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DATE:  
Thursday, December 19, 2019

TO:     
Middle School Principals

FROM:  
Shelley Nordick, Ph. D., 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:     Efficacy of a Professional Development Package for Training General Educators to Implement Peer Support Arrangements in General Education Classrooms for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Applicant:     Oliva Coleman, University of Utah

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.

The project will involve a 45-minute professional development on peer support arrangements provided by the researcher for special educators and general educators of students with severe cognitive disabilities.

Thank you for your assistance.

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The following corrections have been made on the 2020-21 Traditional School Calendar:

  • Contracts for teachers at all traditional levels begin Monday, August 10, 2020.
  • The district-wide Licensed Professional Development Day is Tuesday, August 11, 2020.

The links sent out previously via Skylert and JEM are updated and lead to the corrected calendar file. Employees may need to reload the calendar file once opened to see the change. Administrators, please share this information with your staff.

Click HERE to access the 2020-21 calendars.

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DATE: 
December 16, 2019

TO: 
Principals
Assistant Principals
Administrative Assistants
Attendance Secretaries

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

SUBJECT:   
Emergency Contacts in Skyward

The primary purpose of emergency contacts in Skyward is to provide a secondary method for contacting the parent/guardian (Family 1 in Skyward) when they are not readily or immediately available to the school. In most cases those listed as an emergency contact are not the parent/guardian and do not have the authority to excuse a student’s school attendance.

Emergency contacts may not excuse a student’s attendance nor check them out of school. However, an emergency contact may pick up and/or deliver a student when a parent/guardian excuses a student’s attendance and authorizes that person to do so.  The authorization should be done via phone or email that matches information recorded in Skyward.

Emergency contacts (unless they are the parent/guardian) do not have a right to FERPA protected information. The school should not disclose a student’s personally identifiable information nor any information that is protected by FERPA to an emergency contact without written permission from the parent/guardian.

Please contact Caleb Olson (801.567.8251) in Planning and Enrollment should you have any questions.

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The following are new administrative assignments. As of January, all elementary schools will have a half-time or full-time assistant principal. We anticipate that administrative appointments for Hidden Valley Middle School and the new elementary school in West Jordan will be announced in January.

  • Assignments Effective Jan. 21, 2020

    • Brian Rambadt, teacher at Fort Herriman Middle, appointed assistant principal at Sunset Ridge Middle School, replacing Caleb Olson.
    • Jody DeLand, computer technology teacher at South Jordan Middle School, appointed assistant principal at a location to be determined.
    • Jennifer Jarrard, teacher specialist in Special Education, appointed assistant principal at a location to be determined.
  • Assignments Effective Jan. 6, 2020
    • Jay Eads, teacher specialist in Teaching & Learning, appointed assistant principal at Mountain Point & Westland Elementary Schools.
    • Michelle Kilcrease, consultant in Teaching & Learning, appointed assistant principal at Copper Canyon & Mountain Shadows Elementary Schools.
    • Ross Menlove, administrator on special assignment in Teaching & Learning, appointed as a part time assistant principal at Ridgeview Elementary School.
    • Allyson Stovall, administrator on special assignment in Teaching & Learning, appointed assistant principal at Southland & Welby Elementary Schools.
    • Jerri Crawford, assistant principal at Southland & Oquirrh Elementary Schools, appointed as a full time assistant principal at Oquirrh Elementary School.
    • Angela Jones, assistant principal at Golden Fields & Heartland Elementary Schools, appointed as a full time  assistant principal at Heartland Elementary School.
    • Franco Preston, assistant principal at Bastian & Welby Elementary Schools, appointed assistant principal at Bastian & Majestic Elementary Schools.
    • Garett York, assistant principal at Columbia & Westvale Elementary Schools, appointed as a full time assistant principal at Westvale Elementary.
    • Kathryn Crandall, intern assistant principal in Granite School District, appointed assistant principal at Columbia & Golden Fields Elementary Schools.

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DATE:
December 3, 2019

TO:
All Principals

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

SUBJECT:
Student Enrollment for November 2019

Please see document below.

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DATE: 
December 3, 2019

TO: 
All Elementary, Middle, and Traditional High School Principals

FROM: 
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Derek Anderson, Director of Accounting, Budgets, and Audits

SUBJECT:  
Updated School Budgets

Attached are the updated school budgets reflecting the changes from projected enrollment to your actual October 1 student count. They are broken down into three pages:

  1. Current year allocation
  2. Carryover from the previous year
  3. Actual budget in skyward which is the current year allocation combined with the carryover from the previous year.

The amount to the left of “the line” are transferable between the different budget types.

Please note, if you have submitted a budget transfer it has been reflected in the sheet labeled “final budget”. If you try and total the sheet labeled “annual allocation” and the sheet labeled “carryover” they will not equal the amount on the sheet labeled “final budget.”

 

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As mentioned in Business Meeting, Support Services has put together a collection of tutorials for tasks that pertain to the operation of your school office.  These tutorials can be found using the Documentation link on the Information Systems Gateway (is.jordan.k12.ut.us).

In addition, our Support Analysts are available to come out to your school and train on Skyward tasks as needed, in either an individual or group setting.  If you would like to schedule training, please contact our help desk at (801) 567-8737, or Ext. 88737.

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DATE: 
November 25, 2019

TO:
School Psychologists, Elementary Counselors, and School Social Workers

FROM: 
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Fulvia Franco, Program Specialist – Guidance

SUBJECT: 
December School Psychologist, Elementary Counselor, and School Social Workers Meeting

A meeting for school psychologists, elementary counselors, and school social workers has been scheduled for Friday, December 6, 2019, from 12:00 to 3:30 p.m. at the Jordan School District’s Auxiliary Services Building (7905 South Redwood Road). We will begin with a pot-luck holiday luncheon at 12:00 p.m. Melisa Genaux, Jordan School District Autism Behavior Specialist, will provide us with a presentation addressing self-regulation for students with autism as well as “Top Five Interventions for All Kids.”

Part-time Staff:  I would appreciate it if you could adjust your schedules in order to attend this meeting.

cc:
Principals

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DATE:    
Thursday, November 21, 2019

TO: 
All Principals

FROM:   
Dr. Shelley Nordick, 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:     Happy Schools: Uncovering Positive Conditions for Improved Teacher Wellness

Applicant:     McKinley Withers, University of Utah

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.

The project will involve the administration of a questionnaire to teachers, focus groups, and an interview with the participating school principal.

Thank you for your assistance.

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DATE:   
November 21, 2019

TO:   
High School Principals

FROM: 
Shelley Nordick, Ph.D., Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:   
2019 Graduation and Dropout Rates Available on Tableau

A new dashboard containing 2019 graduation and dropout rates at the district and school levels is now available in high school principal Tableau viewer accounts. Included in this dashboard is a breakdown of 2019 data by school and student group as well as a longitudinal look at graduation rates back to 2012.

Graduation and dropout rate data are embargoes until the State releases the data publicly some time during the first week of December. Until then, please do not share these data with anyone outside of your faculty.

High school principals may access this data by clicking on the Graduation Rates folder in the Explore menu in your Tableau account. Then click on Graduation-Dropout Rates Dashboard, 2012-2019.

Please contact Ben Jameson with any questions about this dashboard.

Tableau Login Page: https://sso.online.tableau.com/public/idp/SSO

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We have recently undergone some significant job shifting at the ASB that will affect the entire district and all should be aware of these changes.

Sandi Abplanalp has recently retired from the Card Access/Door Scheduling position.

We are pleased to announce that Matt Mears formerly of the facility rental office, was appointed to replace Sandi. He has assumed her old office number and may be reached at 801-567-8616. He will be handling all employee badges, card access and door schedules. We have a new procedure for employees requesting replacement badges. (See attached memo).

Lu Holt, formerly the administrative assistant in the facility rental office has been appointed to replace Matt as the facility rental/scheduler. Her office number is 801-567-8603.

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The Jordan School District Master Calendar is now accessible for your reference. Please bookmark the link below. If you have any items you wish to add to this calendar or if you would like to make a revision, please contact Lisa LeStarge (lisa.lestarge@jordandistrict.org or ext. 88164).

https://mastercal.jordandistrict.org/

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We're Here For you!!  What do you need? 

  • Team professional development on culturally appropriate teaching?
  • School-wide Professional Development on strategies for effective instruction of your Language Learners?
  • Prepared PD for YOU to provide professional development to your faculty?
  • Compliance information? Office staff info for entering refugee, immigrant, or El students on Skyward?

We also have dozens of 30-minute PD modules on a variety of subjects, SIOP, WIDA, instructional strategies, student engagement, etc. The attached flyer explains how to access these modules. Please call your teacher specialist or Nancy Ward (801-567-8235) to get started. We really want to help!

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Please note:  After students attend ONE First Offenders Class, they are eligible to return to school. Therefore, if a student violates AS90 on Tuesday, goes to class that evening, that student is eligible to return back to school the very next day. Please determine the length of suspension for the student, then assign the student the first class of First Offenders that s/he needs to attend so that the student returns back to school on the appropriate date.