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The Department of Facility Operations is receiving a large volume of patron calls requesting to view video footage which is not permissible. All security camera/video surveillance is property of Jordan School District. Surveillance recordings are confidential and protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and the Utah Governmental Records and Management Act (GRAMA). In addition, recordings may contain information related to accidents, investigations, insurance claims, and potential litigation. Surveillance footage cannot be freely shared with students, parents, personnel, the media, or others.  

Please find the attached Security Camera/Video Surveillance Access Guidelines, that apply to the responsibility of administration in order to access, view, download, export and/or share security camera/video surveillance.

We ask all Administrators to please answer patron questions and concerns and not refer them to the Facility Operations Department to obtain video footage.

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DATE:
September 19, 2018

TO:
School Psychologists

FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Kim Lloyd, Special Education Director
Fulvia Franco, Program Specialist – Guidance

SUBJECT:
October School Psychologists’ Meeting

A school psychologists’ meeting has been scheduled for Friday, October 12, 2018, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Jordan School District’s Auxiliary Services Building (7905 South Redwood Road). Stacee Worthen, Secondary Guidance Specialist and Lead Counselor, will provide us with a presentation on Aggression Replacement Training.

Part-time Staff:  I would appreciate it if you could adjust your schedules in order to attend this meeting.

cc:       Principals

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Common Sense Media is one of the major providers of digital citizenship training in the United States.  JSD Digital Learning Specialists invite you to introduce Common Sense Media to your school community, by selecting a Teacher Leader who will become a Common Sense Educator and then promote the program by involving additional teachers. Funding for this program is provided this year through the Digital Teaching and Learning Grant. Details are included in the attachment.

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Adolescents and Pornography Use Forum

Presenter
Kendee Hamilton
Therapy Utah

Hosted by Student Intervention Services

October 16, 2018
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Jordan School District Auxiliary Service Building
Presentation Room
7905 South Redwood Road
West Jordan

All Administrators Invited

(Invite any staff you feel would benefit) - See flyer below

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DATE:   
September 18, 2018

TO:     
Elementary Principals

FROM:   
Shelley Nordick, PhD, Administrator, Teaching & Learning
Norman Emerson, Instructional Support Services Consultant

SUBJECT:   
Elementary Media Assistants Guidelines

The top priority of elementary media assistants is to administer the school library. Under normal circumstances, they should not be given additional responsibilities outside of the media center. If additional responsibilities are being considered, the area library media specialist should first be contacted to provide an assessment of the library program to determine if the library program is functioning well enough to allow the library assistant to take on additional responsibilities.

All Jordan School District library schedules should be arranged to deliver the following:

  • An open checkout time for students to independently come into the library to exchange books.
  • Library time for each class (recommended time=30 minutes). Library time includes check out time and instruction time (which includes storytime and library curriculum lessons).
  • Book reshelving and maintenance.
  • Two-hour weekly collaboration time to work together to plan book promotions, displays, curriculum scheduling, and district projects.
  • Library upkeep (including processing books and orders, repairs, overdue books reports, etc.)

Also, please be aware that assistants who are scheduled to work more than five (5) hours per day are entitled to a 30-minute duty-free lunch (not included in the 17-hour paid schedule).

Please contact Norman Emerson at 801-567-8364 if you have any questions about these guidelines.

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Parent Access to Canvas

In our continuing efforts to partner with parents for the academic success of students, Jordan School District is providing parents with access to Canvas to observe their student’s progress. Canvas is the Learning Management System being used throughout the district.

We hope that this resource will:

  • provide parents with more specific information about their student’s curricula, so they have better insight into the work that teachers and students are doing in the classroom
  • provide more meaningful information that may be used to improve conversations concerning academic progress between parents and students

Features in Canvas for parents

When parents access Canvas, they will be able to see:

  • course syllabus
  • course assignments
  • feedback on assignments (if appropriate)
  • grades on individual assignments

IMPORTANT: The total grade in Canvas may be different than the term grade in Skyward. Skyward will continue to be the official record for student grades and all official Jordan School District communication. Parents should continue to use Skyward to monitor their student’s progress in each of the courses.

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DATE:
September 11, 2018

TO:
All Principals

FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services

SUBJECT:
14th Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate
All Schools, Traditional and YRE

Please see attached memo.

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Skyward has finally sent a release with the approve and reroute for check requests! As a result we wanted to send out some notification and instructions on what you will see and what you will be allowed to do now. Attached is a one page guide showing screenshots of the new reroute capability and some explanation of how it works.

We are trying to update and improve our processes and believe this will be a big benefit to everyone involved in the check disbursement process. If you have any questions about this please let us know.

Principals:
As you approve your check requests you will now see the third option to approve and reroute a check to another department. So, as you review your check requests please take note of the budget you are charging or notes your admin assistant may have put on the request as these will provide direction of where to reroute requests.

Admin Assistants:
This is great news as you will no longer have to send in paper NPOs for payments out of the Foundation, Special Ed, Title I, etc. We would ask that you work with your principal in some way (note in request, verbal reminder, etc.) to let them know where a given request should be routed to.

DO Departments:
This will change how you see payment requests coming from the elementary schools. Please work with your different department heads to make them aware that checks will now be coming to them through Skyward. As shown in the directions they should see the yellow exclamation icon notifying them of tasks needing to be completed. They will need to check this to review and approve any requests being charged to their respective areas.

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DATE:
September 4, 2018

TO:   
Principals
New Special Educators

FROM:     
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Julie Brown, Program Specialist

SUBJECT: 
Special Education New Teacher Induction Training

The Special Education Department has scheduled a series of trainings for special educators that are new to Jordan School District. Please release these new special educators so that they may attend these important training opportunities. However, attendance is at the principal’s discretion. Special education will cover the substitute costs for trainings that occur during the school day (Budget code: 1292). If the training occurs after school, the special educators will be paid at inservice rate.

Please see the attached training schedule for details on dates, locations and registration information.

For more information, please contact Robin Silatolu at robin.silatolu@jordandistrict.org or 801-567-8352.

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State required semi-annual school bus evacuations have been scheduled for this fall.  This applies to those elementary students that ride the bus daily to and from school.

The evacuations will be conducted during the week of:

Monday, September 24, 2018 thru Friday, September 28, 2018

Your school’s regular bus driver will perform this evacuation as they drop your students off in the morning one of the days during that week.  This procedure takes place at your school and is located in your normal bus drop off/pick up zone.

This evacuation requires all professional school bus drivers that transport elementary students, to perform evacuation procedures in case of an emergency.  This can either be a rear, side, front door or combination evacuation.  The students will then, under the driver’s direction and supervision, evacuate and meet in a safe place approximately 100 feet away from the bus.

Your assistance is welcome but not mandatory to complete this required evacuation drill quickly, safely and effectively.

Thank you for all you do to help us safely transport your students.

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DATE:
Monday, August 27, 2018

TO:
Elementary School Principals
Middle School Principals
High School Principals

FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
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: “Examining Teacher Rates of Praise and Corrections in Relation to Class-Wide Achievement Scores and On-Task Behavior”

Applicant: Jessica Cummings, University of Houston

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 30-minute observation in sampled classrooms.

Thank you for your assistance.

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The following are new administrative assignments:

  • Bobbie Nixon, intern facilitator at Herriman Elementary School, appointed assistant principal at Bastian and Herriman Elementary Schools.
  • Megan Cox, teacher specialist at Blackridge Elementary School, appointed assistant principal at Golden Fields and Rose Creek Elementary Schools.
  • Jerri Mausbach, assistant principal at Oquirrh Elementary School, appointed assistant principal at Oquirrh and Southland Elementary Schools.                                                             .
  • Amy Adams, assistant principal at Herriman and Riverside Elementary Schools, appointed assistant principal at Riverside Elementary School.
  • Candie Checketts, assistant principal at Butterfield Canyon and Rose Creek Elementary Schools, appointed assistant principal at Butterfield Canyon Elementary School.