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The Utah Council for the Social Studies annual fall conference will be held Saturday, Nov. 2 at South Jordan Middle School, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.  Registration is through Eventbrite at this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ucss-2019-conference-tickets-68293697287  Registration options include: Individual registration $30, You & a friend $50, Social studies department or grade level team $100. Lane change credit will be given and breakfast and lunch provided.

The keynote speaker is a former POW, held in a Vietnamese prison. For details on other sessions, see attached flyer.

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District level resources for Blended and Digital Learning will be provided to each school through a Google shared folder named "Blended Learning (school name)." Access to the folders will be sent to each school administrator within the next week. The folder will include resources to support your digital learning efforts. The Blended and Digital Learning team would like to support school efforts to build the technology capacity of teachers through the Center for STEM and Digital Learning, the Trending Classrooms Badging program, and the Digital Teacher Leader program. Information regarding these programs will be included in the folder.

If you have any questions please contact Ross Menlove. ross.menlove@jordandistrict.org

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DATE:   
August 20, 2019

TO:  
All Principals
All Special Education Staff

FROM:  
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Brian King, Principal, River’s Edge

SUBJECT:   
A.S.P.E.N. Training for all Special Education Staff 2019-2020

A.S.P.E.N. training will continue to be required for all licensed special education teachers, SLPs, school psychologists, elementary school counselors, and for all instructional assistants in SEB and Autism self-contained support classrooms during the 2019-2020 school year. A.S.P.E.N. is a positive, preventative, and proactive approach to managing aggressive student behavior.

Although not required, instructional assistants working in any other special education setting may choose to attend at the discretion of their building administrator.

Those who participated in A.S.P.E.N. training during the 2018-2019 school year do not need to take the full course, but should instead plan on taking an ASPEN re-certification class.

If you have more than one teacher or instructional assistant that needs to attend, please consider having them attend on separate days in order to maintain adequate coverage in your school. The Special Education Department will cover the costs of substitutes for licensed special education teachers under budget code 1292. Instructional assistants will be asked to use True Time to record their typical workday hours on the day of the training. Any additional hours spent in the training above their typical workday will need to be recorded on a time sheet. Staff should register for a training session through JPLS.

Mandt training will continue to be required at Kauri Sue Hamilton and River’s Edge School and staff at these schools will not need to attend A.S.P.E.N. Others wishing to keep their Mandt training current may do so; however, participation is not mandatory and teachers and instructional assistants will not be compensated for their attendance. A Mandt training schedule will be forthcoming.

A.S.P.E.N. training dates and times are attached to this memo.

For questions, contact:
Daveed Goodrich at daveed.goodrich@jordandistrict.org or
Cassidy Hansen at cassidy.hansen@jordandistrict.org

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Attention Administrators:

One of the key responsibilities of the Purchasing Department is to help the District work as efficiently as possible and control our expenses. We are pleased to announce that we will be transitioning our Amazon Business account to an Amazon Business Prime account.

For those of you that use Amazon Business now for your purchasing needs, not much will change. In fact, for some of you the change will be nearly unrecognizable. Currently some schools or departments have one user pay for one Amazon Prime account of $127/year to order from. With this change any authorized person (set-up and authorized by your administrator) in the building can access Amazon Business Prime and get free two-day shipping at no cost.

Initially, the number of authorized users will be limited to 5 at elementary schools, 10 at middle schools, 20 at high schools, and 2 at each district department. This can be increased later if desired by the administrator. Of course, these accounts should only be used for business purposes and not personal use. Purchasing will pick up the Amazon Business Prime annual fee for the entire district, saving thousands of dollars in prime account fees and shipping costs each year.

Administrators will have the ability to approve or decline purchases and/or delegate approval to their custom workflow of staff. Detailed emails will be sent out and Kris Wishart in Purchasing will be contacting each school/department for initial set-up of users and workflow.

Stay tuned for more news on this as we go forward. Secondary schools and District departments will begin the process very shortly. Elementary schools will follow after things settle down some.

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The Utah Literacy Association will be holding its annual conference on October 3rd at the Mountain America Expo Center. The theme this year is "Empowering Students with Literacy Super Powers." Our presenters will be focusing on teaching writing and using effective interventions for struggling readers through engaging strategies. See flyer below for more details.

 

 

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DATE:  
August 1, 2019

TO:   
All Principals, Directors and Supervisors

FROM: 
John Larsen, Business Administrator
HR Administrators

SUBJECT: 
Classified Part-Time Employee Work Hour Maximums

Historically, classified part-time employees have been limited to working 17 hours/week to avoid retirement eligibility.  With the increasing difficulty in recruiting and retaining qualified part-time classified assistants, assistants working in designated positions are now allowed to work up to 25 hours/week, with principal/director approval.  School funds must be used to pay the additional hours worked.

Please see guidelines below.

 

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Through HB 373, Jordan District was awarded funds to add additional school-based mental health services. Six experienced mental health clinicians have been hired with these funds. Each clinician will be assigned to support a feeder. Over the next few weeks, these mental health clinicians and members of the health and wellness team will be dropping by briefly to discuss ways that they can support student and family mental health needs in your school community. If you have questions or concerns regarding these additional mental health supports, please contact McKinley Withers, 801-567-8245.

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DATE:   
Thursday, August 15, 2019

TO:   
High School Principals
Middle School Principals

FROM:  
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Superintendent of Schools
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT: 
2019 AP Data Available on Principal Tableau Viewer Accounts

2019 AP performance data are now available on principal Tableau Viewer accounts. School administrators will be able to see AP exam participation, average scores, score distribution and pass rates for the district and school as well as student groups for the past three school years. In addition, school administrators will be able to see AP performance by AP teacher for the past three years as well as student-level performance for the 2018-19 school year.

To access the Tableau login page, please follow this link: https://sso.online.tableau.com/public/idp/SSO

As a reminder, principals may share their Tableau login credentials with their assistant principals. If principals or assistant principals have questions about how to navigate Tableau or their AP data, they are encouraged to contact Ben Jameson at 801-567-8243 or via email at ben.jameson@jordandistrict.org.

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DATE:
August 12, 2019

TO:
District Administration

FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Anthony Godfrey, Superintendent of Schools
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services

SUBJECT:
10th Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate
Year-round Schools, Tracks A, B, C
(based on August 8, 2019 count)

Please see attached memo.

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When scheduling Field/Activity Trips for the 2019-2020 school year, please make note of the following moratorium dates and times when Transportation will not be able to accommodate Field/Activity trips. (See attachment below - the only revised date is the ACT date of March 3, 2020)

Please contact us with any questions: Kitt at 801-567-8809 or Michele at 801-567-8804

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This year CNS will be our preferred provider for Flu Shot Clinics in your school.  Two FLu Shot Clinics have been schedule already:

District Office
September 25, 2019
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

ASB
September 19, 2019
3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

If you would like to schedule a Flu Shot Clinic, and receive preferred pricing, please contact Cheryl Matson in the JSD Insurance Office and she will help facilitate setting up the clinic for your school. Dates and times are filling up fast.

Please see attached flyer.

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For three days, Z104 Utah's "Dave & Deb" will sleep in a school bus to raise awareness and gather donations for kids in need along the Wasatch front. Jordan Education Foundation and Jordan District are one of the 9 school district beneficiaries sponsored by Utah Board of Realtors & Z104 Radio.

Needed Supplies can be donated August 7-9 at the Southtown Mall Parking Lot or at any local Les Schwab location. Please see list for needed items.  

 

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The following are new administrative assignments effective August 1, 2019:

Allyson Stovall, teacher at Terra Linda Elementary, appointed administrator on special assignment in the Teaching & Learning Department.

Mandy Thurman, currently assistant principal at Hayden Peak & Bluffdale Elementaries, appointed consultant in the Teaching & Learning Department.

Elizabeth Felt, teacher specialist in the Teaching & Learning Department, appointed assistant principal at Blackridge & South Jordan Elementary Schools.

Ami Shah, teacher specialist in the Special Education Department, appointed assistant principal at Riverton & West Jordan Elementary Schools.

Nicole Johnson, currently on a leave of absence, appointed assistant principal at Columbia, Copper Canyon, Rosamond, Westvale, Jordan Hills & Westland Elementary Schools.

Cathy Ford, currently assistant principal at South Jordan & Blackridge Elementaries, appointed assistant principal at Hayden Peak, Falcon Ridge & Mountain Shadows Elementary Schools.

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DATE:  
July 25, 2019

TO:   
Principals
Elementary and Middle School Resource Team Leaders
High School Special Education Team Leaders
Self-contained Support Class Teachers

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

SUBJECT:  
Instructional Assistant Trainings

The Special Education Department is offering training sessions for instructional assistants.  There are several options for instructional assistants to choose from in topics of trainings and dates these trainings are available.  These trainings are for all instructional assistants regardless of the number of hours they work.

Each instructional assistant should attend ONE half-day session and within that half-day, choose two sessions to attend.  Every Session runs 90 minutes.  The sessions cover behavior, data collection, instructional practices and the inside out of a special education classroom.

The dates and training schedules are as follows: (pick only one day and either the AM Sessions or the PM Sessions)

August 19, 2019 – ASB

  • AM Session 8:00am to 9:30am and 9:35am to 11:05am (every session runs for 90 minutes each)
    • Behavior and Class Management – PDC Room 101
    • Data Collection – PDC Room 102
    • Instructional Practices – PDC Room 103
    • Inside Out of a special education classroom – PDC Room 113
  • PM Session 12:00pm to 1:30pm and 1:35pm to 3:05pm
    • Behavior and Class Management – PDC Room 101
    • Data Collection – PDC Room 102
    • Instructional Practices – PDC Room 103
    • Inside Out of a special education classroom – PDC Room 113

September 12, 2019 - ASB

  • AM Session 8:00am to 9:30am and 9:35am to 11:05am (every session runs for 90 minutes each)
    • Behavior and Class Management – PDC Room 101
    • Data Collection – PDC Room 103
    • Inside Out of a special education instructional Practices – PDC Room 113
  • PM Session 12:00pm to 1:30pm and 1:35pm to 3:05pm
    • Behavior and Class Management – PDC Room 101
    • Data Collection – PDC Room 103
    • Inside Out of a special education instructional Practices – PDC Room 113

September 13, 2019 - ASB

  • AM Session 8:00am to 9:30am and 9:35am to 11:05am (every session runs for 90 minutes each)
    • Behavior and Class Management – PDC Room 101
    • Data Collection – PDC Room 102
    • Inside Out of a special education instructional Practices – PDC Room 113
  • PM Session 12:00pm to 1:30pm and 1:35pm to 3:05pm
    • Behavior and Class Management – PDC Room 101
    • Data Collection – PDC Room 102
    • Inside Out of a special education instructional Practices – PDC Room 113

To register for this training please contact Amanda Hamblin at 801-567-8176 or amanda.hamblin@jordandistrict.org with your session and class choices and which school you work in.

If the training session attended is outside of regular paid contract time, compensation will be provided.

If you have questions please call the special education department at 801-567-8177.