A reminder to spend your At risk funds. Your reporting for EARS can be completed on this form. Please include the totals you used from the 5336 budget. You can view this sample here as you work on the spending for 2021-22. Please email your final budget to M. Love-Day (michelle.love-day@jordandistrict.org). A new funding budget will be allocated soon.
Category: Middle School Action Required
Parent Orientation for Newcomers (refugees, immigrants, etc)
We invite parents who are newcomers (refugee, immigrant, or asylee) to our school district to attend this month’s parent orientation to get information on how they can best help their child in school. Please have parents fill out this RSVP form. If you need a flyer translated into another language, please contact michelle.love-day@jordandistrict.org.
Full-Time (paid) Administrative Internship Openings for 2022-2023
Please share the document below with those in your building that may be interested.
2021-22 Stakeholder Input Survey Results
DATE:
Thursday, February 3, 2022
TO:
All School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
2021-22 Stakeholder Input Survey Results
51,139 students, parents and educators participated in the 2021-22 Stakeholder Input Survey, which was administered in November 2021.
The Stakeholder Input Survey results have been released via Tableau accounts for school principals. Principals may request that their assistant principals have access to the results in Tableau by contacting Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability. PDF reports containing individual educator effectiveness ratings will also be distributed to principals in the coming days. Those reports will subsequently need to be distributed to educators. More information about these pdf reports will be forthcoming.
Principals may access school and district survey results by clicking here or through their Tableau accounts: Explore > Surveys > Stakeholder Input Survey > 2021-22 Stakeholder Input Survey
In addition to district results, each school will have the following dashboards that contain their school’s survey results:
- [School Name] Faculty Stakeholder Input Survey
- [School Name] Parent Stakeholder Input Survey
- [School Name] K-3 Student Stakeholder Input Survey and [School Name] 4-6 Student Stakeholder Survey for elementary schools
- [School Name] 7-12 Student Stakeholder Input Survey for secondary schools
- [School Name] Stakeholder Input Survey Overall Educator Effectiveness Scores
Please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with questions.
2022 Literacy Promise Conference
Registration for the Literacy Promise Conference is now available! This is a conference you will not want to miss! There is an amazing line-up of presenters this year including Linda Ferrell, Nancy Frey, David Kilpatrick, and Kelly Gallagher just to name a few. The conference will be held March 23-25, 2022 at the Utah Valley Convention Center in Provo, Utah. The Teaching & Learning department will pay the registration fee for an administrator and up to four other staff members from each school. Noreen Samowitz will complete the registration. Please contact her by March 13th with the list of attendees from your school. Schools are responsible to secure and fund their own substitutes for this event. More information can be found here.
Mentor Reminders and Updates – January 2022
Mentoring in Jordan School District is essential to retaining and supporting new teachers in their first three years of teaching. Each year provisional teachers are identified and provided a mentor. Below are a few reminders and updates.
Reminders:
- Make sure you know who your lead mentor teacher is. Decide if this individual will remain the lead mentor or if you need to assign a new lead mentor.
- Have teachers who are interested in becoming mentors sign up for the mentor training on JPLS. Teachers cannot mentor if they are provisional or if they are not trained.
- All mentors will be recertified every 5 years. Teachers will be notified when they need to recertify. Teachers who do not recertify will no longer be able to mentor.
- Administrators are to work directly with lead mentors in assigning mentors and mentees.
Updates:
- Mentors and mentees must be logging all meetings they have on their shared log.
- Mentors, mentees, and lead mentors have clearly defined roles with each contributing to the partnership.
- Mentors, mentees, and lead mentors have updated contracts that must be signed at the beginning of the mentoring partnership.
- Quarterly surveys are sent out to mentees and mentors to gather information as to how district mentor specialists can provide needed support.
- Each school needs to have a designated administrator over mentoring at their school. This will facilitate communication between district mentor specialists, teachers, and administration.
- The administrator over mentoring, at their school, will have specific duties. See attached information.
- Each school will need to complete the administrator mentor survey indicating which school administrator will be over mentoring. Mentoring Survey
2022 RISE and Utah Aspire Plus Summative Test Administration and Training
DATE:
Thursday, January 27, 2022
TO:
Middle School Administrators
High School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
RISE and Utah Aspire Plus Summative Test Administration and Training
The RISE assessment is a computer adaptive criterion referenced assessment system that includes summative tests for English Language Arts (ELAs), Mathematics, Science, and Writing. Please see the summative tests that are scheduled to be delivered to the following middle school grades.
UETS-based JPAS Full Evaluation Due Date Update
The JES department recognizes that due to COVID-19 and other unforeseen circumstances schools are feeling overwhelmed with meeting deadlines. In an effort to support schools as they work hard to meet the needs of students, the UETS- based JPAS Full Evaluation due date has been changed. All full evaluations will now be due April 22, 2022.
This change includes all educator, teacher specialist, counselor, psychologist, and administrative evaluations. Please contact the JES office with any questions at (801) 567-8369.
APPEL Domains VI and V Requirements for Associate License
Educators who are working toward a professional license through the APPEL program have specific requirements that must be met and signed off. To better assist those educators in collection requirements for the Competencies section a document has been created and added to Perform accounts.
Educators will go to My Folder - Tasks - APPEL Domains VI and V Requirements - Go to Form and write a description of the artifacts they will show or upload into Perform (Indicators 50-62 from the UETS-based Domain Document). Once the educator has completed the description for each indicator and gathered all evidence to show they will submit the form to the supervisor for approval. Approval is completed once the supervisor reviews the evidence and description, selects a rating for each indicator, and then clicks on the Approve button.
The administrator will go to My Staff - Staff and then select Folder next to the form labeled APPEL REQUIREMENTS - DOMAINS IV AND V for the correct teacher. The administrator will not be able to go to the form or view the form until the teacher has submitted it.
Frontline Training Opportunities – January 2022
School/Department Administrators:
We will be providing additional training opportunities for administrators and administrative assistants on the Frontline Recruiting and Hiring system during the week of January 24 - 28. All trainings will be at the District Office in room #129. Please bring a laptop for the hands-on training. For available dates/times and to schedule a training session, visit the link below. Space is limited in each session. Additional sessions will be added if needed.
Our Classes at Jordan School District
Also available on HRConnections and AdminOnly are the training videos and tutorials. Contract Brent Burge at #88224 if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Human Resources
Interpreting Services for Parent-Teacher Conferences – Spring 2022
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 | February 16, 2022 | February 4, 2022 |
| Middle Schools | February 16 - 17, 2022 | February 4, 2022 |
| Elementary Schools | March 16 – 17, 2022 | March 4, 2022 |
Getting your requests in early will be especially important for secondary schools, as Mirsa will not be available during the week of secondary conferences.
ASPEN Training for Special Education Personnel 2021-2022
DATE:
January 8, 2022
TO:
All Principals
All Special Education Staff
FROM:
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Brian King, Principal, River’s Edge
SUBJECT:
ASPEN Training for Special Education Personnel 2021-2022
ASPEN training will continue to be required for all licensed special education teachers, SLPs, school psychologists, elementary school counselors, and for all instructional assistants in SEB and Autism self-contained support classrooms during the 2021-22 school year. First year staff and staff that have not completed the full certification ASPEN training should register for the training on JPLS. Training dates and times are attached to this memo. Please note that additional dates have been added, and these are expected to be the final dates for the remainder of the school year. Additional information is included on the attached memo.
For questions please contact:
Daveed Goodrich at daveed.goodrich@jordandistrict.org or Cassidy Hansen at cassidy.hansen@jordandistrict.org
Manifestation Determination Procedures Reminders from Principal Meetings
DATE:
January 4, 2022
TO:
Principals
Assistant Principals
Special Educators
FROM:
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
SUBJECT:
Manifestation Determination Procedures Reminders from Principal Meetings
Special education students and students referred for a special education evaluation are considered to be a protected class as outlined in the Utah State Board of Education Special Education Rules - V. DISCIPLINE PROCEDURES (34 CFR § 300.530), pages 101-107. Students who reach the 10-day suspension threshold and/or are referred for a district level hearing, must have a Manifestation Determination meeting.
Administrators should notify a student’s special education case manager of any disciplinary actions the student is involved in as soon as possible to determine whether or not a Manifestation Determination meeting is needed and/or to consider if behavior needs to be addressed in the student’s IEP. If it is determined that a Manifestation Meeting needs to be held, the case manager should complete a formal Notice of Meeting inviting the required IEP team members. If a Manifestation Determination meeting is not required, the IEP team should determine if an IEP meeting needs to be held to address behavior concerns.
Please see the Jordan School District Special Education Procedures and Policies Manual for information on members of the Manifestation Meeting and when one should be conducted. You can also contact your teacher specialist for additional information.
If you have questions about a specific student or situation, please contact a Special Education Administrator or your Special Education Teacher Specialist.
2021-22 Mid-Year Testing: Acadience & Reading Inventory
As a reminder, the Acadience MOY and Reading Inventory deadlines are rapidly approaching:
–6th-8th Reading Inventory 1/14/22
–6th Acadience MOY 1/31/22
You can find more information on all testing deadlines in the 2021-2022 Testing Bulletin:
Click here to access the 2021-22 Testing Bulletins
Please ensure these deadlines are met to ensure a smooth collection of data for transition to enrollment for each grade level.
The data we collect will inform the rubrics that we use as recommended guidelines for enrollment. (See Attached)
All efforts will be made to provide Principals with student data for enrollment guidance within a few weeks of the 1/31/22 Testing Deadline. We appreciate your patience and collaboration in our efforts to use data to do what is best for students.
REMINDER: WIDA ACCESS 2.0 Test Administration Training for Schools
DATE:
Thursday, January 6, 2021
TO:
All School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
REMINDER: WIDA ACCESS 2.0 Test Administration Training for Schools
Please see memo below regarding mandatory training dates and times.
The JEF Outstanding Educator Award Application is Open! Nominations are due January 19, 2022
Jordan Education Foundation recognizes and honors superior teachers with a track record of improving student achievement, using innovative instructional strategies and making a difference in the lives of their students. These teachers are among a select few highlighted as Outstanding Educators who are making a difference in the classroom. The annual JEF Outstanding Educators Awards publicly honor and recognize educators who raise the bar of their profession.
Nominations (one per school) are due January 19, 2022
Please see the attached document for more information.
Purchasing Department Survey Link – December 2021
The Purchasing Department/Central Warehouse is seeking feedback from our customers... YOU! (Administrators and Admin Assistants) Your input is important to us as we try to provide the best service to our customer base.
Think of your most recent interaction you have had with an employee of the Department or repeated interactions within the last school year. This would include the Purchasing Department, Central Warehouse, Surplus Warehouse and Fixed Assets. Results of this survey remain anonymous, unless you would like feedback or resolution to issues you currently have or have had in the recent past. If applicable, provide your name in the comments section to receive a call from Purchasing.
We appreciate all the constructive suggestions and constructive criticism to improve our department.
Substitutes on Semi-Monthly Payroll
DATE:
December 9, 2021
TO:
Administrators and Administrative Assistants
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
June LeMaster, Ph.D., Administrator, Human Resources
Sarah Palmer, Director of Payroll
Michael Heaps, Director of Information Systems
SUBJECT:
Substitutes on Semi-Monthly Payroll
The District has decided to begin paying substitute teachers, substitute nutrition, and substitute bus drivers/attendants on a semi-monthly pay schedule. This means that, beginning February 2022, substitutes will be paid twice a month. Pay dates will be on the 10th and 25th of each month, with the pay periods as follows:
- Days subbed from the 1st–15th paid on the 25th of that same month
- Days subbed from the 16th–the last day of the month paid on the 10th of the following month
The new payroll deadlines to accommodate this semi-monthly pay schedule for substitutes are attached. All other payrolls will remain on the 25th of each month. Please reach out to Juli Martin in the sub office at 801-567-8219, or to the Payroll Department at 801-567-8154, with any questions.
Thank you for your support.
Please join us December 11, 2021 for Christmas for Kids! – Chaperones Needed
Please join us December 11th for Christmas for Kids! - helping to make the holidays brighter for deserving teens.
Every year Jordan Education Foundation provides holiday gifts for teens who would otherwise go without in the Jordan School District community through an event called “Christmas for Kids.” This year the foundation is once again working with Walmart in South Jordan to provide a little bit of Christmas cheer for 500 deserving middle and high school teens.
Chaperones are still needed! Please visit www.jefchristmasforkids.org to register to be a chaperone!
Instructions for Using $1000 Suicide Prevention Grant Funds – 2021-22
DATE:
December 2, 2021
TO:
All school administrators and administrative assistants
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
McKinley Withers, Health and Wellness Consultant
SUBJECT:
Instructions for using $1000 suicide prevention grant funds
Administrators and Administrative Assistants,
Each school has been awarded $1000 from a State suicide prevention grant “to implement evidence-based practices and programs, or emerging best practices and programs, for preventing suicide.”
Some common ways this fund is spent by schools is on HopeSquad, Sources of Strength, training and stipends, curriculum costs, parent education, and student-focused education and prevention efforts or assemblies. Jordan’s suicide prevention guidelines can be reviewed here.
Approved expenses can be reimbursed through a journal entry or can be coded to this grant using the program number 5674. Contact Carmen Covarrubias (88203, carmen.covarrubias@jordandistrict.org) in Student Services with questions regarding reimbursements or using your school’s grant funds. Any time this fund is used, copies of invoices and/or receipts will need to be sent to Carmen for reimbursement from the State.
Contact McKinley Withers (88245, mckinley.withers@jordandistrict.org) with questions about approved expenses related to training, curriculum and suicide prevention (no treats, T-shirts, or other rewards/incentives are allowed).
