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Principals:

As you recall, we held a series of Focus Groups in late October followed by site visits to neighboring districts.  Based on the information gathered, it was determined the benefits of professional development would be greater if the support were tailored to the needs of each school, sessions were mostly held on site, and all teachers could attend.  To this end, in addition to online courses and district-sponsored workshops, we are moving forward with the following action steps:

  1. The grade level sessions for team representatives scheduled for February and April are being cancelled.
  2. Literacy specialists will create updated PD modules that can be tailored to the needs of individual schools and delivered in a format determined by the requesting school.
  3. Teacher and Principal Advisory Groups will be formed and meet regularly over the next several months to provide input into supporting resources for schools.

Teachers who have previously registered on JPLS for the February and/or April trainings will receive an email indicating the cancellation of these sessions.  Please let others involved, who may not have registered yet, know of this change.  Also, be certain that scheduled substitutes are cancelled.

I am very appreciative of each of you, your teachers, and the honest insightful feedback that has been shared over the past couple of months.   The mission of the Literacy Team is to assist and inspire teachers as they implement effective literacy instruction within a professional learning community.  We will continue to accept feedback and make adjustments in our effort to provide schools the literacy support needed to achieve your goals.

As always, please contact me with any questions that arise.

Thank you for your support.

Becky

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The Jordan School District Safety Team has received many requests for further resources to help establish Reunification Action Plans for your schools.  In response, Breanne Stump, from Fox Hollow Elementary, has agreed to teach a course and share her planning ideas and experience.

You may register for the course in JPLS: https://jpls.truenorthlogic.com/U/P/Channel/-/Guest/Login Incident Command Reunification Planning Exercise, #101157
Date - Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Time - 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Place -  Auditorium at the Auxiliary Services Building (7905 South Redwood)
Please park and enter on the north side of the building.

You are welcome to invite members of your school Incident Command team that would find this opportunity helpful.  Each location is responsible for substitute coverage if needed. Please contact Peggy Margetts (x88753) with any questions.

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Facility Access During Winter Recess

Please submit Card Access Scheduling requests in Sprocket to have doors open for activities that will occur during Winter Recess, when the facility is normally closed.

Principals that would like to keep the exterior doors locked and allow employees to have badge access will need to submit a Card Access Scheduling request indicating the applicable dates and times.

Remember to submit a Sprocket Heating and Cooling request to correspond with the time the building will be occupied.

Call Alarm Response at 801-567-8865, in advance of any unscheduled opening and closing.

Please call Sandi Abplanalp with any card access and door scheduling questions: 801-567-8616.

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DATE:     
December 14, 2016

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

FROM: 
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Heather Ellingson, Director of Accounting, Budgets, and Audits

SUBJECT: 
December 2016 Budget Transfer Request

Please review your budgets and complete the attached Budget Transfer Request if you would like to transfer between your postage, supply, textbook and equipment budgets. The signed form is due back to Heather Ellingson no later than January 3, 2017.

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DATE:
December 12, 2016

TO:
Principals
All Provisional Special Educators

FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum, Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education

SUBJECT:
Assessment Analysis Class

The Special Education department is providing training for provisional special education teachers to assist in analyzing tests administered in Jordan. The teachers will be exposed to multiple tests that are given by other service providers.

This class is primarily for new special education teachers. If other special educators in your building need this training, please contact Michelle Chavez. The attendance is at the discretion of the building principal and special educators must arrange for a substitute. Substitutes may be requested by using the program code 1292. Teachers should register through JPLS (JPLS: #114628 USBE (.5) Credit Available).                                     

Date:
January 5, 2017, 8:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m.
January 30, 2017, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.                                    

Where:
District Office, Room 129

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The Utah Retirement Systems will be providing a presentation on the Tier 2 Retirement program for all employees who are in their first year of retirement eligible employment. Attendance is highly encouraged. P

Please pass the attached flyer on to employees in your school/department that may be interested.

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DATE: 
December 6, 2016

TO:  
All Principals

FROM: 
Administrators of Schools
June LeMaster, Ph.D., Human Resource Administrator
Travis Hamblin, Human Resource Administrator-Licensed

SUBJECT: 
Underqualified Educators – Academic Pathway to Teaching (APT) and Letter of Authorization (LOA)

See attached memo and APT Flowchart.

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The 2017-18 SNAP Plans Deadlines are Fast Approaching

  • For elementary and middle schools within the cities of Bluffdale, Herriman, Riverton and South Jordan, SNAP Plans are due to the Auxiliary Services Main Office no later than Friday, January 20, 2017.

Please submit the 2017-18 SNAP Plan with recommendations and required signatures, including the principal initials and date at the bottom of the designated pages. Our department will then deliver the SNAP Plans to each city for approval and signatures. Once the SNAP Plans have been approved by the cities, they will then be submitted to the Administrators of Schools for final approval.

  • For elementary and middle schools within the City of West Jordan, SNAP Plans are due Wednesday, February 15, 2017 for signing at Columbia Elementary between 1:00-4:00 pm.

Once the SNAP Plans have been approved by the City of West Jordan, they will then be submitted by our department to the Administrator of Schools for final approval and signatures.

All finalized original SNAP Plans will be returned to you no later than Friday, May 5, 2017.

Please don't hesitate to contact Peggy Margetts (x88753) with questions or assistance. See list below of Municipal Representatives.

 

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Curriculum will pay for one administrator per school to attend the Instructional Leadership in the 21st Century Conference sponsored through CITES on March 23 and 24, 2017. If registration is requested before Dec. 22, two registrations per school will be paid by curriculum. If you would like to attend, please contact Noreen in Curriculum.

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We have an auction on PublicSurplus.com which will end on Tuesday, December 6th. It will be the last one before the Winter Break. Please take a look and see if there is anything you need for your building.

Also, just a reminder that your school needs to do their surplus paperwork and turn it in with all signatures if you want to be scheduled for pick up. Please do not delay in getting your paperwork in so that we can see how soon we can schedule our next surplus pick up.

As always, thank you for all your help and cooperation with this request.

Happy Holidays from Fixed Assets and the Surplus Warehouse

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DATE:  
December 1, 2016

TO: 
School Psychologists

FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum/Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Fulvia Franco, Program Specialist – Guidance

SUBJECT: 
December School Psychologists’ Meeting

A school psychologists’ meeting has been scheduled for Friday, December 9, 2016, from 11:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Jordan School District Auxiliary Services Building Auditorium (7905 South Redwood Road). We will begin with a holiday luncheon at 11:30 p.m.  Kathleen Woodward, Senior Clinical Assessment Consultant with Psychological Assessment Resources (PAR), Inc. will provide us with training on the UNIT-2 and ABAS-3.

Part-time Staff:  I would appreciate it if you could adjust your schedules in order to attend this meeting.

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Principals