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The following are new administrative assignments. As of January, all elementary schools will have a half-time or full-time assistant principal. We anticipate that administrative appointments for Hidden Valley Middle School and the new elementary school in West Jordan will be announced in January.

  • Assignments Effective Jan. 21, 2020

    • Brian Rambadt, teacher at Fort Herriman Middle, appointed assistant principal at Sunset Ridge Middle School, replacing Caleb Olson.
    • Jody DeLand, computer technology teacher at South Jordan Middle School, appointed assistant principal at a location to be determined.
    • Jennifer Jarrard, teacher specialist in Special Education, appointed assistant principal at a location to be determined.
  • Assignments Effective Jan. 6, 2020
    • Jay Eads, teacher specialist in Teaching & Learning, appointed assistant principal at Mountain Point & Westland Elementary Schools.
    • Michelle Kilcrease, consultant in Teaching & Learning, appointed assistant principal at Copper Canyon & Mountain Shadows Elementary Schools.
    • Ross Menlove, administrator on special assignment in Teaching & Learning, appointed as a part time assistant principal at Ridgeview Elementary School.
    • Allyson Stovall, administrator on special assignment in Teaching & Learning, appointed assistant principal at Southland & Welby Elementary Schools.
    • Jerri Crawford, assistant principal at Southland & Oquirrh Elementary Schools, appointed as a full time assistant principal at Oquirrh Elementary School.
    • Angela Jones, assistant principal at Golden Fields & Heartland Elementary Schools, appointed as a full time  assistant principal at Heartland Elementary School.
    • Franco Preston, assistant principal at Bastian & Welby Elementary Schools, appointed assistant principal at Bastian & Majestic Elementary Schools.
    • Garett York, assistant principal at Columbia & Westvale Elementary Schools, appointed as a full time assistant principal at Westvale Elementary.
    • Kathryn Crandall, intern assistant principal in Granite School District, appointed assistant principal at Columbia & Golden Fields Elementary Schools.

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DATE:
December 3, 2019

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 November 2019

Please see document below.

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DATE: 
December 3, 2019

TO: 
All Elementary, Middle, and Traditional High School Principals

FROM: 
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Derek Anderson, Director of Accounting, Budgets, and Audits

SUBJECT:  
Updated School Budgets

Attached are the updated school budgets reflecting the changes from projected enrollment to your actual October 1 student count. They are broken down into three pages:

  1. Current year allocation
  2. Carryover from the previous year
  3. Actual budget in skyward which is the current year allocation combined with the carryover from the previous year.

The amount to the left of “the line” are transferable between the different budget types.

Please note, if you have submitted a budget transfer it has been reflected in the sheet labeled “final budget”. If you try and total the sheet labeled “annual allocation” and the sheet labeled “carryover” they will not equal the amount on the sheet labeled “final budget.”

 

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As mentioned in Business Meeting, Support Services has put together a collection of tutorials for tasks that pertain to the operation of your school office.  These tutorials can be found using the Documentation link on the Information Systems Gateway (is.jordan.k12.ut.us).

In addition, our Support Analysts are available to come out to your school and train on Skyward tasks as needed, in either an individual or group setting.  If you would like to schedule training, please contact our help desk at (801) 567-8737, or Ext. 88737.

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DATE: 
November 25, 2019

TO:
School Psychologists, Elementary Counselors, and School Social Workers

FROM: 
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Fulvia Franco, Program Specialist – Guidance

SUBJECT: 
December School Psychologist, Elementary Counselor, and School Social Workers Meeting

A meeting for school psychologists, elementary counselors, and school social workers has been scheduled for Friday, December 6, 2019, from 12:00 to 3:30 p.m. at the Jordan School District’s Auxiliary Services Building (7905 South Redwood Road). We will begin with a pot-luck holiday luncheon at 12:00 p.m. Melisa Genaux, Jordan School District Autism Behavior Specialist, will provide us with a presentation addressing self-regulation for students with autism as well as “Top Five Interventions for All Kids.”

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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DATE:    
Thursday, November 21, 2019

TO: 
All Principals

FROM:   
Dr. Shelley Nordick, 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:     Happy Schools: Uncovering Positive Conditions for Improved Teacher Wellness

Applicant:     McKinley Withers, University of Utah

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 the administration of a questionnaire to teachers, focus groups, and an interview with the participating school principal.

Thank you for your assistance.

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DATE:   
Thursday, November 21, 2019

TO:  
All Elementary Principals

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

SUBJECT: 
Preparing for Middle-of-the-Year Acadience Reading Benchmark Testing

The middle-of-the-year Acadience Reading Benchmark window opens December 2, 2019 and closes January 31, 2020. We are once again looking forward to working with you, your faculty, and your students to have a smooth benchmark administration window. We want our students to have the best opportunity possible to demonstrate their learning so that you and your teachers have the most accurate and reliable data with which to make important instructional decisions.

The Evaluation, Research & Accountability Department will once again be sending out three teams of testers to each school to complete benchmark testing. There are a few reminders and recommendations that schools should be aware of when it comes to Acadience Reading benchmark testing:

  • Schools should already have their Acadience Reading MOY testing date. Principals or their designees are encouraged to schedule individual classes carefully, keeping in mind recess and lunch schedules as well as rotation schedules for each teacher and classroom. Schools should fill out the school schedule template on Google Drive that Shannon Johnson has shared with you.
  • Schools should schedule an open space with room for 10 testers to spread out. School library media centers are preferred. Smaller rooms or classrooms get noisy and it is often difficult for testers to hear soft-spoken students’ responses, which can affect their assessment performance because testers can score only what they hear. We realize that using the library media center cuts into teachers’ rotations as well and we apologize for this inconvenience. Some schools have been creative in compensating for this inconvenience by creating a mobile library with popular book selections and bringing it to individual classrooms on the day of testing.
  • School faculty and staff should avoid using or walking through the library media center during testing. Students are easily distracted by people they know, noises or adult talking. With each testlet in Acadience Reading being only a minute long, a distraction can affect a student’s ability to respond in a timely manner, which could bring down his/her score.
  • If at all possible, we would ask schools to refrain from using the intercom during testing.
  • Each school should provide a runner, often the literacy assistant, who brings classes into the testing area and who sends students to individual testers as they transition from one student to another. The runner is crucial to helping the testing team stay on schedule. Without a runner, a member of the team must fill that role, which means that there is one less tester and we run the risk of falling behind.

Each elementary school has been a wonderful host to our testers and we appreciate your time and preparation that go into each Acadience Reading benchmark administration. It is our goal to make benchmark testing go as smoothly and be the least intrusive as possible so that you and your teachers have accurate and consistent assessment data with which to help and support your students.

If you have any questions or concerns about these reminders, please contact Ben Jameson (801-567-8243) or Shannon Johnson (801-567-8873).

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We have recently undergone some significant job shifting at the ASB that will affect the entire district and all should be aware of these changes.

Sandi Abplanalp has recently retired from the Card Access/Door Scheduling position.

We are pleased to announce that Matt Mears formerly of the facility rental office, was appointed to replace Sandi. He has assumed her old office number and may be reached at 801-567-8616. He will be handling all employee badges, card access and door schedules. We have a new procedure for employees requesting replacement badges. (See attached memo).

Lu Holt, formerly the administrative assistant in the facility rental office has been appointed to replace Matt as the facility rental/scheduler. Her office number is 801-567-8603.

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The Jordan School District Master Calendar is now accessible for your reference. Please bookmark the link below. If you have any items you wish to add to this calendar or if you would like to make a revision, please contact Lisa LeStarge (lisa.lestarge@jordandistrict.org or ext. 88164).

https://mastercal.jordandistrict.org/

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We're Here For you!!  What do you need? 

  • Team professional development on culturally appropriate teaching?
  • School-wide Professional Development on strategies for effective instruction of your Language Learners?
  • Prepared PD for YOU to provide professional development to your faculty?
  • Compliance information? Office staff info for entering refugee, immigrant, or El students on Skyward?

We also have dozens of 30-minute PD modules on a variety of subjects, SIOP, WIDA, instructional strategies, student engagement, etc. The attached flyer explains how to access these modules. Please call your teacher specialist or Nancy Ward (801-567-8235) to get started. We really want to help!

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Please note:  After students attend ONE First Offenders Class, they are eligible to return to school. Therefore, if a student violates AS90 on Tuesday, goes to class that evening, that student is eligible to return back to school the very next day. Please determine the length of suspension for the student, then assign the student the first class of First Offenders that s/he needs to attend so that the student returns back to school on the appropriate date.

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DATE:  
Thursday, November 7, 2019

TO:  
All Principals

FROM: 
Dr. Shelley Nordick, 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:     “Teacher Mentoring Survey”

Applicant:     Brooke Anderson, Utah Teacher Fellows – Hope Street Group - Utah Education Policy Center

The project has been approved by the District Research Review Committee.  If you have questions or concerns relating to participation, please contact Ben Jameson at 801-567-8243.

UEPC will send a recruitment email and survey link directly to educators who may take the survey voluntarily.

Thank you for your assistance.