Jordan School District
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The HR TEAM values you and your opinion regarding HR practices and procedures. Therefore, we invite you to complete the following brief survey. Names are optional.
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Federal Regulations require the district to certify the payroll of any employee being paid with federal funds. Accounting identifies employees that meet this federal criteria and prepare certification forms by location. Principals and department heads please review the attached instruction memo and look for your payroll certification email the week of May 1, 2023. Certifications are due Friday, May 26, 2023. Please review your certification ASAP and contact Natalie Grange if you have any questions or concerns. natalie.grange@jordandistrict.org, ext. 88312
Principals,
As a reminder, underqualified educators who are working towards their Professional License through the Jordan School District APPEL program are required to take the PPAT Assessment, which is offered twice a year, both in the spring and in the fall. The PPAT registration fee is $300. Since Principals have the discretion to hire either a qualified or underqualified candidate for open positions, it is the responsibility of the Principal to reimburse the underqualified educator for the PPAT registration fee, once the educator has passed the PPAT assessment. This is a one-time reimbursement per educator, which implies that if an educator does not pass the PPAT, he/she must retake the PPAT at their own cost until they receive a passing score. In order for the Principal to reimburse the cost of the PPAT, the educator must provide a PPAT receipt and copy of their passing score to the Principal. Principals may use In Lieu funds or TSSA funds, if it is written into your plan. Your plan can always be amended to include the PPAT or will be covered under “professional development”. Principals are then to submit an NPO check request to the Accounting Department.
Please feel free to contact Brittany Bauer, HR Specialist – Secondary or Jane Olsen, HR Specialist - Elementary with any questions regarding the PPAT.
DATE:
April 6, 2023
TO:
Jordan District Administrators, Directors
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Administrators of Schools
SUBJECT:
Time Schedule for the Last Day of School
Please review the attached memo carefully for your school dismissal time, and convey this information to your students and parents.
Please see the attached Memo for details on checking your end of year SCRAM report with your team, and getting everything returned by Monday, May 1, 2023.
Team leaders will be receiving the SCRAM Report for your school through District Mail and should use the established communication system already developed to work with each other so all have a chance to check the report.
Don't forget that all graduating seniors need an exit SCRAM, as well as any student not returning to our district, by the end of the school year.
If you have any questions, please contact the teacher specialist over your school or Jen Warkentine at 801-567-8207.
Please make sure to note all due dates. If you have any questions or concerns please contact Rebecca Lee in the JES office.
Educator Full - March 31, 2023
Administrator Full - May 1, 2023
All Interims - May 31, 2023
Classified - May 31, 2023
Click below to complete the end-of-year Digital Teaching & Learning Survey from USBE. This survey will help us determine technology needs for the 2023-2024 school year. The survey is due by 4/28/23.
As you plan your April 21st, PD day, let Language and Culture services help you in filling in areas of conversation you need for your ML learners and climate and culture of your school. We have 3 different PD's to chose from. Your school can select all three or just one. You can have grade levels join together or individually. We hope we can be a resource for you and your school. Please RSVP by clicking HERE
DATE:
March 9, 2023
TO:
All Administrators
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
McKinley Withers, Health and Wellness
Angie Rasmussen, Student Safety & Wellness Specialist
SUBJECT:
Management of SafeUT and BARK Monitoring Tips
SafeUT alerts - After hours, holidays, and weekends
SafeUT may still send text and email alerts after hours or during blackout periods when they are deemed urgent. Most tips and alerts are deemed as non-urgent and are batched for 7am the next school day.
When a text/email alert is received after school hours or on a weekend, it should be addressed as soon as reasonably possible. In some cases, SafeUT will call the District’s on-call contact, through Health and Wellness, to obtain information immediately. When SafeUT contacts the after-hours staff member it will be logged in the disposition notes in SafeUT for schools to address the next school day. SafeUT may still send urgent alerts to schools after hours or during blackout periods without contacting the on-call staff. These alerts are managed by the school.
BARK after-hours alerts
A BARK content monitoring alert that comes in after 3pm will not be forwarded to school staff until the next school day if it is non-urgent. Urgent notifications that come in after 3pm are sent to the Student Safety & Wellness Specialist, Angie Rasmussen for triage.
Documentation and closing SafeUT tips
It is essential to assign, document interventions, and close each SafeUT tip. This effectively communicates the status of the tip to all parties involved. Here are some helpful tools for this process:
All school administrators are set up in the SafeUt dashboard to receive alerts. If you are not getting SafeUT emails check your SPAM. There is an email filter in place to ensure that SafeUT alerts are not sent to SPAM. If you have checked your SPAM folder and are still not getting notifications, please email Angie Rasmussen.
Should you have any questions please reach out to Angie Rasmussen at angie.rasmussen@jordandistrict.org
Greetings!
We are anticipating a HIGH volume of substitute requests for the following dates: March 22nd, March 23rd, and March 24th. To increase coverage for those absences we ask that teachers who will be absent any of the above listed dates, enter their absences AS SOON AS POSSIBLE in Skyward and Frontline.
Thanks!
March 1, 2023
Clearing out & Closing School EARS Budgets (program 5336)
School Administrators:
As you are aware the EARS grant is not a guarantee and is determined on a year to year basis. Please take some time to review your school’s spending, for the 2023/24 school year, to ensure you are covered using all of your other funding sources.
The following information will help you finalize your EARS funding for the current school year:
CLEARING OUT:
ALL teachers and aides that are being paid for through your 5336 EARS budget will need to be moved to another program for next school year.
CLOSING:
Program 5336 will have a NO MORE NEW/ADDITIONAL SPENDING date of April 15, 2023. (Personnel already being paid will continue until the end of the 2022-23 school year.)
We hope to procure this money next year to help you continue supporting our “At Risk” students. More information regarding this funding will be available during the early months of next school year and will be disseminated in a timely manner.
Thank you,
Michelle Love-Day
The Jordan Ethnic Advisory Committee is pleased to announce a Parent, Guardian, and Student Open House event at JATC South, which will take place on March 1st, from 5 - 6:30 p.m. The purpose of this event is to provide a platform for families to share their ideas with administration and teachers, and to engage in meaningful dialogue about the challenges and opportunities facing our students.
Through this event, we hope to foster a sense of community and collaboration, and to work together to build a stronger, more inclusive school environment for all students.
To that end, we would like you to extend an invitation to school communities electronically, and to personally invite four families to participate in this open house. Principals will receive paper invitations in District mail.
We would be honored to have schools support in this initiative, and we believe that your participation will have a positive impact on our district as a whole.
Thank you for your time and consideration. If you have any questions or concerns, please email jeac@jordandistrict.org.
Explore endless opportunities in education at the Jordan Job Fair on Wednesday, Jan. 25 from 6 – 8 p.m. at Oquirrh Hills Middle.
Find out about openings for school bus drivers, classroom assistants, custodians, cafeteria workers, substitute teachers, and more. A representative from all schools and departments throughout the district with open positions will be in attendance.
More details regarding the Health & Wellness Day will be coming. In order to give departments and schools time to plan meals the following information is being shared now.
Principals and Department Directors should arrange for lunch or breakfast for all your employees one day from February 6th–9th . Please do not schedule meals on February 10th so all employees feel free to participate in the Health and Wellness Day activities occurring that day.
Traditional schools (i.e. the 42 elementary schools, 13 middle schools and 7 high schools) will receive an additional $12 per employee in the school’s supply budgets. Traditional schools may then charge the cost of this meal to 10 E xxx 0050 1090 639 by submitting the receipt to Accounting through the normal P-Card or NPO process.
All other schools (i.e. Kauri Sue Hamilton (including the Child Development Center), River’s Edge (including the Jordan Family Education Center), South Valley, JATC North, JATC South, Valley High School, and Southpointe Adult High) will also have $12 per employee available. However, these schools will need to charge the cost of this meal to 10 E xxx 9054 1090 639 by submitting the receipt to Accounting through the normal P-Card or NPO process.
District departments will also have $12 per employee available. Departments should charge the cost of this meal to 10 E xxx 9054 yy90 639 by submitting the receipt to Accounting through the normal P-Card or NPO process. The “yy” listed in the account above will differ for each department as follows:
Superintendent – 24
Associate Superintendent – 24
Administrators of Schools – 24
Accounting, Budgets, and Audits – 25
Auxiliary Services – 26
Business Administrator – 25
Career & Technical Education – 22
Central Warehouse – 26
Communications – 28
Custodial and Energy – 26
Equity & Compliance – 21
Evaluation, Research & Accountability – 10
Facilities – 26
Human Resources – 28
Information Systems – 28
Instructional Support Services – 22
Insurance Services – 25
Jordan Education Foundation – 22
Language and Cultural Services – 21
Nurses – 21
Nutrition Services – 26
Payroll – 25
Purchasing – 26
Transportation – 27
Special Education – 22
Student Services – 21
Teaching and Learning – 22
Transportation – 27
As a reminder, the following due dates need to be followed when completing all evaluations.
All Full Evaluations
Note: Administrator full evaluations are due May 1, 2023.
All Interim End of the Year Reflection
Educational Support Professionals (Classified)
The mileage reimbursement rate is based upon the IRS rate. Effective January 1, 2023, the reimbursement rate is $0.655 per mile. Please use the attached form when submitting for mileage reimbursement. All 2022 mileage reimbursement requests should be submitted as soon as possible. Click HERE to access the mileage form online.
Explore endless opportunities in education at the Jordan Job Fair on Wednesday, Jan. 25 from 6 – 8 p.m. at Oquirrh Hills Middle.
Find out about openings for school bus drivers, classroom assistants, custodians, cafeteria workers, substitute teachers and more. A representative from all schools and departments throughout the district with open positions will be in attendance.
Weather permitting, all locations are required to conduct a fire evacuation drill within the first 10 school days after the beginning of the new calendar year (after winter recess). If weather makes it difficult to conduct the drill within the first 10 days, please conduct it within a reasonably short period of time and document the reason for the delay when reporting the drill.
A fire drill in January may not be ideal due to winter weather. Try to select the best day according to the forecast. This is a great time to promote wearing coats and seasonal attire.
Notify the Jordan School District 24-hour Alarm Response 801-567-8865 a minimum of 30 minutes prior to the drill, so that the fire department is NOT dispatched unnecessarily.
Remember to record the drill using the Jordan School District report form on Google Drive, link:
2022-23 REPORT EMERGENCY — DRILLS, ACTUAL EVENTS, or MEETINGS
Bookmark this form for future use. You can also use it to record related planning meetings before the drill, and debrief meetings afterward.
Contact Emergency Operations Manager Lance Everill with questions: 801-567-8623, lance.everill@jordandistrict.org
DATE:
December 5, 2022
TO:
All Principals
All Special Education Staff
FROM:
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Melanie Dawson, Principal of River’s Edge School
SUBJECT:
ASPEN Training Reminder for Special Education Personnel 2022-2023
As we move into the second half of the 2022-2023 school, this is a reminder that ASPEN training is required for all licensed special education teachers, SLPs, school psychologists, elementary school counselors, and for all instructional assistants in SEB and Autism self-contained support classrooms during the 2022-2023 school year. (Exception: Staff with a current Mandt certification will not need to be ASPEN trained).
First year staff and staff who have not completed the full certification ASPEN training should register for the in-person training on JPLS. Training dates and times are attached to this memo. Please note that these are expected to be the final dates for the remainder of the school year.
Although not required, instructional assistants working in any other special education setting may choose to attend ASPEN at the discretion of their building administrator.
If you have more than one teacher or instructional assistant that needs to attend, please consider having them attend on separate days in order to maintain adequate coverage in your school. The Special Education Department will cover the costs of substitutes for licensed special education teachers that will be attending the full certification under budget code 1292. Instructional assistants will be asked to use True Time to record their typical workday hours on the day of the training. Any additional hours spent in the training above their typical workday will need to be recorded on a timesheet.
Staff who participated in a full certification or recertification ASPEN training during the previous school year should plan on taking an ASPEN recertification class that will be offered online. Staff should register at JPLS for the recertification class, they will then receive an invitation within two working days to participate in the online course. Participants will have two weeks during which they can complete the course work at their own pace. This course is expected to take approximately 3 hours and should be completed during available contract hours. Dates for the online sessions are attached to this memo.
Mandt training will continue to be required at Kauri Sue Hamilton and River’s Edge School. Personnel at these schools do not need to attend ASPEN. Others wishing to keep their Mandt training current may do so; however, participation is not mandatory and teachers and instructional assistants will not be compensated for their attendance. If staff members are Mandt certified, they do not need to attend ASPEN training.
For questions please contact: Cassidy Hansen at cassidy.hansen@jordandistrict.org or Daveed Goodrich at daveed.goodrich@jordandistrict.org
