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JSD Triennial Wellness Policy Assessment

Administrators, please fill out this triennial wellness survey that is required by USBE and Federal Mandate. The survey is in regards to Jordan School District’s Wellness Policy and its implementation throughout the district. For additional information, please refer to https://policy.jordandistrict.org/?s=AA446. JSD policy AA446 - Wellness Through Nutrition and Fitness. Online survey responses are due by February 28th, 2022.

Click Here: Wellness Survey Form

 

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DATE:  
Thursday, February 3, 2022

TO: 
All School Administrators

FROM:  
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT: 
2021-22 Stakeholder Input Survey Results

51,139 students, parents and educators participated in the 2021-22 Stakeholder Input Survey, which was administered in November 2021.

The Stakeholder Input Survey results have been released via Tableau accounts for school principals. Principals may request that their assistant principals have access to the results in Tableau by contacting Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability. PDF reports containing individual educator effectiveness ratings will also be distributed to principals in the coming days. Those reports will subsequently need to be distributed to educators. More information about these pdf reports will be forthcoming.

Principals may access school and district survey results by clicking here or through their Tableau accounts: Explore > Surveys > Stakeholder Input Survey > 2021-22 Stakeholder Input Survey

In addition to district results, each school will have the following dashboards that contain their school’s survey results:

  • [School Name] Faculty Stakeholder Input Survey
  • [School Name] Parent Stakeholder Input Survey
  • [School Name] K-3 Student Stakeholder Input Survey and [School Name] 4-6 Student Stakeholder Survey for elementary schools
  • [School Name] 7-12 Student Stakeholder Input Survey for secondary schools
  • [School Name] Stakeholder Input Survey Overall Educator Effectiveness Scores

Please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with questions.

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DATE:  
Thursday, February 3, 2022

TO: 
All School Administrators

FROM:  
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:  
2022 Educator Engagement Survey Administration

USBE board rule R277-325 requires that school districts administer the Educator Engagement Survey every other year opposite the USBE School Climate Survey (last administered in the spring of 2020-21).

The survey will be distributed by Evaluation, Research & Accountability to all licensed school-based educators (with the exception of administrators) in elementary, middle and high schools. The survey opens Monday, February 14th and closes Sunday, March 13th. USBE anticipates that the survey will take educators about 30 minutes to complete. USBE hopes to gather information about educator’s engagement in education and their perspectives related to the quality of their job experiences. The survey is confidential and the results will be reported in the aggregate.

School administrators don’t need to do anything to distribute the survey, but they are encouraged to notify their faculty that the survey is coming.

Survey results will be published for each school in Tableau after the survey closes.

If you would like to preview the survey questions, you may do so here or you may view the pdf copy attached with this JAM memo.

Please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with questions.

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Registration for the Literacy Promise Conference is now available! This is a conference you will not want to miss! There is an amazing line-up of presenters this year including Linda Ferrell, Nancy Frey, David Kilpatrick, and Kelly Gallagher just to name a few. The conference will be held March 23-25, 2022 at the Utah Valley Convention Center in Provo, Utah. The Teaching & Learning department will pay the registration fee for an administrator and up to four other staff members from each school. Noreen Samowitz will complete the registration. Please contact her by March 13th with the list of attendees from your school. Schools are responsible to secure and fund their own substitutes for this event. More information can be found here.

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The following are new administrative assignments:

  • New Assignments effective February 1, 2022:
    • Shana Mondragon, assistant principal at Mountain Shadows Elementary and Oakcrest Elementary transferred full-time to Oquirrh Elementary, replacing Jerri Crawford.
    • Veronica Holyoke, administrative intern at Sunset Ridge Middle transferred to Mountain Shadows Elementary and Oakcrest Elementary, replacing Shana Mondragon.
    • Elizabeth Pollock, assistant principal at Rosamond Elementary and Ridge View Elementary, transferred full-time to Ridge View Elementary.
    • Allyson Stovall, assistant principal at Southland Elementary transferred to Rosamond Elementary and Southland Elementary.
  • New Assignments effective July 1, 2022:
    • Sally Wilde, administrative intern, appointed assistant principal at a location TBD.
    • April Thompson, administrative intern, appointed assistant principal at a location TBD.
    • Veronica Holyoke, administrative intern, appointed assistant principal at a location TBD.

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Jordan School District (JSD) is committed to finding, hiring and retaining the very best employees possible. We are looking for bus drivers, custodians, nutrition service workers and certain facilities positions! Historically, some of our top talent is found through referrals from people who already work in the JSD. JSD currently has several positions that need to be filled. We would like to encourage JSD employees to share information about employment opportunities and at the same time reward employees for doing so.

The Employee Referral Program is one in which we hope all district employees will participate. The goal of this program is to help hire staff in “hard to fill” ESP positions effective February 1, 2022.

The following positions are eligible to receive a referral bonus:

Assistant Custodian Full Time                           Contract Bus Driver
Facility Carpenter                                                 Contract Bus Attendant
Facility HVAC Technician                                    6 Hour Nutrition Worker
Facility Painter

For information about this program, please visit the following website.

Employee Referral Bonus Website

 

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Jordan School District is currently participating in a trial for Screencastify Pro, a screen recording software for faculty and students. You can sign in to Screencastify by going to screencastify.com and using your Google login and password for the district. This trial will allow teachers and students unlimited time for screen recordings, the ability to save finished videos to Google Drive, and even the option to embed comprehension questions within the videos! On Friday, the Screencastify extension will be made available in both teacher and student Chrome browsers. This is the easiest way to access Screencastify and start using this terrific program. Below I’ve shared a few links to help you get started. Please contact Jared Covili, Consultant for Digital Teaching and Learning, at jared.covili@jordandistrict.org with questions.

Using Screencastify Extension in Chrome
https://learn.screencastify.com/hc/en-us/articles/360049546434-Install-the-Record-extension

Starting a recording
https://learn.screencastify.com/hc/en-us/articles/360049302954-How-to-make-your-first-recording

Save your edited project directly to Google Drive
https://learn.screencastify.com/hc/en-us/articles/360050323993-Save-a-recording-to-your-Google-Drive

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Dear JSD Educators,

The District will open a new elementary school in Herriman beginning in August, 2022. Applications for the Team Lead positions are now being accepted. For information regarding positions available in Phase A, a position advertising schedule, position descriptions and instructions on how to apply, visit the JSD Job Postings at the New School page: Job Postings at the New School Opening August of 2022 

Additional compensated work for certain positions may be required prior to the beginning of the contract year.

JSD educators interested in applying for current or future positions must submit an application​using Frontline Recruiting and Hiring. When searching for open positions, please ensure you are searching in the “Internal Applicants” section. Please see the attached tutorial for application instructions. External applications for licensed positions will be accepted after JSD educators have been give first consideration.

For assistance in submitting an application in Frontline, please contact the Human Resources at 801-567-8224. For questions regarding positions at the new school, please contact Principal Ronna Hoffman at ronna.hoffman@jordandistrict.org.

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DATE:  
January 24, 2022

TO: 
School Psychologists & School Psychology Interns

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

SUBJECT: 
February School Psychologists & School Psychology Interns Meeting

A virtual meeting for school psychologists and school psychology interns has been scheduled for Friday, February 4, 2022, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Cheryl Powell, Administrative Assistant, will send you the Zoom link for the meeting. Deanna Smith, LCSW, Clinical Outreach Coordinator from the OCD & Anxiety Treatment Center will provide us with a presentation on anxiety through the ages: how symptoms of anxiety and OCD alter throughout stages of development.

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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Mentoring in Jordan School District is essential to retaining and supporting new teachers in their first three years of teaching. Each year provisional teachers are identified and provided a mentor. Below are a few reminders and updates. 

Reminders:

  • Make sure you know who your lead mentor teacher is. Decide if this individual will remain the lead mentor or if you need to assign a new lead mentor. 
  • Have teachers who are interested in becoming mentors sign up for the mentor training on JPLS. Teachers cannot mentor if they are provisional or if they are not trained. 
  • All mentors will be recertified every 5 years. Teachers will be notified when they need to recertify. Teachers who do not recertify will no longer be able to mentor. 
  • Administrators are to work directly with lead mentors in assigning mentors and mentees. 

Updates:

  • Mentors and mentees must be logging all meetings they have on their shared log. 
  • Mentors, mentees, and lead mentors have clearly defined roles with each contributing to the partnership. 
  • Mentors, mentees, and lead mentors have updated contracts that must be signed at the beginning of the mentoring partnership. 
  • Quarterly surveys are sent out to mentees and mentors to gather information as to how district mentor specialists can provide needed support.
  • Each school needs to have a designated administrator over mentoring at their school. This will facilitate communication between district mentor specialists, teachers, and administration.
  • The administrator over mentoring, at their school, will have specific duties. See attached information.
  • Each school will need to complete the administrator mentor survey indicating which school administrator will be over mentoring.   Mentoring Survey

Administrator Mentor Checklist

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DATE:
January 7. 2022

TO:
Principals

FROM:
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Kristin Norris, Teacher Specialist-SLP/A, ESY Coordinator

SUBJECT:
Extended School Year (ESY) Qualification Procedures and Timelines

Please read the attached memo and qualifying document for updates and current information.
Data for ESY should be current from this school year and reflect ongoing needs of the student.
The 2022 ESY Memo and forms are now available on the Special Education Forms website.

If you have questions you can talk with your Teacher Specialist or reach out to Kristin Norris at kristin.norris@jordandistrict.org

We are looking for both teachers and paras that would be interested in working our ESY program to make it successful for our students who attend. Please share the Employee application found on the forms page with the paras you work with and contact Kristin with questions.

Thank you.

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DATE:   
Thursday, January 27, 2022

TO:  
Middle School Administrators
High School Administrators

FROM:  
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:   
RISE and Utah Aspire Plus Summative Test Administration and Training

The RISE assessment is a computer adaptive criterion referenced assessment system that includes summative tests for English Language Arts (ELAs), Mathematics, Science, and Writing. Please see the summative tests that are scheduled to be delivered to the following middle school grades.

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The February Assistant Principal meetings will be held on February 3 (8:00-11:00am) and February 8 (8:00-11:00am). All meetings will be held in-person at the JATC-S. A beverage service will be provided, beginning at 7:30am at each of the meetings. As a reminder you only need to attend one of the sessions offered per month. Both sessions will provide the same information. If you haven't had a chance to sign up please CLICK HERE and it will take you to the Google Doc. If you have any questions please call Nadine Page at 801.567.8182 (x88182). Thank you!

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The JES department recognizes that due to COVID-19 and other unforeseen circumstances schools are feeling overwhelmed with meeting deadlines. In an effort to support schools as they work hard to meet the needs of students, the UETS- based JPAS Full Evaluation due date has been changed. All full evaluations will now be due April 22, 2022.

This change includes all educator, teacher specialist, counselor, psychologist, and administrative evaluations. Please contact the JES office with any questions at (801) 567-8369.

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Educators who are working toward a professional license through the APPEL program have specific requirements that must be met and signed off. To better assist those educators in collection requirements for the Competencies section a document has been created and added to Perform accounts.

Educators will go to My Folder - Tasks - APPEL Domains VI and V Requirements - Go to Form and write a description of the artifacts they will show or upload into Perform (Indicators 50-62 from the UETS-based Domain Document). Once the educator has completed the description for each indicator and gathered all evidence to show they will submit the form to the supervisor for approval. Approval is completed once the supervisor reviews the evidence and description, selects a rating for each indicator, and then clicks on the Approve button.

The administrator will go to My Staff - Staff and then select Folder next to the form labeled APPEL REQUIREMENTS - DOMAINS IV AND V for the correct teacher. The administrator will not be able to go to the form or view the form until the teacher has submitted it.