation drill quickly, safely and effectively.

Thank you for all you do to help us safely transport your students.

CC:
Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Patrice Johnson
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Teri Timpson, Administrator of Schools
Mike Anderson, Administrator of Schools
Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools
Jill Durrant, Administrator of Schools

Memo – Bus Evacuations- Principals – 2016 – 2

Principals:

Please complete the attached Building Capacity Worksheet by September 1, 2016 and return to Planning & Student Services.

Email luann.leavitt@jordandistrict.org if you would like to see a previous year's worksheet or call with any questions 801-567-8251.

Thank you.

Elementary Classroom Usage template 16-17

Secondary School Classroom Usage template 16-17

DATE:    
April 20, 2016

TO:  
Principals and District Administrators

FROM: 
Anthony Godfrey, Ed.D., Associate Superintendent

SUBJECT:  
Stipend for Department Chair and Team Leaders

Stipends for Department Chair and Team Leaders will be paid during the May 2016 payroll.

• Elementary Schools may pay $300 for 8 Team Leaders.
• Middle Schools may pay $500 for 12 Department Chairs or Team Leaders.
• High Schools may pay $500 for 16 Department Chairs or Team Leaders.

A time sheet for each employee receiving the stipend should be submitted to the office of your Administrator of Schools by May 6, 2016.  All Team Leaders or Department Chairs will be paid out of the same program number from which their salary is paid.  In most cases, this will be 0050.  Each time sheet should be clearly marked “Stipend for Department Chair” or “Stipend for Team Leader.”

Kauri Sue, River’s Edge, South Valley, and JATC will be paid as middle schools.  If a school houses an additional special education program (cluster program or preschool program), the school will have an additional team leader allocation.

Budget Code

10  xxx  xxxx  2216  131

Department Chair Memo 4-20-16

DATE:    
April 13, 2016

TO:         
Principals and Attendance Secretaries

FROM:   
Administrators of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent of Schools
Luann Leavitt, Consultant for Planning and Student Services

SUBJECT:    
LAST DAY FOR ATTENDANCE COMPUTER ENTRY

See attached memo.

Last day computer entry 15-16