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Utah State Risk Management Annual Facility Self-inspection Survey - Now Closed

Due to technical issues that Utah State Risk Management has encountered with the Self-Inspection Survey System, they have had to shut it down early.  As a result, Jordan School District is not required to submit any additional surveys for 2016-2017.  If your school's survey has not already been submitted, you do not have to complete it for this school year.  USRM appreciates all of the effort that many of you have already made and sincerely apologizes for every inconvenience.

USRM hopes to have a new version available to you for next year.  The new system will be similar in design and they hope to include all prior data.

If you have any further questions, please contact JSD Risk Management Coordinator Ron Boshard: 801-567-8876, or ron.boshard@jordandistrict.org

High schools will no longer be required to deliver their payroll to the District Office. By April 4th, school technicians will begin programming a specific copier or scanner to transmit payroll.

Here is a breakdown of the Payroll changes effective April 2017:

  1. All Payroll documents will be scanned directly to Payroll by the second working day of the month.
  2. Sort payroll by department/budget, and then alphabetize.
  3. Payroll will distribute to the applicable departments for approval using the District’s encrypted email called MoveIt.
  4. Scan all payroll in one continuous stream.
  5. If additional payroll comes to your office, after the payroll deadline, please scan to Payroll.
  6. Do not send in originals or distribute to departments, as this could cause duplicate pay. Schools may keep originals for their records.
  7. Coach applications and pay information should be sent through District mail to Cari Minnesota in the Bingham Feeder/District Office.  For further clarification contact Cari at 801-567-8173.
  8. The process for District Excused forms remains the same. Send original forms to Administrators of Schools through District mail.

Because of these payroll changes and to avoid conflicting information between departments and schools regarding payroll, we ask that you please clarify or discuss any payroll issues and/or concerns through the Payroll Department.

We thank you for your continued support, suggestions, and especially for your hard work in helping Payroll run smoothly each month.  If you have any questions, please contact Payroll at 801-567-8154 or email sarah.palmer@jordandistrict.org.

Directors/Principals:  Please forward to your licensed staff members

Attention all Teachers and Staff

University of Phoenix is offering an Administration Licensure only program for anyone who already has a master’s degree. This Program should only take 12 months and is done locally at their campus in Murray. Classes will start the mid part of July 2017. The license will only take 28 credits. Contact University of Phoenix if you are interested in this program.

Academic advisor:  ariana.mormino@phoenix.edu

 

The Human Resource Department is pleased to announce the College & University Fair. Representatives from colleges/universities will be presenting information to all participating educators interested in pursuing graduate level programs. Please inform your faculty/staff about this opportunity using the attached "College & University Fair Event" flyer.

 

DATE: 
March 16, 2017

TO: 
All Principals and Directors

FROM:  
June LeMaster, Ph.D., Administrator, Human Resources
Travis Hamblin, Administrator, Licensed
Brent Burge, Administrator, Classified
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent

SUBJECT:   
Employee Attendance at Relative's Graduation Exercises


For the past several years, Jordan School District high school graduations have been scheduled off-campus and starting times have varied considerably. This year, high school graduation exercises are on Thursday, June 1st.

Principals and Directors are encouraged to direct parents or grandparents who may wish to attend these graduations, but who are scheduled to work in their own locations to District Policy DP335 NEG.  This policy specifically states: "Personal leave shall not be taken during the first five days and last five days that students are in school except...to attend to personal or business matters which require the employee's attendance and scheduling is beyond the employee's control."

Since graduation scheduling is beyond the employees’ control, it is the expectation that immediate supervisors will cooperate and provide employees who may fall into this category, an opportunity to attend graduation ceremonies of family members.

Employees are responsible for requesting a substitute through the AESOP system, if applicable. In the “Notes to Administrator” box, the employee should add graduation along with his/her relationship to the graduate.

Any questions should be directed to the appropriate Administrator of Schools.

Cc:  Administrators of Schools

JL/am

Need Adobe?

CTE has purchased licenses for the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite through an agreement between the State and Adobe.  These licenses fall under a 3-year agreement.

The Adobe Creative Cloud Suite includes programs such as Acrobat Pro DC, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and many more!

Under the agreement, the full Adobe Creative Cloud Suite is $22.99/year/license/device.  For example, if you need the programs on your desktop and laptop, you would be required to purchase 2 licenses.  Unfortunately, under this agreement, unlimited licenses are no longer an option.   If you were to purchase Acrobat Pro DC from, for example, Amazon.com, it would cost $429 or $199 for an upgrade.

TO PURCHASE LICENSES

  • The Administrator or Administrative Assistant for the school/department would email Allison Tobaben in the CTE Department at tobaben@jordandistrict.org. The email must include the following:
    • Elementary Schools and Departments
      • Number of licenses needed.
      • Name of Information Systems Technician.
      • The budget number to use for journal entry. CTE will prepare a journal entry and send it to the requestor.
    • Secondary Schools
      • Number of licenses needed. CTE will send an invoice for the number of licenses requested.
      • Name of Information Systems Technician.

Once this information is received, Allison will respond to the email, confirming the requested has been received.  This confirmation will be copied to the Information Systems Department as well as the Technician for the school/department.  This will serve as an authorization to deploy the licenses.  Invoicing and journal entries will be handled in a separate email between Allison and the school/department.  Schools/Departments will be billed once a year, each year of the agreement.

Should you have any questions, please contact Allison Tobaben in the CTE Department at (801) 256-5951.

24-hour Alarm Response/Safety/Security: 801-567-8865

Did you know that Jordan School District has an Alarm Responder on duty 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year?  The Alarm Responders can dispatch the proper authorities, maintenance workers for repairs, begin notifications within the District, and report to your location to assist with alarms and emergencies.

Always call 911 in the event of a serious emergency, then call Alarm Response at 801-567-8865.

Facility Emergencies Protocol
In the event of one of the following:

  • Actual fire
  • Bomb threat
  • Serious or life threatening injury
  • Intruder/violence
  • Child abduction/missing
  • Chemical leak
  • Significant facility/property damage

Activate the Incident Command System, then:

  • Call 911
  • Call 24-hour Alarm Response/Safety/Security 801-567-8865
  • Call Administrator of Schools

For other emergencies/issues:

  • Power outage
  • Flood
  • Natural gas leak
  • Fire drill (call prior to drill)
  • Phone disruption
  • Alarm malfunction

Activate the Incident Command System, then:

Auxiliary Services Website – Documents and Forms

Many of the documents and forms previously found on the Auxiliary Services website have been moved to a Google Drive. The documents that have been moved are for district use, and do not need to be located on our public website.

All administrators and head administrative assistants have been given access to this drive.

It will be located in the Shared with Me Folder on your Google Drive.

  • Look for - ASB – Website Docs and Forms

Please feel free to call or email me with any questions:

Traci Mariano
801-567-8750
traci.mariano@jordandistrict.org

Thank you for your support.

Middle schools are now given the option to transmit their payroll electronically to the Payroll Department by scanning documents, with a scanner, and then emailing to the Payroll Department.  To protect the employees’ personal information, please use the District encrypted email called MoveIt.

  • Time sheets and all payroll documents can be emailed to Carolyn Bevan at carolyn.bevan@jordandistrict.org.
  • Payroll will forward time sheets to the applicable departments for review and signatures using MoveIt.
  • If Payroll documents were emailed to Payroll, Do Not send original documents as this could cause duplicate pay.
  • Employees should use the True Time system, whenever possible, to record their time for any extra jobs, rather than using paper time sheets.

As you are already aware, Payroll has been continually changing and becoming more efficient using technology.  Because of these many payroll changes, and to avoid conflicting information between departments and schools regarding payroll, we ask that you please clarify or discuss any payroll issues and/or concerns through the Payroll Department.

We thank you for your continued support, suggestions, and especially for your hard work in helping Payroll run smoothly each month.  If you have any questions, please contact Sarah Palmer, Payroll Director, at 801-567-8154 or email sarah.palmer@jordandistrict.org.

Learn effective strategies for communication, behavior management, social development and self-regulation skills for all grade levels.

This is a 3-Session Class
February 22, 2017
March 1, 2017
March 8, 2017

See flyer below for details.

Jordan School District Payroll

Assistants Substituting in True Time and AESOP

  • Classified hourly assistants (who have applied to be a sub with Juli Martin in HR) accepting a substituting position should be entered through AESOP not True Time.
  • Assistants subbing in an emergency situation, for a few hours, should enter their time through True Time. Call Payroll for a TSub pay code.
  • Assistants cannot substitute for more than 25 hours per month.
  • Assistants cannot be a long term substitute.
  • Assistants cannot be clocked into True Time and AESOP at the same time.

Administrators:

See attached materials used in the training given by Lisa Lawrence at the February 7th Principal Meeting.

Elementary schools were given the option to transmit their payroll electronically to the Payroll Department by scanning, and then by emailing to the Payroll Department, using the District encrypted email called MoveIt (to protect personal information on payroll, copiers and District email may not be used for transmitting payroll). Elementary schools began this delivery method a couple of months ago, and Payroll has then been printing and distributing the time sheets accordingly.  The employees involved in this have appreciated the new process, as they do not need to leave the schools and travel across town to deliver what is now only a few pieces of paper.

Beginning next month (February 1), these payrolls will be sent electronically with MoveIt from the Payroll Department to the departments for signatures as well.  This way departments will no longer need to travel to pick time sheets up, or to deliver them back to the Payroll Department. The ONLY change that you will see with this is the delivery of the paper time sheets.  All other processes and steps you have previously done will remain the same.

Here is a breakdown of the changes that will be effective February 1:

  1. Paper time sheets will be scanned and sent from the elementary schoolsto the Payroll Department using MoveIt.
  2. Payroll will forward these time sheets to the applicable department for editing and signatures using MoveIt.
  3. Departments will need to print the time sheets from MoveIt, make any corrections if necessary, and obtain proper signatures.
  4. Option to scan (do not use copier), and email with MoveIt (do not use District email) back to Payroll, or deliver the paper copies to the Payroll Department.
  5. All previous deadlines remain the same.

Please remember not to send in originals, as this could cause duplicate time sheets.  Also, all True Time employees should use the True Time system to record their time for any extra jobs rather than using a paper time sheet.

As you are already aware, Payroll has been continually changing and becoming more efficient using technology over the past couple of years.  Because of these many payroll changes, and to avoid conflicting information between departments and schools regarding payroll, we ask that you please clarify or discuss any payroll issues and/or concerns through the Payroll Department.

We thank you for your continued support, suggestions, and especially for your hard work in helping Payroll run smoothly each month.  If you have any questions, please contact Sarah Palmer, Payroll Director, at 801-567-8154 or email sarah.palmer@jordandistrict.org.

We have another group of surplus items on PublicSurplus.com for reallocation to schools - it will run 01/26/2017 - 02/09/2017 and will roll over to public auction on 02/09/2017 for a week. Please take a look and see if there is anything you need for your school. There are solid wood sled chairs, solid wood tables, as well as three (3) pianos.

Please remember that your school needs to do their surplus paperwork and turn it in with all signatures if you want to be scheduled for pickup. Please do not delay in getting your paperwork in so that we can schedule you for our next surplus pickup.

If your school has remodels or special projects coming up this summer, please start getting your surplus together now so that we aren't trying to push everything through at the last minute.

As always thank you for your help and cooperation.

Fixed Assets and the Surplus Warehouse

Please remind your staff that all employees and their spouses covered on the Jordan School District PEHP medical plan are eligible to participate in the health incentive program.  You and your spouse can earn $50 each by participating in the free bio metric testing session and completing a health assessment. Locations of testing sessions located within the district are attached.

The mileage reimbursement rate is based upon the IRS rate.  Effective January 1, 2017, the reimbursement rate is $0.535 per mile.  Please use the attached form when submitting for mileage reimbursement.  All 2016 mileage reimbursement requests should be submitted as soon as possible.

Facility Access During Winter Recess

Please submit Card Access Scheduling requests in Sprocket to have doors open for activities that will occur during Winter Recess, when the facility is normally closed.

Principals that would like to keep the exterior doors locked and allow employees to have badge access will need to submit a Card Access Scheduling request indicating the applicable dates and times.

Remember to submit a Sprocket Heating and Cooling request to correspond with the time the building will be occupied.

Call Alarm Response at 801-567-8865, in advance of any unscheduled opening and closing.

Please call Sandi Abplanalp with any card access and door scheduling questions: 801-567-8616.

The Utah Retirement Systems will be providing a presentation on the Tier 2 Retirement program for all employees who are in their first year of retirement eligible employment. Attendance is highly encouraged. P

Please pass the attached flyer on to employees in your school/department that may be interested.