Jordan School District
Administrators: Please post in your school and building. Send the attached flyer out in a Skylert to your community and to each School Community Council member. All parents are invited to attend.
Jordan Parent University
Teens, Opioids & Vaping
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Mountain Ridge High | 14100 S Sentinel Ridge Blvd | Herriman
Free and open to the public!
DATE:
Thursday, February 6, 2020
TO:
Middle and High School Principals
FROM:
Shelley Nordick, Ph.D, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
2019-20 Stakeholder Survey Preparation and Preview Links
Jordan School District will be administering its own student, parent, and faculty/staff stakeholder survey this year to students in grades 1-12. The survey window opens Monday, February 10, 2020, and closes Friday, April 3, 2020, to accommodate parent conferences and year-round tracks. In November, principals were sent a list of licensed educators at your school and were asked to submit any changes to that list. Those verified and updated lists have now been added to the stakeholder survey. If schools have hired licensed faculty since November 2019, please contact the Evaluation, Research & Accountability Department as soon as possible so that we can update your school’s surveys.
To prepare for, and conduct, the 2019-20 student, parent, and faculty/staff stakeholder survey, please make sure the following activities are completed for each of the school climate surveys:
Student Survey
After the survey window opens, students will receive an email from the district with a link inviting them to participate in the stakeholder survey. Schools should provide time during the school day for students to take the survey. Principals may consider designating a homeroom class as the time that students take the stakeholder survey.
Faculty/Staff Survey
After the survey window opens, individual licensed faculty and classified staff will receive an email from the district with a link inviting them to participate in the stakeholder survey. Principals may consider notifying teacher and staff that such an email will be forthcoming.
Parent Survey
After the survey window opens, parents will receive an email from the district with a link inviting them to participate in the stakeholder survey. No further action by principals is necessary.
DATE:
February 5, 2020
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 the school choice Early Enrollment Period closes on Friday, February 21, 2020. The law requires that parent(s)/guardian(s) receive written notice from the school by April 3, 2020. 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.
Beginning February 21, 2020, the Late Enrollment Period begins. The late enrollment period is for applications submitted before Dec. 1 or 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 Student Services 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 will 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 See “Open Enrollment / School Choice Permits”).
Permits for the current (2019-20) 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 January 1 pre-enroll, approved permits are no longer automatically sent to Skyward. Schools will need to manually enter these 2019-20 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 Student Services at 801-567-8183 with questions.
Please call or text Mike Anderson at 801-419-6133 regarding any student or staff groups visiting the Utah State Capitol Building during the 2020 Legislative Session. We wish to be able to support them and put them in touch with our local lawmakers.
Administrators: Please share the following with the appropriate individuals
Take note of the upcoming deadline, February 15, 2020, for Early Notification (Resignation/Retirement).
Teacher Transfer Fair for elementary and secondary will be held on February 19th from 4:00-6:30 pm at Elk Ridge Middle School. Please share the attached flyer with your licensed staff.
See document below for details.
Administrators: Please share with your employees.
All employees are required to access the new online enrollment system to verify dependents, add beneficiary information and elect or waive additional benefits. Attached are directions for accessing the online enrollment system. Go to Web Address: http://www.infinityhr.com.
Enroll in the Following Benefits February 3-18th. See attachments for details.
All benefits are offered on a guarantee basis which means no health questions!
Please share the revised forms with the appropriate advisors/teachers in your school to use when submitting for a class fee or extracurricular fee charge. These forms were handed out at the December 2019 Fee meeting.
RTS, Inc. has been bringing the arts to elementary schools for sixty years, and now they want to enter a new realm — programming for middle and high schools. They want to find out what needs you have in your schools and districts with older kids so they can find and create the right programs. Principals, please take a few minutes to complete this four-question survey and distribute it to your teachers so that the outstanding programs of ARTS, Inc. may be brought to your school in the future.
Appeal Hearing paperwork needs to be into SIS by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, January 17, 2020. Appeal Hearings will be held the following Wednesday, January 22, 2020.
Secondary
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Elementary
Wednesday, February 26
Please see flyer below for details and share with appropriate people. Sign up in JPLS and find the sub code listed.
When submitting videos for Appeal Hearings, please use a USB drive and follow the download instructions attached.
Administrators and Counselors:
Please see attached letter, which includes the necessary links to teacher information, below. Please share with the appropriate people.
DATE:
Thursday, December 19, 2019
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Shelley Nordick, Ph.D., Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Preparation for 2020 WIDA Access for ELLs Testing
January 6, 2020 marks the opening of the WIDA ACCESS for ELLs test administration window. Testing will conclude on March 6, 2020. This test will be administered to every EL student with a Language Proficiency Level (LPL) of 4 or less. With the exception of a small group of pilot schools who will administer the WIDA ACCESS themselves, four teams of testers from the Evaluation, Research & Accountability Department will administer the test in each school. See complete memo below. Also attached with this memo is a test schedule that outlines the WIDA ACCESS test dates for each school.
DATE:
Thursday, December 12, 2019
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Shelley Nordick, Ph.D, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Tableau Viewer Account Set Up for Assistant Principals
The Evaluation, Research & Accountability Department is excited to announce that Tableau Viewer accounts have been made available for assistant principals.
Assistant principals will receive an email from Tableau Online prompting them to join. Please see the attached step-by-step instructions to set up the account. Once the set up process has been completed, I will be able to push out the variety of data dashboards available for your school.
As a reminder, school administrators may not share Tableau login information with school personnel outside of the school administration. Please contact Ben Jameson with any questions at 801-567-8243 or ben.jameson@jordandistrict.org.
Once your account is set up, you can access the Tableau login page by clicking here:
https://sso.online.tableau.com/public/idp/SSO
The Salt Lake County Health Department has seen a recent increase in norovirus activity and is asking schools to be proactive in their approach to prevention and their response to cases of illness.
The most effective approach is four-pronged:
Hand Washing: Remind staff and students to engage in frequent, thorough, hand washing.
Cleaning & Disinfecting: Standard cleaning and use of effective disinfecting practices are sufficient to remove or kill viruses.
Protect Yourself: “If it’s wet and it’s not yours, don’t touch it!” When cleaning areas soiled by vomit or diarrhea, custodial staff should wear protective equipment and follow universal precautions.
Stay Home: When Ill: Keep ill students and staff home from work and school for the duration of their illness.
Attached is a PDF file you may use to encourage proper protection against the spread of illness.
Administrators/Directors/Principals:
Please share this post with your building custodian(s). Thank you!
DATE:
Thursday, December 12, 2019
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Shelley Nordick, Ph.D., Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
USBE Teacher Engagement Survey
The Utah State Board of Education is requesting that we disseminate the following teacher engagement survey to all classroom teachers. This is NOT the same as the district’s stakeholder school climate survey scheduled to be released on February 10, 2020. Principals should send the attached letter entitled JSD Educator Engagement Email Template for Survey Distribution to all classroom teachers in their school. This document invites teachers to participate in an 8-minute anonymous teacher engagement survey that they can access using the link in the document.
The survey window is already open and will close on December 31, 2019. Please refer any questions about the survey administration to Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research & Accountability.
Employees resigning/retiring at the end of the current contract year that gives official early notification of resignation/retirement will be eligible for a tiered incentive. To qualify, the notification must be submitted online on or before the following dates:
The incentive will be paid on the last regular paycheck. Notifications of resignation/retirement received after the dates listed above will not qualify for an incentive. The official District resignation/retirement notification form is found in Skyward Employee Access under Task Processes. Please see District policy DP318 for more detailed information regarding resignations. If you do not know your Skyward username or password please contact the Help Desk at 801.567.8737.
Social Emotional Learning Accelerator - date changed to March 6th. Please visit wellness.jordandistrict.org/sel to sign up to present or attend. Please forward to those at your school who you would like to attend.
See attached flyer.
JSD Administrators:
McKinley Withers, our District’s Health and Wellness Specialist, is conducting a research study through the University of Utah on teacher wellness. (See approval form in this week's JAM)
If you would like your school to be considered as a study site for this research please contact McKinley Withers at mckinley.withers@jordandistrict.org, or 801-567-8245. Also, if you have any questions about the purpose, commitment, or privacy related to this study prior to participation, please contact McKinley with your questions or concerns after reading the study summary below.
Study Summary
The purpose of this study is to uncover what school leaders have been doing well as well as what school leaders could do to improve teacher’s workplace wellness, which is defined by their overall subjective wellbeing (teachers’ self-perceptions of healthy and successful functioning at work), teaching efficacy (appraising one’s teaching behaviors as effectively meeting environmental demands), and school connectedness (feeling supported by and relating well to others at school). With an understanding of teacher’s perceptions of what has had a positive impact on their workplace wellness, school leaders will be better equipped to provide meaningful interventions and creative approaches to improve a teacher’s sense of efficacy, connectedness, and overall well-being. The questions guiding this research are:
Your participation in any part of this study is voluntary. There are three types of participation for those who choose to participate at each school. Individual or identifiable information will not be published or publicly available.
