Jordan School District
Last Call ~ Get your registration completed by July 26th!
We are excited to hold the first (and maybe last) cornhole tournament at our Administrative Leadership Conference on Wednesday, August 4th, at Mountain Ridge High School. Whether you are familiar with cornhole or this is the first you've heard about it, we want everyone to participate!
Click Here to go to the registration form! Please complete the form by July 26th!
While you may be taking a vacation this summer, the NEED for blood donations is not.
Blood Donations have fallen to their lowest point ever this summer. Donating blood takes less than 1 hour and can help save up to 3 lives. An ARUP Blood Services blood donation center is only 20 minutes away.
Your Blood Donation is needed NOW! Please share the attached "Bleed to Feed" flyers to faculty, staff, PTSA members, school social media, family and friends.
The Teaching and Learning department has brought back 5 teacher specialists in the literacy department to support schools through the coming school year. Refer to the attached document to see which specialist has been assigned to your school. The specialists will be reaching out to principals to schedule a time to meet and go over a check list of items that will help schools have a successful literacy launch.
The Jordan Education Foundation has a STEM-Focused committee. The purpose of this committee is to strengthen STEM in Jordan District. A special emphasis of this committee is to assist the Middle Schools. Donna Hunter will be the liaison to the JEF STEM Committee representing the District Secondary schools.
Bruce Cutler, the chair of the STEM Advisory Committee, would like to visit with your school personnel who have a passion for STEM. The purpose of the visit is to determine what your needs are and how the Jordan Education Foundation can help. He will be reaching out to each middle school principal to set up a time to visit. You can also contact Bruce via email at bruce@brucecutler.org.
School/Department Administrators and Administrative Assistants:
The Human Resource department is excited to roll out the new recruiting system (Frontline Recruiting/Hiring).
This new system provides the following advantages:
- A more streamlined process to recruit and hire new employees
- All positions will be on the same recruiting system
- A fully electronic recruiting process
- The same recruitment system for both licensed and ESP employees
We are now live with all ESP and non-licensed positions. Effective October 1, 2021, all Licensed positions will be posted on Frontline.
We will be providing additional training opportunities for administrators and administrative assistants. All trainings will be at the District Office room #129. Please bring a laptop for the hands-on training. For available dates/times and to schedule a training session, visit the link below.
Also available on HRConnections and AdminOnly are the training videos and tutorials. Contract Brent Burge at #88224 if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Human Resources
Principals and Administrative Assistants:
The Elementary and Secondary Student Registration books are now posted online and all documents will be linked to Skyward registration for new students.
You can find these books on the Student Services webpage by clicking on the Registration and Enrollment tab under "Parents and Students" on the Jordan District website or by using this link: https://planning.jordandistrict.org/enrollment/ . At the bottom of the page you will find both the English and Spanish versions for Elementary and Secondary schools.
Feel free to print hard copies of any forms or documents found in the books. Hint: If you click on the document page in the table of contents, there is a link to take you directly to that page.
Please bookmark this site as once new student Skyward registration is closed, you will need to access the documents in this book when students come into your school to register.
We ask that you allow for your classroom assistants to attend a Literacy Launch training where they will learn to use the assessments and lessons from 95% Group that will be used for reading interventions in the Walk to Read program for each school. The training will take place at the ASB on the dates and times listed below. Please invite any assistant who would benefit from this training to sign up on JPLS.
Wednesday August 11, 8:00-11:30 AM, ASB Presentation Rm (50 people)
Wednesday August 11 12:30-4:00 PM, ASB Presentation Rm (50 people)
Monday August 16, 8:00-11:30 AM, ASB Presentation Rm (50 people)
Tuesday August 23, 8:00-11:30 AM, ASB Auditorium (100 people)
Principals, our Facility Services department could use your help by encouraging your staff to reduce our excessive energy usage this summer. Facility Services administration has recently performed an audit of the portable buildings throughout the District. It was discovered that 8 out of 10 portables were unoccupied, had lights on and air-conditioning running during the first week of July.
Please work directly with your custodians and other staff members to ensure that everyone is doing their part. The following directives are designed to reduce excessive energy usage as temperature continues to soar above 100 degrees.
Thank you for your help
Steve Peart
Director of Custodial / Energy Services
DATE:
July 8, 2021
TO:
All District Employees
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Sharon Jensen, Student Support Consultant
SUBJECT:
Required Annual Training to Help Prevent Child Sex Abuse
Per state statue all school district employees are to be trained annually concerning Child Sex Abuse Prevention or Human Trafficking Prevention. This year (2021-2022) Child Sex Abuse training will be replacing the Human Trafficking Prevention training conducted last year in Crucial Concerns and Policies.
What: An on-line training from Prevent Child Abuse Utah
Who: All adult school district employees
Time: 1 hour to complete
Date: May begin now but must be completed by October.
Link to training: Preventing Child Abuse An Online Course for Adults Working With Youth
At the end of the training there will be a Certificate of Completion that should be printed by the employee for their records.
Please save this date on your calendar so that you may attend the Jordan School District Administrative Leadership Conference to be held August 4, 2021! The conference will be held at Mountain Ridge High. Watch for more information to come.
The following are new administrative assignments:
New Assignments effective July 1, 2021:
Elementary Principals:
The following message is being sent to all elementary personnel:
Calendar Alignment to Quarters
We hope you’re enjoying your summer and getting some much needed and deserved rest. In preparation for the 2021-2022 school year, we wanted to make you aware of a couple of items. As you know, Jordan School District will no longer have any year-round schools this fall. As a result, it becomes possible to align calendars at all levels to provide clarity and consistency for families and employees. In order to accomplish this, elementary schools will be adjusting from a trimester to a quarter calendar. We will continue to have parent teacher conferences twice a year at approximately the end of first and third quarter. An updated 2021-2022 calendar is available on the district website. More details will be provided at the beginning of the school year.
Thank you for your dedicated work on behalf of students.
Welcome to the 2021-2022 contract year! As an annual reminder, in accordance with DP326 NEG H. 1. and 2. and DP324 NEG H. 1. and 2., participation in the Employee-Funded Sick Leave Bank requires an employee to annually donate one day of accumulated annual leave into the Sick Leave Bank. The Employee-Funded Sick Leave Bank is not intended to be used for in-and-out absences, elective medical procedures or other medical care that could be scheduled during non-contract time.
Each year, employees wishing to opt out of participation in the sick bank must annually complete the appropriate online form in Employee Access no later than September 1 for current employees and October 1 for first-year licensed employees, including administrators. This opt out request must be submitted annually.
Prior to completion of this form, it is strongly encouraged to review all District Leave Policies.
Please see tutorial below.
DATE:
July 9, 2021
TO:
All School Administrators
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Planning & Student Services
SUBJECT:
CSTAG LEVEL 2 Training
CSTAG training provides a critical foundation for successful threat assessment responses to ensure a climate of safety, respect, and support for students and staff. Through a restorative/social-emotional foundation this training will provide the processes and tools to help keep our schools safe. CSTAG training is conducted in two (2) levels – Level 1 & Level 2.
CSTAG Level 1 training is provided online and is highly interactive. All school level administrators will need to complete the Level 1 training prior to the Annual Administrators Conference August 4, 2021. Please refer to the JAM dated June 17, 2021 for more specific information regarding Level 1.
CSTAG Level 2 training is a three hour in-person training and multiple sessions will be held for your convenience. The first sessions have been scheduled as follows:
When:
July 22, 2021
Where:
ASB Auditorium
7905 S Redwood Road, West Jordan
Enter from the North nearest 7800 South
Time:
Session 1: 8-11:00am
or
Session 2: 12-3:00pm
Please sign up using JPLS for the session you will be attending. School teams should attend the same session.
Additional trainings will be scheduled at later dates to facilitate school teams attending together.
Should you have any questions please contact Travis in Student Services (801.567.8439) or travis.hamblin@jordandistrict.org.
This State required yearly training will be held in the ASB Auditorium on August 5, 2021. All SRO's and DARE Officers are to attend along with one administrator per school. See more details on the attached flyer.
Please see the attached documents for information regarding transportation priorities and the moratorium dates for 2021-22.
Administrators:
As discussed in Principals' Meeting, we are excited to launch our new BusHive field/activity trip software. The administrator responsible for scheduling your school's field/activity trips will receive a welcome email, which includes BusHive training and information from Kitt this Friday, July 2. The Field Trip Office will then begin accepting field/activity trip requests on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. Please feel free to contact Kitt at 801-567-8809 or Michele at 801-567-8804 with questions.
Congratulations for those completing the first session of summer school! For reporting purposes, please complete the following sheets in your School ESSER II Worksheet at the close of your first session.
High Schools and Middle Schools:
Elementary Schools:
Please feel free to reach out to Noreen Samowitz (ext. 88367) or Shelley Nordick (ext. 88122) for questions or concerns.
As of March 2021, the Fire and Security department began replacing all employee access badges that are approximately 5 years and older. This process is being conducted on a school by school basis. They are also upgrading badge holders that will assist in preventing wear and loss. Office staff at each location will be contacted for assistance in confirming active employees, in collecting the old badges, and in distributing the new. The process of replacing said employee access badges will be free of charge. Employees will remain responsible for the fee of $7.00 to replace a lost access badge. This will be done through a payroll deduction.
Pass badges, such as portable passes, substitute passes, sweeper passes, and elevator passes, will also be replaced considering the needs of each location. This is also being conducted on a school by school basis. Once schools receive new pass badges, they will be required to pay the $7.00 replacement fee for any badges that are lost or stolen. This can be done through a journal entry.
Thank you for your ongoing support.
The T&L department has ordered a full set of Geode decodable readers from Great Minds for each school. The set includes three levels (K, 1, 2) and there are 64 titles with 6 books of each title. Geodes will match the lessons in Really Great Reading and they can be used in whole group or small group instruction. The books should be stored in a place in the school that will allow all teachers to have access to them. These books will be good for students receiving tier 1 instruction in grades K-3 and they can be used as a support for all students in grades K-6 who are receiving intervention in phonics. The books have been delivered to the warehouse at the ASB and they are being prepared to send to schools. T&L is also looking at additional decodable readers for upper grade students as well. More information will be coming as it is available.
