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DATE: 
September 25, 2017

TO:
School Psychologists

FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum/Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Fulvia Franco, Program Specialist – Guidance

SUBJECT: 
October School Psychologists’ Meeting

A school psychologists’ meeting has been scheduled for Friday, October 6, 2017, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Jordan School District’s Auxiliary Services Building (7905 South Redwood Road). Melissa Heath, Ph.D., professor at BYU, will provide us with a presentation on social skills. Her presentation will also include information about a BYU website that’s been developed around the Collaborative for Academic Social Emotional Learning (CASEL) model of social-emotional learning.

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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We have contracted with DIBELS.net as the data management system for grades 4 – 6. This system will allow schools to enter progress monitoring and benchmark data, run reports, and track pathways of progress similar to the K-3 information kept on mCLASShome.com. As of today, all class, student, and teacher information for grades 4-6 has been imported to the DIBELS.net site and is ready to be used. We are in the process of preparing an instruction sheet for teachers and will get that to you as soon as possible. Please contact Becky Gerber with any questions.

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DATE:
September 12, 2017

TO:
District Administration

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

SUBJECT:
14th Day Enrollment vs. October Estimate - All Schools

Please see attached memo.

 

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DIBELS Progress Monitoring training for assistants will be offered on the following dates:

Thursday, September 21   8:30-11:30 a.m. PDC 103
Monday, September 25     1:00-4:00 p.m. PDC 103
Tuesday, September 26     1:00-4:00 p.m. PDC 103

All sessions will be the same content. Please call 801-567-8334 OR email lucy.bateman@jordandistrict.org to sign up for your preferred session. Limit of 35 participants per session. Please let Lucy know if these dates don't work for you. We will continue to provide training as needed.

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2017 Flu Shot Clinics are under way. These clinics may be offered to your whole communities. Please remember that the staff immunization clinics that are currently under way are not associated with the flu shot clinics. Attached is a list of dates and locations for our clinics, a fact sheet, an insurance information sheet, and a poster for you to post your clinic (if you signed up for one) in your school. Please direct questions to Educational Support or to your school nurse. Have a healthy year!

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DATE:   
September 6, 2017

TO:  
All Principals
Secretaries

FROM: 
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Nancy Ward, Coordinator of Educational Support Services
Jordan District Nurses

SUBJECT:  
Medication Administration Training

Utah State Law and District Policy requires that all school personnel delegated to administer medication to students in schools must complete Medication Administration Training.

New employees who will be giving medication are required to attend the live training on Friday, October 6th 2017 . Prior to this meeting, they need to view the online training, following the links at jordandistrict.org and posted under Educational Support, Nursing Services.  Click on Medication Inservice (use a browser other than Firefox).

Employees who have attended this training and have a certificate of completion will not be required to attend this meeting.  However, they will be required to recertify by viewing the online training video and completing the corresponding test available on the district website.
(see above).

Please identify staff members that should receive medication administration training.  This may include head secretaries, office assistants, cluster teachers or aides, counseling center personnel, and the principal if appropriate.  Please inform all personnel that have the potential to administer medication to students at school of their responsibilities in this matter.

Thank you for your responsiveness and support.

Medication Administration Training
Friday, October 6th 2017
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
JSD ASB ROOM #102

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DATE:     
September 6, 2017

TO:  
Principals
Secretaries

FROM:  
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Nancy Ward, Coordinator of Educational Support Services
Jordan School District Nurses

SUBJECT:  
Immunization Policy and Guidelines, Skyward and USIIS Inservice

Jordan School District Nurses will be conducting this inservice on:

Friday, September 29,  2017
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
JSB ASB COMPUTER LAB D-112

This inservice is open to all office staff and administrators. It is not required that you attend; however, if you are involved with student registration, this inservice will be of benefit to you since immunization status is an important part of the registration process.

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Principals:

Although you do not need to submit this report, generating it will help you track who has and who has not completed the Crucial Concerns and Policies review.

Please see the attached instructions for running the report for both licensed and classified personnel at your school. If you have any questions please contact Penny Morrison in Info Systems at 801-567-8262.

 

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The following 2017-2018 Ballet West Performances are available to our students. There is no charge for seating but schools will need to schedule and provide for busing. Please contact verlene.jensen@jordandistrict.org if you are interested.

 Aladdin (225 seats available)
     Wednesday, Oct. 25   10:00-11:00
     Wednesday, Oct. 25   12:30-1:30
     Thursday, Oct. 26       10:00-11:00
     Thursday, Oct. 26       12:30-1:30

The Nutcracker (Full 2-hour performance) 100 seats available
     Tuesday, Dec. 5           11:30-1:30 (Special Needs Students First Request)
     Wednesday, Dec. 6     11:30-1:30 (Special Needs Students First Request)

The Nutcracker (Act I or II) 225 seats available
     Tuesday, Dec. 12         11:30-12:30
     Wednesday, Dec.13    11:30-12:30

Cinderella (225 seats available)
     Tuesday, Feb. 13         10:30-11:30
     Wednesday, Feb 14    10:30-11:30
     Tuesday, Feb. 20         10:30-11:30
     Wednesday, Feb 21    10:30-11:30

See attached flyer for more detail.

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DATE:
September 1, 2017

TO:
All Elementary Principals

FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum, Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education

SUBJECT:
Training SLD Eligibility for Special Education 2017-2018 New Hires

The Utah State Office of Education has provided new eligibility rules for determining if a student qualifies for special education services under the classification of Specific Learning Disability (SLD). Based on these changes, we have developed a series of tools and guidance to support these new rules. We would like to invite the special education team members from your schools to attend the training module for this new process. We will provide full-day sub coverage for those staff members that need a sub. Please use budget code 1292 when requesting a sub. We appreciate your willingness to allow your teams to have this critical information.

Who should attend:
Resource teacher(s)
School Psychologist
Speech-Language Pathologist

 Date:
Thursday, September 14, 2017

Time:
9:00 a. m.  – 4:00 p. m.

Where:
District Office (7387 So. Campus View Dr.)
Room 129

 

Substitutes may be requested using program code 1292 for this District approved SLD training.

Please have your resource team leader contact their assigned Special Education Teacher Specialist with any questions or concerns.

As their Principal and school LEA, you are always invited and welcome to attend as well.

 

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September 17 is National Constitution Day and each school is encouraged to do something to celebrate or highlight the Constitution.  This could be individual teachers doing something in their class, or as the entire school together.   Because Sept. 17 is a Sunday, this could be celebrated on Friday or Monday.
On the social studies website, there are some good resources that might be used, socialstudies.jordandistrict.org/resources/ and also secondary social studies dept. chairs have received additional information.
Thanks for making this a notable day for your students!

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

The evacuations will be conducted during the week of:

Monday, September 18, 2017 thru Friday, September 22, 2017

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 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:
September 4, 2017

TO:  
Elementary DLI Administrators

FROM: 
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum & Staff Development
Michele Daly, DLI Content Administrator

SUBJECT: 
Substitutes for DLI Parent/Teacher Conferences

The District will pay for fall parent/teacher conference substitutes for 1st-6th grade level DLI target language and English partner teachers. The school will then be responsible for paying for the spring parent/teacher conference substitutes for each grade level.