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If a school is sending a device home with students, it is important to remember that state law (53G-7-216) and federal law (CIPA) prohibit schools from allowing a device to go home with a student that does not have a Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) compliant filter installed on it. This includes, but is not limited to, hotspots and chrome books. I-Pads and laptop computers are not allowed to go home at this time as the District continues looking for a filtering solution for those devices. If you are looking at sending a hotspot home with a student, KAJEET is one option which has satisfied District tests. If your school has allowed students to take home devices, please ensure that every one of them, including hotspots, has an installed CIPA compliant filter.

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DATE: 
Thursday, November 21, 2019

TO:    
Elementary and Middle School Principals

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

SUBJECT:  
RISE Individual Student Reports Uploaded to Skyward

2018-19 RISE Individual Student Reports (ISRs) have been uploaded into Skyward Family Access by the Information Systems Department. As the ISRs came from Questar without a unique identifier in the file name that would identify which student the ISR belonged to, IS had to do some programming to get them uploaded to the correct students. We appreciate their time and effort in this endeavor.

Included with this memo are step-by-step instructions for parents on how to access these ISRs. Principals are encouraged to disseminate this information to parents via Skylert or by any other means deemed appropriate. Principals may also consider keeping copies of the step-by-step instructions in the main office to distribute to parents as needed.

Please contact Ben Jameson with any questions about the RISE ISRs.

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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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Good news! The STEM Endorsement Incentive Program (STEM EIP) application is now open for ALL remaining applications for the 2019-2020 school year. This includes applications for teachers who plan to take STEM EIP courses during the Spring Semester as well as those who have completed courses between July 1, 2019 and December 30, 2019 who did not already submit an application. This application cycle is OPEN NOW and will close on DEC 4, 2019.


Link to Teacher Application

Please see document below for more information.

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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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Dear Schools and Departments:

We have a situation where 40 brand new chairs have been delivered to Bingham High School, and the school is unable to use them for their area.

School Specialty is offering to sell these chairs at a discount if any other school in the district would be interested in taking them.

They are the National Public Seating Cafetorium Stack Chairs, with a thin upholstered black vinyl seat, black plastic back on Chrome Frame with sled base legs on glides.  These are a regular table height chair, not cafe/bar height.   Here is a picture:

https://store.schoolspecialty.com/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?minisite=10206&item=3545118

Bingham's price to purchase was $69.93/each.  School Specialty is offering these at $50.00/each ($2,000 for all 40 chairs).   One box has been opened, but most are still boxed and all are in new condition.

Please contact Tonya Hodges in the Purchasing Department by Wednesday, November 20th by end of day if you are interested in purchasing these chairs.

Purchasing Department

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Jordan District's First Social and Emotional Learning ACCELERATOR will take place on January 8th from 1-3pm. This event is designed for educators to come together to gather and share ideas for SEL implementation.

The following survey will be used to create the agenda for the day. You can take the survey by clicking the link or by visiting wellness.jordandistrict.org and clicking the Social and Emotional Learning tab.

Link: https://forms.gle/5TET9Ud5MtMBj4pF6

Please fill out the survey, by December 9th, if you would like to present or attend the event. Please forward this survey to any individuals at your school who you believe could share effective strategies for SEL implementation or who would benefit from attending.

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All Elementary and Middle School Principals:

It’s that time of year to start the process of developing your school’s Safe Routes Utah Plan (formerly known as SNAP Plan). The Safe Routes Utah Plan form for 2020-21 is attached, as well as a form with municipal representatives contact information. Your school’s municipal representative (city engineer) would like to be included in the initial planning process. As you work with your school’s safety team and school community council, please invite your municipal representative to the planning/SCC meeting.

The Safe Routes Utah Plan must be downloaded to begin working on it.

Safe Routes Utah Plans for schools in the cities of Bluffdale, Herriman, Riverton, South Jordan and West Jordan are all due to Risk Management at Auxiliary Services by Friday, January 17, 2020.

This year Herriman, Riverton, South Jordan and West Jordan schools original plans will be reviewed at a signing meeting with each respective city. The District will schedule appointments with school administrators beginning at 1:00pm the day of the meeting.

  • Riverton City will be signed Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at Riverton City Hall
  • West Jordan City will be signed Thursday, February 20, 2020 at the Auxiliary Services Building
  • South Jordan City will be signed Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at South Jordan City Hall
  • Herriman City will be signed Thursday, February 27, 2020 at Herriman City Hall

With only 2 schools, there will not be a signing meeting for Bluffdale City. Bluffdale school plans will be reviewed individually.

Please contact Risk Management Coordinator Jeff Beesley 801-567-8876 jeffrey.beesley@jordandistrict.org, or Administrative Assistant Judy Bird 801-567-8625 judy.bird@jordandistrict.org, with any questions.

For assistance with your school’s Safe Routes Utah UDOT mapping software, contact Stacy Allen. Her contact information is included on the Municipal Representatives document.

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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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Administrator/Director: Please post the attached flyer so all employees can see it.

Reminder: Don't Forget! Opt out of your District printed W-2 by going to Skyward's Employee Access by midnight on December 15th.

Opt out and win one of many prizes! A drawing for the prizes will be held on December 16th. Winning employees will be contacted.

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Principals:  Please post in your school and send the attached flyer to each School Community Council member, all parents are invited to attend.

Jordan Parent University
Who Do You Call When...Issues Arise?
Thursday, November 21, 2019
7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Mountain Creek Middle | 5325 W. Bingham Rim Road | South Jordan

Free and open to the public!