TO:
All Administrators
FROM:
Jordan School District Cabinet Members
This is a mandatory 2-day in-person training for all administrators. To be held at JATC-S. Mark your calendar now and more information will be shared at a later date.
TO:
All Administrators
FROM:
Jordan School District Cabinet Members
This is a mandatory 2-day in-person training for all administrators. To be held at JATC-S. Mark your calendar now and more information will be shared at a later date.
TO:
All Administrators
FROM:
Jordan School District Cabinet Members
Employee Health and Wellness Day is back for 2026! There will be free offers, discounts, in-person, and virtual activities on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. Mark your calendars!
DATE:
August 13, 2025
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Brian King, Ph.D., Assistant Director of Special Education - Elementary
Mike Trimmell, Ed.D., Program Administrator, Special Education -Secondary
SUBJECT:
Change in Achievement Testing – WIAT-4 Implementation and Training Schedule
The Woodcock-Johnson IV will be sunsetting at the end of this school year. After following our district RFP process, we are pleased to inform you that Jordan School District has purchased the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test-Fourth Edition (WIAT-4) as our district’s new achievement assessment tool. To ensure a smooth transition, all special education teachers will be required to participate in a full-day training session on the WIAT-4. Each teacher will receive a personal letter with their assigned training date. The training days are scheduled for:
In addition to the scheduled training, teachers will need to complete some additional hours outside of the day-long session. During these hours, teachers will be required to pass the administration of all the tests to a non-special education student (family member/friend). It is an option that those being trained in the WIAT-4 may include these extra hours as part of their 32-hours of Educator-Directed Paid Professional Hours.
We appreciate your support in communicating this important update to your staff and assisting in facilitating their participation. You will receive a letter listing your teachers and their assigned day for training for your records.
TO:
All Administrators
All Admin Assistants
FROM:
Sarah Palmer, Director of Payroll
Regarding All Licensed and ESP Employees
Per District policy, annual or personal leave days may not be used during the first five days of school, unless the leave reason is listed in policy as an exception. If any of the exceptions do apply, you must provide both the leave reason and the policy exception in the time off description. If these exceptions are not applicable, yur annual or personal leave day will be changed to a no-pay day as per policy.
7. Annual leave shall not be taken during the first five (5) days that students are in school except under the following conditions:
TO:
All Administrators
All Admin Assistants
FROM:
Sarah Palmer, Director of Payroll
Regarding All Licensed Employees
Aug. 11 - Aug. 18
Remember that teachers may not take annual/personal leave days during the six (6) days of contract time not involving students before school starts. However, they may, through correlation with the principal, arrange to exchange of of these days for another non-contract day.
DATE:
Thursday, August 14, 2025
TO:
All School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Assessment, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Record of August 12th Professional Learning Day Attendees
School administrators may access a Tableau dashboard that contains a record of all educators who signed in using the QR codes for the morning keynote sessions during the August 12th professional learning day. The dashboard may be accessed here. Administrators may also filter the list by conference location.
For questions about this dashboard, please refer to Ben Jameson in Assessment, Research & Accountability.
TO:
Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Jared Covili, Consultant in Teaching & Learning
In order to make the most of the available features in our Districtwide Canva deployment, we’re going to be migrating to a new Canva structure in the next two weeks. No content will be lost; as part of this migration you’ll be added to one or more new Canva teams, corresponding to the school(s) with which you’re associated (or a “Staff & Admin” team, for staff not based at a school).
There’s no action to take at this time. Once the migration occurs, we’ll contact you again with next steps.
Here’s what you need to know:
We’ll re-label our existing district team to “Archive: Jordan School District”. You’ll always be able to access this content by toggling between teams. You’ll also be able to access your new school-based team by toggling in the same way. See the attached guide for information on switching between teams.
We’ll recommend you copy your content from this Archive team over to your new school-based team. You’ll get the best Canva features in these new teams, and will best able to collaborate in your school team with the students and staff associated with that school. Click here for instructions on how to copy Canva content to your new team, but keep in mind you won’t be able to copy content to your new teams until after the migration.
If you have any questions, please contact Jared Covili, jared.covili@jordandistrict.org.
TO:
Administrators
Admin Assistants
FROM:
Sarah Palmer, Director of Payroll
Please see the attached documents.
DATE:
August 1, 2025
TO:
Principals
All Special Educators and Service Providers
FROM:
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
SUBJECT:
SCRAM for 2025-26 School Year- October 1 Count
Special Education Team Leaders will be receiving a SCRAM report via District Mail of all students who should be receiving services through your school’s special education program(s) at the beginning of the 2025-26 school year. Please read this Memo carefully as several items have been modified/updated to include new procedures implemented with our new Embrace program. Once you have read through the memo, use the process you have in place at your school to include all service providers to share the report and make the necessary corrections. It is important to verify every student on the report. Each team member must initial the report confirming they reviewed it.
SCRAM reports with corrections are due no later than Friday, September 5, 2025.
TO:
All Principals
All Admin Assistants
FROM:
Kurt Prusse, Director of Purchasing
As the new school year begins, we would like to inform you about several new items in the Central Warehouse. You can find them in the Storehouse Catalog on the Purchasing Website.
They include the following:
Microphones & Battery Pack
5600500 (EA) AUDIO ENHANCEMENT LI-ION BATTERY PACK 3.7V 700 MA FOR XD MIC AUDIO ENH-XD-5001 $22.88
5600505 (EA) AUDIO ENHANCEMENT XD HANDHELD MIC BUNDLE FOR XD TEACHER BOX AUDIO ENH-ST-XD-9052 $246.88
5600510 (EA) AUDIO ENHANCEMENT XD TEACHER BOX W/TEACHER PENDANT MIC AUDIO ENH-ST-XD-9025 $244.60
Golf Sized Pencils
5106945 (BX) PENCIL GOLF SIZED 72 PER BOX $6.80
Traffic & PE Cones
5400381 (EA) CONE TRAFFIC ORANGE 28" WITH REFLECTIVE COLLAR, 3 LB $19.00
5400382 (EA) CONE TRAFFIC ORANGE 12", 2 LB (P.E. RELATED) $7.90
Epson Ink & Maintenance Box
5600100 (EA) EPSON C6000/5000 INK BLACK T08C120 $106.00
5600110 (EA) EPSON AM-C6000/5000 INK CYAN T08C220 $150.00
5600120 (EA) EPSON AM-C6000/5000 INK MAGENTA T08C320 $150.00
5600130 (EA) EPSON AM-C6000/5000 INK YELLOW T08C420 $150.00
5600150 (EA) EPSON MAINTENANCE BOX AM-C4000/5000/6000 C12C937181 $69.00
5600200 (EA) EPSON AM-C4000 INK BLACK T08D120 $114.00
5600210 (EA) EPSON AM-C4000 INK CYAN T08D220 $172.00
5600220 (EA) EPSON AM-C4000 INK MAGENTA T08D320 $172.00
5600230 (EA) EPSON AM-C4000 INK YELLOW T08D420 $172.00
5600250 (EA) EPSON C21000 INK BLACK T02Y120 $84.00
5600260 (EA) EPSON C21000 INK CYAN T02Y220 $192.00
5600270 (EA) EPSON C21000 INK MAGENTA T02Y320 $192.00
5600280 (EA) EPSON C21000 INK YELLOW T02Y420 $192.00
TO:
All Administrators
FROM:
Scott Thomas, Administrator of Auxiliary Services
Brandon Conti, Risk Management Coordinator
Safety cans, as their name suggests, provide a safe means to store and dispense small quanti-ties of flammable and combustible liquids. In the college or university setting, they are most likely to be found in science laboratories. But, they are also used to store solvents and cleaning agents in the main-tenance shop and to store fuels for small powered equipment, such as lawn mowers and leaf blowers used by the grounds keeping crew. Please see tips and hints below.
TO:
Building & District Administrators
Administrative Assistants
FROM:
Caleb Olson, Consultant, Planning & Enrollment
The 2025-26 updates of the “Assistant Principal Directory” have been finalized and are available below.
These links will be valid all year and any updates will be saved to these locations.
If changes or corrections need to be made, you may contact Caleb Olson in Student Services or make the changes on the web version of the directories at the link below.
Link to the Web Version of the Directory to make changes
TO:
All Principals
All Administrative Assistants
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Nadine Page, Administrative Assistant
The following instructions are to help you in compiling the timesheets that will be coming to you from your licensed personnel. The complete list of instructions is attached to this JAM.
PRINCIPAL/ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS
Principals and administrative assistants have 11 assignments:
Eligible licensed personnel must turn in their plan to the principal or administrative assistant (designated person) on or before September 30, 2025.
Principals are asked to give time in a meeting at the beginning of the year for eligible staff to fill out the Professional Hours Plan and turn it in.
A google doc (school name – Educator Directed 32 Hours 2025-26) will be shared to each individual school to be used in tracking the plan as well as the timesheet. Please use this original google doc to track the hours. Do not create your own form.
Thank you for your help in making sure all eligible employees receive the correct pay.
TO:
All District Administration
FROM:
Anthony Godfrey, Superintendent
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Please take the time to fill out the requested survey. See the information and links below regarding the facts for this survey.
What: The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) is conducting a brief survey of local education agency (LEA) school and district administrators to assess the Utah Educational Leadership Standards and determine whether a revision process should be considered.
Who: District Superintendents, Charter School Directors, appropriate District Directors, Principal Supervisors, and school-based administrators, including Principals, Assistant Principals and Administrative Interns.
When: The survey will be open for responses through August 8th, 2025.
Information:
As required by state code, it is noted that this survey response is being requested to seek input on the Utah Educational Leadership Standards, but it is not a survey that is required by federal or state code. The information being requested is not available elsewhere.
For more information, please reach out to Julie Lundell, the USBE School Leadership and Improvement Specialist.
DATE:
July 31, 2025
TO:
All Administrators
All Administrative Assistants
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Adminhistrator
Daniel Ellis, Director of Accounting and Audits
Natalie Grange, Accounting Administrator
SUBJECT:
2025-2026 School Allocations
The 2025-2026 School allocations have been provided for your review. See attached file for allocations, your carryover balances, and estimated headcounts. An explanation of changes to supplies budgets and staff appreciation and PD meals being moved to to in lieu are included in the memo.
School allocations will be updated in November after the October 1 headcounts are finalized by the State. Budgets will not be adjusted for the virtual schools.
Budget transfers can be submitted, using the attached form, to Natalie.Grange@jordandistrict.org.
If you have questions please contact Natalie Grange at 88312 or at Natalie.Grange@jordandistrict.org.
DATE:
July 31 2025
TO:
All Administrators
All Admin Assistants
FROM:
Steffany Ellsworth, Support Services Manager, Information Systems
SUBJECT:
Exciting News! Introducing Our Enhanced Point of Sale System
We are thrilled to launch a new and enhanced Point of Sale (POS) system in your school offices! This upgrade brings a host of fantastic new features designed to make managing lunch and fee payments smoother and more efficient for everyone.
What this means for parents:
Key Benefits for Our Schools:
Training and Support:
Training on the upgraded POS interface was provided in early July. If your office staff missed this training, please call to schedule training with Information Systems. If you have any questions, or require assistance getting your school up and running with the new interface, please don’t hesitate to contact our office at (801) 567-8737 or extension 88737.
DATE:
August 1, 2025
TO:
Principals
Head Financial Secretaries
Special Education Teachers (Resource and Self-Contained)
Speech-Language Pathologists/Technicians
FROM:
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
SUBJECT:
Special Education Budget Allocations 2025-26
Welcome back! Listed below are the special education budget allocations for Resource, Self-Contained Teachers and Speech-Language Pathologists/Technicians for the 2025-26 school year. (Cluster Leaders and school psychologists do not receive a Special Education budget.) Remember that special education monies must be spent in ways that provide the most benefit to special education students with the goal to improve student achievement and performance.
Please review the attached Memo for instructions on spending the allocated budgets and guidelines for what the money can be spent on.
DATE:
July 31, 2025
TO:
District employees who qualify for mileage reimbursement
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Dan Ellis, Director of Accounting
SUBJECT:
Defensive Driving Course Requirement for Mileage Reimbursement
Our insurance carrier, State Risk Management, has asked that every person who receives mileage reimbursement take the Utah Defensive Driving Course. We ask that you complete this free course as soon as possible using the instructions attached to this memo.
A new District Mileage Reimbursement form can be found at this link https://jordandistrict.org/wp-content/uploads/083_MileageReport.xlsx. This new form has a box under the title for the individual to enter the completion date of the course. Please note that beginning in January 2026, Accounting will only reimburse mileage that includes the completion date of the Risk Management Defensive Driving Course. The course must be completed every two years. Supervisors approving mileage reimbursement – please remind your employees to complete this course and enter the date at the top of their mileage reimbursement form to avoid delays in reimbursement in January 2026.
The link below provides access to the course in the Utah Learning Portal. Your username is your district email. Click “Sign Up” and fill out the required information. Note that the security key word is Jordan and you may create your own password.
https://utah-riskpool.sabacloud.com/Saba/Web_wdk/NA1PRD0101/index/prelogin.rdf#/login
Once you have passed the course, record the completion date on your mileage reimbursement form and print the certificate. You may use the print option at the top of the final page of the online assessment or print your certificate from the attachment that will be emailed to you. Retain the certificate at your location for audit purposes.
If you have questions regarding the mileage reimbursement form, please contact Dan Ellis, Director of Accounting, Budgets, and Audits at 801.567.8389. If you have questions about the Risk Management Defensive Driving Course, please contact Brandon Conti, Risk Management Coordinator at 801.567.8876.
TO:
Administrators
FROM:
April Gaydosh, Administrator Human Resources
Jane Olsen, HR Specialist
Greetings!
Continuing in the tradition of collaboration, building relationships and cultivating systems of support we will be having a Meet & Greet for departments, systems of support, sponsors and our partners on August 8 during the New Teacher Induction. This is an opportunity to interact with our anticipated 250 new teachers, connect them with resources, and develop relationships.
We would like to invite you to have a table or table(s) for the Meet & Greet during our lunch break. Arrival/setup can begin as early as 11:00 A.M. and take down time would begin at 12:50 P.M.
To notify us of your reservation and to assist us in planning, please see the invitation below and click the ‘CLICK HERE to Reserve a Table’ link. Please complete your reservation request by 8/4/2025 so we can source the appropriate number of table and chairs.
New this year, you will have the option to notify us if you need power for your table. Please indicate your need for power during your reservation process.
Tablecloths will not be available, please plan to decorate your table and have takeaways to provide to our new educators such as information, swag, manipulatives, or a link to resources connected to your department.
Help us show them that Jordan School District is the District of choice for the best and brightest educators.
Questions?
Please contact Jane Olsen, HR Specialist at jane.olsen@jordandistrict.org or 801-567-8217.
TO:
Administrators
Administrative Assistants
FROM:
Sarah Palmer, Director of Payroll
Please see the document below.