Jordan School District
As of August 4th, 2023 all administrators will be required to enroll in 2-Factor Authentication for their Google accounts. After this date, you will be prompted to enroll in 2-Factor Authentication the first time you login to your Google account.
Attached are step-by-step instructions to enroll in Google 2-Factor authentication. For further assistance contact the Information Systems help desk at Ext. 88737.
Start now by putting a project on DonorsChoose! See the attachment for more details.
Health Special Risk, Inc. is offering two options for supplemental accident insurance, at-school coverage and 24-hour coverage. See attached flyer for additional information. Please consider including the information in your school packets.
See the Insurance Services website for more details on student accident insurance.
School/Department Administrators and Administrative Assistants:
Are you a new administrator or administrative assistant and need Frontline Recruiting/Hiring training? Would you like a refresher course? Human Resources will be providing additional Frontline Recruiting/Hiring training classes in July to prepare you for next year.
All in-person trainings will be at the District office room #129. Please bring your laptop. As an option, a few of these trainings will also be on Zoom. Zoom links will be sent to those who register for this option. For available dates/times and to schedule a training session, visit the link below.
Frontline Training Schedule for Appointments
Also available on HRConnections and HRAdminOnly are the training videos and tutorials. Contact Brent Burge at #88224 or Brittany Bauer at #88214 if you have any questions.
High School Principals: Please see attached 2023-24 PLC calendar.
DATE:
Thursday, July 6, 2023
TO:
All School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
2023 Growth Measure Results Now Available in Tableau
The summary Growth Measure dashboard in Tableau has been updated with 2023 end of year results. School administrators and instructional coaches will be able to see the following 2022-23 results for each testing window:
District results may be found here.
All of these dashboards are equipped with various demographic filters to help you analyze and interact with your school’s data.
Please direct questions about these dashboards to Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability.
This is a reminder that the Botvin LifeSkills Training program must be offered to 4th, 8th, and 10th-grade students each year in Jordan School District. The Botvin LifeSkills Training Program is currently the only approved program to meet the requirements as outlined in UCA § 53G-10-406 and R277-910. The middle school and high school implementation takes place in health classes. Please share the training information with any new 4th-grade teachers and health teachers at your school who have not been trained. Administrators should ensure that all Botvin materials needed for the 2023-24 school year have been ordered.
Thousands of workers become sick every year from overexposure to heat. Some workers have even died from heat-related illnesses. To protect yourself and your coworkers, it is important that you can recognize the symptoms of heat-related illnesses.
DATE:
July 3, 2023
TO:
High School Principals
FROM:
C. Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools
SUBJECT:
Athletic Classes Taught During School Day
Please list the athletic classes taught during the school day on the document below. Return the form to Brenda Groo by July 31, 2023.
Jordan School District Employees are responsible for knowing and adhering to all District policies and procedures. The crucial policy review is now available to District employees in Skyward through “Online Forms.” As a condition of continued
employment, all employees (i.e. Licensed, ESP, Substitutes, Coaches, Miscellaneous adults, etc.), with the exception of minor students, will be required to complete this training. We ask your assistance in notifying your employees of this required training and ask that this training be completed by November 1, 2023.
A message will appear upon login of Skyward Employee Access for the employee to complete an “Online Form.” Employees can complete the steps at that time or can return to the review at another time by selecting “Online Forms” under “Employee Information.” Attached is a tutorial to assist in completing the review.
Reports of completion will be available through Skyward so you can verify that your staff members have completed this process. A tutorial is attached for your reference. If you or any staff members need technical help, please call the help desk at 801-567-USER (8737).
Legislative Supply Fund Clarifications
See below for clarification on the following common questions about legislative funds:
IMPORTANT Changes
There are some licensed positions that do not qualify for the Classroom Supplies Appropriation per State Board rule R277-459, but were mistakenly funded in the past by the District. As a courtesy, these positions will receive legislative funds for one more year (2023-24). We are asking principals to inform anyone with a following job description, that beginning in 2024-25, they will no longer receive legislative classroom funds:
Clinical Support Specialist
District Home & Hospital Instructor
Instructional Coach
Intern
Library Media Specialist
Occupational Therapist
Physical Therapist
School Counselor – Intern
School Psychologist
School Psychologist – Intern
School Social Worker
Special Ed Itinerant Services
Speech Language Technician
Speech Therapist
Teacher Special Ed Associate
We appreciate your help in making sure these guidelines and upcoming changes are shared with the licensed educators receiving these funds at your school. For your information, attached is State Rule R277 and the legislative funds guidelines sent out each year.
A friendly reminder for the Employee-Funded Sick Bank Policy,
More information regarding the Employee-Funded Sick Bank can be found in policies, DP326NEG -Sick Leave-Educational Support Professionals and DP 324NEG -Sick Leave-Licensed.
For those who wish to opt out of participation in the Employee-Funded Sick Bank see the tutorial below that includes information on how to opt out, along with the deadlines that must be met.
*First Year Educational Support Professionals and hourly employees are not eligible for sick bank, therefore, a sick bank day will not be deducted (if applicable).
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Byron McClure will be joining us for our first annual Wellness Welcome on August 10th, at JATC-South. Dr. Byron McClure is a nationally renowned educational leader and author.
Also, due to popular demand, there will now be two sessions offered on 8/10.
Please review the attached flyer for details.
Please see the document below.
Effective immediately, the Jordan School District Board of Education will waive the $34 charge to new employees for fingerprint/background checks. This is yet another example of how members of the Board of Education are supporting our employees.
Please see the attached document.
The following are new administrative assignments:
There is still currently funding to provide schools with free HEPA air purifiers in K-12 classrooms, daycares, and Early Childhood Education (ECE). We currently have air purifiers in about 60% of schools and want to ensure all eligible partners are aware of this opportunity before the funding runs out on July 31, 2023.
Schools that wish to order can either reach out to Jake Jensen directly at jake@uphe.org or can complete the interest form on Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environments (our contracted partners) website linked HERE.
Our annual Fall Family Fair will be held Thursday, Sept. 7th. We are so excited to share District and community resources with our families. Please share and place in your parent communications. Plan on having you and your teachers attend as well!
DATE:
Thursday, June 15, 2023
TO:
Middle School Administrators
High School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
2023 Utah Aspire Plus Summative Results Now Available in Tableau
Utah Aspire Plus dashboards in Tableau have been updated with the unofficial 2022-23 summative results. School administrators may view the following results:
Please refer to the Utah Aspire Plus Cut Scores document attached with this memo to help you interpret both aggregate proficiency results and individual student data.
All of these dashboards are equipped with various demographic filters to help you analyze and interact with your school’s assessment results.
Please note that growth data is not yet available. The state will release growth data sometime this fall along with School Accountability Report Card information.
Please direct questions about these dashboards to Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability.
