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Protect Your Child with Student Accident Insurance 2023-24
Health Special Risk, Inc. is offering two options for supplemental accident insurance, at-school coverage and 24-hour coverage. See attached flyer for additional information. Please consider including the information in your school packets.
See the Insurance Services website for more details on student accident insurance.
K-6 Language Arts Curriculum Adoption
As per the requirement of Senate Bill 55, Jordan School District is pleased to invite teachers and administrators of grades kindergarten through sixth grade to an open house to review the Wit and Wisdom language arts curriculum that is being considered for adoption. The intent of the adoption is to provide teachers and students with a strong curriculum that will help students build strong vocabularies, deep thinking skills, literacy knowledge and to become fluent writers and communicators. It is necessary for a new curriculum to be considered due to the current Journeys curriculum being out of print.
The open house will be held on the following dates:
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Jordan School District Auxiliary Building (Entrance D)
7905 S. Redwood Road
West Jordan, Utah
The Jordan District School Board may make final decisions regarding this proposed curriculum in the August 8, 2023 board meeting. Public comment in person or via email will be taken at the July 18th and August 8th board meetings at 6:30 pm at JATC South. Public comment may also be emailed to board members. Email contact information may be found at jordandistrict.org.
Frontline Training Opportunities July 2023
School/Department Administrators and Administrative Assistants:
Are you a new administrator or administrative assistant and need Frontline Recruiting/Hiring training? Would you like a refresher course? Human Resources will be providing additional Frontline Recruiting/Hiring training classes in July to prepare you for next year.
All in-person trainings will be at the District office room #129. Please bring your laptop. As an option, a few of these trainings will also be on Zoom. Zoom links will be sent to those who register for this option. For available dates/times and to schedule a training session, visit the link below.
Frontline Training Schedule for Appointments
Also available on HRConnections and HRAdminOnly are the training videos and tutorials. Contact Brent Burge at #88224 or Brittany Bauer at #88214 if you have any questions.
Growth Measure Tableau Dashboards Updated with EOY Results
DATE:
Thursday, July 6, 2023
TO:
All School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
2023 Growth Measure Results Now Available in Tableau
The summary Growth Measure dashboard in Tableau has been updated with 2023 end of year results. School administrators and instructional coaches will be able to see the following 2022-23 results for each testing window:
- Participation
- Proficiency
- Growth
- ELA comprehension and language performance
- Elementary school proficiency and growth comparison
- Middle school proficiency and growth comparison
- High school proficiency and growth comparison
- Individual teacher and student results
District results may be found here.
All of these dashboards are equipped with various demographic filters to help you analyze and interact with your school’s data.
Please direct questions about these dashboards to Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability.
RISE Tableau Dashboard Updated with 2022-23 Summative Results
DATE:
Thursday, July 6, 2023
TO:
Elementary School Administrators
Middle School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
2023 Unofficial RISE Results Now Available in Tableau
The summative RISE dashboard has been updated in Tableau with the unofficial 2022-23 proficiency results. RISE results have been downloaded from the RISE reporting system, the data was cleaned, and demographic filters from Skyward were added. Growth scores will be added after the state completes growth calculations and provides Evaluation, Research & Accountability with the official RISE data. At that time, Tableau will be updated again.
In the meantime, school administrators and instructional coaches will be able to see the following 2022-23 results:
- Participation over time
- ELA proficiency over time
- Math proficiency over time
- Science proficiency over time
- Elementary school comparison
- Middle school comparison
- TSI elementary school student group comparison over time
- TSI middle school student group comparison over time
- Individual student results
District RISE results may be viewed here.
All of these dashboards are equipped with various demographic filters to help you analyze and interact with your school’s data.
Please direct questions about these dashboards to Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability.
Acadience Math Tableau Dashboards Updated with 2023 EOY Results
DATE:
Thursday, July 6, 2023
TO:
Elementary School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
2023 EOY Acadience Math Results Now Available in Tableau
The Acadience Math summary dashboard has been updated in Tableau with end of year benchmark results. School administrators and instructional coaches will be able to see the following 2022-23 results for each benchmark period:
- Kindergarten proficiency and growth
- Kindergarten measure proficiency
- First grade proficiency and growth
- First grade measure proficiency
- Second grade proficiency and growth
- Second grade measure proficiency
- Third grade proficiency and growth
- Third grade measure proficiency
- Individual student and teacher results for 2022-23 - This dashboard will provide the benchmark status, growth status (Pathway Achieved), and individual measure scores for each student. Please see the attached Summary of Benchmark Goals and Cut Points for Risk document attached with this memo to help you analyze individual student data.
District results may be found here.
All of these dashboards are equipped with various demographic filters to help you analyze and interact with your school’s data.
Please direct questions about these dashboards to Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability.
2023-24 Sick Bank Opt Out Deadline & Tutorial
A friendly reminder for the Employee-Funded Sick Bank Policy,
- Employees are automatically enrolled in the sick bank each year through the annual donation of one (1) annual leave day to the sick bank.
More information regarding the Employee-Funded Sick Bank can be found in policies, DP326NEG -Sick Leave-Educational Support Professionals and DP 324NEG -Sick Leave-Licensed.
For those who wish to opt out of participation in the Employee-Funded Sick Bank see the tutorial below that includes information on how to opt out, along with the deadlines that must be met.
*First Year Educational Support Professionals and hourly employees are not eligible for sick bank, therefore, a sick bank day will not be deducted (if applicable).
1st Annual Wellness Welcome – August 10, 2023
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Byron McClure will be joining us for our first annual Wellness Welcome on August 10th, at JATC-South. Dr. Byron McClure is a nationally renowned educational leader and author.
Also, due to popular demand, there will now be two sessions offered on 8/10.
- Session One: Creating a Culture of Connection. This session will be focused on Tier One, universal strategies. A stipend may be available for licensed attendees and individuals who sign up will be given more information about this potential stipend as the event gets closer.
- Session Two: Restoring Connections. This session will be focused on tier two and three strategies for restoring connections. The target audience for session two is school administrators and mental health professionals.
Please review the attached flyer for details.
Important Payroll Information July 2023
Please see the document below.
FREE Fingerprint/Background checks for NEW Employees
Effective immediately, the Jordan School District Board of Education will waive the $34 charge to new employees for fingerprint/background checks. This is yet another example of how members of the Board of Education are supporting our employees.
2024 Public School Legal Liability Pamphlet
Please see the attached document.
New Heggerty Training Course – July 2023
Heggerty training is now available in a Canvas course for new teachers in grades K-2. New teachers will receive an email with instructions for accessing the course. This training can be taken when it is convenient for teachers and they will be paid a $200.00 stipend for completing the course. Please see the attached flyer.
Administrative Assignments – June 2023
The following are new administrative assignments:
- New Assignment effective July 31, 2023:
- Melissa Flores, Senior Associate General Counsel at Maricopa County Community College appointed General Counsel.
- New Assignments effective July 1, 2023:
- Jerilyn Schafer, assistant principal at Westland Elementary appointed principal at Riverside Elementary School.
- Kim Anderson, previously assigned assistant principal at Welby Elementary appointed assistant principal at Westland Elementary.
- Janae Young, previously assigned assistant principal at Silver Crest Elementary appointed assistant principal at Welby Elementary.
- Holly Bagley, previously assigned administrative intern at Southland Elementary assigned administrative intern at Silver Crest Elementary.
- Nanette Ririe, principal at Monte Vista Elementary appointed assistant principal at Southland Elementary.
- Natalie Gleave, previously assigned assistant principal at Rose Creek Elementary appointed principal at Monte Vista Elementary.
- Baylee Lansford, assistant principal at Blackridge Elementary appointed assistant principal at Rose Creek Elementary.
- Ann Henrie, teacher specialist at Heartland Elementary assigned administrative intern at Blackridge Elementary.
- Russell Stephenson, previously assigned assistant principal at West Hills Middle appointed assistant principal at Joel P. Jensen Middle.
- Kristie Howe, principal at Eastlake Elementary appointed assistant principal at West Hills Middle.
- Hallie Myler, assistant principal at Butterfield Canyon Elementary appointed principal at Eastlake Elementary.
- Ami Anderson, instructional coach at Rocky Peak Elementary assigned administrative intern at Butterfield Canyon Elementary.
Free HEPA Filters for Schools
There is still currently funding to provide schools with free HEPA air purifiers in K-12 classrooms, daycares, and Early Childhood Education (ECE). We currently have air purifiers in about 60% of schools and want to ensure all eligible partners are aware of this opportunity before the funding runs out on July 31, 2023.
Schools that wish to order can either reach out to Jake Jensen directly at jake@uphe.org or can complete the interest form on Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environments (our contracted partners) website linked HERE.
2023 Acadience Reading Tableau Dashboards Updated with End of Year Results
DATE:
Thursday, June 15, 2023
TO:
Elementary School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
2023 EOY Acadience Reading Results Now Available in Tableau
The Acadience Reading summary dashboard has been updated in Tableau with end of year benchmark results. School administrators and instructional coaches will be able to see the following 2022-23 results for each benchmark period:
- Proficiency over time
- Growth over time (Pathway Achieved)
- Measure data over time for each grade level
- Proficiency and growth school comparison by similar demographics for 2022-23
- Individual student and teacher results for 2022-23 – This dashboard will provide the benchmark status, growth status (Pathway Achieved), and individual measure scores for each student. Please see the attached Summary of Benchmark Goals and Cut Points for Risk document attached with this memo to help you analyze individual student data.
All of these dashboards are equipped with various demographic filters to help you analyze and interact with your school’s data.
Please direct questions about these dashboards to Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability.
Transportation Moratorium Field/Activity Trips Dates 2023-24 and Transportation Priorities – Revised August 2023
The Transportation Moratorium Field/Activity Trips Dates 2023-24 have been revised to reflect ACT testing in March 2024. March 5 was originally scheduled as a moratorium date. However, due to a high school calendar change, the moratorium date has changed from March 5 to March 13, 2024. Please plan accordingly. (High School Calendar Change for 2023-24)
You'll notice a slight moratorium time change in the morning from 9:00 am to 9:15 am Monday - Thursday. This allows bus drivers to complete their elementary school runs with sufficient time to make it to the school requesting a field/activity trip without arriving late. Therefore, field/activity trips will not start prior to 9:15 am. Please plan accordingly.
Principal Budget Dashboards
Please use the link to access a visual representation of your budget information. This is to help supplement your reports and provide another method to analyze your spending and remaining budget amounts. You can select your school from the dropdown list in the upper right to view your information.
First Annual Wellness Welcome for Teachers
On August 10th, from 9-12 we will be having our first annual "Wellness Welcome." Our topic is "Restoring a Culture of Connection." We welcome all educators who would like to add to their wellness toolkit for themselves and their students. Our target audience is classroom teachers, but everyone is welcome!
If you are interested, fill out the brief form and we will keep you updated as the event gets closer. A stipend may be available for licensed employees.
Student Mental Wellness Summer Support
DATE:
June 8, 2023
TO:
All School Administrators
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
McKinley Withers, Health and Wellness
SUBJECT:
Student Mental Wellness Opportunities and Reminders
Throughout the 2023 summer, Jordan District’s Clinical staff will offer mental wellness groups focused on coping, connections, and community, as well as individual check-ins, screenings, and mental health consultations. If a student or staff member would benefit from these services, please share the attached flyer with them so they can schedule an appointment.
As a reminder, emergency services and mobile crisis teams remain available throughout the summer through 988 and SafeUT.