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February 18, 2018

Dear Chemistry Teachers,

We want to let you know about an exciting new professional development opportunity available for chemistry teachers with at least five years of experience. The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Brigham Young University has secured funding to host a Research Experience for Teachers summer program. Our inaugural summer program begins on June 4th, 2018 and runs for ten weeks through August 10th, 2018. We understand that some flexibility may be required due to your academic year schedules.

If you are selected to participate, you will be paired with a faculty mentor who will help you engage in an original research project in chemistry or biochemistry. Along with the Research Experience for Undergraduate participants, you will visit several industrial sites to learn about the careers available to Utah students after graduation. You will also have time set aside to translate your research experience into classroom activities to take back to your school during the academic year, and to interface with our BYU Chem and BioChem Camps for youth ages 9-14.

The program is fully supported, so you will receive a $6,000 stipend, along with an allowance for housing and travel. If desired, you may earn graduate credit through the BYU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. It will also be possible for you to present the results of your research and/or the classroom experiments that you design at a regional or national meeting such as the American Chemical Society or National Science Teachers Association annual meetings.

More information about the program, descriptions of possible research projects, and the online application are available at our website: https://reu.chem.byu.edu. The application deadline is March 15, 2018. We welcome your inquiries and look forward to working with you this summer!

Sincerely,

Rebecca Sansom                     Daniel Ess
rsansom@chem.byu.edu       dhe@chem.byu.edu
(801) 422-9089                       (801) 422-9164
RET Program Director           REU Program Director

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DATE:     
February 13, 2018

TO:  
Middle School Principals
High School Principals
Special Educators
Speech Language Pathologists
School Psychologists

FROM:  
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curric./ Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Julie Brown, Program Specialist

SUBJECT: 
Post-High Transition Training

Post-High Transition Training will be provided for all secondary special educators, Speech Language Pathologists, and School Psychologists. The training will focus on ways to make the process more student- centered as well as highlight the changes to the Utah State Special Education Rules, and provides as much clarification as possible on the diploma options. This half-day training will be conducted by combining high school feeders. In order to give school teams the opportunity to participate in a group while still providing for student learning, the training has been set up so that each school will send half of their staff in the morning and the other half in the afternoon. Please plan for the full day substitute teachers to switch between morning and afternoon groups. We recognize that Speech Language Pathologists (SLP) may work in multiple buildings and may not be available to attend the training on the assigned day of the secondary feeder. If the SLP works in 2 secondary schools, the SLP should attend with their home base school. If the SLP splits between elementary and secondary, and is scheduled at an elementary the day of the secondary training, the SLP can attend with another feeder. Staff that are not available for trainings with their feeders on March 6th or 7th should attend the March 8th training, as this is a single feeder system. School Team Leaders, please send a list of morning and afternoon participants to the Teacher Specialist assigned to your school by March 1st. Special Education will cover the substitute costs for training (Budget code: 1292). For more information, please contact Julie Brown at julie.brown@jordandistrict.org or 801-567-8200.

BHS and WJHS Feeder: March 6th at WJHS in the Tech Atrium
Morning session:         7:30 a.m. -11:00 a.m.
Afternoon session:      11:30 a.m. -3:00 p.m.

HHS and RHS Feeder:  March 7th at RHS in the Tech Atrium
Morning session:         7:30 a.m. -11:00 a.m.
Afternoon session:      11:30 a.m. -3:00 p.m.

CHHS Feeder and Make-Up:  March 8th at WHMS in the Media Center
Morning session:         7:30 a.m. -11:00 a.m.
Afternoon session:      11:30 a.m. -3:00 p.m.

WJHS:      8136 S. 2700 W. West Jordan
RHS:       12476 S. Silverwolf Way (2700 W.) Riverton
WHMS:    8270 S Grizzly Way (5400 W.) West Jordan

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

Jordan Parent University
Legislative Forum
Thursday, February 8, 2018
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Elk Ridge Middle - 3659 W 9800 S, South Jordan

 

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DATE:       
January 10, 2018

TO:  
Principals
Resource Team Leaders

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

SUBJECT:  
Projected Caseload Process for 2018-19 Resource Allocations

Based on Administrative recommendations, the hiring window has been moved up to meet the increasing demands caused by teacher shortages, particularly in specific job categories. The Staffing 2.0 allocations are scheduled to be released by mid-February. To address this advanced timeline, the Special Education Department will be making resource staffing allocations differently than in the past. This method should make the workload on special education teachers and team leaders much easier. Please read through this information carefully because it is a new process. If you have any questions, please contact your assigned teacher specialist.

Caseload Information

  • No mid-year SCRAM report will be required. Please continue to send in SCRAM changes as they occur throughout the year. You will still be completing an End-of-Year SCRAM report.
  • Your December 1 SCRAM report will be used as the baseline for next year’s caseload estimate.
  • A 3-year average of incoming students to your school has been calculated to provide an estimate of incoming students in the youngest grade at your school. This number was added to your December 1 SCRAM numbers.
  • The number of students leaving your school in the exiting grade has been calculated. This number was subtracted from your December 1 SCRAM numbers.
  • Finally, we’ve maintained a trend line (for some schools since the 2002-03 SY) that shows estimated caseload versus actual caseloads on Oct. 1 and Dec. 1 SCRAM. We will use this trend line to make adjustments to estimates as needed.
  • All allocations will be conservative and may be re-evaluated at the end of this school year or after the Oct. 1 2018 count has been finalized.

Timeline

  • Initial allocations of certified special education FTE will be provided to the Human Resources Department in time for your 2.0 FTE Allocation.
  • Each Principal will receive a letter outlining their estimated caseload numbers for 2018-19 and the projected resource FTE allocation for 2018-19.
  • We will only be sending the allocation letter to each school’s principal.

Requests for Resource Instructional Assistants

In April, we will send a packet of information to each Resource and Support Class team to request instructional assistants for 2018-19. This will include a regular resource assistant allocation and the information needed to request Critical Needs Instructional Assistants. This timeline should allow your teams to have a better idea of which students with additional staffing needs will be attending your school for 2018-19.

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DATE:
January 18, 2018

TO:
Principals
Special Education Staff

FROM: 
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum/Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Julie Brown, Program Specialist-Special Education
Courtney Titus, Program Specialist-Special Education

SUBJECT: 
Extended School Year (ESY) Qualification Procedures and Timelines

Please see attached memo for guidelines.

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School nurses work hard behind the scenes to ensure the health and safety of the students in our schools. Do you love your school nurse? If you recognize the critical role your school nurse plays in your school, please complete the attached application (to the extent that you are able). Send it and at least two of the required letters to Nancy Ward in Educational Support. The other requirements will be completed for you. Many thanks!

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Beginning January 2018, the “District/School Related Activity or Request for Third Party Reimbursement Form” will be significantly modified as follows.

  • Requests for District/School Related Activities will no longer be required or submitted. Absences entered into AESOP and Skyward must include notes to indicate details of the District/School Related Activity.  These reports will be reviewed monthly by both the HR Substitute Office and Payroll Department.  The administrative assistant or person responsible for substitutes at your location will be contacted if insufficient information is submitted or discrepancies exist.
  • A NEW “Request for Third Party Reimbursement Form” was created and is required when any outside agency will be reimbursing the District for the cost of a substitute. (See attached)

 

NEW HR Websites:                      

http://workatjordan.org/

(replaces hr.jordandistrict.org)

http://workatjordan.org/adminonly/

(replaces hr.jordandistrict.org/AdminOnly)

http://workatjordan.org/hrconnections/     

(replaces hr.jordandistrict.org/secretaryconnections)

 

For your convenience, please bookmark these new websites.

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HR has been busy working on a fresh, new website which will go live on Monday, January 8th. The url is workatjordan.org for all of your HR needs. The AdminOnly and SecretaryConnections (now called HRConnections) websites will be accessed through workatjordan.org/adminonly and workatjordan.org/hrconnections. Please update any bookmarks you may have.

HR will be holding the 2nd administrator training of the year on Thursday, January 11th at both 9:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. for your convenience. Hiring Best Practices along with procedures related to Non-Renewals, RIS, Transfer Fairs, and Hiring processes will be discussed. As the hiring season is upon us, it is highly recommended that all administrators attend in order to review these processes and procedures. We hope to see you at one of the trainings. (see attachment)

Some reminders from the “Critical Dates” timeline: (see attachment)

  • You may post hard to fill positions in January to replace licensed employees who have submitted resignations.
  • The due date for submitting Non-Renewals and Provisional Status Extensions is February 5th.
  • Teacher Transfer Fair is on February 20 for both Elementary @ Columbia Elementary and Secondary @ Elk Ridge Middle. (see attachment)

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Date:
December 18, 2017

To:
Secondary School Principals
Secondary School Financial Secretaries

From:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Daniel Ellis, Director of Accounting, Budgets and Audits

Subject:
School Bank Account Balances for December 31, 2017

Please send the following information for each bank account balance as of December 31, 2017 to Accounting by January 26, 2018.  If you have multiple bank accounts, please list each account separately.


School Name

Name of Bank         

Type of Account (checking, savings, money market)

Account Balance

 

The balance requested is the balance from your December bank statements, not Skyward.  This information is required annually and will be used to complete reporting requirements for Utah Money Management Council.

If you have questions or need assistance, please call Dan Ellis at (801)567-8389.

Thank you.

 

Cc:
Michael Anderson, Administrator of Schools
Jill Durrant, Administrator of Schools
Anthony Godfrey, Administrator of Schools
Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools
Teri Timpson, Administrator of Schools

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Contract number 14DC 13-3 for printer/copier/fax toner and ink has expired.  The Purchasing Department is working on new contracts, so until then, all schools and departments will need to call the vendors to get the current pricing and shipping charges or use the Office Depot and Staples supply contracts found under the state cooperative contracts. Please close all open purchase orders associated with the old contract(s).

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Please post the W-2 Opt-Out flyer for all employees at your location to see.  Employees can opt out of a District printed W-2 through their Employee Access on Skyward.  By opting out of a District printed W-2, your name will go into a random drawing for prizes.

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Several years ago, some of our schools had the opportunity to attend coaching professional development with Lisa Lawrence. Lisa is willing to provide coaching training for more of our schools if there is interest. Participation involves an administrator from the school and three teachers attending two sessions with Lisa. The dates are to be determined and training will take place dependent on interest. If you would like to participate in coaching training, please contact Noreen Samowitz at 801-567-8367.

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The Jordan Education Foundation was given tickets to the Deseret News Home Show for this weekend. Each ticket gets one adult in for free. Tickets will be available at the District Office reception desk tomorrow, October 13th, from 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. The tickets will be handed out on a first come, first serve basis.

Please share this information with your staff.

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College & University Information Fair

Thursday, November 2, 2017
4:00-5:30 p.m.
Auxiliary Services Building - Auditorium (north end)
7905 S Redwood Road, West Jordan

Principals:  Please share this information and flyer with your teachers.

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DATE:
September 18, 2017

TO:  
All School Principals
All School Financial Secretaries

FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Daniel Ellis, Director of Accounting, Budgets and Audits

SUBJECT:
Quarterly School Financial Report for July, August and September 2017

Each school is asked to report the quarter end account balance and transaction detail with the Apple Volume Purchase Program and return with your bank reconciliation.  If your school has no Apple account, please so indicate and return.

Please include the account balance with Apple on the reconciliation sign off form and print a report or screen shot(s) of the balances and quarterly transactions from Apple’s website.  If you need assistance, please contact your Curriculum Technology Specialist – Bonnie, Deana, Harrison, Nancy, Jay, and Raimee.

Please photocopy the selected elements and send to Accounting by October 20, 2017.

Please include:

  • The signed attached memo to Accounting
  • A copy of your July, August and September 2017 Reconciliation Worksheets
  • A copy of your July, August and September 2017 Bank Statements
  • A copy of your July, August and September 2017 Skyward Balance Sheets
  • A copy of your July, August and September 2017 Outstanding Check Reports
  • Screen shot(s) of your September 30, 2017 Apple Volume Purchase Program transaction history and balance

If you have questions or need assistance, please call Liz Robins at (801)567-8267.

Thank you.

Cc:
Michael Anderson, Administrator of Schools
Jill Durrant, Administrator of Schools
Anthony Godfrey, Administrator of Schools
Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools
Teri Timpson, Administrator of Schools