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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.

cc:
Principals

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DATE:    
November 16, 2016

TO: 
Principals
All Provisional Special Educators and Service Providers

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

SUBJECT: 
Severe Reading Assessment Class

The Special Education department is providing training for provisional teachers and service providers who need training on CTOPP2, GORT5, and the RAN/RAS. These tests are used to identify severe reading deficits.

This class is primarily for new special education teachers, SLPs and Guidance staff. However, 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 using Course #101096.                                    

Date:         Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Time:        8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Where:      District Office, Room 129

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Principals' Meeting will be held on December 6, 2016 at the ASB. We will have a special speaker, Dr. Hall, during the opening session. The meeting begins at 8:00 a.m. A beverage service will be provided before the meeting. A nice luncheon will be served. See you there!

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DATE:   
November 5, 2016

TO:  
Principals, Head Secretaries, Attendance Secretaries, Registrars

FROM:  
Administrators of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Luann Leavitt, Consultant – Planning & Student Services
Nancy Ward, Consultant – Educational Support Services

SUBJECT: 
Planning & Student Services Permit Training

Our annual Planning & Student Services Permit Training has been scheduled. We will hold two meetings at the ASB Auditorium beginning at 8:30 am. Trainings will be similar so you are welcome to attend the training that works best with your schedule.

  • Elementary Training: Monday, November 14, 2016 8:30 am
  • Secondary Training: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 8:30 am

This training will include:

  • Open Enrollment information/Permits
    • December 1, 2016 – February 17, 2017
  • Guardianship/Durable Power of Attorney
  • Attendance
  • Custodial/Non-custodial
  • Entry/Exit Codes
  • Student Records – “Move it”
  • Educational Support Services
  • ESL
  • McKinney Vento
  • Refugee/Immigrant
  • American Indian
  • Nursing Services
  • Q&A

All school personnel who help with registering new students are invited to attend. Please send at least one person from your school to the training so they can take back and share what they learn at the training. RSVP to Shelley Axtell at 801-567-8183. Thank you.

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Annual Incident Command Systems Refresher Course Reminder

Wednesday, November 16th at 1:00 pm
ASB Presentation Room C-100
(Located at the main entrance)

Please register in JPLS to receive licensure points.  This course includes an overview of our Incident Command System procedures for emergency preparedness and is highly recommended for both current and new administrators.  This will be the final opportunity for this year.

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DATE:     
November 7, 2016

TO:
Principals
School Psychologists

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

SUBJECT:
Invitation to A.S.P.E.N. Behavior Training

School administrators and school psychologists are invited to attend the following make-up course on the A.S.P.E.N. Behavior Management Training. This training provides strategies for school personnel to effectively manage and de-escalate aggressive student behavior in the school setting. This training is being offered as a make-up opportunity for the sessions that were offered in October.

Please register in JPLS so we can plan for the appropriate materials. If you can attend at the last minute please feel free to come; however, because we are providing certification for attendance, it is important that you do attend an entire session.

This course for Principals and School Psychologists is a shortened version of the full course to give you an overview of the program and determine what further training may be appropriate for your settings. This course will be offered as a full version to other educator groups in the future or could be customized for your individual school staff needs. We look forward to seeing you there!

A.S.P.E.N. Behavior Management Training
JATC-South Auditorium
December 2nd
8:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Sign up through JPLS for ASPEN Behavior Management

Course #101133, Session #114802

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DATE:   
November 7, 2016

TO:    
Principals

FROM:   
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Clyde Mason, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT: 
Assessment and Accountability Training for Principals – Sponsored by USBE

USBE will be providing assessment and accountability training for principals on Friday, November 18, 2016 in the Jordan District Aux. Services auditorium. This full-day training will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Topics covered at specified times will be as follows:

8:30 - 9:00
Accountability
Scale Scores/Vertical Scale
Standard Error of Measurement

9:00 – 11:00
Accessing and Using SAGE Data (ORS, Data Gateway, DIBELS: Pathways to Progress)
Analyzing school level scores
Analyzing teacher level scores
Analyzing reporting categories to find needs

11:00 – 12:00
Lunch

12:00 – 12:30
Formative Tools – What should we use?  (Utah Compose, SAGE Formative, UTIPS, DIBELS Progress Monitoring)

12:30 – 1:15
SAGE Summative, Interim, Benchmark Modules

1:15 – 3:30
Now What:  Identified areas of concern and moving forward

Pre-registration is NOT required. Re-licensure credit for this training will be made available via registration on USBE’s On-Track system. Details on re-licensure procedures will be made available at the training on Nov. 18.

Contact Clyde Mason if you have questions about this Nov. 18 training for principals.

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DATE:  
September 13, 2016

TO:   
Principals
School Psychologists

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

SUBJECT: 
Invitation to A.S.P.E.N. Behavior Training

All school administrators and school psychologists are invited to attend one of the following courses on the A.S.P.E.N. Behavior Management Training. This training provides strategies for school personnel to effectively manage and de-escalate aggressive student behavior in the school setting. Two training times will be provided to allow for multiple personnel in the school to attend.

Please register in JPLS so we can plan for the appropriate materials. If you can attend at the last minute please feel free to come, however, because we are providing certification for attendance, it is important that you do attend an entire session. This course will be offered to other educator groups in the future or could be customized for your individual school staff needs. We look forward to seeing you there!

A.S.P.E.N. Behavior Management Training
JATC-South Auditorium
Wednesday, October 12th
Session 1: 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Session 2: 12:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Sign up through JPLS for ASPEN Behavior Management Session 1 or Session 2

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JSD Administrators:

Due to scheduling conflicts, the HR Administrators have REVISED the voluntary 2016-17 HR Administrator Training sessions. Please refer to the attached REVISED schedule, which is also available for view on AdminOnly.

These sessions will provide you with information you will find helpful as laws, policies and practices continue to evolve. The first session on October 5th will address a progressive discipline plan for both licensed and classified employees.

We look forward to seeing you at each of these three training sessions.

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DATE:
September 6, 2016

TO:
All Principals
Administrative Assistants

FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Nancy Ward, Coordinator of Educational Support Services
Jordan School District Nurses

SUBJECT:
Medication Administration Training

All new employees who may be administering medication in school must attend a training. As a review, other employees who administer medication may wish to attend this training. A memo is attached.

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DATE:
September 13, 2016

TO:
Principals
Administrative Assistants

FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Nancy Ward, Coordinator of Educational Support Services
Jordan School District Nurses

SUBJECT:
Immunization Policy and Guidelines, Skyward and USIIS Inservice

An immunization in-service class will be offered for office staff and administrators. It is especially important for staff who register students in school to attend. Please see the attached document.

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Secondary Assistant Principals:

The UASSP Assistant Principal's Conference has been added to the list of conferences that you can attend as a local conference when your rotation comes up. You will receive a $300 stipend for this conference. You will take care of the registration, etc. just as in the other local conferences. If you would like to attend this conference, and you are on the rotation for this year, please contact Nadine Troxel at 801-567-8186.

Here is information regarding this year's conference:

Thursday, October 27, 2016
Thanksgiving Point Garden Room
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

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The Curriculum Department will pay for one administrator per building to attend the CITES Learning Edge Conference on November 15, 2016. See the attached flyer for more information. Please send the name of the administrator to Amanda Hansen by October 7th and she will take care of the registration.

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If you have not had the opportunity to attend and receive training on the changes in the Home & Hospital program, please attend one of the following forums:

Wed., Sept. 28th @ 9:00 a.m. or 1:00 p.m.
Thurs., Sept. 29th @ 9:00 a.m. or 1:00 p.m.

Each site has been asked to send an administrator to attend one of the sessions.

See flyer below.

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DATE: 
August 31, 2016

TO:   
Secondary Principals
Secondary Media Specialists

FROM: 
Administrators of Schools
Laura Finlinson, Administrator, Curriculum/Staff Development
Norman Emerson, Instructional Support Services/Fine Arts Consultant

SUBJECT:   
Networking Meetings for Secondary Media Specialists

In order to prepare and train secondary library media assistants to effectively provide services to their schools and to build consistency across the District’s library programs, several networking meetings have been scheduled for the 2016-17 school year. The participation of your media specialists in these meetings is expected and appreciated.

The meetings will be held on the following dates from 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.:

  • September 29, 2016
  • October 26, 2016
  • November 30, 2016
  • January 25, 2017
  • February 23, 2017
  • March 3, 2017 (UELMA Conference)
  • April 26, 2017
  • May 17, 2017

Please feel free to contact Norman Emerson (801-567-8364) if further information is needed. Thank you for your continued support of the library media programs in Jordan District.