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Dear Administrators,

Please let your employees know about this opportunity.

ZYIA Active, an active lifestyle brand located in Draper, Utah, is offering FREE brand-new clothing to all employees in Jordan School District. It is ZYIA Active’s way of saying thanks for your hard work and dedication to education.

Here’s what you need to know.

On Saturday, Nov. 11 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. ZYIA Active is holding a Jordan School District Employee Appreciation Event. All employees are invited to the ZYIA warehouse to choose three FREE new clothing items.

  • Brand new activewear in a wide variety of sizes for women, men, and kids will be available to choose from during this event.
  • A list of clothing available for women, men and kids is on the poster below.
  • You must select your free clothing in-person at the ZYIA Active warehouse in Draper.
  • You must present a valid Jordan School District employee ID badge.

WHAT: Each JSD Employee Can Select Three FREE Brand-New Clothing Items from ZYIA Active
WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 11, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. ***Employee ID Badge Required
WHERE: ZYIA Active Warehouse, 294 W. Life Science Way, Draper

Zyia Employee Appreciation Event Poster

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A list of Contract ESP (Educational Support Professional) employees is provided to each principal and department director on an annual basis. These lists were distributed to you three weeks ago. Please contact Rebecca Lee in the HR Department if you have questions or need an additional copy.

ESP employees highlighted in pink are Provisional employees. Evaluations for Provisional employees “shall be completed for all first year provisional education support professionals prior to the end of each six-month period of the first year” (DP 312 Evaluation of Education Support Professionals).

ESP employees not highlighted are considered Career employees and “shall be evaluated annually, or more often if deemed necessary by the principal or administrator” (DP 312 Evaluation of Education Support Professionals). Administrators may complete evaluations anytime during the contract year.

To ensure you are in compliance with policy requirements for ESP evaluations, please review the list of employees you received and complete the evaluations on the scheduled timeline.

All ESP evaluations are completed in Skyward. A step by step tutorial with instructions for completing ESP evaluations is attached for your reference.

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The following are new administrative assignments:

  • New Assignment effective October 23, 2023:
    • Matthew Tranter, currently on a leave of absence temporarily appointed assistant principal at Copper Hills High.
  • Assignment change effective January 15, 2024:
    • Matthew Tranter, assistant principal at Copper Hills High appointed assistant principal at Herriman High, replacing John Vincent who is retiring.

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The Jordan Education Foundation received a large donation of notebooks/journals with pens from SnugZ and we still have about 4,000 left. These come in boxes of 30 and are available in black and blue. If you would like some delivered to your schools (or departments), please email foundation@jordandistrict.org and let us know how many you would like.

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DATE: 
October 17, 2023

TO:  
All Administrators

FROM: 
C. Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools

SUBJECT: 
Save the Date

The Administrative Leadership Conference for ALL administrators is going to be held on August 6, 2024 and August 8, 2024. Everyone plan to participate on both days.

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DATE:   
Thursday, October 19, 2023

TO:   
Middle School Administrators
High School Administrators

FROM: 
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT: 
2023-24 Stakeholder Input Survey Preview and Administration Materials

Please see the attached memo.

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Language & Culture Services is inviting parents who are newcomers (refugee, immigrant, or asylee) to attend a parent orientation to receive information on how they can best help their child in school. Interpreters will be provided. Please distribute to your community.

  • Location: Joel P. Jensen Middle
  • Date: Nov. 1
  • Time: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

For more info, call 801-567-8124 or visit compliance.jordandistrict.org/lcs.

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DATE:     
October 17, 2023

TO:  
All Principals, Directors and Supervisors

FROM:    
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Sarah Palmer, Director of Payroll

SUBJECT:  
DP375 – Vacation Schedule for Administrative Personnel

Clarification of administrator vacation days carryover:

  • Administrators receive 20 frontloaded vacation days on July 1st of each year. These frontloaded days are earned throughout that current year.
  • Administrators may carryover up to 20 earned vacation days from the previous year. Any earned days over 20 not used by December 31st of each year will be forfeited.

Therefore, as of December 31, 2023, any unused vacation days above 40 days will be forfeited. These 40 days consist of the 20 days that were frontloaded on July 1, 2023 for the 2023-24 year, as well as up to 20 unused earned days that are allowed to be carried over from the previous 2022-23 year.

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The November Assistant Principal meetings will be held on November 14 (8:00-11:00am) and November 16 (8:00-11:00am). All meetings will be held in-person at the JATC-S. All assistant principals and intern assistant principals are invited. A beverage service will be provided, beginning at 7:30 am at each of the meetings. As a reminder you only need to attend one of the sessions offered. Both sessions will provide the same information. Please CLICK HERE and it will take you to the Google Doc to sign up for which day you would like to attend. If you have any questions please call Nadine Page at 801-567-8182 (x88182). Thank you!

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This is a reminder to all principals that you may grant up to 2 credit hours of salary level change credit to any teacher for work done outside of contract time to support a school goal that addresses student learning. (AA421) This is a way to incentivizing extra work in your building. Inservice credit may or may not include a stipend. To set up principal directed inservice credit please contact Chris Westra in Teaching & Learning at 801-567-8657. See attachment for additional credit details.

Guidelines for Principal-Directed Inservice Credit

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The Office of EDI is excited to offer a PD series on 'Understanding your Diverse Students.' Our first PD is on November 2nd, 2023, at the JATC South from 4-6 PM, focusing on our McKinney-Vento (Homeless) students. All licensed employees will receive 2 hours of in-service pay. The administrators are encouraged to attend.

Register for the PD HERE.

Please see the flyer for additional information on future PDs.

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Please save the date for permit trainings in November! This training will be for anyone with responsibility for processing permits, from brand new to veteran to administrative assistant or administrator!

When: Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Where: ASB Presentation Room
Time:
*Secondary Schools, 9 AM to 11 AM
*Elementary Schools: 1 PM to 3 PM

Watch for additional information after Fall Recess!

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Take note of the following information. There are links to a training invitation and two monthly Newsletters with important communications about the School LAND Trust (SLT) Program.
Please forward the District School Community Councils newsletter and training invitation to all council members.
The newsletters are also accessible online on the USBE website with different language options.

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DATE:  
October 11, 2023

TO:   
All Administrators and Financial Administrative Assistants

FROM: 
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Superintendent of Schools
John Larsen, Business Administrator

SUBJECT:
Staff Appreciation Funds (formerly known as Staff Discretionary Funds)

Please see the attached, revised, document for updates to the Staff Appreciation (Discretionary) memo.

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Digital Citizenship Week is October 16 - 20 and the Digital Teaching and Learning team is excited to share some resources with you to celebrate six areas of Digital Citizenship mastery.

Positive Online Behavior
Using Technology Responsibly
Protecting Private Information
Using Reliable Sources
Passwords that Protect
Understanding the Impact of Digital Interactions

DTL has created a new page of resources to help your teachers and students demonstrate appropriate digital citizenship skills. On our site, you’ll find a level-specific list of short lessons and learning activities that teachers can use each day as part of Digital Citizenship Week. Click HERE to check out all of the available resources.

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All licensed administrators are invited to complete the following questionnaire by November 3, 2023. This formal process of gaining your input will serve as a conversation starter with your Administrator of Schools about work assignments for the coming school year (2024-25) in Jordan District. Personal preference is one of many factors considered when determining administrative assignments. This does not take the place of the need to sign up for a formal Principal interview. Please use this link to access the form: Licensed Administrator Assignment Questionnaire

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DATE:  
Thursday, October 12, 2023

TO:  
TSI School Administrators

FROM:   
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:  
Root Cause Analysis and Goal Setting with TSI Schools

In preparation for the state’s annual resource allocation review (RAR), teams from schools that have been identified for targeted school improvement (TSI) are invited to a series of workshops that will assist school teams in examining current instruction, conducting a root cause analysis, and then setting strategic goals to address those problems of practice. Thus, schools will walk away from the workshops with a viable, strategic, and robust plan that can be implemented as part of future RAR, LAND Trust, and TSSA plans.

The workshops will address both qualitative and quantitative data from four categories: Achievement, engagement, access, and attendance. The data we will analyze will come from various sources, including Tableau, ELLevation, and Panorama. The workshops will be highly collaborative, so principals are encouraged to bring a team. Besides the principal, team members could include an assistant principal, instructional coach, lead counselor, special education team lead, ELD lead, etc.

The workshops will be offered in a series of three half-day sessions. Tier 2 and 3 TSI schools will attend their own sessions separate from Tier 1 TSI schools. For a list of Tier 1, 2 and 3 schools, please click here. School teams need only attend one half day per session.

Tier 2 and 3 Schools

Session Date Time Location Topic
Session1

JPLS Course #101974

 Nov. 6, 2023 12:00-3:30 pm PDC 103 Overview of TSI changes, Achievement and Attendance Data
Nov. 8, 2023

 

 8:00-11:30 am PDC 102
12:00 – 3:30 pm
Session 2

JPLS Course #101975

 Dec. 12, 2023 8:00 – 11:30 am PDC 113 Engagement and Access Data
12:00 – 3:30 pm
Dec. 14, 2023 8:00 – 11:30 am PDC 102
Session 3

JPLS Course #101976

 Jan. 4, 2024 12:00 – 3:30 pm PDC 103 Summarize problems of practice, root cause protocol, goal setting with district departments
Jan. 23, 2024 12:00 – 3:30 pm
Jan. 30, 2024 8:00 – 11:30 am

 

Tier 1 Schools

Session Date Time Location Topic
Session 1

JPLS Course #101977

 Nov. 16, 2023 12:00 – 3:30 pm PDC 113 Overview of TSI changes, Achievement and Attendance Data
Nov. 17, 2023 8:00 – 11:30 am PDC 103
12:00-3:30 pm
Session 2

JPLS Course #101978

 Dec. 13, 2023 8:00 – 11:30 am PDC 113 Engagement and Access Data
12:00 – 3:30 pm
Dec. 14, 2023 12:00 – 3:30 pm PDC 102
Session 3

JPLS Course #101979

 Jan. 8, 2024 12:00 – 3:30 pm PDC 103 Summarize problems of practice, root cause protocol, goal setting with district departments
Jan. 29, 2024
Jan. 30, 2024

For questions about these workshops, please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability.