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Please take note of the following assignments:

Jared Covili - Consultant, Digital Teaching & Learning • 801-567-8191 • jared.covili@jordandistrict.org

Kelsey Peak Virtual Middle School, Kings Peak Virtual High School

Elementary Schools

Deanna Taylor • 801-567-8773 • dtaylor@jordandistrict.org
Antelope Canyon, Columbia, Falcon Ridge, Fox Hollow, Hayden Peak, Heartland, Majestic, Mountain Shadows, Oakcrest, Oquirrh, Rocky Peak Virtual, Terra Linda, West Jordan, Westland

Larisa Nageli • 801-567-8774 • larisa.nageli@jordandistrict.org
Aspen, Copper Canyon, Daybreak, Eastlake, Elk Meadows, Golden Fields, Jordan Hills, Jordan Ridge, Midas Creek, Monte Vista, Riverside, South Jordan, Welby, Westvale

Bonnie Muir • 801-567-8726 • bonnie.muir@jordandistrict.org
Bastian, Blackridge, Bluffdale, Butterfield Canyon, Foothills, Herriman, Mountain Point, Ridge View, Riverton, Rosamond, Rose Creek, Silver Crest, Southland

Secondary Schools

Ross Rogers • 801-567-8759 • ross.rogers@jordandistrict.org
Fort Herriman MS, Hidden Valley MS, Mountain Ridge HS, Oquirrh Hills MS, Riverton HS, South Hills MS,  JATC South, Kari Sue Hamilton

Colby Hawkins • 801-567-8273 • colby.hawkins@jordandistrict.org
Bingham HS, Copper Mountain MS, Elk Ridge MS, Herriman HS, Mountain Creek MS,  River's Edge, South Jordan MS, Valley HS

Kiera Beddes • 801-567-8264 • kiera.beddes@jordandistrict.org
Copper Hills HS, JATC North, Joel P. Jensen MS, South Valley School, Sunset Ridge MS, West Hills MS, West Jordan HS, West Jordan MS

Digital Learning Specialists - Instructional Coaches & Digital Coaches

  • Larisa Nageli supports elementary instructional coaches • 801-567-8774 • larisa.nageli@jordandistrict.org
  • Colby Hawkins supports secondary digital coaches • 801-567-8273 • colby.hawkins@jordandistrict.org

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We hope you are all getting off to a great start this year. Here are a few literacy updates to be aware of as you move into this new year.

  • We are pleased to welcome Sara Henderson to the T&L team. She is replacing Cindy Stevenson and she will be helping with all literacy needs. Please feel free to reach out to her.
  • As you take inventory of Really Great Reading supplies for the teachers at your school, please let us know if you need any additional teacher manuals or student workbooks.
  • Teachers who teach self-contained support classrooms will need to use the Really Great Reading curriculum this year for tier 1 instruction. If materials have not been ordered for any of these teachers, please let us know and we will order right away.
  • Teachers in 3rd grade will now be using HD Word Plus. These materials were purchased for your 3rd grade teachers. If you purchased HD Word for third-grade teachers last year, please send those materials back to us at the ASB and put “Attention to Sara Henderson” on the box. We can reimburse you for that purchase.
  • If you have been sent any extra materials for Really Great Reading or 95% Group, please send them back to the ASB and put “Attention to Sara Henderson” on the box.
  • We have had a shipping delay on the magnetic student syllaboards boards that go with Really Great Reading. We are expecting the shipment to arrive sometime in October. Kindergarten will not need these boards before this time, but 1st-3rd will. As a temporary solution the company has given us free access to the digital Letter Tile Free Play. Please let all 1st-3rd grade teachers know they can have students access the website at the following address and that the password is the same for all students.
    Website: tile.rgr.fun
    Password: jsd.jsd
  • We will be holding a Literacy Launch training for anyone who was not able to attend in the summer. The dates for that training are September 8th and 9th and the class will be held at the ASB in the auditorium. Anyone who needs to attend can sign up on JPLS.

Additional Heggerty and MSRC classes are scheduled on September 7th and 14th from 4:30 - 7:30 at the ASB for any teachers who still need this training. Teachers can register on JPLS.

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Earlier this summer the Field Trip Office launched BusHive, the new field/activity trip software for all field/activity trip requests. During the first week in July, Kitt sent BusHive online training resources and videos to designated point(s) of contact at all schools. If your school did not receive the training videos and you would like Kitt to resend them to you, feel free to contact him at kittisack.soumpholphakdy@jordandistrict.org or give him a call at 8-8809.

An in-person BusHive training option will be conducted on Wednesday, August 18 from 10:30-11:00 a.m. If your school's point of contact is interested in attending, please contact Kitt via email or by phone as mentioned above or Michele at michele.yuill@jordandistrict.org or at 8-8804.

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This year Community Nursing Services (CNS) will be our preferred provider for Flu Shot Clinics in your school. Two flu shot clinics have been scheduled already:

District Office
October 4, 2021
11:00 am - 2:30 pm

ASB
October 6, 2021
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

If you would like to schedule a Flu Shot Clinic for your school and receive preferred pricing, please complete the attached 2021 Flu Shot Scheduling Form and return to CNS attention Yvette. Her information is included on the attached form.

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Custodial Workshops Reminder

3rd Wednesday every other month during the school year
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM.

September 15, 2021
November 17, 2021
January 19, 2022
March 16, 2022
May 18, 2022

New Location: Transportation Building
8480 S 4361 W West Jordan

The purpose of these workshops is to communicate any new information pertinent to the custodial operations of each building. All Head Custodians should attend these meetings.

In an effort to insure that these workshops are productive trainings, the Custodial/Energy Services Department would like to address any ongoing, widespread problems or concerns that you might have.

  • If you are aware of any training needs that should be addressed in these custodial workshops, please e-mail me at peart@jordandistict.org.
  • We are also looking for very specific positive examples of individuals that are doing things right. If you have someone on your custodial staff that deserves some public recognition for the exceptional job they are doing, please e-mail me at peart@jordandistict.org.

Thanks!

Steve Peart
Director of Custodial/Energy Services
801-567-8770
steve.peart@jordandistrict.org

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DATE: 
Thursday, August 12, 2021

TO:  
All School Administrators

FROM:  
Shelley Nordick, Ph. D., 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: Perspectives on Maternity Leave Policies for Educators in three Utah School Districts

Applicant: Jordan Chaves

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.

The project will involve interviews and focus groups with teachers across various district schools.

Thank you for your assistance.

 

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All schools are required to conduct a fire drill within the first 10 days of the school year.

This provides a great opportunity to review plans, emergency response/Incident Command assignments, evacuation maps, rally locations outside, communications, and related supplies.

Please take special care to orient new students and staff, individuals with special needs and younger students that may not have been exposed to alarms and emergency response protocols.

REMEMBER/CONSIDERATIONS

  1. Call the District 24-hour Alarm Response 801-567-8865 at least 30 minutes in advance, to inform them of the drill, so the fire department is not dispatched.
  2. It is required that the fire alarm is activated for fire drills.
  3. All occupants are required to evacuate, with the only exception for the staff member responsible for notifying the local fire emergency contact and handling emergency communications.
  4. Clearly announce the “drill” within the school, and always make a clear distinction between drills “actual emergencies”.
  5. 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
  6. Conduct drills according to the District Incident Command System (ICS) Manual, located in the Google Drive Incident Command Folder. Link:  JSD Incident Command Folder
  7. Bookmark the Emergency Report Form and Incident Command Folder.
  8. Conduct a debrief meeting afterward to review successes and plans for areas of improvement. Use the same report form to record related meetings.

Utah Administrative Rules (R277-400-6 & 7) drill requirements for elementary and secondary schools are listed at the top of the 2021-22 Report of Emergencies – Drills, Actual Events or Meetings Form for your reference.

Please contact Emergency Operations Manager Lance Everill for assistance: lance.everill@jordandistrict.org, office 801-567-8623.

 

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Attached are all forms and documents distributed during the level meetings at the annual Administrative Leadership Conference held August 4, 2021

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Attached are the special education budget allocations for Resource, Cluster Teachers and Speech-Language Pathologists for the 2021-22 school year. (Cluster Leaders do not receive a Special Education budget.) Remember that special education monies must be spent in ways that provide the most benefit to special education students with the goal to improve student achievement and performance.  It will be up to you, your team, and your school principal/financial secretary to keep track of how much of your budget you have spent individually.

Please note equipment purchases, electronic games and/or any materials that are not instructional in nature must be pre-approved from the Special Education Department. Equipment purchases that are not pre-approved will not be reimbursed. Requests must include the approval from your teacher specialist.

When submitting requisitions, follow Skyward procedures and guidelines. Requisitions for the 2021-22 school year can be submitted anytime between July 1, 2021 and March 1, 2022. The final deadline for all purchasing requests, reimbursement requests, E-checks and P-Card purchases is March 1, 2022. This is a different deadline than we have previously had and will not be extended.

If you have questions regarding your Special Education budget, please call Amanda Hamblin at (801) 567-8177 or the Teacher Specialist assigned to your school.

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Secondary virtual students who attend some classes at Hidden Valley Middle or Majestic Elementary:

  • Eat at home
  • Make arrangements to pick up ‘grab n go’ meals from their home school.
  • Make arrangements to pick up ‘grab n go’ meals from Hidden Valley Middle or Majestic Elementary (Secondary and elementary students cannot eat in the cafeteria at the same time.)
  • Pick up ‘grab n go’ meals from one of three middle school curbside/door side locations; South Hills Middle, Joel P Jensen Middle, and Elk Ridge Middle.

Secondary totally virtual students:

  • Eat at home
  • Make arrangements to pick up ‘grab n go’ meals from their home school.
  • Pick up ‘grab n go’ meals from one of three middle school curbside/door side locations; South Hills Middle, Joel P Jensen Middle, and Elk Ridge Middle.

Elementary virtual students:

  • Eat at home
  • Make arrangement to pick up ‘grab n go’ meals from their home school.
  • Pick up ‘grab n go’ meals from one of three middle school curbside/door side locations; South Hills Middle, Joel P Jensen Middle, and Elk Ridge Middle.

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DATE: 
July 29, 2021

TO:   
Principals
Assistant Principals
Elementary Administrative Assistants
Secondary Registrars
School Counselors

FROM: 
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Stacee Worthen, Consultant, School Counseling
Caleb Olson, Consultant, Planning & Enrollment

SUBJECT:  
Enrolling Students at Part-Time

Each student must have an enrollment percentage in Skyward that matches the number of courses they are enrolled in during the day. If a student is part-time, they must not be given a full-time, 100% enrolled schedule using filler classes such as “Ed Release” or similar.

When a student switches from full-time to part-time enrollment, the appropriate school staff member (a principal or administrative assistant at elementary; a school counselor at secondary) must complete the Student Release Form and have it signed by a parent (the form should print double-sided or as two pages). This form ensures that the parent is aware of and approves of the change and understands their obligations for having the student leave or return to campus. Parents must also understand that a reduced schedule at the secondary level will leave the student credit deficient and at risk of not graduating.

When signed, the form can be processed by the appropriate school staff member (typically an elementary administrative assistant or secondary registrar) and the enrollment percentage changed to the percentage given on the form (rounded to the nearest whole number). Information Systems has prepared documentation on changing a student’s enrollment percentage in Skyward. That documentation can be found at this link. The original form is placed in the student’s cumulative folder; copies are given to the parent and sent to Planning & Enrollment at the District Office.

At the secondary level, the student should only be enrolled in the number of classes recorded on the form. If the student will not be instructed by a Jordan District teacher for one or more periods, they should not have a class on their schedule for those periods. “Ed Release” or similar courses may only be used as temporary placeholders while SEATS courses are processed and added to the student’s schedule; they may not be used long-term or to keep a student enrolled at 100%. For secondary students, one period per day (or per A/B cycle) of religious release time may be counted towards school enrollment.

The form remains in effect until superseded. “Superseded” will mean at the end date listed on the Student Release Form, the next school year (when the student would likely return to full-time status), or when a new form further adjusting enrollment is completed. The copy of the Student Release Form in the cumulative folder may be destroyed when it has been superseded.

Please contact Planning & Enrollment with questions or concerns (x88183).

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Beginning this fall, JSD elementary administrators, teachers, and school psychs will partner with USBE to participate in LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) training.

For administrators, there will be an online component (10-16 hours) along with 2 face-to-face days of professional  learning. School psychs will follow the administrator schedule. Teachers will have a total of 8 units with a combination of online, application in the classroom, and in person learning per unit. USBE credit will be given to all participants upon completion.

Materials will be distributed to each school. More info will be coming closer to the delivery date.

Please the attached flyers for more information.

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DATE: 
Thursday, July 29, 2021

TO:
School and District Administrators

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

SUBJECT: 
2021-22 Testing Bulletin Now Available

The testing bulletins for elementary, middle and high schools for the 2021-22 school year have been updated. They are updated throughout the year and may be found on the Evaluation, Research & Accountability website: https://assessments.jordandistrict.org/

For your convenience, individual level testing bulletins may also be accessed below:

Elementary School Testing Bulletin
Middle School Testing Bulletin
High School Testing Bulletin

Administrators will be notified if there is a change to any testing windows currently listed in the bulletins.

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DATE:       
July 22, 2021

TO:       
All administrators

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

SUBJECT:   
Join our Wellness Center PLC

Are you interested in starting a wellness center at your school? Do you need some extra funds to jazz it up? Do you already have a room and would like to collaborate with other schools to make it better?

Health and Wellness is here to help! Please review these tips for wellness center implementation and consider joining our wellness center PLC!

During the 2021-22 school year there will be a quarterly PLC whose purpose will be to increase collaboration between schools who are implementing (or who are interested in implementing) wellness centers.

If you are interested in participating in this PLC or in sending a representative (or both!) please let McKinley Withers know (mckinley.withers@jordandistrict.org, 801-567-8245) as soon as possible and include the names of any individuals who you’d like to have participate. Dates and times will be coordinated according to the participant’s schedules. We look forward to working with you to enhance wellness in our District!