Jordan School District
Applications for the 2018-19 Institute for Administrators are now open! These applications will be due on August 17, so please complete this 5-10 minute application at your earliest convenience!
Click here to access the application: Application
Please see attachment for more details.
Your Educational Support/ALS teacher specialist has sent you an email with a video that explains what's new this year. After watching the video, please contact your teacher specialist if you have questions. Also please complete the simple google form. This is important because it lets our department know who to contact when we are trying to support your school.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-JJkld4koE44qQ557fg6EvZGj3JohPOQPrjjrLrEX-k/edit
Jordan Education Foundation Classroom Grant applications are now being taken. The open window is August 1 - October 31.
Click here: https://www.jordaneducationfoundation.org/classroom-grants for information and to apply.
Please see document below for important dates and reminders.
It is time to choose Jordan School Districts' Teachers of the Year for the Utah Council for the Social Studies (UCSS). This is a wonderful time to recognize an elementary, middle, and high school teacher!
Nominations will be due to Kaye Rizzuto, President of the UCSS, kaye.rizzuto@jordandistrict.org, by September 1, 2018. Please send an email to Kaye with (1) The name of the teacher and subject or grade they teach, (2) Why specifically you believe they should be nominated, and (3) Your name and position (Principal/Assistant Principal). Nominated teachers will be contacted for more detailed information.
Please review, make changes, and add evaluators to your 2018-19 delegation list by Friday, August 10th so we can get your lists out to you. Contact the JES office with questions. Thank you!
Utah Retirement Systems will be available for one-on-one retirement planning sessions at the Jordan School District Auxiliary Services Building in Conference Room 105 on Thursday, August 16, 2018. See the instructions below to register for an appointment. Counseling sessions are available at other locations that are also listed on the URS website.
DATE:
July 18, 2018
TO:
Principals
Elementary and Middle School Resource Team Leaders
High School Special Education Team Leaders
Self-contained Support Class Teachers (All Levels)
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
SUBJECT:
Instructional Assistant Trainings
The Special Education Department has allocated 15 additional hours for one resource assistant in each school and one self-contained support classroom assistant in each classroom to work 3 days prior to school starting to help with IEP related tasks and instructional/behavior management strategies. Part of these hours should include attendance at the following trainings. The instructional assistant should sign up for one Behavior and Class Management and one Paperwork and Goalview training.
The training schedule will be as follows:
August 16th South Valley School
August 20th South Valley School
August 21st South Valley School
In order to sign to up for classes, please use the following link: https://tinyurl.com/y9trfrsc
If you have questions please call the special education department at 801-567-8177.
As you are aware, August 15th was added as a required contract day for traditional elementary and secondary schools. Jordan School District will be holding a Safety and Wellness Forum on this contract day for all licensed and administrative employees. The forum will be held on August 15th from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm. Lunch will be provided. All licensed traditional elementary school employees and administrators should attend at Copper Hills High School and all licensed secondary school employees and administrators will attend at Herriman High School. Carpooling is encouraged at both locations. The forum will include presentations related to suicide prevention, bullying prevention, response to school shooters and other school emergencies. Further information regarding these events will be emailed directly to all licensed employees in the near future.
DATE:
July 17, 2018
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
FTE and Enrollment Counts
FTE and staffing enrollment counts for the 2018-19 school year will occur on the dates listed below. As a reminder, student enrollment will be taken from Skyward and manual student counts are not needed for this process.
If there have been any changes to your FTE Staffing and Enrollment spreadsheet, please send an updated spreadsheet to Travis Hamblin in Planning and Student Services. Your staffing report and attendance combine to determine your FTE eligibility.
Questions regarding FTE and/or enrollment should be directed to Travis Hamblin or your Administrator of Schools.
Please staff conservatively.
DATE:
June 20, 2018
TO:
All Secondary Principals and All Counselors
FROM:
Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools, High School Level
Michael Anderson, Administrator of Schools, Middle School Level
Shelley Nordick, Administrator, Curriculum and Staff Development
Stacy Evans, Staff Assistant, Curriculum and Staff Development
Stacee Worthen, Secondary Counselor Specialist
SUBJECT:
2018-2019 Comprehensive School Counseling Program (CSCP) Calendar
Please see attached memo.
Dear Licensed and Classified Employees,
In accordance with DP326 NEG and DP324 NEG, participation in the Employee-Funded Sick Leave Bank requires an employee to annually donate one day of accumulated sick leave into the Sick Leave Bank. The Employee-Funded Sick Leave Bank is not intended to be used for in-and-out absences, elective medical procedures or other medical care that could be scheduled during non-contract time.
Employees wishing to opt out of participation in the Employee-Funded Sick Leave Bank must log in to their Employee Access and complete the opt out process no later than September 1st. This opt out request must be submitted annually.
*First year classified and all hourly employees are not eligible for sick bank. Therefore, a sick bank day will not be deducted (if applicable). Please be aware that policies and eligibility requirements for Licensed (DP324 NEG) and Classified (DP326 NEG) employees are different. These and other District policies are available for review at http://policymanual.jordandistrict.org/.
DATE:
July 9, 2018
TO:
Principals
Special Education Teachers (Preschool and School-Age)
Speech-Language Pathologists
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
SUBJECT:
Extended Year Special Educator Stipends 2018-19
Please see attached memo and documents outlining changes for the 2018-19 school year.
DATE:
July 9, 2018
TO:
Principals
Head Financial Secretaries
Special Education Teachers (Resource and Cluster)
Speech-Language Pathologists
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
SUBJECT:
Special Education Budget Allocations 2018-19
Please see attached memo and budget guidelines.
Please see attached flyer for new location and information.
DATE:
July 17, 2018
TO:
Principals
All Special Educators and Service Providers
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
SUBJECT:
SCRAM for 2018-19 School Year
Please see attached memo for guidelines and multiple deadlines.
Please mark your calendars for our annual Administrative Leadership Conference.
August 6-7, 2018
7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
West Hills Middle School
Watch for more details to come!
DATE:
July 10, 2018
TO:
Secondary School Principals
Secondary School Financial Secretaries
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Daniel Ellis, Director of Accounting, Budgets and Audits
Jason Mott, Accountant/Internal Auditor
SUBJECT:
Unclaimed Property
“The Utah Unclaimed Property Act (Section 67-67-4a) requires that a holder report to the State Treasurer property which is presumed to be “abandoned” or “unclaimed” after the stated dormancy period.”
For school purposes, unclaimed property is defined as property (checks, book refunds, lunch refunds, or other unclaimed balances, but not current school lunch balances) that is due to a payee but have never been cashed or collected and that are dormant for a period of one year as of June 30, 2018. Checks written BEFORE July 1, 2017 AND not cashed by June 30, 2018 are considered unclaimed property.
Every effort should be made to contact the student or payee and ensure that they receive payment that is due to them. If you cannot locate a student or payee, then the money must be sent to the State. It is preferable to void an old check and reissue a new one than to send the money to the State. Schools may not simply “write off” a check and add the money back into school accounts just because it was never cashed. Nor may a school take uncollected refunds and add the money back into school accounts. It is illegal. If an outstanding check should legitimately be voided, then documentation must be made as to why the check was voided. Otherwise, the State will consider a voided check without documentation to be unclaimed property.
Attached is a reporting form that must be completed and sent to Jason Mott by September 28, 2018 along with a school check written to Jordan School District for the amount of reported unclaimed property. If you have no unclaimed property, report $0.00.
All individual items that are under $50 per item may be combined and reported in one lump sum. For example, if you have 10 checks and/or unclaimed book refunds individually each for less than $50, then you may have one line item on the report for the total of those items. You should put “aggregate” in the column requesting the owner’s name, the total aggregated in the column of amount due owner, and MS99 in the property code column. You do not need to report each item less than $50 individually.
Checks issued prior to July 1, 2017 that are currently outstanding should be voided in Skyward. You will need to write a check to Jordan School District charging the account(s) that were charged with the original check.
Please call Jason Mott at (801)567-8388 with any questions.
DATE:
July 2, 2018
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Administrator of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
Student Enrollment for June 2018
Please see attached memo.
Please see document below for important dates and reminders.
