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The following is being sent to teachers via JEM and Canvas. The information will also be available on the LETRS Information web page (access from Teaching & Learning Home page):

Dear Teachers,

Thank you for your enthusiastic participation in LETRS training! You are a pleasure to work with!! We look forward, with you, to see your efforts pay off as students reach their full potential in reading.

In order to help us with the tracking of the completion of Units for compensation, we’re asking each participant to fill out a google form (available on LETRS Information web page—access from Teaching & Learning Home page) for EACH Unit completed.

Completed forms will be submitted at the end of each month for compensation in the following month’s paycheck.

Please reach out to Ronna Hoffman 801-567-8242 or ronna.hoffman@jordandistrict.org with any questions you may have.

Link to Google Form

 

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The flyer below has information regarding URS retirement staff/planning meetings that can be scheduled at your workplace. Please contact Robert Goodlick (see flyer) at URS to schedule a meeting.

This is a great opportunity for new employees to learn about which retirement plan to choose from, which plan is best for their individual situation, and to become more informed on the plan they already participate in.

 

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We appreciate your patience as we update the Perform system to ensure that all educators are assigned the appropriate evaluation.

The following documents may help you in the evaluation process:

  • This document provides an overview of the process for the various evaluations in Perform.
  • The attached document provides instructions for logging in and uploading evidence in Perform.

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Get vaccinated against the flu at your school’s on-site Say Boo to the Flu clinic & Community Nursing Services (CNS) will donate $2 per eligible immunization back to the school.

  • 2021 CNS School Flu Clinic Schedule
  • District Office Flu Clinic - Oct. 4 from 11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. in Room 129
  • Auxiliary Services Building Flu Clinic - Oct. 6 from 3 - 6 p.m. in the North Auditorium

Reduced & no-cost flu vaccines will be available to individuals & families who are uninsured & unable to pay.

CNS is able to bill the following insurances (No Copay): Aetna, All Savers, Altius, Ameriben, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Direct Care Administrators, DMBA, EMI Health, GEHA, Health Utah, HealthEZ, Healthwest, Imagine Health, MailHandlers, Meritan Health, Molina, Molina Marketplace, Oxford Health, PEHP, Select Health, Tall Tree Administrators, Town & Country, Tricare, United Health Care, U of U Health, UMR, WISE Network, CHIP, Medicaid, Medicare, Part B, & most Medicare Advantage Plans.

Note: Community Nursing Services (CNS) Immunization Program is committed to providing positive moments and experiences while providing safe and convenient on-site flu shot clinics throughout Utah. Additional cleaning and preventative measures are being followed by all CNS clinical staff secondary to the current COVID-19 pandemic.

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Principals:

We have scheduled two separate training sessions on the operation of the school's security camera and software. The training will include the use of the software, saving of camera footage and the transferring of that footage to the appropriate device. We receive many requests for help in this area.

The training will be held on September 22 2021.
Session 1: 9:00-10:00 am Session 2: 1:00-2:00 pm

Both sessions will be held at the Auxiliary Service Building in the Presentation Room, enter at Entrance C. It is recommended that at least one administrator per building attend one of the sessions and if possible send one hall monitor to each session.

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In addition to conducting a fire drill within the first 10 days of school, UT Administrative Rules R277- 400 School Facility Emergency and Safety indicates that all schools are to conduct a drill for “other” emergencies by October 1 each year.

Examples:

  • Bomb Threat
  • Earthquake
  • Shelter-in-place (for external chemical spills or severe weather)
  • Violence (LockOUT for external threats, LockDOWN for internal threats)

Remember:

  • Drills are part of instruction time for students
  • Clearly announce the drill within the school, and always make a clear distinction between “drills” and “actual emergencies”
  • Complete the 2021-22 Report of Emergencies – Drills, Actual Events or Meetings Form on Google Drive, link: 2021-22 Report of Emergencies – Drills, Actual Events or Meetings
    Drill requirements are listed by level at the top of this form
  • Conduct drills according to the District Incident Command System (ICS) Manual Action Plans and Standard Operating Guidelines. Google Drive Incident Command Folder, link:  JSD Incident Command Folder
  • Bookmark the Report Form and Incident Command Folder for future reference

An Incident Command overview will be conducted at Principal’s and Assistant Principal’s Meetings later this month.  Additional Incident Command training opportunities will be advertised for October, or individual locations can schedule meetings with JSD Emergency Operations Manager Lance Everill as needed: 801-567-8623, lance.everill@jordandistrict.org

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DATE:
September 3, 2021

TO:
All Principals

FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Scott Festin, Consultant, Planning and Enrollment
Caleb Olson, Consultant, Planning and Enrollment

SUBJECT:
10th Day Enrollment versus the Estimate

Please see memo below.

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What's New School LAND Trust Program 2021 2022 - YouTube

"What's New" Training: this 15 minute video covers the most important changes to the program and announcements and reminders.

*Please take note that the deadlines listed in JAM last week are the deadlines Jordan School District will be following.

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DATE: 
September 2, 2021

TO: 
Elementary Principals

FROM:
Shelley Nordick, PhD, Teaching and Learning Administrator
Norman R. Emerson, Fine Arts Consultant

SUBJECT: 
Assemblies by Artistic Resources for Teachers and Students, Inc. (ARTS, Inc.)

ARTS, Inc., now in its sixty-second year of operation, was founded in 1959 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 2021-22 school year.

Click this link to find:

  • The assembly schedule with the date and time the artists will be at your school.
  • The contact information for the performing group coming to your school.

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 have been provided.

If you have any questions, please contact Norman Emerson at 801-567-8364.

 

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DATE:    
Thursday, September 9, 2021

TO:   
All Elementary and Middle School Administrators

FROM:  
Shelley Nordick, Ph.D., Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:  
Opportunity to Learn Survey Results

As part of RISE and Utah Aspire Plus summative testing for grades 3-10, students participated in an Opportunity to Learn (OTL) survey from USBE. The purpose of the survey was to add context around how shifting learning environments affected students’ achievement on the summative assessments.

The OTL questions used on the survey are attached with this memo. A dashboard that shows the results from this survey for the district and individual schools may be found here, including OTL responses tied to math and reading proficiency level. Additional information and data dashboards will be added in the future.

If you have questions about the survey or the OTL dashboards, please contact Brooke Anderson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability.

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Kindergarten Night Out will be held on September 8 from 4:15 - 5:15 in the auditorium at the ASB. Please invite all kindergarten teachers to attend. We will be learning some tips and tricks to use in Walk to Read for students who are above level. This is a time to collaborate and get some freebies for the classroom.

There is a new curriculum planning tool available for third-grade teachers who are using HD Word Plus called the HD Word Plus Weekly Road Map. This map will help guide teachers through the resources available in HD Word Plus and it serves as a helpful day-to-day planning guide. This resource will continue to be developed throughout this school year. Please be sure to share this HD Word Plus Weekly Road Map link with all third-grade teachers and all building coaches.

The literacy department is hosting a weekly literacy Q&A every Thursday in September from 3:30-4:30. An updated link to this meeting is included. Please share this information with your teachers and coaches and feel free to join us if you have any literacy questions. Please be sure to use this updated link to access the meetings.  Literacy Q & A

We have added another make up session for the Literacy Launch for anyone who still needs to attend the training. The new dates are September 27th and 29th and these dates are now available in JPLS.

We have two additional dates for Heggerty and MSRC training scheduled for September 7th and 14th for anyone still needing this training. The classes are available for sign up on JPLS.

We are expecting the additional Really Great Reading teacher manuals and student workbooks to arrive this Friday by 7:00 pm. We will send them out to schools next week as long as they arrive on time. The student workboards are still on backorder.

Each school should have received or should be receiving shortly, a shipment of phonics decodable readers from High Noon Books/Academic Therapies Publications. These were mentioned during Literacy Launch training. These books are perfect for upper-grade students who are working on building decoding skills. These books should be stored in a central location where all teachers can have access to them. The set of books will include 8 different series with a total of 86 books. The series are listed below:

Magic Belt Series (12 books)
Alba Series (12 books)
Totem Series (12 books)
Talisman Series One (10 books)
Rescue Series (10 books)
Titan's Gauntlets Series (10 books)
Talisman Series Two (10 books)
Amber Guardians Series (10 books)

We have a few schools who have not responded to the Google form that was sent out by Sara Henderson regarding the need for Think Central for literacy. If we do not hear from schools by September 7th we will assume that you do not need Think Central subscriptions for your school. This will not affect math subscriptions to Think Central. The link to the Google form can be accessed through this Google Form for Think Central link.

USBE has requested that teachers participate in a brief survey. This survey will be sent out to teachers through Canvas and participation in the survey is encouraged.

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In an effort to help everyone be aware of everything they need to know about LETRS, we have added a page on the Teaching & Learning home page that is dedicated to keeping you up-to-date on all things LETRS. If there are things you’d appreciate being added to the page, please reach out to Ronna Hoffman at 88242 or ronna.hoffman@jordandistrict.org. This page is intended to be a helpful resource to you and your teachers. Check it out!! Tell your teachers about it!!