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Schools to Watch Intervention Convention
November 7th, 2018

West Jordan Middle School is hosting a STW Intervention Convention on Trauma Responsive Schools and Restorative Practices on Wednesday, November 7th, 2018. The Intervention Convention is a unique professional learning opportunity; bringing practitioners together to share what they are doing and learn from each other.

The day will begin with a presentation from West Jordan Middle School's Principal Dixie Garrison and members of the school's faculty as to what they have been doing and the impact on school culture and students' well being. Then the rest of the day is shaped around questions and topics posed by participants. Participants are encouraged to bring artifacts of their work, like data-collection forms, letters to parents, information given to students and teachers, and tools used in their schools' professional learning and training programs.

The end result is the formation of a dynamic web of networking from which participants can draw upon for the future.  People currently engaged in the work walk away with new ideas that can refine what they are doing; people who have yet embarked on the topic leave with a better idea of what trauma responsive schools are about and how restorative justice practices can have tremendous impact on the behavior and treatment of young adolescents.

The flyer with registration information is attached.  Please note that registration closes on November 1st.  Feel free to contact Lori Gardner at utahschoolstowatch@gmail.com with any questions.

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Gentle reminder regarding Thanksgiving Heroes. JEF needs your help to identify families and facilitate distribution and collection of the Thanksgiving Heroes form. Thanks to those schools that have provided JEF with the name of your liaison. If you have not, please send your school's liaison contact info to steven.hall@jordandistrict.org
JEF needs to know if your school is or is not going to participate. We can serve at least 1,100 families so think abundance.

 

Principals

We need your help to facilitate Thanksgiving Heroes’ efforts to provide a full Thanksgiving meal to deserving families – up to 1,100 families in Jordan School District.

School Liaison

  • Identify up to 20 families per school and distribute the attached form for them to fill out and sign.
  • Collect the completed forms
  • Return the completed forms to the JEF office before Friday November 9
  • If your school does not want to participate or you have just a few families, please email steven.hall@jordandistrict.org so we can allocate the extra meals to schools that have greater needs. The sooner you can let JEF know the better.
  • If your school needs more than 20 meals, let JEF know
  • The attached form has most of the information you need to answer questions, but you are welcome to contact the JEF office if you have questions

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DATE:    
October 8, 2018

TO: 
Principals
All Special Educators and Related Service Providers

FROM: 
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education

SUBJECT: 
Important Deadline--Please Read Immediately
SCRAM Data Due by the end of day Friday, November 2, 2018
Returning D Track Clusters are Due no later than Friday, November 16, 2018
Updating SCRAM for December 1 Funding Count

Please see memo below for important information.

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JSD Digital Learning Specialists invite you to introduce Common Sense Media to your school community, by selecting a Teacher Leader who will become a Common Sense Educator and then guide 5-10 additional teachers through certification.

Common Sense Media is one of the major providers of digital citizenship training in the United States.

The JSD Digital Learning Specialists, funded through the Digital Teaching and Learning Grant, are offering training for a team of 5-10 teachers at each school. Upon completion of the training, a team leader from each participating school will receive $500 and each team member will receive $100 to become Common Sense Media certified.

If you would like your school to participate, complete the Common Sense Media Introduction Form by providing the name of a teacher at your school who will serve as the team leader.

For planning and budgeting purposes, we ask that schools complete this form before Friday, October 12.

Attached is a document containing more information.

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DATE:   
September 17, 2018

TO: 
Principals
Special Education Teachers (Resource & Cluster)

FROM:  
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Courtney Titus, Program Administrator Elementary

SUBJECT: 
Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) Testing Checklist

Attached is the DLM checklist for all special education teachers who are administering the DLM assessment to any of their students for the 2018-2019 school year. You are required to complete and return the checklist to Jen Birrell at the District Office by Friday, December 21, 2018.This form is also available online at specialed.jordandistrict.org/staff/forms on the Special Education website.

If you need help with any portion of this checklist please contact your schools assigned Teacher Specialist.

Please direct any questions or concerns to Jen Birrell at 801-567-8905 or jennifer.birrell@jordandistrict.org or you may contact Courtney Titus at 801-567-8904 or courtney.titus@jordandistrict.org.

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Administrators,

In last week’s JAM, you received a memo regarding Avoid Deny Defend (ADD) and Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) Classified Trainings.  The purpose of this memo is to clarify the intent of the JAM communication.

Training is not required for all classified employees by the end December as previously stated. At this point, there are three options for training classified employees:

Live Trainings:
There are two remaining ADD and TECC live trainings for classified employees.  The first training will be conducted at West Jordan Middle School on Monday, October 1 from 2:30 – 5:00 p.m.  This training is primarily for Nutrition Services employees, but is open to all classified personnel.  The second training will be conducted at Elk Ridge Middle School on Friday, October 26 (grade transmittal day) from 8:30 – 11:00 a.m.  This training is open to all classified personnel who would like to attend.

Online Video Training:
After the live training on October 26, the trainings will be made available online to classified personnel for the purpose of receiving the training at their school.  It is our hope that the edited video will be between 60 and 75 minutes in length.

Possible Additional Training:
A number of options for providing additional training for classified employees are being explored, including suicide prevention training. No details are available yet, but we will be working with the classified employee group (JESPA) to create more professional development options for classified employees.

All full-time classified employees should receive ADD and TECC training, either by attending the live training or by watching the online video once it is available. Although training is not required for part-time employees at this point, you may ask your part-time classified staff to attend the live trainings or watch the training videos once they become available. Employees cannot be required to attend the live training or watch the video outside of work hours without compensation. Again, part-time classified employees are not required to be trained, but can be trained at the principal’s discretion if there is time to do so during work hours or funds at the school level to compensate them for the training.

Please contact your Administrator of Schools with any questions.

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The deadline has been extended to September 30, 2018. Principals, please choose and submit a teacher from your school to receive the Teacher of the Year for the Utah Council for the Social Studies (UCSS).  This is a wonderful time to recognize an elementary, middle, and high school teacher!

Nominations will be due to Kaye Rizzuto, President of the UCSS, kaye.rizzuto@jordandistrict.org, by September 30, 2018.  Please send an email to Kaye with (1) The name of the teacher and subject or grade they teach, (2) Why specifically you believe they should be nominated, and (3) Your name and position (Principal/Assistant Principal). Nominated teachers will be contacted for more detailed information.

Questions, email Pam Su’a at pamela.sua@jordandistrict.org or call 88320.

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Date:  
September 17, 2018

To:   
All School Principals
All School Financial Secretaries

From:   
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Daniel Ellis, Director of Accounting, Budgets and Audits
Jason Mott, Accountant / Internal Auditor

Subject:  
Quarterly School Financial Report for July, August, and September 2018

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, Jay, and Raimee.

Please photocopy the selected elements and send to Accounting by October 26, 2018.

Please include:

  • The signed attached memo to Accounting
  • A copy of your July, August, and September 2018 Reconciliation Worksheets
  • A copy of your July, August, and September 2018 Bank Statements
  • A copy of your July, August, and September 2018 Skyward Balance Sheets
  • A copy of your July, August, and September 2018 Outstanding Check Reports
  • Screen shot(s) of your September 30, 2018 Apple Volume Purchase Program transaction history and balance

If you have questions or need assistance, please call Jason Mott at (801)567-8388.

Thank you.

Cc:
Doree Strauss, Administrator of Schools
Laura Finlinsoon, Administrator of Schools
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Michael Anderson, Administrator of Schools
Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools

 

 

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Administrators:

The dates, times and locations for Avoid Deny Defend (ADD) and Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) classified personnel trainings are as follows:

West Jordan Middle School
October 1, 2018
2:00 - 4:30 p.m.

Elk Ridge Middle School
October 26, 2018
8:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Trainings will be announced via JEM and should also be communicated by Department Directors during their next staff meeting.

Please work with your school’s classified personnel to afford them the opportunity to receive the training while on the clock.

Principals are accountable to maintain appropriate documentation that all classified personnel are trained prior to December 31, 2018.

After October 26, 2018, the ADD and TECC presentations will be available online to be viewed at each school by the administration, licensed and classified personnel at their convenience.  The online presentation will also be available to all new hires, personnel that were unable to attend the live trainings and for retraining on an ongoing basis.

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The Curriculum Department will pay the registration fee for one administrator per school to attend the Learning Edge Conference on November 6, 2018. The Learning Edge Conference is sponsored by CITES and is designed for administrators. The focus of the 2018 conference is on gifted and talented education. More information is available at the CITES website:

https://education.byu.edu/cites/learning_edge 

To register, contact Amanda Hansen (88319) by Wednesday, October 17, 2018.

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School Year 2018-19

30 Day Expiration Dates for Prior Year Free and Reduced Eligibility (all students without a current 2018-19 free and reduced meal application in our system as of the following roll-over dates will default to a paid eligibility status)

Traditional Elementary     Oct 3, 2018

Traditional Middle     Oct 3, 2018

Traditional High     Oct 3, 2018

Track A     Sept 5, 2018

Track B     Sept 25, 2018

Track C     Sept 26, 2018

Track D     Sept 24. 2018