Jordan School District
Reminder:
A great opportunity to listen to two scholars address the intersection of public education, law and democracy. The event is scheduled for March 4, 2022 at 11:00 am. Two prominent legal
actors, Judge William E. Smith (District of Rhode Island) and Professor Michael Rebell (Columbia), will be the presenters.
See flyer below for the details.
Due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control, the Challenge Run will now be held, Saturday, May 14, 2022 All other information is the same.
Saturday, May 14, 2022
Start Time: 9:00 AM
Veteran's Memorial Park
(8030 South 1825 West in West Jordan)
Cost per person is $20
Team Captains who wish to create a team of runners can register for free!
THE CHALLENGE OBSTACLE RUN is a family-friendly fundraising obstacle course run open to all ages and created to make a difference in Jordan District Classrooms. Sponsored by local businesses and Jordan Education Foundation, 100% of proceeds go directly toward Classroom Grants benefiting students & teachers in Jordan District. The Challenge begins at 9 am, Saturday, May 14th and ends with a fun family festival with lots of free giveaways. You can participate in any one of the events (Obstacle Run, Festival, Fundraising) or in all three!
For more details and to register online, visit:
www.jefchallenge.org
OR
https://runsignup.com/Race/UT/WestJordan/TheChallengeObstacleRace.
Please see attachment for more information.
DATE:
February 28, 2022
TO:
School Psychologists, School Psychology Interns, Elementary Counselor
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Fulvia Franco, Program Specialist – Guidance
SUBJECT:
March School Psychologist, School Psychology Interns, Elementary Counselor Meeting
An in-person meeting has been scheduled for Friday, March 11, 2022, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Jordan School District’s Auxiliary Services Building (7905 South Redwood Road). Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services, will provide us with an overview of Panorama, so please bring your laptops to this meeting. In addition, we want you to participate in a focus group with us so that we can get your input re: meeting your needs and future directions.
Part-time Staff: I would appreciate it if you could adjust your schedules in order to attend this meeting.
cc:
Principals
Accidents can occur when working in unfamiliar areas because employees are unfamiliar of the hazards in that area. See the tips below.
The date for the Jordan School District High School Graduation exercises is Thursday, June 2, 2022. Valley High School graduation exercises are scheduled for Wednesday, June 1, 2022. School graduation plans and times will vary from school to school.
Principals and Directors are encouraged to provide flexibility to parents or grandparents requesting the opportunity to attend the graduation ceremonies of family members.
Licensed employees are responsible for requesting a substitute through the Frontline Absence Management System, if applicable. In the blue “Notes to Administrator” box, the employee should add “graduation” along with his/her relationship to the graduate.
For additional assistance, please contact Juli Martin by email at: juli.martin@jordandistrict.org. or by phone at 801-567-8219.
If teacher interns graduating in 2022 are assigned to your location, please continue reading.
Please see the documents below.
Last week to register for the “What I wish you knew” mini conference. We are so excited to bring you a vibrant keynote and stories from parents and students that will continue to help us be curious, be united, and intentional. Last day to register is March 9th.
Here we go again!
For MARCH 2022, substitute teachers with NO CANCELLATIONS and who qualify as outlined below, will be paid on April 10, 2022. The March tiered substitute teacher bonus incentives are as follows:
18 days worked = $300
15 days worked = $180
12 days worked = $120
9 days worked = $60
Benefit eligible substitute teachers working full time at various schools throughout the Jordan School District, DO NOT QUALIFY for the monthly substitute teacher bonus incentives, since they are required to work every school (contract) day.
Thank you again for your service to Jordan School District.
If you are a contracted employee and need to take Annual/Personal Leave before or after Spring Break 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 |
| Spring Recess (All 242, 245 Contracts) | April 15 and 18, 2022 | Mar. 1 – Mar. 11, 2022 |
| Spring Recess (180, 184, 187, 207, 206 Contracts) | April 15 - 22, 2022 | Mar. 1 – Mar. 11, 2022 |
https://employment.jordandistrict.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/34/PersonalLeaveBeforeAfterHoliday-21-22-updated-1.pdf
DATE:
February 24, 2022
TO:
Principals
Administrative Assistants
Secondary Attendance Assistants
FROM:
Administrator of Schools
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Caleb Olson, Planning and Enrollment Consultant
SUBJECT:
Early & Late Enrollment Permits
The window for early enrollment permits closed on Friday, February 18, 2022. The law requires that parent(s)/guardian(s) receive written notice from the school by April 1, 2022. The results e-mails sent to parents(s)/guardian(s) after records have been placed on the waitlist or seated list serves as that written notice. Schools will need to ensure that communication with parent(s)/guardian(s) has occurred for each permit request.
All unfilled permit seats were zeroed out at the conclusion of the Early Enrollment window. If a school had open seats and waiting permit applications on February 18, those permit applicants MUST be offered the seats. Contact Planning & Enrollment for assistance in adding these seats back to PowerSchool.
The Late Enrollment permit window began on February 19, 2022. The late enrollment period is for applications submitted after the third (3rd) Friday in February for the following year, or a permit request for the current school year. (See “Open Enrollment / School Choice Permits” in the online Planning and Enrollment Manual.)
Any permit submitted during the late enrollment period must be processed and prepared for import by the school; however, Board priorities do not need to be verified. These permits will be placed at the bottom of the waitlist currently in PowerSchool when processed. The permit waitlist in PowerSchool must be used throughout the school year to grant permit requests and seat students at the school. Permits may be re-ordered on the waitlist according to the late enrollment requirements (see “Open Enrollment / School Choice Permits”).
Remember that the late enrollment window is based on staffing, not building capacity. Schools may only accept permits after receiving approval from their Administrator of Schools and only in grades that are at risk of not reaching the 2.0 projection.
Permits for the current (2021-22) school year can still be submitted in Skyward by parent(s)/ guardian(s), and schools must make decisions and provide notification within two weeks of the permit submission. These permits should still be processed and waitlisted or seated as appropriate. However, after the December pre-transfer, approved permits are no longer automatically sent to Skyward. Schools will need to manually enter these 2021-22 permits into Skyward. Because the pre-enroll has already occurred, these permits should be entered using the “History” screen of the “Previous Reason Code” section of the “School Path”.
Please contact Planning & Enrollment at 801-567-8183 with questions.
The Board of Education approved the following adjustments to the 2022-23 calendar. Adjustments are reflected in the attachment and at http://planning.jordandistrict.org/calendar.
DATE:
Thursday, February 24, 2022
TO:
All School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, 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: Teachers’ Values for the Reduction of Teacher Attrition in Utah Public Schools
Applicant: Ryan Nixon, BYU-Provo
The project has been approved by the District Research Review Committee. 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 an optional anonymous survey sent to teachers. The survey link will be distributed directly to teachers by the researcher.
Thank you for your assistance.
The final version of the 2022-23 TSSA Plan is due to be completed in your School Planning folder by March 25, 2022. 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 2022-2023 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.” 2022-2023 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 25, 2022.
If you have questions or concerns, please reach out to your AOS.
If you have technical issues, please feel free to contact Nadine Page 801-567-8182 or Chris Westra at 801-567-8657.
Breakfast/beverage service will be provided starting at 7:30 a.m. Lunch will be provided. See you there!
The March Assistant Principal meetings will be held on March 3 (8:00-11:00am) and March 8 (8:00-11:00am). All meetings will be held in-person at the JATC-S. 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. If you haven't had a chance to sign up please CLICK HERE and it will take you to the Google Doc. If you have any questions please call Nadine Page at 801.567.8182 (x88182). Thank you!
Jordan School District Teaching and Learning Department is excited to SHARE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND an AWESOME Mathematics Conference by offering FREE scholarships to attend.
This conference is sponsored by the Utah Council of Teachers of Mathematics
If you have never been, it is great. Teachers are sharing ideas and there are more than ten choices every session and there are 5 awesome sessions.
We are very excited to spend the evening of February 25th and the morning of February 26th with you at Davis High School. This year’s conference highlights include:
Please apply for one of this year’s scholarships HERE
The workshop with Kelly Gallagher for ELA teachers on February 3 was well-received!
Mr. Gallagher will be here again on the morning of March 2 to do a workshop on writing in the content areas. Middle and high schools are welcome to send teachers to this workshop. Two ½ day subs will be covered by T&L. Additional teachers may attend if schools provide the sub. Registration is now open in JPLS, Course #101874 – Section #117104. Please note that this is a single workshop, only offered in the morning from 8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Please see the attached flyer for more information. Contact Rebecca Smith @ 88368 with questions you may have.
Republican Party Caucus Night is March 8. Democratic Party Caucus Night is March 22. Where possible, please avoid scheduling school activities on those evenings so that employees and community members have the opportunity to attend their local caucus meetings.
A COVID-19 booster clinic will be held in the Oquirrh Hills Middle Gymnasium on Wednesday, February 23 from 4 - 7 p.m. A limited number of doses will be available on a first come, first served basis.
The following vaccines will be available:
