Jordan School District
Principals:
As you are planning your SCC meeting dates, please keep in mind that your 2023-24 LAND Trust & TSSA plans will be due on March 24, 2023. The plans must be approved in your last SCC meeting of their year. Please plan your dates accordingly!
All new principals and new SCC Chairs need to attend one of the SCC Trainings for this year. Two trainings will be held in a Zoom format. If you have any questions contact Nadine Page, nadine.page@jordandistrict.org or 801.567.8182 (x88182).
September 28, 2022 - 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Join Zoom Meeting LINK
September 29, 2022 - 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Join Zoom Meeting LINK
1-year temporary agreements are not required for part-time employees.
1-year temporary agreements are required for all full-time/contracted employees who are paid from the following programs and program codes. Please submit these completed forms to the HR Department by or during the FTE audits in September 2022. Click this link for the 1-Year Temporary Agreement form found on the employment.jordandistrict.org/AdminOnly website.
Program Code: 5679
Program Name: School Based Mental Health
Department: Student Services
Employee Type: Licensed
Program Code: 5886
Program Name: Beverly Taylor Arts Learning Program
Department: Teaching & Learning
Employee Type: Licensed
Program Code: 7685
Program Name: SAMHSA AWARE Grant
Department: Student Services
Employee Type: Licensed
Program Code: 7220
Program Name: GEERS
Department: Special Education
Employee Type: ESP
Educators who enroll and complete the online new mentor training in August or September (2022) will receive a $150 stipend. This training is a 3-hour online course and is for BRAND NEW MENTORS ONLY.
Educators will need to register on JPLS. Please contact the JES office with any questions at (801) 567-8369 or rebecca.lee@jordandistrict.org.
Please let educators know who may be interested in becoming certified as a mentor.
DATE:
Thursday, August 25, 2022
TO:
All School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Tableau Login Moving to Google SSO
Due to a change on Tableau’s security policies, we will be transitioning all Tableau logins to Google single sign on (SSO). Beginning Thursday, September 1, when Tableau users try to sign into their accounts, they will be redirected to a Google login page. Tableau users will use the same login credentials as their district email for Tableau. Here are the new login procedures effective September 1st:
Please direct any questions about Tableau to Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability.
DATE: August 16, 2022
TO: Principals, Assistant Principals, Panorama Survey Coordinators
FROM: Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent, Administrators of Schools, Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
SUBJECT: Panorama Survey Training, Window, & Administration
The virtual training may be accessed using the following link:
All administrators and survey coordinators will receive an email from Panorama containing the survey questions, sample letter to use for parent/guardian communication, and slide deck of the presentation. The school may choose to use, modify or create their own parent/guardian communication. Schools may also share the survey questions should they choose to do so.
The fall survey window will open on Aug. 29 and close on Sept. 21.
It is expected that each school shall notify parents/guardians PRIOR to administering the survey to students. SEL surveys are always optional whether the parent/guardian or student opts out, should never be ‘required’, and should never be a part of an academic grade.
All schools are required to conduct a fire drill within the first 10 days of the school year. This provides a great opportunity to review plans, emergency response/Incident Command assignments, evacuation maps, rally locations outside, communications, and related supplies.
Please take special care to orient new students and staff, individuals with special needs and younger students that may not have been exposed to fire alarms/strobes and emergency response protocols. Please be sure to clearly announce that it is a “drill”.
Please call the Jordan School District 24-hr. Alarm Response 801-567-8865 at least 30 minutes in advance of the drill, so the fire department is not dispatched.
Use the JSD Incident Command System Manual - Fire Action Plan as your drill guideline. Google Drive link: JSD Incident Command System Manual
Report the drill and any related meetings using the JSD report form on Google Drive. Link: 2022-23 REPORT EMERGENCY — DRILLS, ACTUAL EVENTS, or MEETINGS
Please contact Emergency Operations Manager Lance Everill with questions or concerns: lance.everill@jordandistrict.org, office 801-567-8623.
Admin, please share this information with your teachers.
Many of your teachers are pursuing a STEM endorsement - USBE WILL REIMBURSE THEM FOR THEIR EDUCATION! This is now called the STEM Endorsement Incentive Program (EIP). See the attached flyer and link to our EIP website for more information. If you have any questions, please reach out to the content consultant. We would love to talk to you!
Students who are registered to a District school and have not attended (or been marked absent with a valid excuse) for ten consecutive school days at any point in the school year must be withdrawn from membership. This is particularly important during the first ten days of the school year so that our enrollment calculations and reporting is accurate.
Accurate enrollment counts are used to generate future projections. Projection totals are needed very soon after ten-day adjustments are completed. To assist in preparing projections, we are asking all schools to report the completion of their 10-day drops on a Google Sheet as soon as these drops are processed. Only the staff member responsible for processing the drops should indicate completion status. The Google Sheet is available at this link and will be emailed to attendance staff again close to the 10th day of school.
10 day drops for high schools may be processed at the end of the day on August 30, 2022. Elementary (Grades 1-6) and middle school may process drops at the end of the day on August 31, 2022. Kindergarten drops may be processed at the end of the day on September 8, 2022.
Guidelines for how to process these drops are available in the Information Systems documentation folder in Google Drive and at this link.
We have money to assist at-risk students at your school. Each school needs to email the LCS Administrative Assistant, Nicole Woodburn, for your budget form. You will have to fill that form out before the funds appear in your 5336 account. Contact: nicole.woodburn@jordandistrict.org
At-Risk Students (EARS) Definition
“Students at risk are those students who are in an at-risk category such as: primary
language is other than English, poverty, homelessness, trauma, scores below proficient on state assessments, or has other adverse childhood experiences (ACE).
Please be responsible in budgeting this money. It is one-time and may not be available next year.
The following professional development days have been added to this year’s calendar.
Professional Development Day (No Students Attend)
Friday, September 16, 2022
Friday, November 4, 2022
Friday, April 21, 2023
All employees should work in the building on these days. Principals are authorized to use up to 3 hours of principal-directed time each professional day, which includes time spent in Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). The remaining time should be at the teacher’s discretion.
Please provide these dates to your employees.
If you have any questions please contact your Administrator of Schools.
DATE:
August 9, 2022
TO:
Assistant Principals
Principals (info only)
Teaching & Learning Consultants
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
SUBJECT:
Safe School Hearing Calendar/Assignments
Please add on your calendar now!
To broaden everyone’s experience, most assistant principals will be a part of the Safe Schools Committee this year. Please add this date to your calendar as a top priority. If your name is not listed, you will be one of the first contacts in case of an emergency and a substitute committee member is needed. PLEASE DO NOT FIND YOUR OWN SUBSITUTE. The committee is balanced by level and gender each week. If an emergency comes up the week of your assignment, please email janie.hyde@jordandistrict.org
The Safe School Committee meets on Wednesdays from 8:00 AM until 3:00 PM at the main district office in conference room 123 back by the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Compliance folks. Bring your own lunch or there is an hour break built in to buy lunch at the many offerings in Jordan Landing.
We are grateful to have your experience, wisdom and skill set to help with this important decision-making committee.
Please send all updates and information for the instructional coaching positions in your school to Michelle Williams in the JSD Teaching and Learning Department. Please include names, email, and details about their coaching FTE amounts. We need your prompt response if you have not already communicated your personnel updates. Michelle may be contacted at 801-567-8365 or michelle.williams@jordandistrict.org
Attached are the special education budget allocations for Resource, Self-Contained Teachers and Speech-Language Pathologists for the 2022-23 school year. (Cluster Leaders do not receive a Special Education budget.) Remember that special education monies must be spent in ways that provide the most benefit to special education students with the goal to improve student achievement and performance. It will be up to you, your team, and your school principal/financial secretary to keep track of how much of your budget you have spent individually.
Please note equipment purchases, electronic games and/or any materials that are not instructional in nature must be pre-approved from the Special Education Department. Equipment purchases that are not pre-approved will not be reimbursed. Requests must include the approval from your teacher specialist.
When submitting requisitions, follow Skyward procedures and guidelines. Requisitions for the 2022-23 school year can be submitted anytime between July 1, 2022 and March 1, 2023. The final deadline for all purchasing requests, reimbursement requests, E-checks and P-Card purchases is March 1, 2023. This is a different deadline than we have previously had and will not be extended.
If you have questions regarding your Special Education budget, please call Amanda Hamblin at (801) 567-8177 or the Teacher Specialist assigned to your school.
Reminder: We're getting close to the deadline (May 1, 2023) for the timesheets to be turned in. Your teachers would need to have already submitted their "Educator-Directed Paid Professional Hours PLAN" by the first day of school in order to be eligible for this payment. Please make sure to total the hours listed on the timesheet and put this number on the Google Sheet. If you have questions please reach out to Nadine Page at x88182 or nadine.page@jordandistrict.org.
Please see attached documents for how to complete the necessary steps to be paid for up to 32 hours of work from funding allocated by HB396.
This information was originally sent out in March 10, 2022 JAM. Please note the following budget code updates for 2022-2023 school year below.
The following positions will be available for schools for the 2022-2023 school year only using ESSER III funds.
Any additional trackers or aides that have previously been paid for using CARES / ESSER funds will be the responsibility of the school for the 2022-2023 school year.
Schools will need to update budget codes for personnel who will be covered through ESSER III funds in 2022-2023. Please complete a New Hire/Change Form and code ESSER III Budget #7225 starting July 1, 2022.
The following Budget Codes will be discontinued after July 1, 2022:
10 E xxx 7211 xxxx xxx and 10 E xxx 7215 xxxx xxx
Schools will need to update budget codes for any personnel who were paid through these budgets.
DATE:
August 2, 2022
TO:
All Administrators and Financial Administrative Assistants
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Superintendent of Schools
SUBJECT:
Discretionary Staff Funds
Please take note of the information on the memo below.
DATE:
August 1, 2022
TO:
Principals and Administrative Assistants
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
SUBJECT:
Legislative Classroom Supplies Appropriation for 2022-23
Legislative supply envelopes for the 2022-23 school year were sent to administrative assistants via interoffice mail on Monday, August 1st. A copy of the attached memo was enclosed with the envelopes. This year, each eligible full-time teacher will receive $175 for supply purchases (or portion, if less than full-time). The memo includes important information about carry-over funds, payroll deductions, and the date supply funds will be deposited to teacher's accounts.
This State mandated yearly training will be held on Friday, August 26, 2022. This is for all SROs and DARE Officers. One administrator per school is required to attend. Please see the flyer below for all the details.
