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Category: Middle Schools

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DATE:  
May 30, 2024

TO:  
All Principals and Administrative Assistants

FROM:  
June LeMaster, Administrator of Human Resources

SUBJECT:  
Summer Hours for School Personnel

Please review the schedule of "Summer Hours for School Personnel", with all designated summer school personnel at your location.

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DATE:   
May 30, 2024

TO:  
Middle School Principals and Head Administrative Assistants

FROM:   
Cody Curtis, Administrator of Schools

SUBJECT:  
2024-25 Middle School Summer Allocation

Each middle school in the Jordan School District will be allocated $4,000 to assist in covering summer office hours for the 2024-25 school year. Please note that benefits must be deducted from this amount. Benefits are calculated at 7.75% to include FICA, Medicare, and Industrial Insurance. If you choose to use a full-time school employee who qualifies for retirement benefits, an additional 23.69% (Tier I before July 1, 2011) or 20.02% (Tier II after June 30, 2011) must be added to the total cost.

This money may be used for time worked from June 1 through August 31, 2024. Employees are to use True Time when working these hours. True Time hours should be submitted weekly. Please email a list of names of all employees who will be working these hours to Keelee Leuluai in payroll at keeleel.leuluai@jordandistrict.org and she will add the pay code ‘TSMRO - Summer Office Hours’ for them to use in True Time. No money will be carried over from the summer hour allocation. All time worked for your summer office hours will be coded as 10 E LOC 8710 2436 154 and should be recorded each month for Cody Curtis’s approval on your school’s allocation form.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Kyla Robertson at kyla.robertson@jordandistrict.org or call extension 88186.

Thank you.

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DATE:
May 30, 2024

TO: 
All Principals
All Licensed Educators

FROM:
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Melanie Dawson, Program Administrator of Behavior

SUBJECT:
ETT: Supercharge Your Classroom Management Skills

This course is geared towards teachers who want to supercharge their classroom management skills! Effective Teacher Training (ETT) will be offered this summer from June 12-July 31. An $800 stipend is available to all licensed educators who complete the entire course.

Space is limited, so please distribute the attached flyer before your teachers leave for the summer and have them register on JPLS by June 7, 2024.

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DATE:  
May 30, 2024

TO:  
All School Administrators

FROM:  
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
McKinley Withers, Health and Wellness

SUBJECT: 
Content Monitoring Over Summer Months

During the summer months, from June 3rd until August 20th, content monitoring and notifications will have some changes.

  • Notifications to schools will only include administration and not counseling or mental health professionals. This allows for 12-month employees to still receive notifications and not those who are off contract. The notifications will go to the entire team of admin at each school in case there are administrators that are out of the office.
  • Notifications that are not considered emergencies or urgent will not be sent after 2pm to ensure that intervention is reasonable and timely for school personnel.
  • Content monitoring will be checked twice per week, in June, while school is not in session, and once per week, in July. Notifications will be sent to administrators on those days before 2pm.
  • We will continue to receive imminent alerts and will continue to work with administrators when immediate intervention is required.

Should you have any questions please reach out to Angie Rasmussen at angie.rasmussen@jordandistrict.org

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TO:
All Administrators

FROM:
Jordan School District Cabinet Members

Please take note of the schedule for each day as attendees, times, and locations are different. A beverage service will be provided each day.

Please attend on the days that you signed up for. If you have a question regarding which days those are, please contact Nadine Page, x88182 or nadine.page@jordandistrict.org.

Tuesday, June 4th OR Tuesday, June 11th
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Who: Elementary School Administrators
Location: JATC-South

Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Who: Secondary School Administrators
Location: Riverton High, Tech Atrium

Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Who: All School Administrators
Location: JATC-South

Time: 11:30 - 1:00 PM
Who: All Administrators
Location: Lunch on your own

Time: 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Who: All School and District Administrators
Location: JATC-South

Wednesday, June 5th OR Monday, June 10th

Time: 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Who: All School and District Administrators
Location: JATC-South - Lunch will be provided

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TO:
Administrators

FROM:
Michelle Love-Day, Director of Language & Culture Services

Principals, please share with your staff.

Licensed staff, would you like help teaching and supporting Multilingual Learners in your class? Come to one of these sessions at ASB. You will leave with basic tools to understand the needs of and apply strategies for teaching multilingual learners.

  • Monday, July 29
  • Wednesday, July 31
  • Monday, August 5
  • Wednesday, August 7
  • There will be more classes in the fall

Register by clicking HERE or use the QR Code in the flyer

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TO:
Administrators

FROM:
Michelle Love-Day, Director of Language & Culture Services

Beginning in August, the Language & Culture Services team would like to hold a Spanish for Educators class. We are excited to help you communicate with your students!

Please complete the interest form at the link below, to help us gauge interest, and determine class times/locations. Classes will be for licensed educators only.

Stipends will be provided, more information to follow.

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TO:
Administrators

FROM:
Michelle Love-Day, Director of Language & Culture Services

Language and Culture Services want you to save the date for our annual Fall Family Fair on Thursday, Sept. 5 from 4 - 7 p.m. at the the Viridian Event Center. All Jordan District students and their families are invited to become familiar with the District and the Community.

Please see the attached flyer. LCS team members will be going around to place these flyers on your school door.

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TO:
Administrators

FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Jared Covili, Consultant in Teaching & Learning

Join Digital Teaching and Learning for a differentiated professional learning day on Using AI Effectively in the Classroom. Learn how to leverage SchoolAI elements in your classroom to enhance your teaching practice AND student learning. The trainings are offered on either Aug. 5 or Aug. 7 at the ASB Auditorium beginning at 8 am. This all-day training includes a $400 stipend for completing the workshop.

 

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TO:
Jordan School District Administrators

FROM:   
District Administration

The Annual Jordan School District Administrative Leadership Conference is scheduled for Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at the West Jordan Middle School, 7550 S. Redwood Road, West Jordan, UT 84084, and Thursday, August 8, 2024. Full-time Administrative Interns (paid) assigned to your building are also expected to attend. The announcement is attached.

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This is a mandatory 2-day in-person training for all administrators.

DATES: The trainings will run June 4 & 5 or June 10 & 11, 2024

LOCATION: JATC-S Building

TIME: 8:30 - 3:30 pm each day

Lunch will be on your own.

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TO:
Administrators
Administrative Assistants

FROM:
Sarah Palmer, Director of Payroll

IMPORTANT PAYROLL REMINDER
TRUE TIME EMPLOYEES AND APPROVERS

If May 31st is the last day True Time employees and approvers are working before summer break, please make sure all True Time is submitted and approved on time to avoid a delay in receiving June paychecks.

True Time employees MUST clock out and submit all of their True Time on their last day of work this week, no later than Friday, May 31st.

True Time approvers MUST approve all of their True Time by the end of the day May 31st.

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TO:
Administrators

FROM:
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Caleb Olson, Enrollment Consultant in Planning & Enrollment

Two different discipline training opportunities for administrators will be held in July 2024. Sign up using the link below and mark your calendars now:

For new administrators and administrative interns (plus those who did not attend a training last summer): Tuesday, July 16, 9-11 AM, ASB Auditorium. Newly appointed administrative interns received an email invitation to register last week. Supervising principals should ensure these administrators are registered.

For any administrator wanting a refresher on discipline logging and updates to codes and procedures: Thursday, July 18, 9-11 AM or 1-3 PM, ASB Auditorium.

Sign up for a session by clicking on this link

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TO:
Administrators

FROM:
June LeMaster, Administrator of Human Resources

The Advancing Pathways toward Equity and eXcellence with Educators of Multilingual Learners (APEX) Project is offered by the University of Utah and funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The APEX Project centers on advancing four professional development pathways including degree pathways that support educators of multilingual learners across varied professional roles. All pathways emphasize effective evidence-based practices for improving outcomes for multilingual learners. If you are interested, please see additional details below:

  • APEX Project Overview describes each of four professional development offerings. The implementation of each pathway is tailored to partner districts’ growing need for highly qualified educators of MLs and supported by district liaisons, year-long mentors/advisors, and local and national experts in ML-focused evidence-based instructional practices.
  • APEX Online, self-paced Intensive Training Series (ITS) is geared for support personnel (paraeducators, family advocates, after school coordinators, etc.). They earn 4-credit hours of upper-level undergraduate credit. The flyer includes a link to the application/registration form. Unlimited enrollment is available. This is NOT an ESL endorsement but is training that aligns with TESOL standards structured for those in supporting roles.
  • APEX Summer Institute – includes a 2-week hybrid (online, & 4 in-person days at U campus) focused on Creating a welcoming, inclusive, literacy-rich environment for Newcomers and their families. This is an advanced training for teachers who already have their ESL endorsement and want to freshen up their skills. This earns them 3 credit hours of graduate-level continuing education credit. The flyer includes a link to the application/registration form. Enrollment is limited to 100.

The ESL/MED pathway has 10-15 slots available for Jordan School District employees. Teachers who join the current cohort that begins June 3rd will be joining the Canyons District cohort, which means the limited number of in person meetings would be at the Canyons Administrative building. The good news is that the two summer courses are all fully online and the first in-person meetings would be August 1st & 2nd and the next course will be in October.

If you are interested, please see the links included in this announcement.

 

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TO:
All Principals

FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Amanda Bollinger, Staff Assistant in Teaching & Learning

As principals plan their building schedules they should prioritize attendance for building coaches on these dates. Please share the finalized schedule with current instructional coaches, BYU/UVU facilitators, Title I coaches, digital coaches, and those employees who have been given coaching assignments for the 2024-2025 school year. The ICI will continue to offer assigned coaches job embedded professional development and options to earn the coaching endorsement during the contract day.

Principals, please mark your calendars to attend the Kickoff and Closing sessions with your coach(es).

2024-2025 Elementary Instructional Coaching Institute Schedule

2024-25 Secondary Instructional Coaching Institute Schedule

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TO:
Administrators

FROM:
June LeMaster, Administrator of Human Resources
Brent Burge, HR Administrator, ESP

As a reminder, if you are taking disciplinary action against a contracted employee, you may be required to provide him/her the opportunity to have representation at any meeting related to the discipline, in accordance with DP316 Orderly Termination Procedures.

Licensed
II.C.6 - Any employee subject to disciplinary action shall be given the opportunity to be represented in any meeting or conference to which they are invited or required to attend with respect to the disciplinary action.

ESP
II.C.3 - Prior to an employment action (probation/termination), the employee must be notified of the right to representation by the employee agent group or another agent of his/her choice.

Please contact an HR Administrator if you have any questions regarding this requirement.

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TO:
Administrators

FROM:
June LeMaster, Administrator of Human Resources
Brent Burge, HR Administrator, ESP

As a reminder, within 30 days of receiving an allegation, each LEA is required to notify UPPAC and the educator of any allegation from a parent that an educator’s conduct violated R277-217-2 (Prohibited Conduct by an Educator) or R277-217-3 (Required Conduct for an Educator).

This reporting is required regardless of whether the allegation is substantiated or not.

Within 30 days, please email an HR Administrator with a summary of the allegation, your investigation findings, any discipline imposed and any other relevant information. The HR administrator will submit this information to UPPAC.

R277-217-5. LEA Reporting of Misconduct to UPPAC.

(2)(a) A district superintendent or a charter school director, or their respective designees, shall notify UPPAC and the educator of any allegation from a parent that an educator's conduct violated Sections R277-217-2 and R277-217-3 within 30 days of receiving the allegation.

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TO:
Administrators

FROM:
Michelle Love-Day, Director of Language & Culture Services

JSD Principals, School Psychs & Counselors will learn how their school’s Climate and Culture can be structured to ensure Learning.

Please sign up for one of these optional workshops to develop Cultural Awareness, Conflict Resolution, Psychological Safety, Brand application. Arbinger tools will be explored by trained facilitators.

See the links on the flyer below.