Jordan School District
DATE:
May 1, 2020
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Administrator of Schools
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Caleb Olson, Consultant of Planning and Enrollment
Scott Festin, Consultant of Planning and Enrollment
SUBJECT:
Student Enrollment for April 2020
Please see document below.
Below is information from the Resilient Utah Team along with a message from Governor Gary R. Herbert. We're sending you this information, they are asking to be sent out to parents, for your information only. You do not need to send it out. It is being sent to all parents through our Communications Department.
Dear Utah Principals,
Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert has declared May 2020 as Utah Resilience Month. Please click on the link below to review important information for principals state-wide.
We are so appreciative of your efforts to support your administrators, faculty and teachers as they and provide students with what they need to succeed during these unprecedented times. Our educators are our heroes.
https://www.resilient-utah.org/urm-principals-message/
Many thanks,
The Resilient Utah Team
www.Resilient-Utah.org
Please see document below.
Assignment Effective July 1, 2020:
Jessica Vidal, senior improvement coach at Education Direction, appointed assistant principal at Heartland Elementary.
The Central Warehouse is now stocking simple surgical masks to be ordered by schools and departments to distribute as necessary. Please understand quantities are limited, so only order to cover immediate needs. Do not order to stockpile for future use, including next school year. We will be ordering more to satisfy demand, but your cooperation would be appreciated in the short term. If an employee has a personal mask already, they are encouraged to use their own personal mask.
Masks can be ordered by selecting stock #5800850, and can be ordered like any other inventory item available in the District warehouse. Quantities are packaged and available in bundles of 50 masks. Therefore, smaller District departments should coordinate with other small departments to avoid ordering too many. They will be made available, Friday May 1st.
K-12 Accident plans are available for injury, at-school accidents, 24-hour accidents, extended dental and football. See attached flyers (English and Spanish) for additional information. Please consider including the information in your school packets.
Assignment Effective June 1, 2020:
Assignments Effective July 1, 2020:
Click on the provided link to access the ESP courses. There will be several more added next week.
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JSD Administrators:
All employees will receive an email in JEM today outlining the recently passed Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). This act may entitle eligible employees who have worked for the District for 30 days to receive a limited amount of paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. These provisions will apply from April 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020. Attached to this email is a FFCRA notice from the Department of Labor outlining eligibility, paid leave entitlements and qualifying reasons for leave related to COVID-19.
Also attached is a tutorial on how employees can submit a FFCRA Leave application through Skyward Employee Access if they believe they have a qualifying reason. If employees need assistance in accessing their Skyward employee account, direct them to contact the Information Systems Help Desk at 801-567-8737. For questions regarding FFCRA, please review the attached notice or contact HR at 801-567-8249.
Please see document below.
Please see document below.
The Utah Legislative Session wrapped up a week ago. The Utah State Board of Education adopted an amended rule yesterday with changes related to appropriate expenditures for the School LAND Trust Program. This link will take you to a more detailed description. You can also see the document below.
https://site.utah.gov/slt/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2020/03/Attachment-to-End-of-Session-Email.pdf
Earlier today, the USBE voted to suspend all state testing for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year. This action would take place even if in-person school sessions were to resume. This suspension would include the following state assessments:
Please refer to the attached letter from Ben Jameson
We have activated several Google Suite options, including Jamboard, for teachers and students to assist in virtual learning.
Elementary Principals:
Elementary student Jordan District email accounts are now enabled to allow email interaction between teachers and students.
Teaching and Learning will continue to update online learning content for teachers. Please continue to refer to Curriculum.jordandistrict.org or content specific pages for updates.
Stacee Worthen, secondary guidance specialist, has created a list of tips, ideas, and best practices for counselors during the school dismissal. The attached memo will be sent to all school counselors.
Associate Academic Vice-President John Rosenberg has sent this email out to all Teacher Education programs at BYU and asked them to forward the letter to every current student teacher. This does not apply to intern teachers.
Dear UCOTE members and EPP program coordinators,
As you are aware, information on COVID-19 continues to be generated and actions taken to control the spread of the coronavirus. As we have considered the most recent information about how the public school districts and state universities are handling the situation, we have decided that our student teachers may return home immediately, consistent with the instructions we have given all BYU students. However, since the semester is not over and the students are still enrolled as student teachers, they are asked to remain actively engaged with their host schools in delivering instruction remotely under the direction of their mentor teachers. Major program coordinators and university supervisors should reach out to individual students to address their questions and to discuss the remaining requirements for bringing the student teaching experience to a successful conclusion.
Thank you for your patience at this difficult time.
DATE:
Thursday, March 19, 2020
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Shelley Nordick, Ph.D., Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
State Data Gateway Operational
The state’s Data Gateway is now fully operational. School administrators may find the following data for the 2018-19 RISE and Utah Aspire Plus testing and school accountability:
Teachers may also access all of the above information as well as their previous students from last year or their current students’ data on the Data Gateway. They just need to register for an account using their Cactus ID number, if they haven’t already done so.
To access the Data Gateway, please use this link: https://datagateway.schools.utah.gov/
If you are having trouble logging into the Data Gateway, please contact Ben Jameson.
Jordan District Appeal Hearings are postponed until students return back to school.
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