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The date for the Jordan School District High School Graduation exercises is Thursday, June 2, 2022. Valley High School graduation exercises are scheduled for Wednesday, June 1, 2022. School graduation plans and times will vary from school to school.

Principals and Directors are encouraged to provide flexibility to parents or grandparents requesting the opportunity to attend the graduation ceremonies of family members.

Licensed employees are responsible for requesting a substitute through the Frontline Absence Management System, if applicable. In the blue “Notes to Administrator” box, the employee should add “graduation” along with his/her relationship to the graduate.

For additional assistance, please contact Juli Martin by email at: juli.martin@jordandistrict.org. or by phone at 801-567-8219.

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Here we go again!

For MARCH 2022, substitute teachers with NO CANCELLATIONS and who qualify as outlined below, will be paid on April 10, 2022. The March tiered substitute teacher bonus incentives are as follows:

18 days worked = $300

15 days worked = $180

12 days worked = $120

9 days worked = $60

Benefit eligible substitute teachers working full time at various schools throughout the Jordan School District, DO NOT QUALIFY for the monthly substitute teacher bonus incentives, since they are required to work every school (contract) day.

Thank you again for your service to Jordan School District.

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DATE:  
February 24, 2022

TO:
Principals
Administrative Assistants
Secondary Attendance Assistants

FROM: 
Administrator of Schools
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Caleb Olson, Planning and Enrollment Consultant

SUBJECT: 
Early & Late Enrollment Permits

The window for early enrollment permits closed on Friday, February 18, 2022. The law requires that parent(s)/guardian(s) receive written notice from the school by April 1, 2022. The results e-mails sent to parents(s)/guardian(s) after records have been placed on the waitlist or seated list serves as that written notice. Schools will need to ensure that communication with parent(s)/guardian(s) has occurred for each permit request.

All unfilled permit seats were zeroed out at the conclusion of the Early Enrollment window. If a school had open seats and waiting permit applications on February 18, those permit applicants MUST be offered the seats. Contact Planning & Enrollment for assistance in adding these seats back to PowerSchool.

The Late Enrollment permit window began on February 19, 2022. The late enrollment period is for applications submitted after the third (3rd) Friday in February for the following year, or a permit request for the current school year. (See “Open Enrollment / School Choice Permits” in the online Planning and Enrollment Manual.)

Any permit submitted during the late enrollment period must be processed and prepared for import by the school; however, Board priorities do not need to be verified. These permits will be placed at the bottom of the waitlist currently in PowerSchool when processed. The permit waitlist in PowerSchool must be used throughout the school year to grant permit requests and seat students at the school. Permits may be re-ordered on the waitlist according to the late enrollment requirements (see “Open Enrollment / School Choice Permits”).

Remember that the late enrollment window is based on staffing, not building capacity. Schools may only accept permits after receiving approval from their Administrator of Schools and only in grades that are at risk of not reaching the 2.0 projection.

Permits for the current (2021-22) school year can still be submitted in Skyward by parent(s)/ guardian(s), and schools must make decisions and provide notification within two weeks of the permit submission. These permits should still be processed and waitlisted or seated as appropriate. However, after the December pre-transfer, approved permits are no longer automatically sent to Skyward. Schools will need to manually enter these 2021-22 permits into Skyward. Because the pre-enroll has already occurred, these permits should be entered using the “History” screen of the “Previous Reason Code” section of the “School Path”.

Please contact Planning & Enrollment at 801-567-8183 with questions.

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The Board of Education approved the following adjustments to the 2022-23 calendar. Adjustments are reflected in the attachment and at http://planning.jordandistrict.org/calendar.

  • Elementary parent teacher conferences (both Fall and Spring) have been moved to the week following secondary parent teacher conferences.
  • A virtual Health & Wellness Day has been scheduled for Friday, February 10, 2023.
  • Three instructional days (Friday, September 16, 2022; Friday, November 4, 2022; Friday, April 21, 2023) have been converted to professional development days.
  • High school parent conference will return to an evening format with a Friday compensatory day.

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DATE: 
Thursday, February 24, 2022

TO: 
All School Administrators

FROM:  
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:  
Research Project

The Research Review Committee has reviewed a research project in which your school has been asked to participate.

Project Title: Teachers’ Values for the Reduction of Teacher Attrition in Utah Public Schools

Applicant: Ryan Nixon, BYU-Provo

The project has been approved by the District Research Review Committee. Participation in the study is at your discretion. If you have questions or concerns relating to participation, please contact Ben Jameson at 801-567-8243.

The project will involve an optional anonymous survey sent to teachers. The survey link will be distributed directly to teachers by the researcher.

Thank you for your assistance.

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Jordan School District Teaching and Learning Department is excited to SHARE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND an AWESOME Mathematics Conference by offering FREE scholarships to attend. 

This conference is sponsored by the Utah Council of Teachers of Mathematics

If you have never been, it is great. Teachers are sharing ideas and there are more than ten choices every session and there are 5 awesome sessions. 

We are very excited to spend the evening of February 25th and the morning of February 26th with you at Davis High School. This year’s conference highlights include:

  • Keynote address by Francis Su.
  • Nearly 50 different breakout sessions
  • Catered dinner and brunch sponsored by Derivita and TeachFX
  • Morning yoga session on Saturday with other mathematicians

Please apply for one of this year’s scholarships HERE

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The workshop with Kelly Gallagher for ELA teachers on February 3 was well-received!

Mr. Gallagher will be here again on the morning of March 2 to do a workshop on writing in the content areas. Middle and high schools are welcome to send teachers to this workshop. Two ½ day subs will be covered by T&L. Additional teachers may attend if schools provide the sub. Registration is now open in JPLS, Course #101874 – Section #117104. Please note that this is a single workshop, only offered in the morning from 8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Please see the attached flyer for more information. Contact Rebecca Smith @ 88368 with questions you may have.

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A COVID-19 booster clinic will be held in the Oquirrh Hills Middle Gymnasium on Wednesday, February 23 from 4 - 7 p.m. A limited number of doses will be available on a first come, first served basis.

The following vaccines will be available:

  • Pfizer for children 5-11 years old
  • Pfizer for 12+ years old and up
  • Moderna for 18+ years old and up

COVID-19 Booster Clinic Flyer

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DATE: 
February 17, 2022

TO: 
All Principals
Secondary Registrars
Secondary Attendance Secretaries

FROM: 
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Michelle Love-Day, Consultant, Language & Culture Services
Caleb Olson, Consultant, Planning & Enrollment

SUBJECT: 
Clarification on Enrollment of Asylees and Refugees

Please see memo below.

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Over the past two years, the district’s loaner Chromebook program has successfully enabled thousands of students to have Internet access while schools have awaited the arrival of more permanent inventory. With numbers of school owned devices now at far more suitable levels, it has been determined that the district loaner Chromebook program is no longer needed.

As a result, the district will be permanently distributing all loaner Chromebook inventory to all schools equitably based on student population. Over the next few months, individual school administrations will be contacted by Mark Sowa to make delivery arrangements. If you have questions about this, please contact Mark directly at 801-567-8392, or at mark.sowa@jordandistrict.org.

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DATE:    
Thursday, February 17, 2022

TO:  
Middle School Administrators
High School Administrators

FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:
Research Project

The Research Review Committee has reviewed a research project in which your school has been asked to participate.

Project Title: Online Learning: Perspectives of Secondary Teachers in Northern Utah

Applicant: Matt Smith, Northern Arizona University

The project has been approved by the District Research Review Committee. The applicant has been directed to contact you to discuss the extent of the project and to obtain your permission to conduct the study at your school. Participation in the study is at your discretion. If you have questions or concerns relating to participation, please contact Ben Jameson at 801-567-8243.

Thank you for your assistance.

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DATE:
Thursday, February 10, 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 2020-21 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 2021. 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.

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DATE: 
Thursday, February 10, 2022

TO: 
All School Administrators

FROM:  
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT: 
Demographics Dashboard Updated with Oct. 1, 2021 Enrollment

The Demographics Dashboard in Tableau has been updated with Oct. 1, 2021 enrollment data. The dashboard will show district and school demographic trends from 2016-2021 Oct. 1st enrollment by race/ethnicity, gender, economically disadvantaged status, EL status, and student with a disability status. School administrators may access this dashboard here.

For the district’s population, school administrators will note some significant shifts in demographics that will also apply to some school populations:

  • 1% increase in minority students with the largest increases with the following two student groups:
    • 6% increase in Hispanic students
    • 8% increase in Pacific Islander students
  • 6% decrease in economically disadvantaged students (with free lunch being served to all students, there is no need for families to apply for free/reduced lunch; hence, the decrease in students being identified as economically disadvantaged)
  • 5% increase in EL students (454 more EL students for 2021-22 than the prior year with many more having been identified for services since Oct. 1, 2021)
  • 6% increase in students with a disability

Please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with any questions about the Demographic Dashboard.

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We are thrilled with the number of Jordan teachers who have been accepted for the Donors Choose/USBE Classroom Grant. As teachers look to purchase technology as part of the classroom grant, please remember that not all devices work on the Jordan network. Before purchasing a device or software, please have your teachers check with their digital learning specialist to ensure that purchased equipment will be allowed on the network. For questions, please reach out to Jared Covili, Consultant for Digital Teaching and Learning, at jared.covili@jordandistrict.org.

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Reading Recommendation Data was shared with Principals on Tuesday, 2/8/22. As an assistance and reminder to you and your teams, we wish to provide some context for this data that should help you and your teams guide decision making, as well as resolve any questions that might come up from counseling staff, parents, or students.

  1. Sharing Permissions:
    This data has been shared as a "VIEW ONLY" file. Once this data has been shared with you, we recommend making a copy for your own use so you can review and/or manipulate the layout as you see fit.

T&L occasionally gets requests from Counseling Teams to share the files directly with them, which we cannot do for student data privacy reasons. We will direct those teams to contact you for access. Once the file is under your supervision, you may share it with team members and educators as you see fit.

  1. What Has Been Shared:
    You will receive access to several separate documents:
    -Reading Recommendations for NEXT YEAR'S incoming 7th, 8th, and 9th Graders.|
    -Current Reading Data for students attending your school.
    -The Rubric used to assess student literacy and recommendations.
  2. Purpose:
    The purpose of providing this data is to help schools anticipate needs for students who may have gaps in their literacy skills, and who might benefit from supplemental learning in a reading course. The goal of a reading course is to provide the necessary literacy skills to engage with and thrive across the curriculum.

The data we have provided is NOT a reading placement--it is a recommendation. This data should be used to help inform discussions between Administrators, Educators, Parents, and Students to make the best decision for students. When questions arise about a student's literacy readiness, we leave it to schools to collaborate with parents and students to make an informed decision in the best interest of the student. We provide this information to support that collaborative effort.

While some students may be far above or below proficiency, and their need for support is readily apparent, other students may be in a gray area on the edge of proficiency--both above and below. Please work flexibly with families as they seek to understand the precise needs of their students.

You may use the rubric to assist you in understanding how close or far a student is to proficiency.

  1. The Rubric:
    Collaborating with the Elementary ELA Consultants, this rubric has been developed and refined to identify where students sit in their literacy readiness to assist in the transition from Elementary to Middle Schools. The following data points have been collected:

--RISE Score:
A student's most recent Utah Standardized Assessment in ELA.

--Lexile Level:
A Lexile Level is a standard data point that is used nationwide to quickly assess a student's ability to engage with and comprehend a complex text. Specific Grade Level Curricula correspond with Lexile measure bands. At a minimum, it is expected that students be able to demonstrate proficiency at the Lexile levels commonly associated with their grade level in order to succeed across the curriculum.

--Acadience MOY Composite:
As a state, the USBE has provided Acadience to all K-6 Classrooms to assist in the monitoring of reading proficiency. In our district, we participate in using this assessment, and use it to monitor student growth and to provide targeted RTI. As a 6th grade, all students have a middle of year assessment that is delivered between December-January.

--Most Recent ELA Grade:
For grades above 6th, we take into account, their current performance in ELA.

  1. Administrator Judgement and Flexibility:
    Again, this information is meant to serve as a guidepost, not as a fixed placement. There are a variety of factors that can influence any of the rubric criteria, and we ask that you and your teams use this information prudently and wisely as you consider what is best for students, and to use it as part of the discussions that may occur as questions arise from students and parents on a case by case basis. We accord you and your teams the professional trust to delegate and use this data as you deem fit to serve your communities.

Thank you again for your collaboration and continued leadership through thick and thin!

JSD Reading Rubric 21-22.pdf

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It is time to swing into a Swig location in Jordan School District and receive your free menu item on us.

Swig week starts tomorrow and runs from February 11 – 17. Every JSD employee can receive one free menu item when you show your Employee ID badge at the location of your choice.

Superintendent Godfrey recommends the 44-ounce Endless Summer Swig!!!

Participating Locations:

  • Oquirrh - 11528 S 4000 W #101, South Jordan
  • Trail Crossing - 5462 W Daybreak Pkwy., Ste H1, South Jordan
  • South Jordan - 1573 W 11400 S, South Jordan
  • West Jordan - 7859 S 3200 W, West Jordan
Hours of operation for all four locations:
Mon. - Fri. 7:30 a.m - 9:30 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m. - 10:30 p.m, Sunday - Closed

Substitutes may obtain a JSD Honorary ID badge from a receptionist at the District Office from 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Swig Flyer

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Dear Substitute Teachers and Nutrition Substitutes,

Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication during what has been one of the most challenging years in education.

Between February 11 and February 17, the District has arranged with SWIG for each employee to receive one free menu item when you present a JSD Honorary ID Badge Coupon at participating SWIG locations in Jordan District boundaries. Substitutes may obtain their SWIG Coupon from a District Receptionist at the District Office (7387 S. Campus View Drive, West Jordan) between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

  • Participating Locations
    • Oquirrh - 11528 S 4000 W #101, South Jordan
    • Trail Crossing - 5462 W Daybreak Pkwy., Ste H1, South Jordan
    • South Jordan - 1573 W 11400 S, South Jordan
    • West Jordan - 7859 S 3200 W, West Jordan

As you are aware and to help manage the added stress, the District converted Friday, February 11, into a Health and Wellness Day for employees, students, and families in place of the Flex Friday previously scheduled. The Health and Wellness Day is for every employee.

On February 11, the District will be providing a Health and Wellness curriculum directly to parents and students so employees can focus on their own Health and Wellness.

Full-time school-based substitute teachers and long-term substitute teachers with a long-term assignment on February 11th will be paid for the day by choosing from the following three options while part-time at-will substitute teachers and nutrition substitutes will be limited to option two below.

  1. You can use the time to catch up. There will be no required meetings or student interactions on February 11. School meals and busing will not be provided.
  2. We will have optional resources available throughout the day to help you focus on your physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Zoom classes on stress management, dealing with anxiety, classroom management, and others will be offered. We will also be sponsoring in-person activities designed to help you connect with other employees and focus on your physical health. Watch your district email for additional details.
  3. You can choose to access annual leave or vacation time (for full-time benefited substitute teachers only) to take the day off. Absences will not count against no-pay-day limits and low absence incentive thresholds.

The Health and Wellness Day is for every employee.

Thank you for your continued hard work and dedication to students and education. If you have any questions, please contact Juli Martin, Administrative Assistant.

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Principals and Department Directors should arrange for lunch or breakfast for all your employees one day from February 7th - 10th. Please do not schedule meals on February 11th so all employees feel free to participate in the Health and Wellness Day activities occurring that day.

Traditional schools (i.e. the 41 elementary schools, 13 middle schools and 6 high schools) will receive an additional $12 per employee in the schools supply budgets. Traditional schools may then charge the cost of this meal to 10 E xxx 0050 1090 639 by submitting the receipt to Accounting through the normal P-Card or NPO process.

All other schools (i.e. Kauri Sue Hamilton (including the Child Development Center), River’s Edge (including the Jordan Family Education Center), South Valley, JATC North, JATC South, Valley High School, and Southpointe Adult High) will also have $12 per employee available. However, these schools will need to charge the cost of this meal to 10 E xxx 9054 1090 639 by submitting the receipt to Accounting through the normal P-Card or NPO process.

District departments will also have $12 per employee available. Departments should charge the cost of this meal to 10 E xxx 9054 yy90 639 by submitting the receipt to Accounting through the normal P-Card or NPO process. The “yy” listed in the account above will differ for each department as follows:

Superintendent – 24
Associate Superintendent – 24
Administrators of Schools – 24
Accounting, Budgets, and Audits – 25
Auxiliary Services – 26
Business Administrator – 25
Career & Technical Education – 22
Central Warehouse – 26
Communications – 28
Custodial and Energy – 26
Equity & Compliance – 21
Evaluation, Research & Accountability – 10
Facilities – 26
Human Resources – 28
Information Systems – 28
Instructional Support Services – 22
Insurance Services – 25
Jordan Education Foundation – 22
Language and Cultural Services – 21
Nurses – 21
Nutrition Services – 26
Payroll – 25
Purchasing – 26
Transportation – 27
Special Education – 22
Student Services – 21
Teaching and Learning – 22
Transportation – 27