Jordan School District
Greetings!
We are anticipating a HIGH volume of substitute requests for the following dates: March 22nd, March 23rd, and March 24th. To increase coverage for those absences we ask that teachers who will be absent any of the above listed dates, enter their absences AS SOON AS POSSIBLE in Skyward and Frontline.
Thanks!
March 1, 2023
Clearing out & Closing School EARS Budgets (program 5336)
School Administrators:
As you are aware the EARS grant is not a guarantee and is determined on a year to year basis. Please take some time to review your school’s spending, for the 2023/24 school year, to ensure you are covered using all of your other funding sources.
The following information will help you finalize your EARS funding for the current school year:
CLEARING OUT:
ALL teachers and aides that are being paid for through your 5336 EARS budget will need to be moved to another program for next school year.
CLOSING:
Program 5336 will have a NO MORE NEW/ADDITIONAL SPENDING date of April 15, 2023. (Personnel already being paid will continue until the end of the 2022-23 school year.)
We hope to procure this money next year to help you continue supporting our “At Risk” students. More information regarding this funding will be available during the early months of next school year and will be disseminated in a timely manner.
Thank you,
Michelle Love-Day
If you are a contracted employee and need to take Annual/Personal Leave before or after the mid-spring recess for any reason not listed in policy DP335NEG or DP335B, you must submit a request as follows:
How to Request
During the window, the employee must send the request through email. Please include your name, school, position, and the date you are requesting the leave. Requests left on voicemail or over the phone will NOT be accepted.
Licensed employees submit their request to licensedpersonalleave@jordandistrict.org
Education Support Professionals submit their request to classifiedpersonalleave@jordandistrict.org
The employee will receive an email confirmation within two working days after submitting the request. If the employee does not receive a confirmation email, then Human Resources has NOT received your request and your leave will not be approved.
| School Holiday | Date of Holiday | Window |
| Mid-Spring Recess | April 24, 2023 | Mar. 10 – Mar. 20, 2023 |
Annual/Personal Leave Taken Before or After a Holiday 2022-2023
Schools should update current hiring totals for 2023-24 on their enrollment dashboards as soon as possible so that accurate districtwide data can be monitored and appropriate adjustments made. Hiring totals should be kept current with changes made throughout the summer as needed. Positions do not need to be filled to be counted (i.e., a position that is planned for next year but not yet filled should be recorded on your dashboard as FTE that has been used). Contact Planning & Enrollment with questions about updating staffing totals.
DATE:
February 27, 2023
TO:
School Psychologists and School Psychology Interns
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Fulvia Franco, Program Specialist – Guidance
SUBJECT:
March School Psychologist and School Psychology Interns Meeting
A school psychologist meeting has been scheduled for Friday, March 10, 2023, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the auditorium at the Jordan School District Auxiliary Services Building (7905 South Redwood Road). Terisa Gabrielsen, Ph.D., BYU professor, will provide us with a presentation on Demystifying Identification of Nuanced Autism in Females in School Settings.
Part-time Staff: I would appreciate it if you could adjust your schedules in order to attend this meeting.
cc: Principals
The March Assistant Principal meetings will be held on March 16 (8:00-11:00am) and March 21 (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 per month. 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!
A beverage service will be provided at 7:30 a.m. Lunch will be provided. See you there!
DATE:
Thursday, February 23, 2023
TO:
All School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
2022-23 USBE School Climate Survey
HB 120 (53G-8-802) and R277-623 mandate the administration of a statewide school climate survey. For this year, the USBE School Climate Survey will be administered in place of the district’s Stakeholder Input Survey.
Please see the memo below for all the details.
DATE:
Thursday, February 23, 2023
TO:
All High School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Tableau Dashboards for School LAND Trust and TSSA Planning and Reporting
The following Tableau dashboards may be helpful to school administrators as they plan for the 2023-24 school year LAND Trust and TSSA plans. As you look at each of these dashboards, please remember to change the School Name filter to your school.
Assessments:
ACT (11th Grade Administration)
Utah Aspire Plus English/ELA Proficiency, Growth and Predicted ACT Scores
tah Aspire Plus Reading Proficiency and Predicted ACT Scores
Utah Aspire Plus Math Proficiency, Growth and Predicted ACT Scores
Utah Aspire Plus Science/STEM Proficiency, Growth and Predicted ACT Scores
WIDA Access Overall Composite Scores
WIDA Access Language Domain Scores
AP Distribution of Scores and Pass Rates
Growth Measure (beginning of year only)
School Accountability:
2021-22 TSI Calculations for All Schools and All Demographics
Breakdown of TSI Identification Data (for TSI schools only)
Other Relevant Data
Advanced Course Taking
Please see the attached flyer.
JORDAN SCHOOL DISTRICT is offering Elementary and Secondary paid administrative internship openings for the 2023-24 academic year. Applications are open now through February 28, 2023 at midnight.
Please refer to the details below:
If you are interested in a full time, paid Administrative Internship Position, click HERE to apply!
Click HERE for a Frontline application tutorial.
The Jordan Ethnic Advisory Committee is pleased to announce a Parent, Guardian, and Student Open House event at JATC South, which will take place on March 1st, from 5 - 6:30 p.m. The purpose of this event is to provide a platform for families to share their ideas with administration and teachers, and to engage in meaningful dialogue about the challenges and opportunities facing our students.
Through this event, we hope to foster a sense of community and collaboration, and to work together to build a stronger, more inclusive school environment for all students.
To that end, we would like you to extend an invitation to school communities electronically, and to personally invite four families to participate in this open house. Principals will receive paper invitations in District mail.
We would be honored to have schools support in this initiative, and we believe that your participation will have a positive impact on our district as a whole.
Thank you for your time and consideration. If you have any questions or concerns, please email jeac@jordandistrict.org.
The STEM Action Center Math Personalized Learning Grant has opened. This is an excellent opportunity to acquire digital math licenses for your students.
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DATE:
February 16, 2023
TO:
High School Administrators
High School Counselors
High School Registrars
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Caleb Olson, Consultant, Planning & Enrollment
SUBJECT:
“Full-time” Enrollment and Eligibility
UHSAA guidelines (1.8.1.A) state that “the local school district…shall establish the degree of enrollment at the school that would define full-time status. Such definition shall apply to all aspects of the student’s enrollment, not merely to activities.” In light of this requirement, please use the following guidelines to assist in determining whether or not a student is considered “full-time”:
A senior who needs fewer credits to graduate than a normal 8-period schedule will therefore be considered full time if they are enrolled in as many credits as they require to graduate and are not enrolled in another school or LEA.
It is important to note that “full-time” for athletic eligibility is not the same as “full-time” in Skyward. A senior enrolled in a partial schedule following the guidelines above would be considered “full-time” for athletic eligibility but should have a completed and signed Student Release Form and should show an enrollment percentage of less than 100% in Skyward.
Charter and Private School Students
State Board Rule R277-494-3 allows a student at a charter or private school to participate in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities at a qualifying school (defined in 53G-6-704(1) for charter school students and 53G-6-705(2) for private school students) when the co-curricular or extra-curricular activity is not offered at their charter or private school. Students seeking participation under this rule can be considered “full-time” even if they are not enrolled in courses at the District school or if they are only enrolled in the courses required for participation in the desired activity.
NOTE: If passed, HB209 from the 2023 Legislative Session may alter the guidance given in this memo and may require clarification or revision to the information presented above.
The final version of the 2023-2024 TSSA Plan is due to be completed in your School Planning folder by March 24, 2023. Your budget allocation can be found on the "TSSA Plan" tab.
The JSD Board’s TSSA Framework establishes three priorities schools are to use in developing a TSSA Plan. The priorities include coaching, professional development, and school-based initiatives.
Each school has a personally-created School Planning folder in Google Drive that includes both last year’s and this year’s plans. TSSA Plans and the School Planning Folder can be accessed from 2023-2024 School Planning Tools. Following the School Planning Tool will ensure compliance with TSSA requirements.
The first tab in the School Planning Tool labeled “TSSA Overview and Checklist” provides guidelines and a checklist for completing plans. A quick checklist is provided below. The actual plan is found in the tab labeled “TSSA Plan.” 2023-2024 allocations are pre-loaded into each school’s plan.
Quick TSSA Plan Checklist
Reminder that both your School LAND Trust and the TSSA Plan needs to be completed by this date of March 24, 2023.
If you have questions or concerns, please reach out to your AOS.
If you have technical issues, please feel free to contact Chris Westra at 801-567-8657 or Nadine Page at 801-567-8182.
Please see the link below for everything you need to know about “TSSA”.
2023-24 School LAND Trust Upcoming School Plan
Completion Deadline: March 24, 2023
Your school's 2023-24 LAND Trust Allocation can be found on the State Website. When you click on the "Upcoming Plan" your "Estimated Distribution for 2023-2024" can be found in the box "Funding Estimates" on the 6th line down “Estimated Distribution for 2023-2024. Do not end up with a negative estimated carry-over to 2024-2025.
I can't stress this enough------please use the correct categories for the expenditures as you add them to your goals. They need to be distributed correctly. Don't put everything under salaries/benefits. Call Nadine Page (x88182) if you have questions of what category it should go under.
Last Reminder: The 2023-24 TSSA Plan will also be due on March 24, 2023. Your TSSA Plan Link can be found HERE.
Please see the link below for everything you need to know about “Land Trust”.
The School LAND Trust program Final Report for 2021-2022 is now available for entry on the State website. Reports must be submitted on the School LAND Trust reporting site no later than Wednesday, February 28, 2023.
Final Report Expenditures will not be entered by the principal but will be displayed for response and explanation by the principal.
The 2023-24 Upcoming Plan cannot be submitted until the final report is completed, submitted, and finalized by the District Office. We will finalize reports as quickly as possible as you submit them.
Teachers and other educators whose educator license will expire on June 30, 2023, are encouraged to begin the license renewal process by going to the USBE website. You may begin reviewing the videos and completing your renewal form; however, the following information has been given to us by USBE regarding licensure renewal:
We have discovered that the renewal feature of USIMS that was released this week is not working properly. We have turned off the feature and are working to remedy the situation as quickly as possible. We hope to have renewals up and running early next week.
Please refrain from directing your educators to renew until the feature is confirmed to be working properly and turned back on. We have updated the notification banner on USIMS.
We apologize for the inconvenience; we know that educators are anxious to complete this important task. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
The District HR Department will send you reminders in November, January, and March. A FINAL reminder will be sent to you in April as a 4th and FINAL NOTICE & NOTICE OF TERMINATION should you not receive your license renewal certification in CACTUS by June 30, 2023.
DON’T DELAY – START THE PROCESS NOW!
Prior to the TEACHER TRANSFER FAIR on February 13th, principals may post available positions for the 2023-24 school year on a Google Form. Please click here to advertise your transfer openings for teachers and other licensed employees. This will allow teachers to view your postings prior to the Teacher Transfer Fair.
