Jordan School District
DATE:
March 21, 2017
TO:
All Principals
All Secondary Assistant Principals
All Attendance Secretaries
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum & Staff Development
G. Norma Villar, Consultant, Student Intervention Services
SUBJECT:
Policy AS90 Suspensions
District policy AS90 requires a suspension of 45 school days for students found guilty of a second offense possession or first offense distribution. As of March 23rd, 2017, there are 45 school days remaining in the 2016-17 school year. Students in violation of this policy should be suspended for the remainder of this year. Suspended students are not allowed to participate in any school activities, including end-of-the-year events. Seniors will not be allowed to participate in graduation ceremonies, but will be allowed to pick up their diploma the following day.
Please inform your students' parents that 45-day suspensions after March 23rd, 2017 will carry over into the 2017-18 school year. This office will send a list to all assistant principals next fall identifying students who have remaining days of suspension.
Questions regarding policy AS90 should be directed to:
G. Norma Villar, Consultant, Student Intervention Services, 801-567-8187.
There have been issues with the Child Lures Prevention: Think First, Stay Safe presentations. Several schools have reported that the sound on the presentations is of poor quality. We apologize for the frustrations this may have caused you and your staff. The presentations have now been uploaded to Jordan School District YouTube Channel. Teachers and staff now have access to the Child Lures Prevention: Think First, Stay Safe child abuse training materials online. A special shout-out to the Communications Department for making this available! They can be accessed here:
Module I Part 1 video https://youtu.be/4naq6d_EDPk
Module I Part 2 video https://youtu.be/aWD5I1vW-5Y
All staff members should complete either this training or the online training from Prevent Child Abuse Utah. Please document completion of the training and be prepared to indicate completion as part of the end-of-year checkout with your AOS.
Just a reminder that the end of the school year is fast approaching. Please remember to submit all surplus paperwork as soon as possible so that we can arrange to get it picked up before school is out. We would also encourage you to have your teachers work on it now instead of just before they leave in June. We can get it out quicker between the spring and summer than when everyone is back for school in August.
If your school has a special project going on this summer or a remodel/construction of any kind please get the surplus paperwork in early so that we don't have any delays in getting the surplus out of the way for the maintenance crews.
We appreciate everyone's patience and cooperation this winter and wanted to express our gratitude to the grounds crew for helping us get the surplus picked up from the schools.
As always if you have any questions or concerns, please contact us.
Sincerely,
Fixed Assets & the Surplus Warehouse
Corie Fuller 801-567-8717
Kris Wishart 801-567-8709
Do you have teachers who need to sharpen their MasteryConnect skills? Or learn MC for the first time? Good News! We’re hosting two Core Professional Development days for teachers at select partner schools. And these sessions are offered AT NO CHARGE!
See flyer below for details and to register.
Directors/Principals: Please forward to your licensed staff members
Attention all Teachers and Staff
University of Phoenix is offering an Administration Licensure only program for anyone who already has a master’s degree. This Program should only take 12 months and is done locally at their campus in Murray. Classes will start the mid part of July 2017. The license will only take 28 credits. Contact University of Phoenix if you are interested in this program.
Academic advisor: ariana.mormino@phoenix.edu
Please share the attached flyers with your teachers for the final professional development opportunities of the year for assisting your English Learners! We have received positive feedback for these courses.
The Human Resource Department is pleased to announce the College & University Fair. Representatives from colleges/universities will be presenting information to all participating educators interested in pursuing graduate level programs. Please inform your faculty/staff about this opportunity using the attached "College & University Fair Event" flyer.
Elementary Teacher Transfer Fair:
Monday, March 20, 2017
4:30-6:00 p.m.
Jordan Hills Elementary School
Secondary Teacher Transfer Fair:
Monday, March 20, 2017
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Riverton High School
See flyer below for details.
DATE:
March 16, 2017
TO:
All Principals and Directors
FROM:
June LeMaster, Ph.D., Administrator, Human Resources
Travis Hamblin, Administrator, Licensed
Brent Burge, Administrator, Classified
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
SUBJECT:
Employee Attendance at Relative's Graduation Exercises
For the past several years, Jordan School District high school graduations have been scheduled off-campus and starting times have varied considerably. This year, high school graduation exercises are on Thursday, June 1st.
Principals and Directors are encouraged to direct parents or grandparents who may wish to attend these graduations, but who are scheduled to work in their own locations to District Policy DP335 NEG. This policy specifically states: "Personal leave shall not be taken during the first five days and last five days that students are in school except...to attend to personal or business matters which require the employee's attendance and scheduling is beyond the employee's control."
Since graduation scheduling is beyond the employees’ control, it is the expectation that immediate supervisors will cooperate and provide employees who may fall into this category, an opportunity to attend graduation ceremonies of family members.
Employees are responsible for requesting a substitute through the AESOP system, if applicable. In the “Notes to Administrator” box, the employee should add graduation along with his/her relationship to the graduate.
Any questions should be directed to the appropriate Administrator of Schools.
Cc: Administrators of Schools
JL/am
DATE:
March 15, 2017
TO:
All School Principals
All School Financial Secretaries
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Heather Ellingson, Director of Accounting, Budgets and Audits
Daniel Ellis, Accountant/Internal Auditor
SUBJECT:
Quarterly School Financial Report for January, February and March 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.
Please photocopy the selected elements and send to Accounting by April 21, 2017.
Please include:
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
CTE has purchased licenses for the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite through an agreement between the State and Adobe. These licenses fall under a 3-year agreement.
The Adobe Creative Cloud Suite includes programs such as Acrobat Pro DC, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and many more!
Under the agreement, the full Adobe Creative Cloud Suite is $22.99/year/license/device. For example, if you need the programs on your desktop and laptop, you would be required to purchase 2 licenses. Unfortunately, under this agreement, unlimited licenses are no longer an option. If you were to purchase Acrobat Pro DC from, for example, Amazon.com, it would cost $429 or $199 for an upgrade.
TO PURCHASE LICENSES
Once this information is received, Allison will respond to the email, confirming the requested has been received. This confirmation will be copied to the Information Systems Department as well as the Technician for the school/department. This will serve as an authorization to deploy the licenses. Invoicing and journal entries will be handled in a separate email between Allison and the school/department. Schools/Departments will be billed once a year, each year of the agreement.
Should you have any questions, please contact Allison Tobaben in the CTE Department at (801) 256-5951.
DATE:
March 2, 2017
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent of Schools
Luann Leavitt, Consultant of Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
February 28, 2017 Enrollment
See attached memo.
Did you know that Jordan School District has an Alarm Responder on duty 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year? The Alarm Responders can dispatch the proper authorities, maintenance workers for repairs, begin notifications within the District, and report to your location to assist with alarms and emergencies.
Always call 911 in the event of a serious emergency, then call Alarm Response at 801-567-8865.
Facility Emergencies Protocol
In the event of one of the following:
Activate the Incident Command System, then:
For other emergencies/issues:
Activate the Incident Command System, then:
We will be accepting applications for the Director of Evaluation, Research & Accountability beginning March 9, 2017 and closing March 15, 2017.
Description
Responsible to coordinate, supervise, implement, analyze and distribute data of all State and District assessments. Supervise, coordinate and report all District evaluations as required by State and District policies. Serve as the chair of the District Research Committee and as the District’s Grievance Officer.
Requirements
Requires a valid Professional Educator License for the State of Utah with a “License Area of Concentration” of “Administration”.
Requires three (3) years of administrative experience.
Current Administrators interested in this position may apply online through Skyward Employee Access.
To apply:
1. Log into Skyward Employee Access
2. Select “FastTrack Open Positions”
3. Select “Administrator” under “Category”
4. Select “Search for Positions”
5. Select the “Apply” check-box next to the position
6. Select “Apply for Selected Position”
7. Login to apply
Please take note that the HR Investigation Training, that was to be held on March 10, 2017, has been canceled due to a scheduling conflict. You will be notified when it is rescheduled for the 2017-18 school year.
High School Principals: The High School Testing Bulletin for March is posted below.
See document below for important dates and reminders.
All Administrators, School Psychologists and Counselors are invited. See flyer for more details.
Thursday, March 9, 2017
2-4 p.m.
ASB Auditorium
All Administrators, School Psychologists and Counselors are invited. See flyer for more details.
Thursday, April 6, 2017
2-4 p.m.
ASB Presentation Room
