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Principals:  Please forward the attached flyer to teachers who may be interested in this opportunity.

Brigham Young University School Leadership Program
Aspiring Principals Academy
Learn the Principles of being a Principal

Apply by June 2, 2017 at http://education.byu.edu/edlf/aspiring_principals.html

There have been issues with the Child Lures Prevention: Think First, Stay Safe presentations. Several schools have reported that the sound on the presentations is of poor quality. We apologize for the frustrations this may have caused you and your staff.  The presentations have now been uploaded to Jordan School District YouTube Channel. Teachers and staff now have access to the Child Lures Prevention: Think First, Stay Safe child abuse training materials online. A special shout-out to the Communications Department for making this available! They can be accessed here:

Module I Part 1 video    https://youtu.be/4naq6d_EDPk

Module I Part 2 video   https://youtu.be/aWD5I1vW-5Y

All staff members should complete either this training or the online training from Prevent Child Abuse Utah. Please document completion of the training and be prepared to indicate completion as part of the end-of-year checkout with your AOS.

Schools and Departments:

Please post and/or distribute flyer for all employees to see/review.

URS provides seminars for:

  • Early to Mid-Career employees
  • Pre-Retirement (retiring within 10 years) employees
  • Retiree Seminars (already retired)

DATE:
January 24, 2017

TO:
Principals
Special Education Staff

FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum/Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Julie Brown, Program Specialist-Special Education
Kristy Whiteside, Program Specialist-Special Education

SUBJECT:
Extended School Year (ESY) Qualification Procedures and Timelines


Please see attached memos for guidelines.

Elementary and Middle School Principals and Administrative Assistants:
Schools are no longer required to do scoliosis screenings, but are required to send information home regarding scoliosis. You do not need to send permission letters home, anymore. Please discard any old scoliosis documents that you may have saved. Copy the attached document, and send it home with all 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th graders. Thank you for your help.

DATE:
January 4, 2017

TO:  
Principals

FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Clyde Mason, Director of Evaluation, Research, and Accountability

SUBJECT:    
2017 UEPC School Climate Survey – Preparation and Administration Details Reminder


See attached memo.

DATE: 
December 15, 2016

TO: 
All School Principals
All School Financial Secretaries

FROM:   
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Heather Ellingson, Director of Accounting, Budgets and Audits
Daniel Ellis, Accountant/Internal Auditor

SUBJECT:   
School Bank Account Balances for December 31, 2016


Please send the following information for each bank account balance as of December 31, 2016 to Accounting by January 20, 2017.  If you have multiple bank accounts, please list each account separately.  For elementary schools who have completely closed their separate accounts please indicate so on the form.

School Name
Name of Bank
Type of Account (checking, savings, money market)
Account Balance

The balance requested is the balance from your December bank statements, not Skyward.  This information is required annually and will be used to complete reporting requirements for Utah Money Management Council.

If you have questions or need assistance, please call Dan Ellis at (801)567-8389.

Thank you.

DATE:  
December 15, 2016

TO:    
All School Principals
All School Financial Secretaries

FROM: 
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Heather Ellingson, Director of Accounting, Budgets and Audits
Daniel Ellis, Accountant/Internal Auditor

SUBJECT:  
Quarterly School Financial Report for October, November, and December 2016


Each school is asked to report the quarter end account balance and transaction detail with the Apple Volume Purchase Program and return with your bank reconciliation.  If your school has no Apple account, please so indicate and return.

Please include the account balance with Apple on the reconciliation sign off form and print a report or screen shot(s) of the balances and quarterly transactions from Apple’s website.  If you need assistance, please contact your Curriculum Technology Specialist – Bonnie, Deana, Harrison, Nancy.

Please photocopy the selected elements and send to Accounting by January 20, 2017.

Please include:

  • The signed attached memo to Accounting
  • A copy of your October, November and December 2016 Reconciliation Worksheets
  • A copy of your October, November and December 2016 Bank Statements
  • A copy of your October, November and December 2016 Skyward Balance Sheets
  • A copy of your October, November and December Outstanding Check Reports
  • Screen shot(s) of your December 31, 2016 Apple Volume Purchase Program transaction history and balance

If you have questions or need assistance, please call Liz Robins at (801)567-8267.

Thank you.

Cc:
Michael Anderson, Administrator of Schools
Jill Durrant, Administrator of Schools
Anthony Godfrey, Administrator of Schools
Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools
Teri Timpson, Administrator of Schools

DATE:     
December 14, 2016

TO:
All Elementary, Middle, and Traditional High School Principals

FROM: 
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Heather Ellingson, Director of Accounting, Budgets, and Audits

SUBJECT: 
December 2016 Budget Transfer Request


Please review your budgets and complete the attached Budget Transfer Request if you would like to transfer between your postage, supply, textbook and equipment budgets. The signed form is due back to Heather Ellingson no later than January 3, 2017.

Date:  
November 22, 2016

To:  
All School Head Financial Secretaries

From:  
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Heather Ellingson, Director of Accounting
Dan Ellis, Accountant/Internal Auditor

Subject: 
2016 W-9 Forms 1099 Information


EXTREMELY IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW DIRECTIONS THOROUGHLY – CALL IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS

Principals:

There are two issues that are causing great concern related to Transportation where we need your help.

First, there is a very serious disregard for the safety of our kids by motorists who are illegally failing to stop for our buses when the red lights are flashing and the stop arm is out. Last week we did a one day survey of stop arm violations and witnessed 61 motorists in one day passing our buses when students were loading or unloading and the red lights and stop arm were deployed. Of those 61, three were on the right (loading) side of the bus. Would you please make every effort to educate your patrons about this serious issue. We do not want our precious students injured by one of these careless motorists.

Second, we need your assistance keeping parents out of the bus loading/unloading zone at your school when buses are present. We are placing our bus drivers and buses in a dangerous situation where cars are blocking their unobstructed ingress and egress at your school. Please help us out by restricting cars from your bus pickup/drop off zones until the buses have a chance to leave.

Your support is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions, comments or concerns please contact Transportation Services 801-567-8840.

Please see revised copy of the Classified Leave Policy Overview. This will be emailed to all benefit eligible Classified employees with a Jordan School District email account.

If you have employees without regular access to a computer or who are hired throughout the year please provide them a hard copy of this policy.

If employees have any questions regarding the need to miss work, please direct them to Penny Peart, HR Generalist at (801) 567-8249.

DATE:
October 3, 2016

TO:
Principals

FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Clyde Mason, Director of Evaluation, Reasearch and Accountability

SUBJECT:
Certification of Educators' Having Received Educator Evaluations Training


See attached memo and evaluation sign-off form.

USBE is assessing the quality of professional learning throughout the state based on the Utah Professional Learning Standards. All educators are invited to complete the Standards Assessment Inventory (SAI).  Administrators will be provided with access to data reports and resources that could be used in school improvement.  Please encourage your teachers to participate in the survey. You will receive more detailed information before the survey is distributed.

The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) is taking steps to assess the quality of professional learning throughout the state based on the Utah Professional Learning Standards. Learning Forward is supporting this effort by inviting all educators to participate in the Standards Assessment Inventory (SAI), a 58-item survey that will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. Participating schools will have access to data reports and an extensive series of “Resource Briefs” that include activities and resources to address the Utah Professional Learning Standards that could be used in school improvement planning. Please encourage your teachers to participate in the SAI from October 10 – 21. All educators will receive an email once the survey is available. A FAQ sheet from Learning Forward is included as an attachment. If you have questions, please contact Shelley Nordick at shelley.nordick@jordandistrict.org or 801-567-8110.

At the beginning of the school year a document was sent to all secondary principals discussing changes to student Active Directory accounts and passwords. – As a reminder a student’s Active Directory account is what students use to login to Windows and Mac computers. – Due to the number of student password reset calls still coming into the help desk and the low numbers of students who have enrolled in the Self Service Reset Password Manager (SSRPM) we are sending out that document as well as additional instructions on how students use SSRPM to reset their passwords after they have enrolled. Please make sure that all teachers who make use of school labs and mobile carts in their classes receive a copy of these two documents which are attached to this message.

Additionally, principals need to designate two members of their staff to reset student passwords. Principals should submit a request to the help desk for these individuals to be given the necessary securities and training to reset passwords by Oct 31. Suggested staff members to give this permission to are; Media Center Coordinators, Head Secretaries, Registrars, etc. It is unadvised to give this permission to teachers as they would be unavailable to reset passwords during classes. This is being done to reduce the number of calls coming into the help desk for student password resets and hopefully reduce the amount of time a student who has forgotten their password is out of class.

Please contact the help desk at 801-567-8737 or your school tech for any questions.

Constitution Day commemorates the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution by thirty-nine brave men on September 17, 1787.  Each school is required to, in some way, commemorate Constitution Day each year.
 
Secondary History Dept chairs have been emailed resources that may help teachers. For resources and ideas, principals and elementary teachers, please go to socialstudies.jordandistrict.org/resources/