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Granite School District Purchasing is hosting 21st Century School Furniture Trade Show. This will provide purchasing entities, administrators, and educators the opportunity to see what’s new in school furniture and meet the account managers that represent the companies on state contract.

DATE: 
February 4, 2016
11AM-3PM

LOCATION:
Granite School District Offices
2500 South State Street, Salt Lake City, UT  84119
Auditoriums A, B, C.

PARTICIPATING VENDORS:
KI, Hertz Furniture, Contrax, and Edutek.

Furniture that will be here for your review is primarily items used in a typical classroom, that is, student and teacher furniture, including seating as well as collaborative soft seating, and mobile lecture.

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DATE: 
January 8, 2016

TO: 
School Psychologists

FROM:  
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum/Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Fulvia Franco, Program Specialist – Guidance

SUBJECT:
January School Psychologists’ Meeting

A school psychologists’ meeting has been scheduled for Friday, January 8, 2016, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Jordan School District Auxiliary Services Building Auditorium (7905 South Redwood Road). Melisa Genaux, Jordan School District autism specialist, and Brian King, Jordan School District behavior specialist, will provide us with continued training on the Tough Kid book Chapter 4. Please remember to read Chapter 4 before coming to this meeting. You will also be asked to share the strategies in Chapter 3 that you implemented in your school(s).

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

 

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Please see the attachment for information about training available related to high functioning autism. The dates for this training are:

January 14th, 21st and Feb 4th it is a three session class presented by Melisa Genaux.  The training will be from 4:30-7:00 each evening.

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Principals: It's not too late to consider attending the Literacy Promise Conference. Contact Amanda Hansen in Curriculum if you would like to be registered for this conference.

 

 

The Literacy Promise
Opening Doors for
K-12 Learners

March 9, 10, 11, 2016
Salt Lake City, UT
Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center

Curriculum and Staff Development will pay for the principal from each school to attend this conference. Principals, if you are interested in attending, please contact Amanda Hansen at 801-567-8319 and she will register you at the discounted price.

Keynote 6:30 pm, Wednesday, March 9
Sessions March 10 and 11, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm

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DATE: 
December 10, 2015

TO:
Administrative Assistants

FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator

SUBJECT:
Business Meeting for Administrative Assistants

Last spring, we held our first business meeting for administrative assistants.  We appreciated the great attendance at these meetings and the suggestions for topics that we received.  In our continuing effort to provide a forum for administrative assistants to receive applicable information and training, we have scheduled another set of business meetings to be held:

Monday, January 11, 2016 – 1:00-3:00 p.m.

Friday, January 22, 2016 – 9:00-11:00 a.m.

The meetings will be held at the District Office in room 129.  As before, this meeting is voluntary and not required; however, we hope you will take advantage of this specialized training.  The meetings are also open to administrators and/or others that may benefit from the topics to be presented.

The topics that will be discussed in these sessions are geared more towards school-related matters, but District administrative assistants are welcome to participate.  These topics include:

  • ID badge protocol
  • Accounting: journal entries, school budgets, 1099s, etc.
  • School Skyward Financial Reports
  • Field trip ins and outs
  • Human Resources: Substitutes in Aesop

If you plan to attend, please choose one of the two dates that will work best with your schedule and send an email to Jeri Clayton (jeri.clayton@jordandistrict.org) to let her know which date you will attend so that we can plan for the number of attendees at each session.  You can also call Jeri at 801-567-8120.

We look forward to seeing you at these meetings in January.  Enjoy the upcoming winter break.

/jc

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Reminder: School Improvement Committee for Secondary Schools will take place Friday, November 20, and Tuesday, November 24, in the ASB Auditorium beginning at 8:00 AM. Please plan on attending one of these sessions.

Make up day for secondary and elementary schools will be November 30, 8:00 AM, in the ASB Auditorium.

Title I elementary schools and secondary schools participating in accreditation do not need to attend a session.

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DATE:       
November 10, 2015

TO:   
All Principals
All Special Education Staff

FROM: 
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curric./Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Julie Brown, Program Specialist

SUBJECT:  
Training for Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM)

The Special Education Department will provide training to special educators in preparation for the upcoming Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) assessment.  There are additional required components that the special educator must complete prior to giving the assessment. Since Utah will be utilizing the Integrated Model of DLM beginning this fall, there will be 2 testing windows.  The first window start date has been postponed from opening on October 7, 2015 to November 16, 2015.  The first window will be open from November 16, 2015 - February 29, 2016.

The training opportunities will consist of instructional time blocks as well as drop in Help blocks. Each 2-hour session will be made up of 4–30 minute blocks. The 30-minute blocks will start on the hour and half hour. The first 3 blocks will be step-by-step instructions and the fourth block will be for drop-in help.  For example, the 2:00 p. m. - 2:30 p. m., 2:30 p. m. – 3:00 p. m. and 3:00 p. m. – 3:30 p. m. will be instructional blocks and 3:30 p. m. – 4:00 p. m. will be for drop-in help.  Below are the dates, times, and locations of the sessions:

November 16, 2015    2:00 p. m. - 4:00 p. m.  District Office, room 129

November 18, 2015    2:00 p. m. - 4:00 p. m.  ASB PDC 101

November 20, 2015    7:00 a. m. - 9:00 a. m.  ASB PDC 113

November 23, 2015    2:00 p. m. - 4:00 p. m.  District Office, room 129

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DATE:
November 11, 2015

TO: 
Principals
Assistant Principals

FROM:   
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum/Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Julie Brown, Program Specialist

SUBJECT:  
LEA Training Part 2 – Special Education Law and Practices

The next Special Education training opportunity for Principals and Assistant Principals will be held on January 20, 2016. Sessions will be held in the District Office Room 129. We will be discussing Special Education Law and Practices related to IEP Implementation and Disciplinary Removal of students with disabilities. Please plan to attend one of the two sessions offered.

Special Education Law and Practices:
IEP Implementation and Disciplinary Removal
January 20, 2016
District Office Room 129
Session 1:  9:00 AM
Session 2: 1:00 PM