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Due to supplier shortages and global supply chain issues, the Central Warehouse is running very low on Hammermill DP Colored Copy Paper and Springhill Digital Vellum Bristol Color Cover paper. The paper mills that produce Hammermill and Springhill have temporarily stopped taking orders from distributors that sell to the District. The Purchasing Department is currently working on sourcing other brands of DP Colored Copy Paper and Digital Vellum Bristol Color Cover paper that will fill the demand and needs of the District. Please be patient with us while we are doing all we can to make sure schools can order select colors and types of paper. If the paper you need is not currently available in the warehouse, you may look to purchase through Amazon, Office Depot, or Staples under the state contract using your pcard.

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Please see the links below to download copies of the elementary, middle, and high school assistant principal directories for 2022-23. The links are accessible to anyone with a Jordandistrict.org account.

If changes need to be made, please forward the updated information to Caleb Olson in Planning & Enrollment. The PDFs will be updated so that the links will always provide the most current version.

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DATE:    
August 4, 2022

TO: 
All Administrators

FROM: 
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
McKinley Withers, Health and Wellness Consultant

SUBJECT:   
Updates to your School's SafeUT Dashboard Contacts

Administrators,

As staff members change at each of your schools, it’s important to keep our SafeUT Dashboard up to date. We have been updating each school as new administrative appointments and transfers become finalized. If you have additional updates, changes, or would like to add anyone from your mental health teams to receive SafeUT notifications, please email Angie Rasmussen at angie.rasmussen@jordandistrict.org. If you need a new account added to the Dashboard for a new hire please include their name and title in your email. For any individual that would like text message notifications, include a cell phone number. Thank you!

If your school has not yet been added to the SafeUT Dashboard, we will be making updates to ensure all JSD schools are registered and receiving SafeUT tips.

 

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DATE:   
August 1, 2022

TO:  
Principals
Assistant Principals

FROM: 
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services

SUBJECT: 
Free Webinars through Panorama

Please see the memo below for a list of the free webinars.

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Salt Lake Bees Employee Appreciation Night for Jordan School DistrictYou are invited to join us for a FREE night of summer fun at the Salt Lake Bees game.

Jordan School District and the Salt Lake Bees are joining forces to show appreciation to all JSD employees by offering free tickets to an upcoming Bees game against the Sacramento River Cats on Wednesday, August 10 at 6:35 p.m.

It’s also $1.00 hot dog night and Superintendent Godfrey will be throwing out the first pitch along with a Unified Sports athlete!

Here’s What You Need to Know to Participate:

  • 4,000 tickets are available and seating is limited. First come, first served.
  • Each employee can request 1 - 4 free tickets. *Additional tickets may be purchased.
  • Sign up using the form below.
  • The deadline to sign up for tickets is Monday, August 1, 2022.
  • Once you have signed up, you will receive more information on how to pick up your free tickets at the ballpark.

To show their appreciation, the Bees will give away a batting helmet signed by the entire team to one lucky employee at the game that night.

Hope to see you at beautiful Smith’s ballpark to have some fun and cheer on the Bees!

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DATE:   
Thursday, July 28, 2022

TO:  
All School Administrators

FROM:  
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:  
English Learner Student Profile Dashboards

The English Learner Student Profiles dashboards have now been updated with 2022 WIDA Access, Acadience Reading, Acadience Math, RISE, Utah Aspire Plus, and ACT data.

This dashboard is unique in that it offers an assessment profile of all existing assessment data for individual EL students. For a single EL student, the student profile dashboard will allow school administrators to see the assessment history for any EL student that has a WIDA Access score.

The English Learner Student Profile dashboards may be used to help determine EL plans, target students for specific interventions and support, or provide relevant assessment data as part of student support team discussions around specific EL students.

For elementary EL students, school administrators can see current and historical assessment data for the WIDA Access, Acadience Reading, Acadience Math and RISE.

For middle school EL students, school administrators can see current and historical assessment data for the WIDA Access, Acadience Reading, and RISE.

For high school EL students, school administrators can see current and historical assessment data for the WIDA Access, Utah Aspire Plus, the 11th grade administration of the ACT, attendance, and course grades.

School administrators may access the English Learner Student Profile dashboards here.

For questions about the student profile dashboards, please contact Brooke Anderson or Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability.

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DATE:  
Thursday, July 28, 2022

TO:   
Elementary School Administrators

FROM:  
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:    
2022 Acadience Math Dashboards

The 2022 Acadience Math results are now available in Tableau viewer accounts. Elementary school administrators may access the dashboards here. Results are available at both the district and school level for both composite scores and measure scores. Composite proficiency and growth are also available. School administrators may also filter the data by student groups (economically disadvantaged, EL, race/ethnicity, and students with a disability). Finally, individual student and teacher data are available for BOY, MOY and EOY.

Please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with questions about these dashboards or Shannon Johnson with questions about the Acadience Math assessment.

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We are happy to announce that there are two training opportunities available to Paraeducators in Special Education settings throughout Jordan School District. One is for para's new to JSD this year. A second is for all para's, including those who are new. Please see the following information as well as the attached flyers for more details.

Registration is through the Google Forms links below or the Special Ed website:

*New Paraeducator Training:
All Paraeducators NEW for the 2022-23 school year are invited to attend the Basic Paraprofessional Level 1 class, which is required for all new hires, in-person on Monday, August 8, 2022 at the JATC-S building. If this class does not work for schedules, the class can still be taken on Canvas. This registration form should be submitted for those planning to attend:  New Paraeducator Training Registration Form

*Additional Paraeducator Training:
This training will help all Paraeducators learn more about their roles and responsibilities of being an instructional assistant as well as student behavior training. All paraeducators are invited to attend this training held on August 9th at Oquirrh Hills Middle School. The same training will be offered in a morning or an afternoon session to better accommodate schedules. This training is optional, will not be offered virtually at a later date, and does not replace the Advanced Paraeducator Training on Canvas for those qualified for Lane Changes. This registration form should be submitted for those planning to attend:  Paraeducator Training Registration Form

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To support digital and personalized learning in the Jordan School District, the Digital Teaching & Learning Team is continuing the Digital Teacher Leader (DTL) Program. The DTL program has each school designating one person as its Digital or Instructional Coach. Our program is designed to build the capacity of the coach to provide support in the implementation of classroom personalized and digital learning. Learn more about the expectations and role of your DTL by clicking HERE.

Any questions can be directed to Jared Covili, jared.covili@jordandistrict.org or 801-567-8191.

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The following are new administrative assignments:

New Administrative Assignment effective immediately:

  • David Hullinger, BYU Intern Facilitator at Provo School District appointed assistant principal at Westvale Elementary, replacing Tyler (TJ) Davenport who was transferred.

New Administrative Intern assignments effective immediately:

  • Brittany Andersen, teacher at Bingham High assigned administrative intern at Copper Hills High.
  • Derek Bennett, school counselor at Copper Hills High assigned administrative intern at Mountain Ridge High.
  • Charles Brandt, teacher at Fort Herriman Middle assigned administrative intern at Riverton High.
  • Rachel Hill, teacher at Sunset Ridge Middle assigned administrative intern at West Jordan High.
  • Angela Pommerening, teacher specialist in the Career and Technical Education Department assigned administrative intern at Herriman High.
  • Vaega Toilolo, teacher at Mountain Creek Middle assigned administrative intern at Bingham High.
  • Yan’tu Barber, teacher specialist in the Language & Culture Services Department assigned teacher specialist in Language & Culture Services and administrative intern at West Jordan Middle.
  • Jack Pay, teacher at Mountain Ridge High assigned administrative intern at Sunset Ridge Middle and West Hills Middle.
  • Russell Stephenson, teacher at Fort Herriman Middle assigned administrative intern at Joel P. Jensen Middle and Oquirrh Hills Middle.
  • Jessica Wilson, teacher specialist in the Special Education Department assigned administrative intern at South Valley and administrative intern at South Hills Middle.
  • Lynsey Grant, teacher at Oakcrest Elementary assigned administrative intern at Jordan Hills Elementary, replacing Aubri Moench who was transferred.
  • Jessica Hayes, teacher specialist in the Special Education Department assigned administrative intern at  the Preschool/Child Development Center.

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The Literacy Launch Refresher course will be offered for the final time on September 1st. There are now two sessions available on that date. The first session will be from 8:00-10:30am. Teachers who attend this session will not be paid but T&L will provide a substitute. A second session has been added that will be held from 4:30-7:00pm. Teachers who attend this session will receive a $200.00 stipend. Both sessions can be found on JPLS. Please let all new teachers and teachers who have not had a chance to attend know that these sessions are available.

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DATE:  
Thursday, July 14, 2022

TO:  
All Elementary School Administrators

FROM:  
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:  
Research Project

The Research Review Committee has reviewed a research project in which your school has been asked to participate.

Project Title:  Teachers’ Conceptions and Enactment of Disciplinary Literacy in Elementary Science Instruction: A Comparative Case Study

Applicant:  Melissa Mendenhall, Utah State University

The project has been approved by the District Research Review Committee. The applicant has been directed to contact you to discuss the extent of the project and to obtain your permission to conduct the study at your school. Participation in the study is at your discretion. If you have questions or concerns relating to participation, please contact Ben Jameson at 801-567-8243.

Thank you for your assistance.

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Workshops focused on the enrichment side of Walk to Read will be offered in August for kindergarten teachers. The workshops are optional. Teachers will be paid two hours at inservice rate for attendance. Space is limited. Register on JPLS. 

  • Aug. 1 | 9 – 11 a.m. | ASB Auditorium
  • Aug. 1 | 12 – 2 p.m. | ASB Auditorium
  • Aug. 23 | 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. | ASB Auditorium

Teachers who choose to attend will be paid two hours at inservice rate.

REGISTER ON JPLS

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Beginning July 18, 2022, all usernames for the Perform system will be district emails.

This change will allow the evaluation department to better assist with evaluations and location of educators in the district and also take care of some glitches that have been encountered. Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns to Rebecca Lee, (801) 567-8369. 

Note: Passwords that have been created will not change.

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DATE: 
Thursday, July 7, 2022

TO: 
Elementary School Administrators

FROM: 
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research & Accountability

SUBJECT:  
Updated Acadience Reading and RISE Dashboards in Tableau

The Acadience Reading and RISE dashboards have been updated in Tableau with 2021-22 assessment results. Dashboards include demographic filters for school and district level data as well as for individual student and teacher data.

Acadience Reading dashboards may be found here.
Explore > Acadience Reading & Early Literacy > Acadience Reading Analysis, 2015-Present

RISE dashboards may be found here.
Explore > RISE > RISE Data Review and Analysis

For questions about these dashboards, please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability.

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DATE: 
Thursday, July 7, 2022

TO:  
Elementary School Administrators

FROM:  
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research & Accountability

SUBJECT: 
Fall 2022 Testing Bulletin

School administrators may view the most up-to-date testing bulletin, complete with test administration and survey administration windows, by clicking on Elementary under the heading Testing Bulletins on the front page of the website for Evaluation, Research & Accountability.

You may also access the elementary testing bulletin here or attached with this memo.

For questions about any of the 18 federal, state or district-mandated assessments or surveys, please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability.

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The following are new administrative assignments:

New Assignments effective July 1, 2022:

  • Curtis Jenson, principal at Elk Ridge Middle transferred to principal at South Jordan Middle, replacing Nicole Johnson who resigned.
  • Bryan Leggat, principal at Joel P. Jensen Middle transferred to principal at Elk Ridge Middle.
  • Aaron Hunter, assistant principal at West Jordan Middle transferred to principal at Joel P. Jensen Middle.
  • Michael Jacobson, special education teacher at Copper Hills High appointed assistant principal at West Jordan Middle.
  • Brandee Bergum, assistant principal at South Hills Middle appointed consultant in Teaching & Learning.
  • Aubri Moench, assistant principal at Jordan Hills Elementary appointed assistant principal at South Hills Middle.
  • Shana Mondragon, assistant principal at Oquirrh Elementary transferred to assistant principal at Herriman Elementary.
  • Joshua Sullivan, assistant principal at Herriman Elementary transferred to assistant principal at Fox Hollow Elementary.
  • Jarom Airhart, assistant principal at Fox Hollow Elementary transferred to assistant principal at Jordan Ridge Elementary.
  • April Thompson, assistant principal at Monte Vista Elementary transferred to assistant principal at Riverton Elementary.
  • Tyler (TJ) Davenport, assistant principal at Westvale Elementary transferred to assistant principal at Rose Creek Elementary.
  • Carletta Taylor, retired from Greenville Public School District (MS) appointed assistant principal at Oquirrh Elementary.
  • Jerilyn Schafer, Instructional Coach at Westland appointed assistant principal at Westland Elementary.
  • Andrew Lovell, administrative intern at Spring Canyon Middle in Nebo School District appointed assistant principal at Monte Vista Elementary.
  • Jennifer Manning instructional coach at the Child Development Center appointed assistant principal at Mountain Point Elementary.
  • TBD / Jordan Hills Elementary
  • TBD / Westvale Elementary

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DATE:  
June 20, 2022

TO:  
Elementary Principals
Elementary Media Assistants

FROM:  
Administrators of Schools
Carolyn Gough, Administrator, Teaching and Learning Department
Norman Emerson, Instructional Support Services Consultant

SUBJECT:
Quarterly Training Meetings for Elementary Media Assistants

In order to prepare and train elementary library media assistants to effectively provide services to elementary schools and to build consistency across elementary library programs, several training meetings have been scheduled for the 2022-23 school year. The participation of both of your library assistants in these meetings is appreciated and expected. The meetings are to be included in the assistants' allotted 17 hours. With the exception of August 17, 2022, the meetings have been scheduled on Fridays.

With the exception of the August meeting, they will be held at the venues shown below from 8:30-10:30 a.m.:

  • August 17, 2022 - Elk Ridge Middle School (1:00-3:30 p.m.)
  • October 14, 2022 - JATC South
  • January 13, 2023 - Viridian Event Center
  • April 14, 2023 - JATC South

Please share this information with your school’s elementary media assistants.

Please feel free to contact Norman Emerson (801-567-8364) if further information is needed. Thank you for your continued support of the library media program in Jordan District.