Category: Middle Schools

Dear JSD Principals,

The wellness team is excited to announce two programs designed to support teacher and student health and wellness this school year: 1) Educator Wellness Representatives and 2) Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Teacher Leaders.

The Educator Wellness Representatives will primarily be responsible for supporting faculty/staff wellness efforts at your school while the primary role of the SEL Teacher Leader is to support student-focused social and emotional learning efforts for our District. Please refer to the table below for specifics of each position.

Educator Wellness Representatives Each school nominates one

Social Emotional Learning Teacher Leaders 10 per level (elementary, middle, high)

Support teacher wellness Must be a licensed, non-administrative staff member. Nominated by a principal using this form Will attend our Educator Wellness Kickoff event on September 20, 2022 @ JATC South *Sub will be provided for workday *A stipend will be offered to representatives data collected in the spring regarding their efforts Duties include: lead and support faculty/staff wellness efforts at your school throughout the year, maintain contact with District SEL Specialists, model educator wellness for the school community How are they selected? Principal nominates ONE educator wellness representative for each school using this form.

Support student social and emotional learning Teachers apply by completing this form Will meet quarterly with District SEL Specialists (meeting times TBD) *Sub will be provided for workday meetings Duties include: consult on social and emotional learning implementation districtwide, develop website content, review curriculum options, support classroom lesson planning How are they selected? Teachers are invited to apply by completing this form! 10 teacher leaders will be selected for each level.

Action Items for administrators:

• Please nominate your Educator Wellness Representative by August 26, 2022.
• Please invite teachers who would be good social and emotional learning leaders to apply.

The 2022-23 enrollment for all schools on the 1st day for traditional schools is 58,605.

The enrollment (K-12 + Special Education) is 832 more than the 2022-23 estimate of 57,773, an increase of 1.44%.

DATE: Thursday, August 18, 2022
TO: All School Administrators and District Department Directors/Consultants
FROM: Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning, Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT: 2022-23 Required Testing Ethics Professional Development Procedures for Education Support Professionals

Licensed teachers will do their testing ethics training as part of their annual crucial policies and procedures review.  School administrators do not need to train their teachers on testing ethics for the 2022-23 school year; however, administrators will need to conduct a training for any education support professionals (classified employees) who will assist with district, state or federally-mandated testing.  This will include computer lab assistants who function as the school’s test coordinator, any classroom aides that assist with testing, literacy aides who assist with Acadience Reading testing or progress monitoring, or any office staff that assist test coordinators with district, state or federally-mandated testing.

The three required procedures for completing this testing ethics professional development are listed on the “2022-23 Principal’s Testing Ethics Checklist for ESPs” form, which is due to the Evaluation, Research & Accountability Department by Friday, Sept. 16, 2022.

As has been done in the past, administrators may provide in-person training on testing ethics using the pdf slide deck attached with this memo.  Alternatively, administrators may refer education support personnel to the YouTube video that provides the same ethics training.  Once education support personnel have been trained, either in-person or using the video, they are required to sign the “2022-23 Standard Test Administration and Testing Ethics Policy Training Signature Form.”  Administrators are asked to keep these signed forms on file at the school.

There are several materials attached with this memo for your use:

• 2022-23 Principal’s Testing Ethics Checklist or ESPs – This form needs to be filled out and sent to Evaluation, Research & Accountability by Friday, Sept. 16, 2022.
• Testing Ethics Presentation, 2022-23 – This is the slide deck if principals choose to present the training in-person.
• 2022-23 Standard Test Administration and Testing Ethics Policy – This document should be distributed to every Education Support Professional that assists with state or federally-mandated testing.
• ESP Testing Ethics Video – This is the training video that may be used in lieu of in-person training. The video may also be found at this link:
• Standard Test Administration and Testing Ethics Training Signature Form, 2022-23 – Administrators should retain a signed copy of this form for all Education Support Professionals who assist with district, state or federally-mandated testing.

Please contact Ben Jameson or Gaylene Miller in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with any questions.

See the memo for this new assessment and how to help your teachers get started with test administration.

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DATE: Thursday, August 18, 2022
TO: All School Administrators
FROM: Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning, Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability, Brandee Bergum, Consultant, Secondary Language Arts
SUBJECT: New Reading Assessment Growth Measures Replaces Reading Inventory

Beginning with the 2022-23 school year, Jordan School District will be moving to a new reading assessment called Growth Measure.  This new reading test is the replacement for Reading Inventory, which has been discontinued by Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt (HMH).  Growth Measure is similar in many ways to Reading Inventory.  Growth Measure will take around 30 minutes for students to complete and it will be available to students in grades 4-12.  Scores will still be reported as Lexiles.  Growth Measure will still be required for 6^th graders for reading placement as they transition into 7^th grade.  Growth Measure will remain optional for grades 4-5 and 7-12.

Growth Measure should be administered to students three times a year:

• Beginning-of-year window: August 17 – October 14
• Middle-of-year window: December 1 – February 15
• End-of-year window: April 3 – June 30

After each testing window HMH will set up meetings with each school's administration to review the school data for the previous testing window. HMH has also set up online office hours to answer any questions about Growth Measure and its reports.  Teachers and administrators are invited to attend and ask questions.  Here are the office hours with HMH personnel:

• September 2: 8:00-9:00 am
• October 7: 8:00 – 9:00 am

Each school has been assigned an admin account. To login and view scores for your school, administrators will need to follow these steps:

Look for an invitation email sent to school principals:

• Click on this link: https://www.hmhco.com/ui/login
• Enter your school's Username: gmadmin[your school’s number](For example, Aspen's Username is gmadmin179)
• Click Forgot Password to set up your new password

If you need someone else at your school to have an admin account, please contact Kira Jensen in Evaluation, Research & Accountability and let her know who needs access at your school. Grades 4-6 teachers, secondary language arts teachers, and students in grades 4-12 are already rostered and set up with accounts in the assessment management system.  Here are the login credentials they will need to use:

Teacher Login Information

• Username: firstname.lastname
• Password: Click on “Forgot Password” to create a new password

Student Login Information

• Username: Student Skyward ID #
• Password: Student Skyward ID #

For more information on the assessment, please visit our Growth Measure page. We will be adding instructional videos and FAQs in the next few weeks. Teachers will need to visit this page for instructions on how to login and how to assign the test to their students.

Please contact Kira Jensen in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with any questions you may have or to arrange a training for your teachers.

Please see the document below.

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

JSD Employee Referral Bonus