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Jordan School District Employees are responsible for knowing and adhering to all District policies and procedures. The crucial policy review is available to District employees in Skyward through “Online Forms.” As a condition of continued employment, all employees (i.e. Licensed, ESP, Substitutes, Coaches, Miscellaneous adults, etc.), with the exception of minor students, will be required to complete this training. We ask your assistance in notifying your employees of this required training and ask that this training be completed by November 1, 2022.

A message will appear upon login of Skyward Employee Access for the employee to complete an “Online Form.” Employees can complete the steps at that time or can return to the review at another time by selecting “Online Forms” under “Employee Information.” Attached is a tutorial to assist in completing the review.

Reports of completion will be available through Skyward so you can verify that your staff members have completed this process. A tutorial is attached for your reference. If you or any staff members need technical help, please call the help desk at 801-567-USER (8737).

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Licensed and Education Support Professionals,

Welcome to the 2022-2023 contract year! An annual reminder, in accordance with DP326 NEG and DP324 NEG, participation in the Employee-Funded Sick Leave Bank requires an employee to annually donate one day of accumulated annual leave into the Sick Leave Bank. The Employee-Funded Sick Leave Bank is not intended to be used for in-and-out absences, elective medical procedures or other medical care that could be scheduled during non-contract time.

Employees wishing to opt out of participation in the Employee-Funded Sick Leave Bank must annually complete the appropriate online form in Employee Access no later than September 1st for current employees and October 1st for first-year employees, including administrators. This opt out request must be submitted annually.

*First year Education Support Professionals and hourly employees are not eligible for sick bank, therefore, a sick bank day will not be deducted (if applicable). Please be aware that policies and eligibility requirements for Licensed (DP324 NEG) and Education Support Professionals (DP326 NEG) employees are different. These and other District policies are available for review at https://policy.jordandistrict.org/.

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Special Education Resource and Self-Contained Team Leaders will soon receive a SCRAM report via Move-It of all students who should be receiving services through your school’s special education program(s) at the start of the 2022-23 school year. All team members and service providers need to verify each student on this list as either correct, changed, exited/moved, and/or incomplete. Since only one copy is being sent per “team” (i.e., Resource and Cluster), it is important that resource teams, cluster teams, SLPs, Guidance Specialists and other itinerant providers work together to check and complete the requested information.

Please have your SCRAM Reports and corrected SCRAM returned to the District Office by
Wednesday, September 7, 2022

If you have questions, please contact the Teacher Specialist assigned to your school or Jen Warkentine at (801) 567-8207. Thank you for your conscientious efforts to complete this critical information. Please remember that special education funding is contingent upon the accuracy of this data.

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Secondary Principals:

The Special Education Department is offering professional development to support co-teaching instruction.

Interested schools will need to submit the attached application no later than September 2, 2022 to Tammy Rajczyk in the Special Education Department. The co-teaching cohort will be capped at 13 teams/23 individuals. A signature on the completed application indicates that the principal is committed to supporting the teacher's commitment in the co-teaching PD described in the attached documents.

For questions, please contact:

Renee Sass, M.Ed.
Curriculum & Instructional Specialist
Special Education
Jordan School District
(801)567-8295

 

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Annual Core Standards Survey

As part of the Utah State Board of Education’s Core Standards process, we conduct an Annual Core Standards Survey to get stakeholder feedback to help us to improve our standards and supports. The annual survey is now open until August 20th. Please share this opportunity with educators, parents, and other stakeholders to provide them the opportunity to respond and share their insights. We appreciate your help in sharing your experience as well as sharing this opportunity with others.

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NEW FULL TIME (PAID) ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNSHIP OPENINGS for 2022-23

JORDAN SCHOOL DISTRICT is offering Elementary and Secondary paid administrative internship openings for the 2022-23 academic year. These positions are available immediately. Applications are open now through July 6, 2022 at midnight. Please only apply once under your preferred level.

Please refer to the details below:

  • Applicants must select their level of preference (elementary, middle or high) and submit only one application.
  • Selected applicants will be interviewed.
  • Assignments are for 1-year only, with no guarantee of a permanent administrative position.
  • Internal applicants, if selected, will be treated as an employee on a leave of absence for the current school year. Internal applicants chosen as an intern will have the right to return to a comparable licensed position at the end of the internship.

Applicants must:

  1. be enrolled in a university administrative/leadership program, OR
  2. have a current in state or out-of-state administrative license, OR
  3. be in the JSD Administrative Pool.
    • Elementary Administrative Interns are paid on a teacher salary schedule – 187-day contract plus 20 additional days (total of 207 days).
    • Secondary Administrative Interns are paid on a teacher salary schedule – 187-day contract plus 10 additional days (total of 197 days).
    • A night stipend will be added according to level.
    • Assignment locations are to be determined.

If you are interested in this internship opening, click HERE to apply!

Click here for a Frontline application tutorial  https://employment.jordandistrict.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/34/How-to-Apply-Frontline.pdf

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Volunteer reports need to be submitted to Insurance Services.

Workers' 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 of April 1, 2022 to the end of the School Year.

Please complete this form and return it to Cheryl Matson, Director of Insurance Services, by June 30, 2022.

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TO:   
Jordan School District P-Card Holders

FROM:  
Kurt A. Prusse, Purchasing Director

This is to remind you that purchases made before the cycle end date of June 6, 2022, will be taken from your 2021-2022 school year budget. Any charges after June 6, 2022, will be taken from your 2022-2023 school year budget. Your reconciliation will still be due in the Accounting Office by June 17th, as the 19th falls on the weekend. If you can get your reconciliation in sooner than that, the Accounting Department would appreciate it.

As a reminder for traditional schools, your P-Card reconciliation is still due in the Accounting Department by June 17th, regardless of whether you are working or not. Please make sure that you get your reconciliation in on time.

We are also aware that some assistant principals, teachers and secretaries who currently have a P-Card will be transferring to different schools in the district or will be retiring or leaving the school district. For those of you who will be transferring schools, you can keep the same P-Card but we will need the name and address of the new school, your new office phone number, and the accounting code that will be used at your new school. For those who are retiring or leaving the school district, please call Kris Wishart in the Purchasing Department at (801) 567-8708 and let her know so that she can cancel your P-Card.

If you have any questions or concerns, please give Kris a call.

 

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JAMF licenses are required for all Apple devices. Schools have been paying for these licenses when ordering new Apple devices. For the past two years, Information Systems has been striving to place JAMF on all older Apple products, and covering the costs of doing so. Despite this effort, there remain older Apple devices in some schools that have remained elusive.

In a final effort to address this need, district funding for JAMF licensing of older Apple devices will expire August 31, 2022. After that point, the requirement for JAMF on older Apple machines will remain, but schools will be responsible for funding the needed licenses.

To help you take full advantage of remaining funding opportunities from Information Systems, it is highly recommended that you require your staff to allow your school tech to put JAMF on their respective Apple device prior to leaving for summer break. This will be the most ideal time to do this.

Information Systems is aware that many teachers take their mobile computing devices home with them over summer break. This is why the deadline was set for August 31, 2022 - to provide one additional short window to take advantage of district funding after teachers return from summer break. Nevertheless, because August is a particularly busy time for school techs, the recommendation is to not wait until the last minute.

Thank you for your cooperation and support in these efforts. If you have questions about this, please reach out to your school tech.

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DATE: 
April 20, 2022

TO: 
All Jordan School District Principals (with bus route students)

FROM:  
Scott Thomas, Administrator of Auxiliary Services
Paul Bergera, Director of Transportation
Kathy Jones, Transportation Trainer/Risk Coordinator

SUBJECT:  
State Required Bus Evacuations and School Bus Safety 2021-2022

State required semi-annual school bus evacuations have been scheduled for this spring. This applies to those students that ride the bus daily to and from school.

The evacuations will be conducted during the week of:

Monday, May 2, 2022 through Friday, May 6, 2022

Your school’s regular bus drivers will perform this evacuation one day during the week as they drop your students off in the morning. This procedure takes place at your school and is located in your normal bus drop off/pick up zone. All professional school bus drivers that transport students are required to perform evacuation procedures in case of an emergency. Bus evacuation will be through the front door this year. Students will then, under the direction and supervision of the bus driver, evacuate and meet in a safe place approximately 100 feet away from the bus.

Your assistance is welcome but not mandatory to complete this required evacuation drill quickly, safely and effectively.

We appreciate all you do to help us safely transport your students.

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DATE: 
April 13, 2022

TO:   
Principals and Administrative Assistants

FROM: 
John Larsen, Business Administrator

SUBJECT: 
Legislative Supply Envelopes – Due May 1, 2022

We thought a few reminders might be helpful as you collect legislative envelopes.

1)   Carry-Over of Unused Supply Funds.  Principal approval is required if a teacher would like to carry-over unused funds to the next school year. If approval is given, the principal should sign the envelope in the bottom right-hand box. The Guidelines state that “As a general rule, balances less than $50 should be carried over to the next year.” However, carry-over amounts are at the principal’s discretion. Also, if a teacher has an amount remaining at the end of the year of $5 or less, no return of the funds is needed.

A list of all teachers who have carry-over amounts should be kept so this information can be written on the teacher’s envelope for the 2022-23 school year and added to the amount of the current year funds. As a reminder, if a teacher with a carry-over amount transfers to a different school within the District and the principal allows the teacher to use the carry-over funds at the new school, please communicate this to the administrative assistant at the new school so they can record the information on the teacher’s envelope. If the principal does not approve the use of funds at the new school, the teacher will need to return the unused funds.

2)   Payroll Deductions.  For teachers not approved to carry over unused funds, a payroll deduction will be needed. The request for a payroll deduction should be sent to Sarah Palmer, director of Payroll, and can be emailed to her at: sarah.palmer@jordandistrict.org. Please provide Sarah with the employee name(s), school location, amount of the deduction, and an explanation about the need for the deduction. Please provide this information by May 10 for the May 25 paycheck or by June 10 for the June 25 paycheck.

3)   Principal Use of Unused Supply Funds.  Unused supply money that is returned to the District via payroll deduction or other means (check or cash) will be made available to the principal to use at his/her discretion. After a payroll deduction is completed, the Payroll Department will provide the Accounting Department with the school location and amount and a journal entry will be done to transfer the funds to the school’s 2000 account.

4)   Teachers that Resign During the School Year.  If a teacher resigns during the school year, please ask for the return of his/her legislative supply envelope before they leave. If there is a balance remaining of unspent funds, this money needs to be returned to the District via a payroll deduction made before the employee receives his/her final paycheck. If your school has a check-out procedure for teachers that resign, it might be helpful to add the return of the envelope to the procedures to insure the legislative envelope and unused funds are returned.

5)   Storing Legislative Envelopes.  After collecting the envelopes on May 1, please keep them in a secure location at the school for a period of four years. The envelopes are subject to random audits by District auditors.

Thank you for your help with legislative supply money. If you have questions, please contact my administrative assistant, Lisa LeStarge, at 801-567-8120 or email: lisa.lestarge@jordandistrict.org.

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Attachment:  Helpful Information About Legislative Supply Money (This document has the information listed above, as well as other important information about legislative supply money.)

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DATE:
April 11, 2022

TO:
Principals
All Certified Special Education Staff

FROM:
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education

SUBJECT:
End of Year SCRAM Detail Report

We are fast approaching our last SCRAM count deadline. It is important that this information be as accurate and current as possible. A SCRAM report that reflects the SCRAM/IEP Services that have been received from your school to date has been sent to resource and self-contained support class (cluster) team leaders.

Submit all SCRAM changes and/or corrections AND the signed SCRAM report to Jen Warkentine through District mail at the District Office or electronically through Move-It. All completed reports and documents must be received by the Special Education Office by the end of the day on Monday, May 6, 2022.