Jordan School District
Administrators, please send a sky alert to your families inviting them to our Family Fall Fair.
Note to send: Come out to our District Family Fall Fair. You can learn about resources available for the success of your students, see student performance and hear a live band called Superintendent's of Rock, where our own Superintendent, Dr. Godfrey plays guitar.
DATE:
Thursday, September 15, 2022
TO:
All School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Earbud Orders for State Testing
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, October 14th.
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.
The annual Jordan School District (JSD) Incident Command System (ICS) training will review the basics for responding to an emergency. The course is available for anyone with a key response role at your location. The same course is being offered in both the morning and afternoon. Registration is available on JPLS – Incident Command Training 2022-23, Course #101918. Relicensure points will be issued.
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
8:30-10:00 a.m., section #117445
Or
1:00-2:30 p.m., section #117446
Auxiliary Services Building, Presentation Room C100, Entrance “C”
7905 South Redwood Road
The course will be led by JSD Emergency Operations Manager Lance Everill at 801-567-8623, lance.everill@jordandistrict.org.
Additional ICS review opportunities will be made available throughout the school year, and individual locations can schedule meetings as needed/requested.
Optional training will be provided by the Business and Auxiliary Services Departments on September 26 (1:00-4:00 pm) and October 4 (8:00-11:00 am) via Zoom. This training opportunity is for school or department personnel including principals, assistant principals, administrative assistants, clerks, aides or others with responsibilities correlating with the Business or Auxiliary Services Departments.
If you would like to participate in one of the sessions, please send an email to Lisa LeStarge, at lisa.lestarge@jordandistrict.org and let her know which date you would like to sign-up to attend. The total number of participants in each session will be capped at 80 (plus presenters). Because we want the sessions to have the same interactive environment as in-person sessions, attendees will be able to submit questions via ZOOM Chat. Attendees will also be provided with a link to hand-outs provided by the presenters so they can be viewed during the training or downloaded for future use.
We hope you will take advantage of this training opportunity.
Parent Teacher Conferences are fast approaching, and many of you will find your school in need of one or more interpreters in order to serve the needs of your parents. Mirsa Joosten is happy to find an interpreter in each language you need, but this can be extremely difficult when there is not sufficient time for her to make arrangements. The virtual format, should we need to use it, can make finding interpreters even more difficult. For these reasons, we ask you to please request your interpreter no later than the dates given below by completing the Interpreting and Translation Services Request Form available on the Equity and Compliance webpage, if you have not already done so.
| Level | Conference Date(s) | Date Interpreter Request Due |
| High Schools | September 28-29, 2022 | September 21, 2022 |
| Middle Schools | September 28-29, 2022 | September 21, 2022 |
| Elementary Schools | October 5-6, 2022 | September 23, 2022 |
Singleton PLC Assignments: LINK
Middle School Assistant Principals, please review the attached list of Singleton PLC assignments and the PLC calendar. Please add a zoom link to your assigned group before Sept. 9th. The initial meeting will be virtual via zoom and then it will be determined by each PLC group whether to continue meeting virtually or in-person.
Action Steps:
Create and distribute virtual link for initial meeting on Sept. 9th
Determine whether to continue meeting virtually or in-person for monthly meetings
Select a team leader (if different from last year)
Select someone to take minutes
Place copies of PLC minutes in the appropriate singleton group folder in the 2022-23 shared drive.
Principals:
As you are planning your SCC meeting dates, please keep in mind that your 2023-24 LAND Trust & TSSA plans will be due on March 24, 2023. The plans must be approved in your last SCC meeting of their year. Please plan your dates accordingly!
All new principals and new SCC Chairs need to attend one of the SCC Trainings for this year. Two trainings will be held in a Zoom format. If you have any questions contact Nadine Page, nadine.page@jordandistrict.org or 801.567.8182 (x88182).
September 28, 2022 - 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Join Zoom Meeting LINK
September 29, 2022 - 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Join Zoom Meeting LINK
1-year temporary agreements are not required for part-time employees.
1-year temporary agreements are required for all full-time/contracted employees who are paid from the following programs and program codes. Please submit these completed forms to the HR Department by or during the FTE audits in September 2022. Click this link for the 1-Year Temporary Agreement form found on the employment.jordandistrict.org/AdminOnly website.
Program Code: 5679
Program Name: School Based Mental Health
Department: Student Services
Employee Type: Licensed
Program Code: 5886
Program Name: Beverly Taylor Arts Learning Program
Department: Teaching & Learning
Employee Type: Licensed
Program Code: 7685
Program Name: SAMHSA AWARE Grant
Department: Student Services
Employee Type: Licensed
Program Code: 7220
Program Name: GEERS
Department: Special Education
Employee Type: ESP
Educators who enroll and complete the online new mentor training in August or September (2022) will receive a $150 stipend. This training is a 3-hour online course and is for BRAND NEW MENTORS ONLY.
Educators will need to register on JPLS. Please contact the JES office with any questions at (801) 567-8369 or rebecca.lee@jordandistrict.org.
Please let educators know who may be interested in becoming certified as a mentor.
DATE:
Thursday, August 25, 2022
TO:
All School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Tableau Login Moving to Google SSO
Due to a change on Tableau’s security policies, we will be transitioning all Tableau logins to Google single sign on (SSO). Beginning Thursday, September 1, when Tableau users try to sign into their accounts, they will be redirected to a Google login page. Tableau users will use the same login credentials as their district email for Tableau. Here are the new login procedures effective September 1st:
Please direct any questions about Tableau to Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability.
DATE: August 16, 2022
TO: Principals, Assistant Principals, Panorama Survey Coordinators
FROM: Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent, Administrators of Schools, Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
SUBJECT: Panorama Survey Training, Window, & Administration
The virtual training may be accessed using the following link:
All administrators and survey coordinators will receive an email from Panorama containing the survey questions, sample letter to use for parent/guardian communication, and slide deck of the presentation. The school may choose to use, modify or create their own parent/guardian communication. Schools may also share the survey questions should they choose to do so.
The fall survey window will open on Aug. 29 and close on Sept. 21.
It is expected that each school shall notify parents/guardians PRIOR to administering the survey to students. SEL surveys are always optional whether the parent/guardian or student opts out, should never be ‘required’, and should never be a part of an academic grade.
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 fire alarms/strobes and emergency response protocols. Please be sure to clearly announce that it is a “drill”.
Please call the Jordan School District 24-hr. Alarm Response 801-567-8865 at least 30 minutes in advance of the drill, so the fire department is not dispatched.
Use the JSD Incident Command System Manual - Fire Action Plan as your drill guideline. Google Drive link: JSD Incident Command System Manual
Report the drill and any related meetings using the JSD report form on Google Drive. Link: 2022-23 REPORT EMERGENCY — DRILLS, ACTUAL EVENTS, or MEETINGS
Please contact Emergency Operations Manager Lance Everill with questions or concerns: lance.everill@jordandistrict.org, office 801-567-8623.
Admin, please share this information with your teachers.
Many of your teachers are pursuing a STEM endorsement - USBE WILL REIMBURSE THEM FOR THEIR EDUCATION! This is now called the STEM Endorsement Incentive Program (EIP). See the attached flyer and link to our EIP website for more information. If you have any questions, please reach out to the content consultant. We would love to talk to you!
Students who are registered to a District school and have not attended (or been marked absent with a valid excuse) for ten consecutive school days at any point in the school year must be withdrawn from membership. This is particularly important during the first ten days of the school year so that our enrollment calculations and reporting is accurate.
Accurate enrollment counts are used to generate future projections. Projection totals are needed very soon after ten-day adjustments are completed. To assist in preparing projections, we are asking all schools to report the completion of their 10-day drops on a Google Sheet as soon as these drops are processed. Only the staff member responsible for processing the drops should indicate completion status. The Google Sheet is available at this link and will be emailed to attendance staff again close to the 10th day of school.
10 day drops for high schools may be processed at the end of the day on August 30, 2022. Elementary (Grades 1-6) and middle school may process drops at the end of the day on August 31, 2022. Kindergarten drops may be processed at the end of the day on September 8, 2022.
Guidelines for how to process these drops are available in the Information Systems documentation folder in Google Drive and at this link.
We have money to assist at-risk students at your school. Each school needs to email the LCS Administrative Assistant, Nicole Woodburn, for your budget form. You will have to fill that form out before the funds appear in your 5336 account. Contact: nicole.woodburn@jordandistrict.org
At-Risk Students (EARS) Definition
“Students at risk are those students who are in an at-risk category such as: primary
language is other than English, poverty, homelessness, trauma, scores below proficient on state assessments, or has other adverse childhood experiences (ACE).
Please be responsible in budgeting this money. It is one-time and may not be available next year.
The following professional development days have been added to this year’s calendar.
Professional Development Day (No Students Attend)
Friday, September 16, 2022
Friday, November 4, 2022
Friday, April 21, 2023
All employees should work in the building on these days. Principals are authorized to use up to 3 hours of principal-directed time each professional day, which includes time spent in Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). The remaining time should be at the teacher’s discretion.
Please provide these dates to your employees.
If you have any questions please contact your Administrator of Schools.
DATE:
August 9, 2022
TO:
Assistant Principals
Principals (info only)
Teaching & Learning Consultants
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
SUBJECT:
Safe School Hearing Calendar/Assignments
Please add on your calendar now!
To broaden everyone’s experience, most assistant principals will be a part of the Safe Schools Committee this year. Please add this date to your calendar as a top priority. If your name is not listed, you will be one of the first contacts in case of an emergency and a substitute committee member is needed. PLEASE DO NOT FIND YOUR OWN SUBSITUTE. The committee is balanced by level and gender each week. If an emergency comes up the week of your assignment, please email janie.hyde@jordandistrict.org
The Safe School Committee meets on Wednesdays from 8:00 AM until 3:00 PM at the main district office in conference room 123 back by the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Compliance folks. Bring your own lunch or there is an hour break built in to buy lunch at the many offerings in Jordan Landing.
We are grateful to have your experience, wisdom and skill set to help with this important decision-making committee.
Please send all updates and information for the instructional coaching positions in your school to Michelle Williams in the JSD Teaching and Learning Department. Please include names, email, and details about their coaching FTE amounts. We need your prompt response if you have not already communicated your personnel updates. Michelle may be contacted at 801-567-8365 or michelle.williams@jordandistrict.org
Attached are the special education budget allocations for Resource, Self-Contained Teachers and Speech-Language Pathologists for the 2022-23 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 2022-23 school year can be submitted anytime between July 1, 2022 and March 1, 2023. The final deadline for all purchasing requests, reimbursement requests, E-checks and P-Card purchases is March 1, 2023. 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.
