Jordan School District
The 2022-23 School allocations have been provided for your review. Budget adjustments can be submitted using the attached form to Natalie.Grange@jordandistrict.org.
School allocations will be updated in November after the October 1 headcounts are finalized by the State.
If you have questions please contact Natalie Grange at 88312 or at Natalie.Grange@jordandistrict.org.
Steps for processing parent requests for opt-out of information release.
DATE: August 18, 2022
TO: School Administrators, Elementary Administrative Assistants, Secondary Attendance Secretaries, Secondary Registrars
FROM: Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent, Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services, Caleb Olson, Consultant, Planning & Enrollment
SUBJECT: Third Party Information Release Opt-Out
Parents (and students over the age of 18) have the right to opt-out of the release of their student’s directory information to third parties. This right is communicated to parents annually in the FERPA, PPRA, and Directory Information notices in the online “Registration for Schools” process.
To opt-out, parents must provide a written request to the school principal within the first ten school days of the year. Once received, the request is entered in Skyward on the Profile screen. The fields are located at the bottom of the screen (as shown below):
The field meanings are as follows:
Once received, requests for opt-out must be processed promptly, as various agencies and entities are already submitting requests for information. The written request can be filed in the student’s cumulative folder. When entered in Skyward, the opt-out will remain from year-to-year until the parent submits a request reauthorizing the release of information.
If an individual wants to opt out of the release of “directory information”, staff will need to clarify which specific recipients the parent wants to op-out for and ask the parent to list them in the written request.
Parents may opt-out after the first ten days of the school year but should be informed that information may already have been released prior to their request.
CSTAG training consists of two (2) training levels and both levels must be completed by all administrator’s and threat assessment team members. The CSTAG Level 2 workshop is for all who have completed the Level 1 training (the six (6) hour web-based training from Navigate360). This workshop will build upon your knowledge of threat assessment by providing practical application and implementation of the CSTAG process in your school.
The Level 2 workshop will;
You can choose to attend either a morning session or an afternoon session. There are two (2) different dates to choose from as well. Select the link below to register for a session of CSTAG Level 2 training.
In-Person Training:
Tuesday, September 27th (In-Person)
ASB Auditorium
8:30am-10:30am or 1pm-3pm Section # 117422 and 117423
Friday, November 4th (In-Person)
ASB Auditorium
8:30am-10:30am or 1pm-3pm Section # 117424 and 117425
Please sign up using JPLS for the session you will be attending at https://jpls.truenorthlogic.com/ia/empari/learning2/course/viewCourseSearch?courseId=101883
The course number is 101883.
Should you have any questions please reach out to Angie Rasmussen at angie.rasmussen@jordandistrict.org
Dear JSD Principals,
The wellness team is excited to announce two programs designed to support teacher and student health and wellness this school year: 1) Educator Wellness Representatives and 2) Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Teacher Leaders.
The Educator Wellness Representatives will primarily be responsible for supporting faculty/staff wellness efforts at your school while the primary role of the SEL Teacher Leader is to support student-focused social and emotional learning efforts for our District. Please refer to the table below for specifics of each position.
| Educator Wellness Representatives Each school nominates one |
Social Emotional Learning Teacher Leaders 10 per level (elementary, middle, high) |
Duties include: lead and support faculty/staff wellness efforts at your school throughout the year, maintain contact with District SEL Specialists, model educator wellness for the school community How are they selected? |
Duties include: consult on social and emotional learning implementation districtwide, develop website content, review curriculum options, support classroom lesson planning How are they selected? |
Action Items for administrators:
This is a reminder that next week is a required Campus Monitor Training!
Date: The fall training is Tuesday, August 23rd
Time: The same training is offered from 7:30 to 9:00 AM & again from 2:00 to 3:30 PM.
Location: The ASB Auditorium. Please park on the north end and use entrance A.
The plan is that one Campus Monitor will attend each session.
An assistant principal is welcome to come to the training with the campus monitor but it is not required.
The 2022-23 enrollment for all schools on the 1st day for traditional schools is 58,605.
The enrollment (K-12 + Special Education) is 832 more than the 2022-23 estimate of 57,773, an increase of 1.44%.
Goalview is updating its overall system. Along with the update Goalview is changing the name to EdPlan. We are providing training for all special educators over the next few months. We will move to the new updated system over our winter break. In order to prepare for this upgrade, training is required for all licensed special education teachers, and service providers. Please see the attached memo for the schedule to sign up for a training session through JPLS.
DATE: August 1, 2022
TO: Principals, All Special Education Staff and Service Providers
FROM: Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools, Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
SUBJECT: EdPlan Training for Special Education Personnel 2022-2023
Welcome Back! We are excited to get this year started. Goalview is updating its overall system. Along with the update Goalview is changing the name to EdPlan. We are providing training for all special educators over the next few months. We will move to the new updated system over our winter break. In order to prepare for this upgrade, training is required for all licensed special education teachers, and service providers.
Goalview will roll over to EdPlan over our winter break and the Goalview system will be retired after December 16, 2022. All of our data will roll over to EdPlan during the winter break and upon our return from Winter Break on January 03, 2023 we will all begin using EdPlan full time. All meetings and information must be finalized by December 16, 2022 to ensure the information migrates to the EdPlan. All finalized documents will be available in the new system. The training is mandatory in order for all staff to be able to access and use the updated software.
If you have more than one teacher that needs to attend, please alternate training days in order to maintain adequate coverage in your school. The Special Education Department will cover the costs of substitutes for licensed special education staff and personnel that will be attending the training with budget code 1292. Staff should register on JPLS for the training.
JPLS Info:
Special Education EdPlan Training - Course #101907
Group Specific Sessions:
Mon, Oct. 10 - 12 - 3:30 p.m. (PM session is for SLPs only) - Session #117381
Wed, Oct. 19 - 8 - 11:30 a.m. (ADMIN) - Session #117384
Tues, Nov. 15 - 8 - 11:30 a.m. (ADMIN) - Session #117391
Tues, Nov. 15 - 12 - 3:30 a.m. (ADMIN) - Session #117392
September:
Wed, Sept. 28- 8 -11:30 a.m. - Session #117378
Wed, Sept. 28 - 12 - 3:30 p.m. - Session #117379
October:
Mon, Oct. 10 - 8 - 11:30 a.m. - Session #117380
Tues, Oct. 11 - 8 - 11:30 a.m. - Session #117382
Tues, Oct. 11 - 12 - 3:30 p.m. - Session #117383
Thurs, Oct. 20 - 8 - 11:30 a.m. - Session #117385
Thurs, Oct. 20- 12 - 3:30 p.m. - Session #117386
November:
Tues, Nov. 1 - 8 - 11:30 a.m. - Session #117387
Tues, Nov. 1st- 12 - 3:30 a.m. - Session #117388
Fri, Nov. 11 - 8 - 11:30 a.m. - Session #117389
Fri, Nov. 11 - 12 - 3:30 p.m. - Session #117390
DATE: Thursday, August 18, 2022
TO: All School Administrators and District Department Directors/Consultants
FROM: Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning, Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT: 2022-23 Required Testing Ethics Professional Development Procedures for Education Support Professionals
Licensed teachers will do their testing ethics training as part of their annual crucial policies and procedures review. School administrators do not need to train their teachers on testing ethics for the 2022-23 school year; however, administrators will need to conduct a training for any education support professionals (classified employees) who will assist with district, state or federally-mandated testing. This will include computer lab assistants who function as the school’s test coordinator, any classroom aides that assist with testing, literacy aides who assist with Acadience Reading testing or progress monitoring, or any office staff that assist test coordinators with district, state or federally-mandated testing.
The three required procedures for completing this testing ethics professional development are listed on the “2022-23 Principal’s Testing Ethics Checklist for ESPs” form, which is due to the Evaluation, Research & Accountability Department by Friday, Sept. 16, 2022.
As has been done in the past, administrators may provide in-person training on testing ethics using the pdf slide deck attached with this memo. Alternatively, administrators may refer education support personnel to the YouTube video that provides the same ethics training. Once education support personnel have been trained, either in-person or using the video, they are required to sign the “2022-23 Standard Test Administration and Testing Ethics Policy Training Signature Form.” Administrators are asked to keep these signed forms on file at the school.
There are several materials attached with this memo for your use:
Please contact Ben Jameson or Gaylene Miller in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with any questions.
See the memo for this new assessment and how to help your teachers get started with test administration.
DATE: Thursday, August 18, 2022
TO: All School Administrators
FROM: Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning, Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability, Brandee Bergum, Consultant, Secondary Language Arts
SUBJECT: New Reading Assessment Growth Measures Replaces Reading Inventory
Beginning with the 2022-23 school year, Jordan School District will be moving to a new reading assessment called Growth Measure. This new reading test is the replacement for Reading Inventory, which has been discontinued by Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt (HMH). Growth Measure is similar in many ways to Reading Inventory. Growth Measure will take around 30 minutes for students to complete and it will be available to students in grades 4-12. Scores will still be reported as Lexiles. Growth Measure will still be required for 6th graders for reading placement as they transition into 7th grade. Growth Measure will remain optional for grades 4-5 and 7-12.
Growth Measure should be administered to students three times a year:
After each testing window HMH will set up meetings with each school's administration to review the school data for the previous testing window. HMH has also set up online office hours to answer any questions about Growth Measure and its reports. Teachers and administrators are invited to attend and ask questions. Here are the office hours with HMH personnel:
Each school has been assigned an admin account. To login and view scores for your school, administrators will need to follow these steps:
Look for an invitation email sent to school principals:
If you need someone else at your school to have an admin account, please contact Kira Jensen in Evaluation, Research & Accountability and let her know who needs access at your school. Grades 4-6 teachers, secondary language arts teachers, and students in grades 4-12 are already rostered and set up with accounts in the assessment management system. Here are the login credentials they will need to use:
Teacher Login Information
Student Login Information
For more information on the assessment, please visit our Growth Measure page. We will be adding instructional videos and FAQs in the next few weeks. Teachers will need to visit this page for instructions on how to login and how to assign the test to their students.
Please contact Kira Jensen in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with any questions you may have or to arrange a training for your teachers.
Please see the document below.
DATE:
Thursday, August 11, 2022
TO:
Middle School Administrators
High School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Utah Aspire Plus Dashboard Updated with 2022 Assessment Results
The Utah Aspire Plus dashboard in Tableau has been updated with 2022 assessment results. School administrators will be able to access proficiency data and predicted ACT data from 2019-2022 for the English, Math, Reading and Science subtests. Each dataset comes equipped with demographic and student group filters. School administrators may also view a school comparison with 2022 results as well as individual student results.
The school Utah Aspire Plus dashboard may be found here.
Explore > Utah Aspire Plus > 2-School Utah Aspire Plus, 2019-Present
Student level data may be found here.
Explore > Utah Aspire Plus > [Your School Name] Student Level Data
The district-level Utah Aspire Plus dashboard may be found here.
Explore > Utah Aspire Plus > 1-District Utah Aspire Plus, 2019-Present
Please contact Evaluation, Research & Accountability with questions about the dashboard or the Utah Aspire Plus assessment.
DATE:
Thursday, August 11, 2022
TO:
Middle School Administrators
High School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
AP Analysis Dashboard Updated
The AP Analysis Dashboard has been updated with 2021-22 AP exam data in Tableau. School administrators may access both district and school dashboards here.
School administrators will be able to view participation rates, pass rates, and a distribution of scores by school, discipline, and assessment from 2016 to 2022. In addition, the dashboard also contains scores by AP teacher and student.
Please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with any questions about the AP Analysis Dashboard.
Jordan School District (JSD) is committed to finding, hiring and retaining the very best employees possible. We are looking for bus drivers, custodians, nutrition service workers and certain Facilities positions! Historically, some of our top talent is found through referrals from people who already work in the JSD. JSD currently has several positions that need to be filled. We would like to encourage JSD employees to share information about employment opportunities and at the same time reward employees for doing so.
The Employee Referral Program is one in which we hope all district employees will participate. The goal of this program is to help hire staff in “hard to fill” ESP positions effective February 1, 2022. For information about this program, please visit the following website.
Please see the documents below for information regarding JPAS LITE.
The Human Resource Department is pleased to announce the addition of the following new positions.
School/District administrators and administrative assistants are directed to the following HR reference guide when requesting HR assistance.
Please contact Brittany Bauer and Melinda McAnally for secondary questions and Jane Olsen and Stacy Krahenbuhl for elementary questions regarding all recruitment, hiring and placement of new licensed, ESP, and miscellaneous candidates. In addition, they will assist with the following HR related tasks:
Brittany Bauer
brittany.bauer@jordandistrict.org
801-567-8214
Melinda McAnally
melinda.mcanally@jordandistrict.org
801-567-8227
Jane Olsen
jane.olsen@jordandistrict.org
801-567-8217
Stacy Krahenbuhl
stacy.krahenbuhl@jordandistrict.org
801-567-8221
Contact Brent Burge and June LeMaster for all current Licensed, ESP, and miscellaneous employees:
Brent Burge
Brent.burge@jordandistrict.org
801-567-8224
June LeMaster
June.lemaster@jordandistrict.org
801-567-8222
The two current HR administrative vacancies and the positions currently held by Brittany and Jane will not be filled at this time.
Please find the attached PDF of the Custodial Priorities List presented today at Principals Meeting.
Due to supplier shortages and global supply chain issues, the Central Warehouse is running very low on Hammermill DP Colored Copy Paper and Springhill Digital Vellum Bristol Color Cover paper. The paper mills that produce Hammermill and Springhill have temporarily stopped taking orders from distributors that sell to the District. The Purchasing Department is currently working on sourcing other brands of DP Colored Copy Paper and Digital Vellum Bristol Color Cover paper that will fill the demand and needs of the District. Please be patient with us while we are doing all we can to make sure schools can order select colors and types of paper. If the paper you need is not currently available in the warehouse, you may look to purchase through Amazon, Office Depot, or Staples under the state contract using your pcard.
Please see the links below to download copies of the elementary, middle, and high school assistant principal directories for 2022-23. The links are accessible to anyone with a Jordandistrict.org account.
If changes need to be made, please forward the updated information to Caleb Olson in Planning & Enrollment. The PDFs will be updated so that the links will always provide the most current version.
