Please see flyer below for information on how to sign-up your school!
Deadline is October 5, 2018
Please see flyer below for information on how to sign-up your school!
Deadline is October 5, 2018
In our continuing efforts to partner with parents for the academic success of students, Jordan School District is providing parents with access to Canvas to observe their student’s progress. Canvas is the Learning Management System being used throughout the district.
We hope that this resource will:
Features in Canvas for parents
When parents access Canvas, they will be able to see:
IMPORTANT: The total grade in Canvas may be different than the term grade in Skyward. Skyward will continue to be the official record for student grades and all official Jordan School District communication. Parents should continue to use Skyward to monitor their student’s progress in each of the courses.
Administrators,
In last week’s JAM, you received a memo regarding Avoid Deny Defend (ADD) and Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) Classified Trainings. The purpose of this memo is to clarify the intent of the JAM communication.
Training is not required for all classified employees by the end December as previously stated. At this point, there are three options for training classified employees:
Live Trainings:
There are two remaining ADD and TECC live trainings for classified employees. The first training will be conducted at West Jordan Middle School on Monday, October 1 from 2:30 – 5:00 p.m. This training is primarily for Nutrition Services employees, but is open to all classified personnel. The second training will be conducted at Elk Ridge Middle School on Friday, October 26 (grade transmittal day) from 8:30 – 11:00 a.m. This training is open to all classified personnel who would like to attend.
Online Video Training:
After the live training on October 26, the trainings will be made available online to classified personnel for the purpose of receiving the training at their school. It is our hope that the edited video will be between 60 and 75 minutes in length.
Possible Additional Training:
A number of options for providing additional training for classified employees are being explored, including suicide prevention training. No details are available yet, but we will be working with the classified employee group (JESPA) to create more professional development options for classified employees.
All full-time classified employees should receive ADD and TECC training, either by attending the live training or by watching the online video once it is available. Although training is not required for part-time employees at this point, you may ask your part-time classified staff to attend the live trainings or watch the training videos once they become available. Employees cannot be required to attend the live training or watch the video outside of work hours without compensation. Again, part-time classified employees are not required to be trained, but can be trained at the principal’s discretion if there is time to do so during work hours or funds at the school level to compensate them for the training.
Please contact your Administrator of Schools with any questions.
The beginning of the year activities for interim evaluations need to be completed and approved by administrators by October 1, 2018. Please contact the JES office with questions. Thank you!
DATE:
September 11, 2018
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
14th Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate
All Schools, Traditional and YRE
Please see attached memo.
URS Retirement Planning Advisors offer free, one-on-one, retirement planning sessions. Call 801-366-7720 or visit www.urs.org to schedule your session.
The deadline has been extended to September 30, 2018. Principals, please choose and submit a teacher from your school to receive the Teacher of the Year for the Utah Council for the Social Studies (UCSS). This is a wonderful time to recognize an elementary, middle, and high school teacher!
Nominations will be due to Kaye Rizzuto, President of the UCSS, kaye.rizzuto@jordandistrict.org, by September 30, 2018. Please send an email to Kaye with (1) The name of the teacher and subject or grade they teach, (2) Why specifically you believe they should be nominated, and (3) Your name and position (Principal/Assistant Principal). Nominated teachers will be contacted for more detailed information.
Date:
September 17, 2018
To:
All School Principals
All School Financial Secretaries
From:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Daniel Ellis, Director of Accounting, Budgets and Audits
Jason Mott, Accountant / Internal Auditor
Subject:
Quarterly School Financial Report for July, August, and September 2018
Each school is asked to report the quarter end account balance and transaction detail with the Apple Volume Purchase Program and return with your bank reconciliation. If your school has no Apple account, please so indicate and return.
Please include the account balance with Apple on the reconciliation sign off form and print a report or screen shot(s) of the balances and quarterly transactions from Apple’s website. If you need assistance, please contact your Curriculum Technology Specialist – Bonnie, Deana, Harrison, Nancy, Jay, and Raimee.
Please photocopy the selected elements and send to Accounting by October 26, 2018.
Please include:
If you have questions or need assistance, please call Jason Mott at (801)567-8388.
Thank you.
Cc:
Doree Strauss, Administrator of Schools
Laura Finlinsoon, Administrator of Schools
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Michael Anderson, Administrator of Schools
Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools
Appeal documentation due to Student Intervention Services by Friday, September 28, 2018 for the hearings on Tuesday, October 2, 2018.
DATE:
September 18, 2018
TO:
Principals
Assistant Principals
FROM:
Scott M. Thomas, Administrator of Auxiliary Services
Paul Bergera, Staff Assistant of Auxiliary Services
David Rostrom, Director of Facility Services
Lance Everill, Emergency Operations Manager
SUBJECT:
Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) Classroom Kits Distribution, Storage and Accountability
We anticipate that TECC kits will be delivered to your school sometime between October 1 and October 15, 2018. TECC kits will be delivered directly to the school administration, who will then verify and sign off that the accurate number of kits has been received.
A classroom TECC kit should be distributed to each classroom, computer lab, media center and office (main, attendance, counseling center) and stored in a safe and secure location. We recommend they be placed with the classroom “Go Kit”, classroom first aid kit, or other accessible area within the classroom.
Teachers are responsible for the safekeeping of their assigned TECC kit. Please instruct all of your teachers and staff that they may also be accountable to produce the TECC kit, with all of its contents intact, during a random Jordan Safety and Security Assessment (JSSA).
Installation of your school wall-mounted kits will be scheduled and completed through the Facility Services Department.
Schools are responsible to pay the cost of any replacement TECC kits due to theft, damage or loss.
Cc:
Administrative Cabinet
Administrators:
The dates, times and locations for Avoid Deny Defend (ADD) and Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) classified personnel trainings are as follows:
West Jordan Middle School
October 1, 2018
2:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Elk Ridge Middle School
October 26, 2018
8:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Trainings will be announced via JEM and should also be communicated by Department Directors during their next staff meeting.
Please work with your school’s classified personnel to afford them the opportunity to receive the training while on the clock.
Principals are accountable to maintain appropriate documentation that all classified personnel are trained prior to December 31, 2018.
After October 26, 2018, the ADD and TECC presentations will be available online to be viewed at each school by the administration, licensed and classified personnel at their convenience. The online presentation will also be available to all new hires, personnel that were unable to attend the live trainings and for retraining on an ongoing basis.
DATE:
September 4, 2018
TO:
Principals
New Special Educators
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Julie Brown, Program Specialist
SUBJECT:
Special Education New Teacher Induction Training
The Special Education Department has scheduled a series of trainings for special educators that are new to Jordan School District. Please release these new special educators so that they may attend these important training opportunities. However, attendance is at the principal’s discretion. Special education will cover the substitute costs for trainings that occur during the school day (Budget code: 1292). If the training occurs after school, the special educators will be paid at inservice rate.
Please see the attached training schedule for details on dates, locations and registration information.
For more information, please contact Robin Silatolu at robin.silatolu@jordandistrict.org or 801-567-8352.
Principals and Administrative Assistants:
Please take note of the AA417 Fund Raising Policy when planning a fund raiser.
Attached you will find a revised Fund Raising Request form. Please discard all previous forms and use this new form for any requests.
Elementary and Middle School Principals:
Due to increased rigor in the Fountas & Pinnell assessment, the Guided Reading levels in the reading rubric have changed. Please see attached.
https://education.byu.edu/cites/learning_edge
To register, contact Amanda Hansen (88319) by Wednesday, October 17, 2018.
Reminder: Principals' Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at the ASB. A light breakfast will be provided starting at 7:30 a.m. The meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. See you all there!
Ballet West will again be presenting in-theater presentations for students from grades 1-12. If you are interested in having your class attend one of these performances, please contact Verlene Jensen at 801-567-8296. See flyer below for dates.
30 Day Expiration Dates for Prior Year Free and Reduced Eligibility (all students without a current 2018-19 free and reduced meal application in our system as of the following roll-over dates will default to a paid eligibility status)
Traditional Elementary Oct 3, 2018
Traditional Middle Oct 3, 2018
Traditional High Oct 3, 2018
Track A Sept 5, 2018
Track B Sept 25, 2018
Track C Sept 26, 2018
Track D Sept 24. 2018
Earlier this week, each principal was sent the current list of personnel in their building that have been authorized and issued a security code to lock/unlock your building security alarm system.
We request that principals work with their head custodians to update the list. If additions or deletions are needed you can access the fillable, most current change form on the ASB website: Security Code Addition/Deletion Form
All changes to your list need to be sent, by September 28th, 2018 to:
Jeff Beesley, Safety/Security, ASB
If you have any questions please contact Jeff (801)567-8611
Thank you for your assistance to ensure accuracy of our building codes.
DATE:
Thursday, September 6, 2018
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
2018 SAGE Data Release on USBE Data Gateway
Beginning September 5, 2018, the 2017-18 SAGE proficiency and growth results were released on USBE’s Data Gateway for principals, schools, and districts to review. Originally, USBE intended to release this data to the general public on September 13th; however, due to a glitch in the Data Gateway system, the 2018 SAGE data was made available to the public as of this morning. The URL for the Data Gateway is https://datagateway.schools.utah.gov/. The login prompt is in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
SAGE science grades 6-8 data are not yet released on the Data Gateway pending ratification from the USBE. We expect this data to be released in mid-October.
We ask that principals log into the Data Gateway and review their school’s SAGE results so as to become familiar with what parents and other stakeholders can view and thus be able to answer their questions.
It is anticipated that USBE will release accountability data and school report cards in late November for principals, schools and districts to review. While the release date is still tentative, schools will likely have an opportunity to review their accountability data prior to public release.
If you need assistance navigating the Data Gateway or logging in, please contact Ben Jameson at 801-567-8243.