Category: Other Admin Info

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

 

Please see the documents below for information regarding JPAS LITE.

The Human Resource Department is pleased to announce the addition of the following new positions.

• Brittany Bauer, Licensing Specialist appointed Recruiting, Licensing, & Hiring Specialist. Brittany has a Masters Degree in Management & Leadership from Western Governors University.
• Jane Olsen, Data Analyst appointed Recruiting, Licensing, & Hiring Specialist. Jane has a degree in Science in Human Resources from Utah State University.

School/District administrators and administrative assistants are directed to the following HR reference guide when requesting HR assistance.

Please contact Brittany Bauer and Melinda McAnally for secondary questions and Jane Olsen and Stacy Krahenbuhl for elementary questions regarding all recruitment, hiring and placement of new licensed, ESP, and miscellaneous candidates. In addition, they will assist with the following HR related tasks:

• Recruitment
• Job Postings
• Frontline Support
• Onboarding – Hiring Approvals & Initial Placements
• Licensing
• New Teacher Induction
• CANVAS HR Trainings
• Social Media
• Substitutes

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Brittany Bauer
brittany.bauer@jordandistrict.org
801-567-8214

Jane Olsen
jane.olsen@jordandistrict.org
801-567-8217

Stacy Krahenbuhl
stacy.krahenbuhl@jordandistrict.org
801-567-8221

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June LeMaster
June.lemaster@jordandistrict.org
801-567-8222

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The two current HR administrative vacancies and the positions currently held by Brittany and Jane will not be filled at this time.

 

Please see the attachment for the 2022-23 school hours.

 

Please find the attached PDF of the Custodial Priorities List presented today at Principals Meeting.

Due to supplier shortages and global supply chain issues, the Central Warehouse is running very low on Hammermill DP Colored Copy Paper and Springhill Digital Vellum Bristol Color Cover paper. The paper mills that produce Hammermill and Springhill have temporarily stopped taking orders from distributors that sell to the District. The Purchasing Department is currently working on sourcing other brands of DP Colored Copy Paper and Digital Vellum Bristol Color Cover paper that will fill the demand and needs of the District. Please be patient with us while we are doing all we can to make sure schools can order select colors and types of paper. If the paper you need is not currently available in the warehouse, you may look to purchase through Amazon, Office Depot, or Staples under the state contract using your pcard.

Please see the links below to download copies of the elementary, middle, and high school assistant principal directories for 2022-23. The links are accessible to anyone with a Jordandistrict.org account.

• Elementary Assistant Principal Directory
• Middle Assistant Principal Directory
• High Assistant Principal Directory

If changes need to be made, please forward the updated information to Caleb Olson in Planning & Enrollment. The PDFs will be updated so that the links will always provide the most current version.

DATE:   
August 1, 2022

TO:  
Principals
Assistant Principals

FROM: 
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services

SUBJECT: 
Free Webinars through Panorama

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Please see the memo below for a list of the free webinars.

You are invited to join us for a FREE night of summer fun at the Salt Lake Bees game.

Jordan School District and the Salt Lake Bees are joining forces to show appreciation to all JSD employees by offering free tickets to an upcoming Bees game against the Sacramento River Cats on Wednesday, August 10 at 6:35 p.m.

It’s also $1.00 hot dog night and Superintendent Godfrey will be throwing out the first pitch along with a Unified Sports athlete!

Here’s What You Need to Know to Participate:

• 4,000 tickets are available and seating is limited. First come, first served.
• Each employee can request 1 - 4 free tickets. *Additional tickets may be purchased.
• Sign up using the form below.
• The deadline to sign up for tickets is Monday, August 1, 2022.
• Once you have signed up, you will receive more information on how to pick up your free tickets at the ballpark.

To show their appreciation, the Bees will give away a batting helmet signed by the entire team to one lucky employee at the game that night.

Hope to see you at beautiful Smith’s ballpark to have some fun and cheer on the Bees!

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• Salt Lake Bees Game Ticket Request for Jordan School District Employees  

Please see the documents below for the current 2022-23 updates.

We are happy to announce that there are two training opportunities available to Paraeducators in Special Education settings throughout Jordan School District. One is for para's new to JSD this year. A second is for all para's, including those who are new. Please see the following information as well as the attached flyers for more details.

Registration is through the Google Forms links below or the Special Ed website:

*New Paraeducator Training:
All Paraeducators NEW for the 2022-23 school year are invited to attend the Basic Paraprofessional Level 1 class, which is required for all new hires, in-person on Monday, August 8, 2022 at the JATC-S building. If this class does not work for schedules, the class can still be taken on Canvas. This registration form should be submitted for those planning to attend:  New Paraeducator Training Registration Form

*Additional Paraeducator Training:
This training will help all Paraeducators learn more about their roles and responsibilities of being an instructional assistant as well as student behavior training. All paraeducators are invited to attend this training held on August 9th at Oquirrh Hills Middle School. The same training will be offered in a morning or an afternoon session to better accommodate schedules. This training is optional, will not be offered virtually at a later date, and does not replace the Advanced Paraeducator Training on Canvas for those qualified for Lane Changes. This registration form should be submitted for those planning to attend:  Paraeducator Training Registration Form

The following are new administrative assignments:

New Administrative Assignment effective immediately:

• David Hullinger, BYU Intern Facilitator at Provo School District appointed assistant principal at Westvale Elementary, replacing Tyler (TJ) Davenport who was transferred.

New Administrative Intern assignments effective immediately:

• Brittany Andersen, teacher at Bingham High assigned administrative intern at Copper Hills High.
• Derek Bennett, school counselor at Copper Hills High assigned administrative intern at Mountain Ridge High.
• Charles Brandt, teacher at Fort Herriman Middle assigned administrative intern at Riverton High.
• Rachel Hill, teacher at Sunset Ridge Middle assigned administrative intern at West Jordan High.
• Angela Pommerening, teacher specialist in the Career and Technical Education Department assigned administrative intern at Herriman High.
• Vaega Toilolo, teacher at Mountain Creek Middle assigned administrative intern at Bingham High.
• Yan’tu Barber, teacher specialist in the Language & Culture Services Department assigned teacher specialist in Language & Culture Services and administrative intern at West Jordan Middle.
• Jack Pay, teacher at Mountain Ridge High assigned administrative intern at Sunset Ridge Middle and West Hills Middle.
• Russell Stephenson, teacher at Fort Herriman Middle assigned administrative intern at Joel P. Jensen Middle and Oquirrh Hills Middle.
• Jessica Wilson, teacher specialist in the Special Education Department assigned administrative intern at South Valley and administrative intern at South Hills Middle.
• Lynsey Grant, teacher at Oakcrest Elementary assigned administrative intern at Jordan Hills Elementary, replacing Aubri Moench who was transferred.
• Jessica Hayes, teacher specialist in the Special Education Department assigned administrative intern at  the Preschool/Child Development Center.

Beginning July 18, 2022, all usernames for the Perform system will be district emails.

This change will allow the evaluation department to better assist with evaluations and location of educators in the district and also take care of some glitches that have been encountered. Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns to Rebecca Lee, (801) 567-8369. 

Note: Passwords that have been created will not change.

The following are new administrative assignments:

New Assignments effective July 1, 2022:

• Curtis Jenson, principal at Elk Ridge Middle transferred to principal at South Jordan Middle, replacing Nicole Johnson who resigned.
• Bryan Leggat, principal at Joel P. Jensen Middle transferred to principal at Elk Ridge Middle.
• Aaron Hunter, assistant principal at West Jordan Middle transferred to principal at Joel P. Jensen Middle.
• Michael Jacobson, special education teacher at Copper Hills High appointed assistant principal at West Jordan Middle.
• Brandee Bergum, assistant principal at South Hills Middle appointed consultant in Teaching & Learning.
• Aubri Moench, assistant principal at Jordan Hills Elementary appointed assistant principal at South Hills Middle.
• Shana Mondragon, assistant principal at Oquirrh Elementary transferred to assistant principal at Herriman Elementary.
• Joshua Sullivan, assistant principal at Herriman Elementary transferred to assistant principal at Fox Hollow Elementary.
• Jarom Airhart, assistant principal at Fox Hollow Elementary transferred to assistant principal at Jordan Ridge Elementary.
• April Thompson, assistant principal at Monte Vista Elementary transferred to assistant principal at Riverton Elementary.
• Tyler (TJ) Davenport, assistant principal at Westvale Elementary transferred to assistant principal at Rose Creek Elementary.
• Carletta Taylor, retired from Greenville Public School District (MS) appointed assistant principal at Oquirrh Elementary.
• Jerilyn Schafer, Instructional Coach at Westland appointed assistant principal at Westland Elementary.
• Andrew Lovell, administrative intern at Spring Canyon Middle in Nebo School District appointed assistant principal at Monte Vista Elementary.
• Jennifer Manning instructional coach at the Child Development Center appointed assistant principal at Mountain Point Elementary.
• TBD / Jordan Hills Elementary
• TBD / Westvale Elementary

Some reminders for renting a vehicle when traveling for District business:

1) Indicate the rental needs such as size of vehicle and length of time on the initial travel request form. This is how the supervisor approves the use and expense of a rental vehicle before the travel occurs.

2) Many hotels will charge to park a vehicle. Remember to include those charges in your cost estimates on the travel request form.

3) There are two state contracts for rental vehicles through Hertz and Enterprise. By renting through a state contract, there are liability protections for the driver. The District Travel Buyer will, upon request, make the car rental reservations under a state contract.

4) Rental vehicles reserved outside a state contract may add additional cost and/or personal liability to the driver. Therefore, it is strongly recommended rental vehicles be reserved on a state contract through the District Travel Buyer.

5) No rental vehicle expenses (reservations, parking, and fuel) can be prepaid by the Travel Buyer. These expenses must be paid by the person actually renting/driving the vehicle either using their P-Card or a personal credit card (for subsequent reimbursement).

6) Remember to keep your receipts when paying for pre-approved vehicle rentals.

Please see the attached documents for information regarding transportation priorities and the moratorium dates for 2022-23. High School Administrators, please share with your athletic director. Thank you!