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Thursday, July 25, 2019

TO:  
All Principals and District Department Directors/Consultants

FROM:  
Anthony Godfrey, Superintendent
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:  
2019-20 Required Testing Ethics Professional Development Procedures for Classified Employees

Licensed teachers will do their testing ethics training as part of their annual crucial policies and procedures review. Principals do not need to train their teachers on testing ethics for the 2019-20 school year; however, principals will need to do an in-person training with any classified support staff that will participate in any kind of testing.

Instructions, materials, and documentation forms for the required 2019-20 Testing Ethics professional development, are being sent to schools via the Jordan Administrative Memo (JAM). These materials will also be available online at http://assessments.jordandistrict.org/ethics/ . The three required procedures for completing this testing ethics professional development are listed on the “2019-20 Principal’s Testing Ethics Checklist for Classified Employees” form provided in the materials, which is due to the Evaluation, Research & Accountability Department by Friday, September 20, 2019.

It is important that all classified staff that assist with testing be reminded that the professional testing ethics required for all Federally-mandated assessments such as NAEP and WIDA or State-mandated assessments such as RISE, Utah Aspire Plus, ACT, Acadience Reading benchmarks and progress monitoring, also apply to all District-mandated assessments such as benchmark tests, SLO assessments, and other District-created assessments. Students must not be given secured assessment questions as homework or discussion items. Any use of secured assessment questions for instruction, discussion, or homework compromises the validity and integrity of the assessment questions and constitutes a violation of professional testing ethics protocol.

Principals are to make sure that teachers as well as paraprofessionals that assist with testing understand that professional testing ethics must be followed when working with District-mandated as well as State- and Federally-mandated assessments. Principals are also to remind teachers and paraprofessionals that assist with testing that any potential disciplinary action specified for violating professional testing ethics on State- and Federally-mandated assessments, also applies to any violation of professional testing ethics on District-mandated assessments.

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Michael Anderson, previously Administrator of Schools, has been appointed Associate Superintendent. An application for the Administrator of Schools position has been posted at workatjordan.org. Cabinet assignments will be finalized once a new Cabinet member has been appointed. The application deadline is July 31.

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April 4, 2019

TO:
All Principals
All Budget Directors

FROM: 
John Larsen, Business Administrator
June LeMaster, Ph.D., Administrator, Human Resources
Daniel Ellis, Director of Accounting, Budgets & Audits
Derek Anderson, Director of Accounting, Budgets & Audits
Cheryl Matson, Director of Insurance Services
Michael Heaps, Director of Information Systems
Sarah Palmer, Director of Payroll
Kurt Prusse, Director of Purchasing

SUBJECT: 
Year-End Processing Deadlines

Please observe the following critical deadlines listed in the memo below regarding the financial year-end processes for the 2018-19 year. Please review these dates as they could have a major effect on your location’s ability to operate.

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For nomination form and scoring rubric click here:   www.jordaneducationfoundation.org

Submission Deadline: Monday, March 25, 2019

See attached flyer for more details.

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Instructional Leadership "Teaching Begins with the Learner" Conference - March 21 and 22, 2019

The Conference will be held March 21 & 22 at Utah Valley Convention Center in Provo. Teaching & Learning will cover the registration cost of one administrator per school. If you would like to send a team, Teaching & Learning will cover the registration cost of two participants. Sign up HERE before March 8. Please contact Amanda Hansen for questions.

The 2019 Instructional Leadership Conference has an incredible line up of speakers, including: Michael Fullan, Anders Ericsson, Chad Lewis, Paul Bloomberg, Tim Brown, Kim Geddie, Tom Guskey, Tom Hierck, Robyn Jackson, Tim Kanold, Jonathan Saphier, Ellie Drago-Severson, Tricia Skyles, Ben Springer, and Rick Wormeli. Look for flyers in District mail or visit the website for more information.

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Don't forget to opt out of your district printed W-2 by going to Skyward's Employee Access by midnight on December 16, 2018.

Opt out and win one of many prizes! A drawing for the prizes will be held on December 17th and employees will be contacted if they win.