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Date:
July 20, 2020

To:
Secondary School Principal
Secondary School Financial Secretaries

From:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Daniel Ellis, Director of Accounting and Audits
Jason Mott, Accountant/Internal Auditor

Subject:
Unclaimed Property

 “The Utah Unclaimed Property Act (Section 67-67-4a) requires that a holder report to the State Treasurer property which is presumed to be “abandoned” or “unclaimed” after the stated dormancy period.”

For school purposes, unclaimed property is defined as property (checks, book refunds, lunch refunds, or other unclaimed balances, but not current school lunch balances) that is due to a payee but have never been cashed or collected and that are dormant for a period of one year as of June 30, 2020.  Checks written BEFORE July 1, 2019 AND not cashed by June 30, 2020 are considered unclaimed property.

Every effort should be made to contact the student or payee and ensure that they receive payment that is due to them.  If you cannot locate a student or payee, then the money must be sent to the State.  It is preferable to void an old check and reissue a new one than to send the money to the State.  Schools may not simply “write off” a check and add the money back into school accounts just because it was never cashed.  Nor may a school take uncollected refunds and add the money back into school accounts.  It is illegal.  If an outstanding check should legitimately be voided, then documentation must be made as to why the check was voided.  Otherwise, the State will consider a voided check without documentation to be unclaimed property.

Attached is a reporting form that must be completed and sent to Jason Mott by Friday, September 25, 2020 along with a school check written to Jordan School District for the amount of reported unclaimed property.  If you have no unclaimed property, report $0.00.

All individual items that are under $50 per item may be combined and reported in one lump sum.  For example, if you have 10 checks and/or unclaimed book refunds individually each for less than $50, then you may have one line item on the report for the total of those items.  You should put “aggregate” in the column requesting the owner’s name, the total aggregated in the column of amount due owner, and MS99 in the property code column.  You do not need to report each item less than $50 individually.

Checks issued prior to July 1, 2019 that are currently outstanding should be voided in Skyward.  You will need to write a check to Jordan School District charging the account(s) that were charged with the original check.

Please call Jason Mott at (801)567-8388 with any questions.

 

Published on

DATE: 
Thursday, July 17, 2020

TO:  
Elementary School Principals
Middle School Principals

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:     Solving the 2 Sigma Problem with Khan Academy: A Pilot Study

Applicant:     Joe Price, BYU-Provo

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.

Thank you for your assistance.

Published on

DATE:   
June 20, 2020

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

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

SUBJECT:  
New School Budget Allocations Transfer Process

Starting for School Year 2020-2021, a new process for school allocation budget transfers will be in place. If you are needing to do a school allocation budget transfer you may do so at any time.

There is now a form on the District website on the accounting page. The web address is https://jordandistrict.org/departments/accounting/.

Please see attached memo for full instructions and sample accounting page.

Published on

DATE:    
July 14, 2020

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

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

SUBJECT:  
Starting School Allocation

 Attached is your new allocations for the upcoming school year. Please know these are subject to change based off the upcoming October 1 headcount. These amounts do not reflect any transfers that have been submitted or carryover amounts from the prior year.

If you have any questions please contact Derek at derek.anderson2@jordandistrict.org. Once the carryovers and transfers are completed an updated sheet will be sent out.

Published on

DATE:
July 9, 2020

TO:  
Jordan School District Administrators

FROM: 
District Administration

SUBJECT:   
2020-21 Annual Administrative Leadership Conference

You are invited to attend the annual Jordan School District Administrative Leadership Conference, “Be Curious, Be Intentional, Be United,” scheduled on Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at Copper Mountain Middle, Elk Ridge Middle and Mountain Creek Middle.

We will begin in the auditorium at your scheduled time and location (see schedule below). A grab and go snack will be provided during the break. Space will be limited. If you have an intern you would like to have attend please talk with your AOS before inviting them.

It will be our privilege to hear from nationally recognized generational research consultant, Kim Lear, who will provide us with key insights about how we can all move forward together.

Plan on bringing an electronic device in order to access the agenda and conference materials.

Appropriate dress for the conference is business casual. We, respectfully, ask that everyone follow appropriate safety precautions, including facial coverings and spaced seating. We look forward to seeing everyone, in person, again!

Secondary Administrators                                       
Copper Mountain Middle
12106 Anthem Park Boulevard
Herriman
8:00 – 12:30 pm

Elementary Administrators & Special Schools
Elk Ridge Middle
3659 W 9800 S
South Jordan
8:00 – 12:30 pm

Department Administrators
Mountain Creek Middle
5325 W Bingham Rim Road
South Jordan
1:30 – 3:30 pm

 

Published on

DATE:   
Thursday, July 9, 2020

TO:  
All Principals

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

SUBJECT:   
ELL Assessment Profile Dashboard

An assessment profile for ELL students has been created with next year’s projected enrollment data included. Those with a Tableau Viewer account may look up individual EL students to see longitudinal WIDA, SAGE/RISE, Utah Aspire Plus, ACT, and Acadience Reading assessment data all based on next year’s enrollment at your school.

This dashboard will be useful as schools identify and target EL students for extra support, remediation and enrichment for the 2020-21 school year.

Tableau users may access this dashboard here:
https://10az.online.tableau.com/ - /site/benstableau/views/ALS_NextYear_Student_Profile/ALSNextYearStudentProfiles?:iid=1

Explore > Student Profiles > ALS Next Year Student Profile

Please contact Brooke Anderson or Ben Jameson with questions about understanding or using this dashboard.

Published on

DATE:  
Thursday, July 9, 2020

TO:   
All Principals

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

SUBJECT:     
Formative Assessment Trainings as Preparation for Fall School Reopenings

Student's prior learning and current needs vary a lot in a good year; under current circumstances, those differences will likely be more profound. There are no pre-packaged tests that will figure out what each student needs, but teachers can use formative assessment processes to build responsive instruction. The Evaluation, Research, and Accountability Department is offering a course on building and using assessments. The Canvas course, JPLS course #101586 - Assessment for Learning, will be open for enrollment on July 17 with three modules to start with. Each module is designed as a stand-alone learning experience and they do not need to be completed in order:

  1. RISE Benchmarks: Teachers will learn how to select and administer these tests, as well as how to view the results. A protocol to help teachers use benchmarks to examine student learning gaps is included. Completion time should be 2-3 hours.
  2. Learning Progressions: Teachers will isolate an essential skill or concept from an essential standard, then develop a hierarchy of what must be learned first, next, last, etc. By the end of the module, teachers will produce an anchor chart for use with students, as well as formative assessment and enrichment opportunities that can be immediately implemented for fall instruction and remediation. Completion time should be 4-5 hours. This complements the information presented by Kim Rathke, formative assessment specialist at USBE, in her course:https://usbe.midaseducation.com/site.php?page_id=1210&subpage=1275&course_id=58224
  3. Pre-Assessment: Teachers will learn the various forms and purposes of pre-assessment, and follow steps to create a pre-assessment of their own. The emphasis of this module is using pre-assessments to see student needs and support differentiated instruction. Completion time should be 4-5 hours.

The self-enroll link for teachers is https://jordanpd.instructure.com/enroll/D4PT6K and the course number in JPLS is 101586. If you would like to arrange in-person or blended (recommended!) training for faculty, please email Brooke Anderson at brooke.anderson@jordandistrict.org with dates and times.

Principals may wish to consider allocating professional development funding to incentivize teachers to take these courses over the summer as they prepare to identify and fill learning gaps this fall.  Principals are encouraged to send this information to their teachers.

Published on

DATE:  
Thursday, July 9, 2020

TO:  
All Principals

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

SUBJECT:    
Assignment Completion Dashboards

A new series of dashboards have been published to your Tableau Viewer accounts. Brooke Anderson mined assignment completion data for the 2019-20 school year. You will be able to see aggregate assignment completion percentages for all students as well as at-risk demographics, particularly for the months of March, April and May when instruction was provided remotely.

These dashboards are meant to help administrators view trends of student assignment completion and points earned from August 2019 to May 2020. Student demographic filters are included so viewers can explore varying outcomes between different student populations. An individual student profile is included, along with a sortable list of students with the highest missing assignment rates to aid school administrators in identifying students for learning support.

Secondary Assignment Completion dashboards may be found here:
https://10az.online.tableau.com/ - /site/benstableau/workbooks/1632219/views

Explore > Student Profiles > COVID_AssignmentCompletion_Gaps_Sec

 

Elementary Assignment Completion dashboards may be found here:
https://10az.online.tableau.com/ - /site/benstableau/workbooks/1637091/views

Explore > Student Profiles > COVID_AssignmentCompletion_Gaps_Elem

Brooke also created a screencast for the elementary and secondary dashboards that explains how they function and how school administrators might use them to target students for extra learning support as schools reopen this fall. Those screencasts are available on the Evaluation, Research & Accountability website under the tab entitled Tableau Dashboards or you may use the direct link here:  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tCzj7mfwlKVbVD7feamUhXqNkJrLJFNz?usp=sharing

Please contact Brooke Anderson at brooke.anderson@jordandistrict.org with any questions or to request additional information metrics added to the views.

Principals may also contact Brooke or Ben Jameson if you would like to meet virtually to go over your school’s data and start developing support lists with one of them.

Published on

DATE:
July 1, 2020

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 June 2020

Please see document below.

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The District is ordering the hanging Plexiglas sheets for your school submitted through the survey. The Facilities Department will pre-drill the holes in the glass to help expedite the installation process. Each piece of glass will come with the necessary hardware including a length of chain that can be cut to length, S links and ceiling grid clips. Building custodians will need to work with the administration and teachers to determine the desired location of each sheet and then install them. Instructions for installation are available through your custodial coordinator, should you have any questions. The Custodial Coordinators will also be available to answer any questions you might have.

We appreciate all of your hard work during these challenging times.

Steve Peart
Director of Custodial and Energy Services

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Check out the new location for the elementary and secondary student registration books. They can now be found online! This replaces the books that were previously printed each year. You can access calendars, parent information, fee waiver application and forms from USBE, JSD fee schedules, nutrition information, student/guardian signature pages, etc. This information can be found in two areas:

jordandistrict.org > Parents & Students > Registration and Enrollment

jordandistrict.org > Resources > Forms & Documents > Registration Information & Materials

 

 

 

Published on

DATE:      
June 17, 2020

TO: 
Principals
New and 2nd Year Special Educators

FROM:  
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
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 as well as other trainings for Special Educators in their 2nd year with Jordan School District. Please release these 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.

Currently all trainings are planned as in-person trainings, with the exception of August trainings. However, as we progress through the yearly meetings and trainings, we may move to an online platform. We will contact teachers as the dates get closer, to let them know if the venue has changed to online. We will do this a week prior to each training. If you have questions or concerns please let us know.

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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When scheduling Field/Activity Trips for the 2020-2021 school year, please make note of the following moratorium dates and times when Transportation will not be able to accommodate Field/Activity trips. (See attachment below)

Please contact us with any questions: Kitt at 801-567-8809 or Michele at 801-567-8804