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DATE:    
August 19, 2021

TO: 
All Principals
Administrative Assistants

FROM:  
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Jordan District Nurses

SUBJECT: 
Medication Administration Training

Utah State Law and District Policy requires that all school personnel delegated to administer medication to students in schools must complete Medication Administration Training.

New employees who will be giving medication are required to attend the live training on Friday, September 10, 2021. Prior to this meeting, they need to view the online training, click on this link https://nursingservices.jordandistrict.org/ and then click on Medication Inservice (use a browser other than Firefox).

Employees who have attended this training and have a certificate of completion will not be required to attend this meeting. However, they will be required to recertify by viewing the online training video and completing the corresponding test available on the district website. (see above)

Please identify staff members that should receive medication administration training. This may include head administrative assistants, office assistants, cluster teachers or aides, counseling center personnel, and the principal if appropriate. Please inform all personnel that have the potential to administer medication to students at school of their responsibilities in this matter.

Medication Administration Training
Friday, September 10, 2021
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
ASB PDC 101 & 102

Class size is limited. Please contact your school nurse if you are planning to attend. See attached nurse assignment list. Thank you for your responsiveness and support.

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DATE: 
August 19, 2021

TO:  
Principals
Administrative Assistants

FROM: 
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Jordan School District Nurses

SUBJECT:   
Immunization Policy and Guidelines, Skyward and USIIS Inservice

Jordan School District Nurses will be conducting this inservice on:

Friday, September 24, 2021
9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
ASB COMPUTER LAB D-112

This inservice is open to all office staff and administrators. It is not required that you attend; however, if you are involved with student registration, this inservice will be of benefit to you since immunization status is an important part of the registration process.

Class size is limited. Please contact your school nurse if you are planning to attend. See nurse assignment list below.

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DATE:        
Thursday, August 19, 2021

TO:  
Middle School Administrators
High School Administrators

FROM:  
Shelley Nordick, Ph.D., Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:  
Utah Aspire Plus Scores

Utah Aspire Plus scores are available for math, reading and English. Science scores will not be available until later on this fall. In addition, ACT predicted composite scores will also be available in the fall. In the meantime, a Google Sheet containing the scores we do have for your school will be shared with each administration team.

Any ELA or math teachers whose students took the test last year will also receive their own Google Sheet with just their students’ scores.

Tableau dashboards will be made available once we have the science and predicted ACT composite scores.

Please refer to Brooke Anderson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with questions.

 

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DATE:
Monday, August 16, 2021

TO:
All School Administrators

FROM:
Shelley Nordick, Ph.D., Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT: 
State Test Administration Data Systems Not Functioning

School administrators are asked to convey the following information to your teachers:

There are currently some issues with rostering between Skyward and the state data system (UTREx). This means that rosters in test administration systems will not be current for the first week of school rendering those systems unavailable for use with students. The affected systems include:

  • Acadience Reading (paper/pencil testing will be used until the situation is resolved)
  • Acadience Math (for data entry only; this is already a paper/pencil assessment)
  • RISE (including benchmarks)
  • Utah Aspire Plus and high school benchmarks
  • Utah Compose
  • KEEP Entry (paper/pencil scoring should be used until the situation is resolved)
  • UTIPS (civics test)

School Administrators will be notified when the situation has been resolved by the state. Please contact Evaluation, Research & Accountability with questions or concerns.

 

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DATE:
August 13, 2021

TO:
High School Principals
Assistant Principals Responsible for Driver Education

FROM:
Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools

SUBJECT:
Behind-The-Wheel & Testing Clarifications

We recently received clarification from the USBE regarding Behind-The-Wheel instruction and testing of students to receive their Driver License. Please make sure that your instructors are aware of the expectations (53-3-505.5) when it comes to the required six hours as outlined in state code.

A simple practice to meet the state’s requirements regarding the six hours of Behind-The-Wheel training could be the following:

  • 4 – 45-minute sessions of road driving and observation to equal at least 3 hours
  • 3 – Two Hour sessions on the driving range for a total of six hours (2 hours of range equals 1 hour of behind-the-wheel)

Additionally, we want to make sure that all Road Exams take place after the six hours of Behind-The-Wheel instruction has been completed. As a district, we recognize that we are not required to offer the Road Exam but as a courtesy to our community and the DLD, we want all students to have the opportunity to take the Road Exam at least once with our endorsed examiners who are registered on the SDC System.

According to the DLD and USBE, a Road Exam will take between 20-30 minutes to administer and must be administered by someone different than the road instructor. We recognize that this may require some adjustments to your current practices but we would like all schools to make the necessary adjustments prior to the beginning of the second quarter of the 2021-22 school year.

Schools may want to consider designating one person to exclusively be the examiner that administers the Road Exam for your school if possible.

For more immediate updated information regarding Driver Education, please refer to the USBE website.

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The following are new administrative assignments:

New Assignments effective for the 2021-22 academic year:

  • Tami Pyfer, Chief of Staff for Unite and former Education Advisor to Governor Herbert, appointed part-time Community Engagement Specialist.
  • Kenneth Auld, former principal of Logan High, appointed Human Resource Administrator.
  • Sally Wilde, Language Arts teacher at Herriman High, assigned as an administrative intern to Bingham High.
  • Chad Stolle, Geography/Spanish teacher at Mountain Creek Middle, assigned as an administrative intern to Sunset Ridge Middle and Southpointe High.
  • Trudy Jack, Director at Franklin Discovery Academy, assigned as an administrative intern to Ridge View and Rosamond Elementary.
  • Paulina Labra, Instructional Coach in Granite School District, assigned as an administrative intern to Oquirrh Elementary.
  • April Thompson, Instructional Coach at Butterfield Canyon Elementary, assigned as an administrative intern to Aspen and Terra Linda Elementary.
  • Veronica Holyoke, Instructional Coach at Aspen Elementary, assigned as an administrative intern to Bastian and Butterfield Canyon Elementary.

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Please take note of the following assignments:

Jared Covili - Consultant, Digital Teaching & Learning • 801-567-8191 • jared.covili@jordandistrict.org

Kelsey Peak Virtual Middle School, Kings Peak Virtual High School

Elementary Schools

Deanna Taylor • 801-567-8773 • dtaylor@jordandistrict.org
Antelope Canyon, Columbia, Falcon Ridge, Fox Hollow, Hayden Peak, Heartland, Majestic, Mountain Shadows, Oakcrest, Oquirrh, Rocky Peak Virtual, Terra Linda, West Jordan, Westland

Larisa Nageli • 801-567-8774 • larisa.nageli@jordandistrict.org
Aspen, Copper Canyon, Daybreak, Eastlake, Elk Meadows, Golden Fields, Jordan Hills, Jordan Ridge, Midas Creek, Monte Vista, Riverside, South Jordan, Welby, Westvale

Bonnie Muir • 801-567-8726 • bonnie.muir@jordandistrict.org
Bastian, Blackridge, Bluffdale, Butterfield Canyon, Foothills, Herriman, Mountain Point, Ridge View, Riverton, Rosamond, Rose Creek, Silver Crest, Southland

Secondary Schools

Ross Rogers • 801-567-8759 • ross.rogers@jordandistrict.org
Fort Herriman MS, Hidden Valley MS, Mountain Ridge HS, Oquirrh Hills MS, Riverton HS, South Hills MS,  JATC South, Kari Sue Hamilton

Colby Hawkins • 801-567-8273 • colby.hawkins@jordandistrict.org
Bingham HS, Copper Mountain MS, Elk Ridge MS, Herriman HS, Mountain Creek MS,  River's Edge, South Jordan MS, Valley HS

Kiera Beddes • 801-567-8264 • kiera.beddes@jordandistrict.org
Copper Hills HS, JATC North, Joel P. Jensen MS, South Valley School, Sunset Ridge MS, West Hills MS, West Jordan HS, West Jordan MS

Digital Learning Specialists - Instructional Coaches & Digital Coaches

  • Larisa Nageli supports elementary instructional coaches • 801-567-8774 • larisa.nageli@jordandistrict.org
  • Colby Hawkins supports secondary digital coaches • 801-567-8273 • colby.hawkins@jordandistrict.org

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DATE:   
August 12, 2021

TO:    
Principals
Administrative Assistants
Attendance Secretaries
Registrars

FROM:   
Administrators of Schools
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Scott Festin, Consultant, Planning & Enrollment
Caleb Olson, Consultant, Planning & Enrollment

SUBJECT: 
Reporting Completion of 10-Day Accounting

Accurate enrollment counts are used to generate future projections. Please see attached memo.

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The Special Education Department is offering professional development to support co-teaching instruction.

Interested schools will need to submit the attached application no later than September 3, 2021 to Amanda Bollinger. The co-teaching cohort will be capped at 13 teams/26 individuals. A signature on the completed application indicates that the principal is committed to supporting the teachers’ commitments in the co-teaching PD described in the attached document.

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Earlier this summer the Field Trip Office launched BusHive, the new field/activity trip software for all field/activity trip requests. During the first week in July, Kitt sent BusHive online training resources and videos to designated point(s) of contact at all schools. If your school did not receive the training videos and you would like Kitt to resend them to you, feel free to contact him at kittisack.soumpholphakdy@jordandistrict.org or give him a call at 8-8809.

An in-person BusHive training option will be conducted on Wednesday, August 18 from 10:30-11:00 a.m. If your school's point of contact is interested in attending, please contact Kitt via email or by phone as mentioned above or Michele at michele.yuill@jordandistrict.org or at 8-8804.

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This year Community Nursing Services (CNS) will be our preferred provider for Flu Shot Clinics in your school. Two flu shot clinics have been scheduled already:

District Office
October 4, 2021
11:00 am - 2:30 pm

ASB
October 6, 2021
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

If you would like to schedule a Flu Shot Clinic for your school and receive preferred pricing, please complete the attached 2021 Flu Shot Scheduling Form and return to CNS attention Yvette. Her information is included on the attached form.

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Custodial Workshops Reminder

3rd Wednesday every other month during the school year
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM.

September 15, 2021
November 17, 2021
January 19, 2022
March 16, 2022
May 18, 2022

New Location: Transportation Building
8480 S 4361 W West Jordan

The purpose of these workshops is to communicate any new information pertinent to the custodial operations of each building. All Head Custodians should attend these meetings.

In an effort to insure that these workshops are productive trainings, the Custodial/Energy Services Department would like to address any ongoing, widespread problems or concerns that you might have.

  • If you are aware of any training needs that should be addressed in these custodial workshops, please e-mail me at peart@jordandistict.org.
  • We are also looking for very specific positive examples of individuals that are doing things right. If you have someone on your custodial staff that deserves some public recognition for the exceptional job they are doing, please e-mail me at peart@jordandistict.org.

Thanks!

Steve Peart
Director of Custodial/Energy Services
801-567-8770
steve.peart@jordandistrict.org

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DATE: 
Thursday, August 12, 2021

TO:  
All School Administrators

FROM:  
Shelley Nordick, Ph. D., Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:
Research Project

The Research Review Committee has reviewed a research project in which your school has been asked to participate.

Project Title: Perspectives on Maternity Leave Policies for Educators in three Utah School Districts

Applicant: Jordan Chaves

The project has been approved by the District Research Review Committee. The applicant has been directed to contact you to discuss the extent of the project and to obtain your permission to conduct the study at your school. Participation in the study is at your discretion. If you have questions or concerns relating to participation, please contact Ben Jameson at 801-567-8243.

The project will involve interviews and focus groups with teachers across various district schools.

Thank you for your assistance.

 

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All schools are required to conduct a fire drill within the first 10 days of the school year.

This provides a great opportunity to review plans, emergency response/Incident Command assignments, evacuation maps, rally locations outside, communications, and related supplies.

Please take special care to orient new students and staff, individuals with special needs and younger students that may not have been exposed to alarms and emergency response protocols.

REMEMBER/CONSIDERATIONS

  1. Call the District 24-hour Alarm Response 801-567-8865 at least 30 minutes in advance, to inform them of the drill, so the fire department is not dispatched.
  2. It is required that the fire alarm is activated for fire drills.
  3. All occupants are required to evacuate, with the only exception for the staff member responsible for notifying the local fire emergency contact and handling emergency communications.
  4. Clearly announce the “drill” within the school, and always make a clear distinction between drills “actual emergencies”.
  5. Complete the 2021-22 Report of Emergencies – Drills, Actual Events or Meetings Form, on Google Drive. Link: 2021-22 Report of Emergencies – Drills, Actual Events or Meetings
  6. Conduct drills according to the District Incident Command System (ICS) Manual, located in the Google Drive Incident Command Folder. Link:  JSD Incident Command Folder
  7. Bookmark the Emergency Report Form and Incident Command Folder.
  8. Conduct a debrief meeting afterward to review successes and plans for areas of improvement. Use the same report form to record related meetings.

Utah Administrative Rules (R277-400-6 & 7) drill requirements for elementary and secondary schools are listed at the top of the 2021-22 Report of Emergencies – Drills, Actual Events or Meetings Form for your reference.

Please contact Emergency Operations Manager Lance Everill for assistance: lance.everill@jordandistrict.org, office 801-567-8623.

 

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Attached are all forms and documents distributed during the level meetings at the annual Administrative Leadership Conference held August 4, 2021

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Special Education Resource and Cluster Team Leaders will receive a SCRAM report via Move-It of all students who should be receiving services through your school’s special education program(s) at the start of the 2021-22 school year.  All team members and service providers need to verify each student on this list as either correct, changed, exited/moved, and/or incomplete. Since only one copy is being sent per “team” (i.e., Resource and Cluster), it is important that resource teams, cluster teams, SLPs, Guidance Specialists and other itinerant providers work together to check and complete the requested information.

Please have your Scram Reports and corrected SCRAM returned to the District Office by
Wednesday, September 8, 2021

We are in the process of hiring a new SCRAM secretary. Until we have a replacement, please continue to send your SCRAM documents and reports to Amanda Hamblin at the District Office. When we have someone in place, you will be notified of who the new contact person is for SCRAM.

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Attached are the special education budget allocations for Resource, Cluster Teachers and Speech-Language Pathologists for the 2021-22 school year. (Cluster Leaders do not receive a Special Education budget.) Remember that special education monies must be spent in ways that provide the most benefit to special education students with the goal to improve student achievement and performance.  It will be up to you, your team, and your school principal/financial secretary to keep track of how much of your budget you have spent individually.

Please note equipment purchases, electronic games and/or any materials that are not instructional in nature must be pre-approved from the Special Education Department. Equipment purchases that are not pre-approved will not be reimbursed. Requests must include the approval from your teacher specialist.

When submitting requisitions, follow Skyward procedures and guidelines. Requisitions for the 2021-22 school year can be submitted anytime between July 1, 2021 and March 1, 2022. The final deadline for all purchasing requests, reimbursement requests, E-checks and P-Card purchases is March 1, 2022. This is a different deadline than we have previously had and will not be extended.

If you have questions regarding your Special Education budget, please call Amanda Hamblin at (801) 567-8177 or the Teacher Specialist assigned to your school.

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Students will have the option to have text read to them on the RISE Summative and Utah Aspire Plus Summative testing systems once again this year. For students in grades 3-6, the Acadience Reading Daze test will also have audio functions. Principals or their designee are encouraged to place an order for student earbuds. Please place your order by Friday, August 27, 2021.

To place an order, please click here.

Earbuds may be used for other district- or state-mandated tests, but schools will need to create a system by which the same student uses the same earbuds throughout the year as there is no additional funding to purchase more than one pair of earbuds per student in grades 3-10.

If schools wish to purchase additional earbuds for other uses, school administrators are welcome to contact Gaylene Miller in Evaluation, Research & Accountability at 801-567-8185 who can share the purchasing information and quotes used to acquire these earbuds.