Caucus Night - March 20, 2018
Please make every effort to reserve this evening with no school activities. More information to follow at Principals' Meeting.
Please make every effort to reserve this evening with no school activities. More information to follow at Principals' Meeting.
All principals are invited to a DOK workshop with Dr. Karin Hess on Tuesday, November 28, from 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. in the auditorium at the ASB. Please see the attached flyer for more details.
The Jordan Education Foundation was given tickets to the Deseret News Home Show for this weekend. Each ticket gets one adult in for free. Tickets will be available at the District Office reception desk tomorrow, October 13th, from 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. The tickets will be handed out on a first come, first serve basis.
Please share this information with your staff.
Principals:
Reminder of what items need to be completed by the October 18th deadline.
LAND TRUST / SCC Timeline:
Deadline: October 18th
The principal posts the following on the website and in the school office:
Principals enter fall reports on the website
DATE:
October 12, 2017
TO:
Principals
All Special Educators and Related Service Providers
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum/Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
SUBJECT:
Important Deadline--Please Read Immediately
SCRAM Data Due by the end of day Friday, November 3, 2017
Returning D Track Clusters are Due no later than Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Updating SCRAM for December 1 Funding Count
We are fast approaching our December 1 SCRAM count deadline. Please remember that our funding and other critical data are generated from these counts. It is important that all information be accurate and current. The attached report reflects the SCRAM and IEP Services we have received to date. Please check to see that all students who are currently receiving services are on the SCRAM printout and that all information has been submitted correctly. Submit a new SCRAM document for any changes. Please review the scram report for accuracy of services, do not just print your caseload of scram and submit it with the report.
Special Education Resource Teams are being sent one complete list of all students in the school who are being served by resource, speech-language, guidance and/or OT, PT, itinerant teachers for the hearing impaired or visually impaired, etc. Please review and sign the one original list with ALL team members before sending it back to the SCRAM office. Please do not copy and send multiple reports back to the SCRAM office.
Cluster Teams are being sent one complete list of all cluster students in the school who are being served by the cluster, speech-language, guidance and/or OT, PT, itinerant teachers for the hearing impaired or visually impaired, etc. Please review and sign the one original list with ALL cluster team members before sending it back to the SCRAM office. Please do not copy and send multiple reports back to the SCRAM office.
All primary SLP and Guidance services will be included on the master list sent to Special Education Resource Teams. If the provider is serving two different schools, the services will be included on the master list at each school. Teams are expected to work together to review and complete all required SCRAM information.
SCRAM corrections may be sent through District Mail to the SCRAM Secretary as long as they arrive in the Special Education office by the due date. If the current report is correct as printed, each team member must sign the report, verifying that it is accurate and return it to the SCRAM Secretary in the Special Education Department at the District Office. If you have questions, please call the Teacher Specialist assigned to your school. Please sign and return the current report with all corrections/changes marked along with the corresponding SCRAM documents by the following due date:
Due: By 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 3, 2017
Returning D Track Clusters Due Date:
No later than 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Reminders:
It is critical that information be received by the specified due dates so that all data can be entered by the December 1 due date.
Note:
1) Remember that all IEPs should be completed using the web-based Goalview IEP system and any changes must be reported using the IEP SCRAM Services document.
2) In the event that a hard copy IEP was used and there are changes to the services listed on the printout, be sure to submit the IEP SCRAM Services document and enter the hard copy IEP onto the Goalview system.
Funding Implications
Special education funding and, therefore, school staffing/assistant allocations, etc. are contingent upon the accuracy of this data. Your timely and accurate response is critical! Thank you for all your efforts to get us the correct information in a very short time period.
Thursday, November 2, 2017
4:00-5:30 p.m.
Auxiliary Services Building - Auditorium (north end)
7905 S Redwood Road, West Jordan
Principals: Please share this information and flyer with your teachers.
Learn about your retirement benefits with free webinars from Utah Retirement Systems. Please distribute or post the attached flyer for all employees at your location to review.
We wanted to make all schools aware of the (125) light maple desktops we are storing in the ASB Surplus Warehouse. They are 18" x 24" and are brand new. If your school is in need of these desktops please contact Kris Wishart at (88709) or by email (kris.wishart@jordandistrict.org). We will post them on PublicSurplus.com for reallocation for the next month. We also have brought in many student desks and various sizes of student chairs if you are in need of those as well.
As always you are more than welcome to come by and take a look at what is available in the ASB Surplus Warehouse.
DATE:
October 2, 2017
TO:
Principals
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
Fall Enrollment as of October 2, 2017
Please see attached memo.
High School Principals: The high school testing bulletin for October is posted below.
Principals:
Reminder that all new principals and new SCC Chairs need to attend one of the SCC Trainings for this year. The first training is this Wednesday, October 11th at Riverton High in the Media Center. The meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m.
Please see the attached flyer for all dates and times.
Community Awareness Briefing Forum
Presented by Dan Waddington, Ph.D.
Professor of Criminal Justice
Utah Valley University
Provided by Student Intervention Services
October 26, 2017
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
ASB Presentation Room
See flyer for all details.
Utah Retirement Systems is offering Individual Retirement Planning Sessions on November 1st at Bingham High School. Please review the attached flyer for sign-up instructions.
Secondary Schools are invited to attend a training on the new Milestone surveillance software. The same class will be held at 2 different dates and times. Principals, hall monitors, school resource officers, or the appropriate designee are welcome. Please invite them.
Each training will be approximately 90 minutes and will be held in the Presentation Room at the Auxiliary Services Building.
Monday, October 9, 2017, 1:00 p.m.
or
Friday, October 13, 2017, 9:00 a.m.
SPECIAL PROJECTS REQUEST AND COMPLETION PROCESS
Things to Keep In Mind that May Slow Down the Process
There are 4 ways a Special Project request can be delayed.
Thursday, October 5th at 8:00 a.m.
ASB Presentation Room
OR
Thursday, October 12th at 2:00 p.m.
ASB Presentation Room
Please register in JPLS (refer to course #101255). You will receive licensure points. This course is voluntary, but highly recommended for both current and new Administrators. See flyer below for more details.
See document below for important dates and reminders.
Due to a Gang Conference, appeals will be held on October 3rd. Paperwork is due on September 29th by 4:00 p.m.
DATE:
September 25, 2017
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:
October School Psychologists’ Meeting
A school psychologists’ meeting has been scheduled for Friday, October 6, 2017, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Jordan School District’s Auxiliary Services Building (7905 South Redwood Road). Melissa Heath, Ph.D., professor at BYU, will provide us with a presentation on social skills. Her presentation will also include information about a BYU website that’s been developed around the Collaborative for Academic Social Emotional Learning (CASEL) model of social-emotional learning.
Part-time Staff: I would appreciate it if you could adjust your schedules in order to attend this meeting.
cc: Principals