Jordan School District
When scheduling Field/Activity Trips for the 2020-2021 school year, please make note of the following moratorium dates and times when Transportation will not be able to accommodate Field/Activity trips. (See attachment below)
Please contact us with any questions: Kitt at 801-567-8809 or Michele at 801-567-8804
Consistent with Jordan School District Transportation priorities, our most important objective is to deliver students to school and back home safely and on time. Please see the document below for the Jordan School District Transportation priorities.
The Assistant Principal meeting originally scheduled for June 23 has been canceled.
All administrators/supervisors will need to request a badge access change or replacement for any employees who are moving to their location or department. Badge access is universal and can be programmed to any location. Email matthew.mears@jordandistrict.org to request the badge access change or replacement.
Employees should not return access badges to the Fire/Security Department, unless the location is named on your badge or your title has changed. Once a change request email is received from an administrator/supervisor, a new badge will be issued and sent to your location via district mail.
Assignments Effective July 1, 2020:
ELEMENTARY
SECONDARY
The Planning & Enrollment Online Manual has changed locations. It can now be accessed at http://planning.jordandistrict.org/manual/.
Purchasing has 40 brand new 32GB iPads in Space Gray that were no longer needed at a location and are available for your school or department to purchase!
This is the latest model of the basic iPad, and will come with the Jamf School device management licenses. These iPads have never been used, and are ready to go to a good home.
iPads will be $294.00 each, and the Jamf license $17.50 each.
Please contact Tonya Hodges in Purchasing if you are interested. She can be reached at 801-567-8706 or at tonya.hodges@jordandistrict.org. Purchasing will assist in coordinating the journal entry and any fixed asset transfers needed.
Please see the attached document.
Please see the attachment for the 2020-21 school hours.
Information regarding summer operating hours for schools and district offices, beginning Monday, June 8, 2020, is listed below. Regular office hours will resume at all locations on August 3, 2020.
Schools:
Auxiliary Services Building:
District Office Building:
Due to the Covid-19 Outbreak, many educators who requested authorization for a background check were unable to get fingerprinted before the expiration date on the form. The form normally expires after 60 days. The Utah State Board of Education has a contingency in place to allow educators to use these authorization forms, regardless of the expiration date. There is no need for the educator to get a new form.
District Administrators:
Please post the flyer in the office areas that are open to the public. Flyer and poster versions, in both English and Spanish, are available at this LINK.
DATE:
June 1, 2020
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Administrator of Schools
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Caleb Olson, Consultant of Planning and Enrollment
Scott Festin, Consultant of Planning and Enrollment
SUBJECT:
Student Enrollment for May 2020
Please see document below.
Dear Principals:
Instructional Coaching questions are now available as part of the District Approved Interview Questions found on Admin Only under HR Resources - HR Resource Hiring Licensed
When interviewing an instructional coach for your school you may use additional District approved questions as part of the interview.
When hiring, please indicate the questions asked on the interview form using the designated letter and number.
If you have any questions, please call Wyatt Bentley (801)567-8215 or Kim Gibson (801)-567-8216.
https://employment.jordandistrict.org/hr-resource-hiring-licensed/
Please refer to the new license changes that take place July 1. See attached document for FAQ's.
To protect yourself and your coworkers, it is important that you can recognize symptoms of heat stress. Please see attached flyer.
At the Tuesday May 26th Board of Education meeting, the Board directed a 5% reduction to certain budgets.
These reductions will be applied to school supply, tech supplies, media, postage and textbook budgets and will be implemented for the 2020-21 school year.
This means a total reduction per student for elementary, middle, and high schools of $4.03, $5.50, and $6.38 respectfully. The revised allocations for 2020-21 are as follows:
_______________________Elementary Middle High
Supply $40.78 $43.26 $50.31
Tech Supplies $10.00 $10.00 $10.00
Media $9.74 $11.08 $13.90
Library Media $1.23 $1.23 $1.23
Postage $1.49 $4.46 $10.81
Textbooks $13.32 $34.36 $34.85
Please contact your Administrator of Schools with any questions or concerns.
On Tuesday, May 26, the Board approved two calendar adjustments.
Please see document below for important dates and reminders.
Greetings Utah Educators and Leaders!
I hope you are all well and enjoying the fleeting last weeks of the “New Now” school year. It has been absolutely marvelous to see all of the amazing work that Utah educators are doing to support their students and communities. Every time I get out of the house for a drive as a break from isolation, I am blissfully berated by beautiful signs, posters, and balloons supporting both students and teachers. It is a bright spot in my day and makes me smile as I reflect on the monumental work you are all doing.
Last Thursday, the Utah State Board of Education approved five educator licensing rules/amendments; this also makes me smile! Thanks to feedback from LEAs, educator preparation programs, and educators, we have made some modifications to the pending licensing structure. I have linked each of the rules’ draft if you want to look at the precise language. For your convenience in these busy times, I have provided a shortlist of the changes within each rule.
R277-301 – Educator Licensing
R277-302 – Educator License Renewal
R277-303 – Teacher Preparation Programs
R277-306 – EPPs for School Psychologists, Audiologists, SLPs, SLTs, and Counselors
R277-309 – Appropriate Licensing of Teachers
R277-500 – Licensing Renewal (REPEALED)
As we move into “The Near Future,” services are becoming more available; educator-related services are included! Specifically, fingerprinting services and testing services are now opening! Hooray!!!
Some fingerprinting locations have started processing fingerprints on a limited basis. Please encourage educators who need to complete a background check to call ahead to verify hours and operation precautions, such as wearing a face mask. If your LEA is doing fingerprinting, please work to establish policies and procedures, including the use of appropriate PPE (gloves, masks, etc.), to keep your employees and those you serve safe.
ETS has announced the Praxis® tests at home solution in response to closures of testing centers. Registration for the first wave of tests begins on May 15 with the first test administration taking place on May 18. While not all of the content assessments will be offered in the first wave of tests at home, most will be available by June 1st. ETS’ COVID-19 website has been updated with some key information regarding the at home solution.
As you encourage your educators to meet requirements for licensure, including background checks and testing, the Educator Licensing team is optimistic that these adjustments will help educators become appropriately licensed prior to the upcoming school year. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. I know that many changes to licensing (an already complicated arena) lend itself to more questions. We are here to help you support teachers!
Thank you for all that you do to support Utah’s students and teachers! We will charge into “The New Future” together!
Kindest regards,
Malia
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Malia Hite, Ed.D.
Educator Licensing Coordinator
Teaching & Learning | Utah State Board of Education
