High School Principals: The high school testing bulletin for August is posted below.
Category: High School Info
August 1, 2019 Administrative Assignments
The following are new administrative assignments effective August 1, 2019:
Allyson Stovall, teacher at Terra Linda Elementary, appointed administrator on special assignment in the Teaching & Learning Department.
Mandy Thurman, currently assistant principal at Hayden Peak & Bluffdale Elementaries, appointed consultant in the Teaching & Learning Department.
Elizabeth Felt, teacher specialist in the Teaching & Learning Department, appointed assistant principal at Blackridge & South Jordan Elementary Schools.
Ami Shah, teacher specialist in the Special Education Department, appointed assistant principal at Riverton & West Jordan Elementary Schools.
Nicole Johnson, currently on a leave of absence, appointed assistant principal at Columbia, Copper Canyon, Rosamond, Westvale, Jordan Hills & Westland Elementary Schools.
Cathy Ford, currently assistant principal at South Jordan & Blackridge Elementaries, appointed assistant principal at Hayden Peak, Falcon Ridge & Mountain Shadows Elementary Schools.
Instructional Assistant Trainings 2019-20
DATE:
July 25, 2019
TO:
Principals
Elementary and Middle School Resource Team Leaders
High School Special Education Team Leaders
Self-contained Support Class Teachers
FROM:
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Special Education Director
SUBJECT:
Instructional Assistant Trainings
The Special Education Department is offering training sessions for instructional assistants. There are several options for instructional assistants to choose from in topics of trainings and dates these trainings are available. These trainings are for all instructional assistants regardless of the number of hours they work.
Each instructional assistant should attend ONE half-day session and within that half-day, choose two sessions to attend. Every Session runs 90 minutes. The sessions cover behavior, data collection, instructional practices and the inside out of a special education classroom.
The dates and training schedules are as follows: (pick only one day and either the AM Sessions or the PM Sessions)
August 19, 2019 – ASB
- AM Session 8:00am to 9:30am and 9:35am to 11:05am (every session runs for 90 minutes each)
- Behavior and Class Management – PDC Room 101
- Data Collection – PDC Room 102
- Instructional Practices – PDC Room 103
- Inside Out of a special education classroom – PDC Room 113
- PM Session 12:00pm to 1:30pm and 1:35pm to 3:05pm
- Behavior and Class Management – PDC Room 101
- Data Collection – PDC Room 102
- Instructional Practices – PDC Room 103
- Inside Out of a special education classroom – PDC Room 113
September 12, 2019 - ASB
- AM Session 8:00am to 9:30am and 9:35am to 11:05am (every session runs for 90 minutes each)
- Behavior and Class Management – PDC Room 101
- Data Collection – PDC Room 103
- Inside Out of a special education instructional Practices – PDC Room 113
- PM Session 12:00pm to 1:30pm and 1:35pm to 3:05pm
- Behavior and Class Management – PDC Room 101
- Data Collection – PDC Room 103
- Inside Out of a special education instructional Practices – PDC Room 113
September 13, 2019 - ASB
- AM Session 8:00am to 9:30am and 9:35am to 11:05am (every session runs for 90 minutes each)
- Behavior and Class Management – PDC Room 101
- Data Collection – PDC Room 102
- Inside Out of a special education instructional Practices – PDC Room 113
- PM Session 12:00pm to 1:30pm and 1:35pm to 3:05pm
- Behavior and Class Management – PDC Room 101
- Data Collection – PDC Room 102
- Inside Out of a special education instructional Practices – PDC Room 113
To register for this training please contact Amanda Hamblin at 801-567-8176 or amanda.hamblin@jordandistrict.org with your session and class choices and which school you work in.
If the training session attended is outside of regular paid contract time, compensation will be provided.
If you have questions please call the special education department at 801-567-8177.
Administrator/SRO Training – August 9, 2019 (Updated Flyer)
Useful information will be presented for all administrative levels, including elementary.
Training will be provided for Elementary and Secondary Principals, Assistant Principals and School Resource Officers.
Friday, August 9, 2019
JATC South Auditorium
9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
See flyer for more details.
Signs, Banners, Advertisements at High School Athletic Facilities – July 2019
DATE:
July 15, 2019
TO:
High School Principals
FROM:
C. Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools
SUBJECT:
Signs, Banners, Advertisements at High School Athletic Facilities
It is the desire of the Jordan School District Board of Education and administration that high school gymnasiums, and other athletic facilities not become overly cluttered with advertisements as to district from the purpose and intent of such facilities. The Board understands that school programs need revenue which can be generated from business patrons desiring to use the school gym and other athletic facilities for advertising purposes; therefore, the Board approves advertising in the gymnasium and other athletic facilities based upon the following guidelines:
- The control of all advertisement is under the jurisdiction of the high school principal or principal designee and is responsible for the appropriate content of such advertisement. Any and all advertisement will support and reflect the values of Jordan School District. Advertisement shall:
- Be age appropriate.
- Not promote and substance or activity that is illegal for minors, such as alcohol, tobacco, and drugs or gambling.
- Not promote any political party, candidate or issue.
- Not promote sexual material of any kind.
- Not promote any religious organization.
- Not promote any competing educational organizations to include, but not limited to charter schools, or any other non-Jordan School District K-12 school entity.
- All advertisements shall be sold for each fall, winter and/or spring season and must be removed at the conclusion of the respective season. Business patrons may purchase advertisement for one, two or all three seasons.
- All signs and banners must be of professional quality.
- Signs and banners may not exceed 4’ x 8’ in size and may not be permanently affixed to the gymnasium or other athletic facilities.
- If a sign or banner becomes damaged or vandalized in any way, it must be removed immediately and fixed prior to going back up.
- The principal or principal designee should use wise judgement in the number of advertisement signs allowed as to avoid the appearance of excessive clutter.
- Principals must be aware of and honor exclusive-type contracts. Avoid competition with a product given exclusive status, i.e., Coca-Cola versus Pepsi. Any and all agreements with the UHSAA, pre-arranged advertisements, and displays must be honored.
- Contractual agreements should be in writing and signed by both parties. Long term contracts are discouraged as not to obligate future administrators. Agreements for the length of the sport season are encouraged.
Revised Dates for Data Dives with School Administrators – July 16, 2019
DATE:
July 18, 2019
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Superintendent of Schools
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Revised Dates for Data Dives with School Administrators
Because of a scheduling conflict and Questar’s inability to provide student level RISE data by its July 15th deadline, the principal data dive schedule for August 5th has been postponed. Additional elementary sections have also been added.
School administrators – principals and assistant principals – need only attend one of the available sessions:
Level | Date | Time | Location |
Elementary | Sep. 10, 2019 | 8:00-11:30 am | ASB Computer Lab D112 |
Elementary | Sep. 10, 2019 | 12:00-3:30 pm | ASB Computer Lab D112 |
Secondary | Sep. 18, 2019 | 8:00-11:30 am | PDC 103 |
Elementary | Sep. 18, 2019 | 12:00-3:30 pm | PDC 103 |
Secondary | Sep. 24, 2019 | 8:00-11:30 am | PDC 101 |
Secondary | Sep. 24, 2019 | 12:00-3:30 pm | PDC 101 |
Elementary | Sep. 25, 2019 | 8:00-11:30 am | ASB Computer Lab D112 |
Elementary | Sep. 25, 2019 | 12:00-3:30 pm | ASB Computer Lab D112 |
For elementary school administrators, we will dive into the following data:
- Demographic enrollment for the 2019-20 school year
- Acadience Reading performance data
- RISE performance data
- KEEP performance data
- WIDA performance data
For secondary school administrators, we will dive into the following data:
- Demographic enrollment for the 2019-20 school year
- RISE performance data (middle schools)
- Utah Aspire Plus data
- ACT 11th Grade Administration (middle schools will be able to see ACT results for their previous students)
- AP results and performance
- WIDA performance data
School administrators will need to bring a laptop (except for the sessions in the ASB computer lab) and their Tableau login credentials. Assistant principals will need to use their principal’s login credentials.
Please contact Ben Jameson with any questions about these trainings.
2019-20 Speech-Language-Audiology Assignments
DATE:
July 15, 2019
TO:
Principals
Speech-Language Pathologists
Speech-Language Technicians
Audiologists
FROM:
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Kristin Norris, CCC-SLP, TS, Speech-Language-Audiology Program
SUBJECT:
2019-20 Speech-Language-Audiology Assignments
Attached are the Speech-Language-Audiology Assignments for K-12, current as of July 15, 2019. These assignments are subject to change.
Please read these assignments carefully and direct any questions or concerns to Kristin Norris @ 801-567-8372 or kristin.norris@jordandistrict.org. Thank you for your attention to these issues.
Attachments
2019-20 Speech-Language Pathologist and Audiologist Professional Development Dates
DATE:
July 15, 2019
TO:
Principals
Speech-Language Pathologists
Speech-Language Technicians
Audiologists
FROM:
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Kristin Norris, CCC-SLP, TS, Speech-Language-Audiology Program
SUBJECT:
2019-20 Professional Development Dates
Attached are the dates and location that have been determined for Speech-Language Pathologist and Audiologist Professional Development. Attendance is optional with principal permission.
Data Dives with School Administrators – 2019
DATE:
Thursday, July 11, 2019
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Superintendent of Schools
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Data Dives with School Administrators
An opportunity to dive into your school’s data has been made available. There are two sessions for elementary level and two sessions for secondary principals and assistant principals. School administrators need only to attend one of the available sessions:
Level | Date | Time | Location |
Elementary | Aug. 5, 2019 | 8:00-11:30 am | ASB Computer Lab D112 |
Elementary | Aug. 5, 2019 | 12:00-3:30 pm | ASB Computer Lab D112 |
Secondary | Sep. 18, 2019 | 8:00-11:30 am | PDC 103 |
Elementary | Sep. 18, 2019 | 12:00-3:30 pm | PDC 103 |
Secondary | Sep. 24, 2019 | 8:00-11:30 am | PDC 101 |
Secondary | Sep. 24, 2019 | 12:00-3:30 pm | PDC 101 |
For elementary school administrators, we will dive into the following data:
- Demographic enrollment for the 2019-20 school year
- Acadience Reading performance data
- RISE performance data
- KEEP performance data
- WIDA performance data
For secondary school administrators, we will dive into the following data:
- Demographic enrollment for the 2019-20 school year
- RISE performance data (middle schools)
- Utah Aspire Plus data
- ACT 11th Grade Administration (middle schools will be able to see ACT results for their previous students)
- AP results and performance
- WIDA performance data
School administrators will need to bring a laptop (except the Aug. 5th session) and their Tableau login credentials. Assistant principals will need to use their principal’s login credentials.
Please contact Ben Jameson with any questions about these trainings.
Special Education New Teacher Induction Training 2019-20
DATE:
June 26, 2019
TO:
Principals
New and 2nd Year Special Educators
Special Ed Mentors
FROM:
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Julie Brown, Program Specialist
SUBJECT:
Special Education New Teacher Induction Training
The Special Education Department has scheduled a series of trainings for special educators that are new to Jordan School District as well as other trainings for Special Educators in their 2nd year with Jordan School District. There are also training opportunities for special education mentors. Please release these special educators so that they may attend these important training opportunities. However, attendance is at the principal’s discretion. Special education will cover the substitute costs for trainings that occur during the school day (Budget code: 1292). If the training occurs after school, the special educators will be paid at inservice rate.
Please see the attached training schedule for details on dates, locations and registration information.
For more information, please contact Robin Silatolu at robin.silatolu@jordandistrict.org or 801-567-8352.
Student Enrollment for June 2019
DATE:
July 1, 2019
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Administrator of Schools
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
Student Enrollment for June 2019
Please see attached memo.
iPad Management Software Now Required 2019-20
In order to better manage and maintain iPads in the district, schools will be required to purchase a JAMF School iPad management software license for each new iPad. This is similar to what is required for all Chromebook purchases. The license is a onetime purchase from Apple and would be included on your Apple iPad order (part number HL2M2LL/A). The current price of the license is $17.50 per iPad. Information Systems has purchased 2,500 licenses that school techs will be installing on iPads that were purchased in the last three years.
2019-20 Comprehensive School Counseling Program (CSCP) Calendar
DATE:
June 24, 2019
TO:
All Secondary Principals and All Secondary Counselors
FROM:
Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools, High School Level
Michael Anderson, Administrator of Schools, Middle School Level
Shelley Nordick, Administrator, Teaching and Learning
Stacy Evans, Staff Assistant, Teaching and Learning
Stacee Worthen, Secondary Counselor Specialist
SUBJECT:
2019-20 Comprehensive School Counseling Program (CSCP) Calendar
CSCP dates are planned in advance so that individual counseling teams will include them in their school and CSCP calendars. Please see memo below with the scheduled dates.
Transportation Priorities 2019-20
Consistent with Jordan School District Transportation priorities, our most important objective is to deliver students to school and back home safely and on time. Please see the document below for the Jordan School District Transportation priorities.
New Teacher Induction Dates 2019-20
All meetings will be held at the ASB
Year-Round
July 17th
8:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Traditional Elementary
August 12th
8:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Secondary
August 12th
12:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Reminder: August 13, 2019 District-Wide Licensed Educator Professional Development Day
The district-wide Licensed Educator Professional Development Day is scheduled for Tuesday, August 13, 2019 from 8:00 - 3:30 pm at the Mountain America Expo Center, located at 9575 State Street, Sandy UT. We will have two national speakers on the program and lunch will be provided.
WIDA Data Dashboards Now Available on Principal Tableau Viewer Accounts – June 2019
DATE:
Thursday, June 20, 2019
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
WIDA Data Dashboards Now Available on Principal Tableau Viewer Accounts
The Evaluation, Research & Accountability Department is pleased to announce that a series of data dashboards containing WIDA Access 2.0 achievement data from the last three school years have been pushed out to principal Tableau Viewer Accounts.
There are four subtests that students take as part of the WIDA: Listening, reading, speaking and writing. Students earn a Language Proficiency Level (LPL) of 1-6, with LPLs of 5 or 6 being the ultimate goal:
- 1 = Entering
- 2 = Emerging
- 3 = Developing
- 4 = Expanding
- 5 = Bridging
- 6 = Reaching
Below is a summary of what the dashboards contain at both the district level and individual school level:
- WIDA Summary Indicators, 2017-2019: WIDA LPLs are reported by summary indicator: Comprehension (made up scores from the reading and listening subtests), Literacy (made up of scores from the reading and writing subtests), Oral (made up of the listening and speaking subtests), and Overall Composite (made up of the listening, reading, speaking and writing subtests).
- WIDA Subtests, 2017-2019: LPLs are reported in each of the four subtests.
- Number of Students Who WIDA Tested, 2017-2019: This dashboard is a breakdown of the number of students who took the WIDA test for each school year.
- 2019 WIDA Proficiency by Student and Grade: This is a crosstabulation of each student enrolled in your school during the 2018-19 school year who took the 2019 WIDA test. The table contains each student’s overall composite score, summary indicator score, and subtest score. This list will be helpful in targeting students for extra time and support.
In the near future, we will push out an additional dashboard that will contain the years of service each EL student has received and whether or not they met their growth target for the School Accountability Report Card.
Please contact Ben Jameson if you have any questions about these data or about how to use Tableau. If you have not set up your Tableau Viewer account, please contact Ben Jameson for instructions on how to do so (or see the step-by-step instructions attached with this memo). Please see the attached document for instructions on how to download and print any of the dashboards in your viewer account.
Principals may share their Tableau login credentials with their assistant principals.
To log into your Tableau account, please click here: https://sso.online.tableau.com/public/idp/SSO
2019-20 Inservice Rate
Jordan School District Payroll Department
Effective July 1, 2019
2019-20 INSERVICE RATE
$23.71 PER HOUR
Excel/Google Sheets Summer Professional Development 2019
This course is for anyone who wants to learn how to do more with spreadsheets. Participants are encouraged to bring their own projects, but sample files and projects will be available during the workshop. All tasks can be completed in either Excel or Google Sheets, and it will be up to the participants to choose an application. Each day of the workshop will focus on 3-4 of the topics listed below. Sign up in JPLS: course number 101427.
For course descriptions and dates please see document below.
Student Enrollment for May 2019
DATE:
June 3, 2019
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Administrator of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
Student Enrollment for May 2019
Please see attached memo.