Jordan School District
DATE:
August 23, 2016
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent of Schools
Luann Leavitt, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
1st Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate
All Schools, Traditional and YRE
See attached memo.
DATE:
August 15, 2016
TO:
District Administration
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent of Schools
Luann Leavitt, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
1st Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate
Year-round Schools, Tracks A, B, C & D
(August 15, 2016 count)
See attached memo.
See attachments for additional ideas for increasing attendance in your school.
DATE:
September 7, 2016
TO:
Elementary Principals
Secondary Principals
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Laura Finlinson, Administrator, Curriculum/Staff Development
Norman Emerson, Instructional Support Services/Fine Arts Consultant
SUBJECT:
Ballet West 2016-17 Student In-Theater Presentations
Ballet West will once again be providing student in-theater presentations at the Capitol Theater during the 2016-17 school year as follows:
Please note that November 10, December 6, and February 22 are field trip busing moratorium dates.
Although these performances are provided free of charge, Ballet West will not be subsidizing busing as they have in the past. However, all attendees may request a student/teacher workshop to supplement their attendance at a Ballet West student in-theater presentation.
To request a student in-theater presentation, please contact Verlene Jensen at 801-567-8296 or verlene.jensen@jordandistrict.org.
High School Principals: The High School Testing Bulletin for September is posted below.
Date:
September 1, 2016
To:
Traditional Secondary Principals
From:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Heather Ellingson, Director of Accounting, Budgets, and Audits
Subject:
Instrument Purchase and Repair
Effective the July 1, 2016, the purchase and repair of instruments will be the schools’ responsibility. An additional $1,710 for middle schools and $5,700 for high schools has been added to the District equipment allocation. Schools should use this allocation to purchase instruments.
Previously, schools were required to turn fees collected for instrument rentals into the District to be used for instrument repairs Districtwide. Effective July 1, 2016, fees collected for instrument rental should be retained by the school to pay the costs of instrument repairs.
Based on these changes, schools should no longer submit requests to the District for instrument purchases or repair nor should they send in student fees collected for instrument rental.
Please be aware of the many flu shot clinics that have been scheduled in our schools this fall (see attachment). English and Spanish versions are included, for schools to post for their communities. Employees are welcome at all of the clinics. Please also note the clinics scheduled for the District Office and for the ASB. Have a healthy year!
If administrators or counselors receive a request from a charter student to enroll in one or more classes, please contact your Administrator of Schools. More information will follow at our next principals meeting.
Important SLO Information
Because of changes to the law, SAGE scores may no longer be used as the SLO rating for teachers. Therefore, all classroom teachers will need to use SLOs. An email message will be sent to all JSD educators with preliminary guidelines for the SLO process as described below:
The 2016-2017 Secondary SLOs will be available to secondary teachers throughout the year and can be administered by quarter, by semester, or, in some cases, by standard. Scores for both pre-test and post-test should be entered into Mastery Connect as soon as students have completed the tests.
Elementary teachers will have the option of using math, reading, or writing to measure student growth. Teachers may select their SLO subject now and give the pre-test for only that subject or teachers may give more than one pre-test and report the one with the highest rating. It is recommended that pre-tests be given within the first three weeks of school.
The process for reporting SLO ratings will be similar to last year; however, teachers will not be required to turn scores into folders. Before the end of the first quarter, you will each receive a spreadsheet similar to the ones you got last year. Instructions will accompany your spreadsheet. For now, please record any SLO pre-test data in Mastery Connect so that you will be able to transfer it once your post-tests are completed.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact one of Curriculum’s content administrators.
| CONTENT AREA | CONTACT | NUMBER |
| Elementary Language Arts | Becky Gerber | 88087 |
| Secondary Language Arts | Mindy Dummer | 88152 |
| Math | Wendy Harmon | 88377 |
| Social Studies | Pam Su’a | 88320 |
| Science | Jane Harward | 88169 |
| Fine Arts – Dance/Theater | Robyn Bishop | 88129 |
| Fine Arts - Music | Norm Emerson | 88364 |
| Fine Arts – Visual Arts | Mindy Dummer | 88152 |
| CTE | Sonja Ferrifino | 75959 |
| General Questions | Shelley Nordick | 88110 |
In order to be consistent with Federal reporting guidelines, the threshold for coding purchases to equipment (object 730) or computer equipment (731) is increasing to $5,000. Effective immediately, all purchases where a single item is less than $5,000 should be coded to 610 (supplies) or new object code 650 (technology supplies). This change does not alter the purchasing threshold of required quotes for a single item >$1,000 or a group of items >$2,000 nor does it impact the items requiring asset tags.
The 2016-17 year will be a transition year. Please do not change purchase orders already in Skyward or submit journal entries for past purchases. Current budgets have not been modified. Please code the purchases to the correct account, regardless of budget. Schools will be able to transfer budget between equipment and supplies in December and June. District departments and grant programs may make budget revisions in January to reflect current requirements.
Please contact Heather Ellingson (ext. 88388) with any questions.
DATE:
August 15, 2016
TO:
All Principals
All Special Education Staff
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curric./Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Julie Brown, Program Specialist
SUBJECT:
Mandatory Special Education Training
In lieu of the Special Education Opening Inservice, the Special Education department has developed compliance training for all special education staff. All elementary and all provisional staff will attend a half-day training. There are 4 sessions available to help disperse the number of staff that will be out of the building. Substitutes may be requested using budget code 1292. Special educators are responsible for arranging coverage. Registration will be through JPLS. Middle and high school career staff will be trained together by Feeder system during a Friday morning PLC to minimize staff being out of the building. The dates, times, and locations for all trainings are below.
All Elementary and Provisional Staff:
September 7, 2016 8:00 a. m. -11:00 a. m. JATC South Auditorium
September 7, 2016 12:30 p. m. -3:30 p. m. JATC South Auditorium
September 8, 2016 8:00 a. m. -11:00 a. m. JATC South Auditorium
September 8, 2016 12:30 p. m. -3:30 p. m. JATC South Auditorium
September 9, 2016 7:00 a. m. -8:15 a. m.
Bingham Feeder - BHS Room E204
Herriman Feeder - HHS Room 1403
West Jordan Feeder - WJHS Room E27
September 16, 2016 7:00 a. m. -8:15 a. m.
Copper Hills Feeder - CHHS Room 2702
Riverton Feeder - RHS Room 2305
DATE:
August 10, 2016
TO:
Principals
Speech-Language Pathologists
Speech-Language Technicians
Speech-Language Interns
Audiologists
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curric./Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Kristin Norris, CCC-SLP, TS, Speech-Language-Audiology Program
SUBJECT:
2016-2017 TENTATIVE Speech-Language-Audiology Assignments
Attached are the TENTATIVE Speech-Language-Audiology Assignments as of August 10, 2016.
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
High School Principals: The High School Testing Bulletin for August is posted below.
DATE:
August 2, 2016
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Administrator of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent of Schools
Luann Leavitt, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
6th Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate
Year-round schools, Tracks A, B, C
(based on August 2, 2016 count)
See attached memo.
DATE:
July 27, 2016
TO:
District Administration
FROM:
Administrator of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent of Schools
Luann Leavitt, Consultant, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
1st Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate
Year-round schools, Tracks A, B, C
(based on July 26, 2016 count)
See attached memo.
For the 2016-17 school year the Civics test will be given via paper and pencil/scantron (find tests here: http://learning.jordandistrict.org/resources) again this year. Individual teachers will enter the date students pass the test. A nightly process will copy the information from the testing module to the educational milestone module. Data for this past school year has all been loaded into the educational milestone module and is viewable in Skyward Family Access and shows on transcripts.Pathway for teachers to enter passing score date on Skyward:From Skyward page: "Teacher access"; "My students"; "Select students"; "Test scores"; "Civics test, yes"'; "Score"--teacher enters date test passed.Questions, please contact Pam Su'a at pamela.sua@jordandistrict.org or 88320
Attached is a PDF of Superintendent Johnson's PowerPoint. If you would like the PowerPoint version please contact Roxane Siggard at 801-567-8180 or roxane.siggard@jordandistrict.org.
