Jordan School District
Dear Elementary Principals,
We are excited to invite you to the upcoming elementary principal conversations about improving school culture and student learning through the arts. We have planned three site visits in 3 different school districts: Jan. 17, February 21, and March 27, 2020 . Please RSVP for all sessions that you plan to attend so we can order lunch for you : artsrichschools2020.eventbrite.com
Please see flyer below for more information.
The last three custodial workshops for this school year will be on January 15th, March 18th and May 20th in the ASB presentation room from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM. These workshops serve to train all the Head Custodians, and to update any new information pertinent to their positions. In an effort to insure that these workshops are productive trainings, the Custodial/Energy Services Department would like to address any ongoing, widespread problems or concerns that you might have. Additionally we are also looking for positive examples of individuals that are doing things right.
Thanks!
Steve Peart
Director of Custodial/Energy Services
801-567-8770
steve.peart@jordandistrict.org
Youth Mental Health First Aid USA is an 8-hour training for adults to teach how to help adolescents and young adults who may be developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The evidence behind the program demonstrates that it helps trainees identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. See flyer below for more details.
Date: January 21, 2020
Time: 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: Jordan School District Auxiliary Services Building, Room 113, 7905 S Redwood Road, West Jordan
Cost: FREE!
The Jordan District Elementary Math Tournament will be held at Daybreak Elementary on April 2, 2020. Registration information will be available in early January. A teacher specialist is available to provide information and training to schools interested in the Math Tournament and/or Math Olympiads. Please contact Rebecca Smith @ 801-567-8368 with any questions you may have.
Administrators and Counselors:
Please see attached letter, which includes the necessary links to teacher information, below. Please share with the appropriate people.
If needed, please make sure to secure field use with your neighboring schools for the upcoming spring sports, i.e. Lacrosse, Soccer, etc., by Friday, January 10, 2020. As arrangements are made with other schools, complete the appropriate Building Use Request Form (BUR).
Facility Scheduling will begin taking field requests for various youth teams after the winter break. They will need to know what has been reserved and what is available.
Contact the Facilities Scheduler, Lu Holt, by the January 10th deadline to give her the locations and times of the fields you will be using, and include a copy of any BUR agreements.
Lu Holt
Jordan School District
Facilities Scheduler
7905 S Redwood Road
West Jordan, UT 84088.
Phone: (801) 567-8603
lu.holt@jordandistrict.org
DATE:
Thursday, December 19, 2019
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Shelley Nordick, Ph.D., Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Preparation for 2020 WIDA Access for ELLs Testing
January 6, 2020 marks the opening of the WIDA ACCESS for ELLs test administration window. Testing will conclude on March 6, 2020. This test will be administered to every EL student with a Language Proficiency Level (LPL) of 4 or less. With the exception of a small group of pilot schools who will administer the WIDA ACCESS themselves, four teams of testers from the Evaluation, Research & Accountability Department will administer the test in each school. See complete memo below. Also attached with this memo is a test schedule that outlines the WIDA ACCESS test dates for each school.
Literacy Promise: Opening Doors for K-12 Learners
March 25 – 27, 2020
Utah Valley Convention Center, Provo
Excellent line-up of presenters: Nancy Frey, Steve Layne, Debbie Silver, Wiley Blevins, David Kilpatrick and many, many more.
Featured Author Keynote: Tyler Whitesides, author of the JANITOR series
Teaching & Learning will cover the registration cost for one administrator per school. Contact Amanda Hansen (ext. 88319) by February 28 to register one administrator from your school.
See the attached flyer for presenter details and additional registration information.
The following corrections have been made on the 2020-21 Traditional School Calendar:
The links sent out previously via Skylert and JEM are updated and lead to the corrected calendar file. Employees may need to reload the calendar file once opened to see the change. Administrators, please share this information with your staff.
Click HERE to access the 2020-21 calendars.
Robbyn Wagstaff
Curriculum/Elm Ed. Secretary
Nebo School District
801-354-7423
robbyn.wagstaff@nebo.edu
Schedule for the conference:
January 29, 2020
Utah Valley Convention Center in Provo
Main Ballrooms on Level 2
Breakfast between 7:30-8:30
Fullan and Quinn from 8:30 to 3:00
Lunch provided at 12:00 - 12:45
The BYU – Public School Partnership is sponsoring a one-day seminar with Michael Fullan and Joanne Quinn, authors of Coherence and Deep Learning.
This unique opportunity will be held at the Utah Valley Convention Center in Provo on Wednesday, January 29. Jordan School District has been allocated 110 seats. Registration is first-come, first served. The cost is $100 per person. Continental breakfast and lunch are included. See attached flyer for details and link to registration.
DATE:
December 16, 2019
TO:
Principals
Assistant Principals
Administrative Assistants
Attendance Secretaries
FROM:
Mike Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Caleb Olson, Planning and Enrollment Consultant
SUBJECT:
Emergency Contacts in Skyward
The primary purpose of emergency contacts in Skyward is to provide a secondary method for contacting the parent/guardian (Family 1 in Skyward) when they are not readily or immediately available to the school. In most cases those listed as an emergency contact are not the parent/guardian and do not have the authority to excuse a student’s school attendance.
Emergency contacts may not excuse a student’s attendance nor check them out of school. However, an emergency contact may pick up and/or deliver a student when a parent/guardian excuses a student’s attendance and authorizes that person to do so. The authorization should be done via phone or email that matches information recorded in Skyward.
Emergency contacts (unless they are the parent/guardian) do not have a right to FERPA protected information. The school should not disclose a student’s personally identifiable information nor any information that is protected by FERPA to an emergency contact without written permission from the parent/guardian.
Please contact Caleb Olson (801.567.8251) in Planning and Enrollment should you have any questions.
Please see document below for important dates and reminders.
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.
Please see flyer below for details and share with the appropriate people.
DATE:
Thursday, December 12, 2019
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Shelley Nordick, Ph.D, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Tableau Viewer Account Set Up for Assistant Principals
The Evaluation, Research & Accountability Department is excited to announce that Tableau Viewer accounts have been made available for assistant principals.
Assistant principals will receive an email from Tableau Online prompting them to join. Please see the attached step-by-step instructions to set up the account. Once the set up process has been completed, I will be able to push out the variety of data dashboards available for your school.
As a reminder, school administrators may not share Tableau login information with school personnel outside of the school administration. Please contact Ben Jameson with any questions at 801-567-8243 or ben.jameson@jordandistrict.org.
Once your account is set up, you can access the Tableau login page by clicking here:
https://sso.online.tableau.com/public/idp/SSO
The Salt Lake County Health Department has seen a recent increase in norovirus activity and is asking schools to be proactive in their approach to prevention and their response to cases of illness.
The most effective approach is four-pronged:
Hand Washing: Remind staff and students to engage in frequent, thorough, hand washing.
Cleaning & Disinfecting: Standard cleaning and use of effective disinfecting practices are sufficient to remove or kill viruses.
Protect Yourself: “If it’s wet and it’s not yours, don’t touch it!” When cleaning areas soiled by vomit or diarrhea, custodial staff should wear protective equipment and follow universal precautions.
Stay Home: When Ill: Keep ill students and staff home from work and school for the duration of their illness.
Attached is a PDF file you may use to encourage proper protection against the spread of illness.
The attached document provides information regarding Kindergarten Acadience testing that may be shared with teachers.
Great news! As of today, 98% of licensed employees and 95% of classified employees have completed the required Crucial Policies review, which includes the new Code of Conduct training. However, there is still work to be done as only 36% of all miscellaneous employees have completed Crucial Policies. As you may recall, this Code of Conduct training is required of all employees, including sweepers (adult and student), coaches, substitutes, misc. student assistants, misc. classroom substitutes and all other miscellaneous employees. The Crucial Policies Review is accessed in Skyward Employee Access.
Reports outlining employees in your school/department who have yet to complete the Crucial Policies will be emailed to you by the Information Systems Department. Please notify each employee of this requirement. Our hope is to have all employees complete this required training by January 15, 2020. We will run reports again at that time and will provide updated employee lists, if necessary. If any employee listed is no longer employed, please email your HR feeder assistant.
Employees needing assistance in accessing Skyward Employee Access are directed to contact the Help Desk at 801-567-8737.
Regards,
Human Resources
Administrators/Directors/Principals:
Please share this post with your building custodian(s). Thank you!
DATE:
Thursday, December 12, 2019
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Shelley Nordick, Ph.D., Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
USBE Teacher Engagement Survey
The Utah State Board of Education is requesting that we disseminate the following teacher engagement survey to all classroom teachers. This is NOT the same as the district’s stakeholder school climate survey scheduled to be released on February 10, 2020. Principals should send the attached letter entitled JSD Educator Engagement Email Template for Survey Distribution to all classroom teachers in their school. This document invites teachers to participate in an 8-minute anonymous teacher engagement survey that they can access using the link in the document.
The survey window is already open and will close on December 31, 2019. Please refer any questions about the survey administration to Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research & Accountability.
