Category: Middle School Deadline

DATE: 
January 24, 2017

TO:    
Self-contained Support Class (Cluster) School Principals
Self-contained Support Class (Cluster) Teachers

FROM:    
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum/Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education

SUBJECT:    
Projected Self-Contained Support Class (Cluster) Staffing Needs Survey for 2017-18

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See attached memo for information and deadlines.

DATE:       
February 6, 2017

TO: 
Principals
Administrative Assistants, ES/MS/HS

FROM:
Administrator of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent of Schools
Luann Leavitt, Consultant, Planning & Student Services

SUBJECT:
Permit Input Dates

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The window for the school choice Early Enrollment Period closes on Friday, February 17, 2017.  The law requires that parents receive written notice from the school by March 31, 2017.  The parent’s copy of the permit application serves as their written notice.

So that we can expedite Version 2.0 of the Estimates for the 2017-18 school year, we are asking that schools have all permits entered into Skyward by Friday, February 24, if at all possible.   If you can see that you will not be able to enter all of your permits by this date, please call Luann at 88251 so that she can adjust other schools’ numbers and come back to your school when you have had a chance to input the permits.

Please share this information with the individuals in your school helping with the permits.  If you have questions or concerns, please call Luann.  Your cooperation is greatly appreciated in an attempt to help make Estimate Version 2.0 as accurate as possible.

Thank you for your help with this process.

Due to Martin Luther King Day, appeals will be held on Wednesday, January 18th. Paperwork is due on January 13th by 4:00 p.m.

Applications for 2017 Outstanding Educators and Outstanding Special Educators open on January 3 and close on February 10, 2017.

Access the application and rubric starting January 3rd: www.jordaneducationfoundation.org

Details to follow. Reminder that JEF will honor a teacher from every school during the week of April 17. From those nominations we will select the ten or so finalists to receive $1,000 and be recognized at the Annual JEF Awards Banquet at Little America on April 27, 2017.

We kindly ask you to make certain that you submit a nomination from your school prior to February 13.

• All Beginning-of-the-Year interims need to be completed ASAP. The deadline was October 31, 2016 to have these all approved.
• Please dispose of all old bubble sheets. They will not run on the scanner and then have to be re-bubbled.
• The self-evaluations for interims is a required piece of the interim evaluation. Please make sure this is completed before approving plans.
• Deadlines for provisional/probationary 1st eval: A Track Nov. 16, B Track Nov. 10, C Track Nov.11, D Track Dec. 6; Traditional Nov. 18.
• Special Education Forms: Please do not send the file review forms and the IEP checklists to the JES office. We only need the supplemental form to be included with the JPAS forms.
• JPAS Interview: Please remember teachers no longer have 24 hours to produce evidence. Scores are based on what is shown at the time of the interview.

Open Enrollment 2017-2018 School Year

Per Utah State Law  53A-2-207:

Open enrollment begins on December 1, 2016 and goes through Friday, February 17, 2017.  Any individual interested in completing a permit for the 2017-18 school year may obtain a permit from the school they wish to attend and begin turning them in on Tuesday, December 1, 2016, to the desired school.

Permit approval is on a first-come/first served basis.  The school shall notify any permit applicant within six weeks after receipt of the application by the district or by March 31, whichever is later, for applications submitted during the early enrollment period.

DATE:   
November 15, 2016

TO: 
All Principals

FROM: 
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Nancy Ward, Coordinator of Educational Support Services

SUBJECT:   
Volunteer Hours

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Volunteer reports need to be submitted to Educational Support Services.

Workmans Compensation insurance costs are based on numbers submitted by schools.  It is important that this information be accurate and complete.

PTA figures must be separate from other volunteer hours.

Attached is a copy of the Volunteer Report for the period from the beginning of the 2016 school year to November 30, 2016.

Please complete this form and return it to
Nancy Ward, Coordinator of Educational Support Services by
December 15, 2016.

 

Due to Thanksgiving break, appeals will be held on November 22nd. Paperwork is due on November 18 by 4:00 p.m.

School Improvement Plan (SIP) development assistance will be available on November 1, 8:00am. – 4:00p.m., ASB 101.  Additional assistance will be provided upon request.

School SIP plans are due on January 20, 2017 and should be submitted to the school’s AOS and the Curriculum Department.

 

DATE:  
October 17, 2016

TO:   
Principals
All Special Educators and Related Service Providers

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:
Important Deadline--Please Read Immediately
SCRAM Data Due by the end of day Friday, November 4, 2016
Returning D Track Clusters are Due no later than Friday, November 18, 2016
Updating SCRAM for December 1 Funding Count

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We are fast approaching our December 1 SCRAM count deadline. Please remember that our funding and other critical data are generated from these counts.  It is important that all information be accurate and current.  The attached report reflects the SCRAM and IEP Services we have received to date.  Please check to see that all students who are currently receiving services are on the SCRAM printout and that all information has been submitted correctly.  Submit a new SCRAM document for any changes.

This report reflects students served during the current school year. Carefully review the following:

o   Please check that the names, entry dates, service patterns and providers are correct for each student on the printout. If the information is correct for all service providers, put a check mark (√) in front of the student’s name. If all of the student’s information is correct on the report, a duplicate copy does not need to be sent. The printout reflects the school’s current special education caseload.

o     If a student being served in special education is not on the SCRAM report, please submit a new SCRAM document by the end of day Friday, November 4, 2016. If they are not on this printout, they are not on record as receiving services at your school.

o   Cross out any students who are not receiving services at your school and submit a SCRAM document with the correct exit date and exit code reason. The exit date is the day after the last day the student receives the services listed. The new SCRAM entry date will be the same as the exit date.  Please note that the entry date for a student coming from another school who enters your setting during the year is the first date that the student enters the new school (this will be the first date of service). Remember that there should be no delay in services (violation of IDEA and we lose days of funding). If an exit date is already listed for a student, a duplicate exit scram does not need to be sent in.

o     If you are not aware of a student that is listed on the printout (and the student has not been exited from services), you should follow-up with that student who is now in your building. Many teams are not aware of students who have entered their school and should be receiving services. A SCRAM document should be submitted which either identifies the services the student will receive or which exits the student from services (procedures must be followed for terminating a student from services).

o   If the IEP team has changed a student’s services, the changes must be documented on the services section of the IEP and a new SCRAM document must be submitted. Remember that parents must be involved in any decision to amend IEP services and must receive a copy of the revised IEP.

o   If you are submitting a corrections for a scram/entry date already submitted, please write “correction” at the top of the scram document and highlight the services or codes that need to be corrected to be sure it is not assumed to be a duplicate copy of a scram already received. (Remember, if all of the student’s information is correct on the SCRAM report, a duplicate scram does not need to be sent in.)

o   Any SCRAM document submitted must reflect all current IEP services. Every section of the form must be filled out completely or the student’s record cannot be submitted to the State for funding (this includes the classification, all services and amount of time, entry/exit dates, environment and regular percent codes, health services, etc.). If information is missing, the record will not be sent to the State for funding counts.

Special Education Resource Teams are being sent one complete list of all students in the school who are being served by resource, speech-language, guidance and/or OT, PT, itinerant teachers for the hearing impaired or visually impaired, etc. Please review and sign the one original list with ALL team members before sending it back to the SCRAM office. Please do not copy and send multiple reports back to the SCRAM office.

Cluster Teams are being sent one complete list of all cluster students in the school who are being served by the cluster, speech-language, guidance and/or OT, PT, itinerant teachers for the hearing impaired or visually impaired, etc. Please review and sign the one original list with ALL cluster team members before sending it back to the SCRAM office. Please do not copy and send multiple reports back to the SCRAM office.

All primary SLP and Guidance services will be included on the master list sent to Special Education Resource Teams. If the provider is serving two different schools, the services will be included on the master list at each school. Teams are expected to work together to review and complete all required SCRAM information.

SCRAM corrections may be sent through District Mail to the SCRAM Secretary as long as they arrive in the Special Education office by the due date. If the current report is correct as printed, each team member must sign the report, verifying that it is accurate and return it to the SCRAM Secretary in the Special Education Department at the District Office. If you have questions, please call the Teacher Specialist assigned to your school. Please sign and return the current report with all corrections/changes marked along with the corresponding SCRAM documents by the following due date:

Due:  By 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 4, 2016
Returning D Track Clusters Due Date:
No later than 5:00 p.m. Friday, November 18, 2016

Reminders:

It is critical that information be received by the specified due dates so that all data can be entered by the December 1 due date.

Note:  1)  Remember that all IEPs should be completed using the web-based Goalview IEP system and any changes must be reported using the IEP SCRAM Services document.

2)  In the event that a hard copy IEP was used and there are changes to the services listed on the printout, be sure to submit the IEP SCRAM Services document and enter the hard copy IEP onto the Goalview system.

Funding Implications

Special education funding and, therefore, school staffing/assistant allocations, etc. are contingent upon the accuracy of this data.  Your timely and accurate response is critical!  Thank you for all your efforts to get us the correct information in a very short time period.

CITES Learning Edge Conference registration will remain open until Friday, October 28.  The Curriculum Department will pay for one administrator from each building to attend.  Please see the attached flyer and contact Amanda Hansen (801-567-8319) to submit the name from your school/department.

 

All principals are invited to read the attached letter from the Utah Department of Health regarding Immunization compliance. Reports are due on or before November 30, 2016. If you have questions, be sure to contact your school nurse. Thank you!

Principals:

Reminder of what items need to be completed by the October 20th deadline.

LAND TRUST / SCC Timeline:

Deadline: October 20^th

The principal posts the following on the website and in the school office:

1. The proposed schedule of meeting dates for the year
2. The names of council members, with a phone or email contact (or both)
3. A summary of the implementation of the School LAND Trust Program school plan including how the goals were completed and how the money was spent.

Principals enter fall reports on the website:

1. Council Signature Form – names and email addresses of the current school community council (remember to submit form electronically to the members)
2. Signed Principal Assurance – assurance that the council is properly constituted and that elections and subsequent appointments were made according to the law and board rule
3. Final Report on last year’s implementation and results