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Incident Command System (ICS) training for the 2019-20 school year is now available for registration on JPLS. This course is being repeated on 3 different dates, for your convenience:

Thursday, September 26, 2019, 8:00-9:30 a.m. - Course #115952
Tuesday, October 1, 2019, 8:00-9:30 a.m. - Course #115953
Thursday, October 3, 2019, 1:00-2:30 p.m. - Course #115954

The course will be held in the Auxiliary Services Building Presentation Room, located at the main entrance. It will be an overview of the ICS, the Jordan School District Incident Action Plans and roles. The course is available to administration, administrative subs and anyone else that has a key ICS position at the school/location, as determined by the administrator. We recommend that at least one person per building attend, but more are welcome, to participate.

Please contact Emergency Operations Manager Lance Everill with questions:  801-567-8623, lance.everill@jordandistrict.org

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Reminder that contracted employees should enter their own time off using Skyward's Employee Access whenever possible.  Instructions and guidelines attached.

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Payroll Rosters have been updated. There are multiple tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet. Administrative assistants should select the roster that best suits their needs. Please replace the old rosters with these new ones. If you have questions or suggestions please contact the Payroll Department.

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DATE:
August 22, 2019

TO:
All Principals

FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Superintendent of Schools
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services

SUBJECT:
1st Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate
All Schools, traditional and YRE

Please see memo below.

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DATE:
August 22, 2019

TO:
District Administration

FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Superintendent of Schools
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services

SUBJECT:
1st Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate
Year-round Schools, Tracks A, B, C & D
(based on August 21, 2019 count)

Please see memo below.

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As we start the 2019-20 school year, schools are preparing to keep a clean and healthy environment.  The District does not supply hand sanitizer or disinfectant wipes.  These products often contain alcohol or bleach and may cause skin and eye irritation or injury, intoxication, illness, and may be flammable.  Schools that purchase or receive donations of these items are advised to take the following precautions:

  • Obtain non-toxic products if possible
  • Keep hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes locked up, inaccessible to students
  • Obtain a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) from the manufacturer; usually by Googling the name brand, product SDS
  • Keep the SDS on file and readily available for proper handling, protective equipment advisory, first aid, and other safety information
  • Use these products with staff supervision
  • Be aware of allergies and sensitivities

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District Policy regarding hours of work (DP343 NEG) has two changes for Classified Employees. Nothing else has changed for comp time except:

  • Comp time will only be tracked in Skyward’s Employee Access, not by any other mechanism or on paper (trade time is not comp time, and is not tracked in Employee Access). Instructions on how to enter comp time in Employee Access are attached.
  • Comp time will be used during the next two successive pay periods.

Classified now reads as follows:

Classified employees who fall under the guidelines of the Fair Labor Standards Act (personnel included on the classified master salary schedule) must be paid at one and one-half times the regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 in a work week or receive compensatory time off during the two successive pay periods (first to last day of the month in which work is done) at the rate of one and one-half times the actual overtime worked during any workweek. Only compensatory time will be considered hours worked for the purpose of calculating the 40-hour work week. All compensatory time earned must be pre-approved by the appropriate director, principal or supervisor. The tracking of such earning and using of compensatory time will be done through Skyward Employee Access. 

Employees and supervisors should work together in a professional and reasonable manner when dealing with comp time and trade time.

 

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Attention Administrators:

One of the key responsibilities of the Purchasing Department is to help the District work as efficiently as possible and control our expenses. We are pleased to announce that we will be transitioning our Amazon Business account to an Amazon Business Prime account.

For those of you that use Amazon Business now for your purchasing needs, not much will change. In fact, for some of you the change will be nearly unrecognizable. Currently some schools or departments have one user pay for one Amazon Prime account of $127/year to order from. With this change any authorized person (set-up and authorized by your administrator) in the building can access Amazon Business Prime and get free two-day shipping at no cost.

Initially, the number of authorized users will be limited to 5 at elementary schools, 10 at middle schools, 20 at high schools, and 2 at each district department. This can be increased later if desired by the administrator. Of course, these accounts should only be used for business purposes and not personal use. Purchasing will pick up the Amazon Business Prime annual fee for the entire district, saving thousands of dollars in prime account fees and shipping costs each year.

Administrators will have the ability to approve or decline purchases and/or delegate approval to their custom workflow of staff. Detailed emails will be sent out and Kris Wishart in Purchasing will be contacting each school/department for initial set-up of users and workflow.

Stay tuned for more news on this as we go forward. Secondary schools and District departments will begin the process very shortly. Elementary schools will follow after things settle down some.

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DATE:  
August 1, 2019

TO:   
All Principals, Directors and Supervisors

FROM: 
John Larsen, Business Administrator
HR Administrators

SUBJECT: 
Classified Part-Time Employee Work Hour Maximums

Historically, classified part-time employees have been limited to working 17 hours/week to avoid retirement eligibility.  With the increasing difficulty in recruiting and retaining qualified part-time classified assistants, assistants working in designated positions are now allowed to work up to 25 hours/week, with principal/director approval.  School funds must be used to pay the additional hours worked.

Please see guidelines below.

 

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Please take note of the following items:

Plan on bringing an electronic device in order to access the agenda and conference materials.

Handouts will be uploaded as they become available.

Due to limited parking we would encourage you to carpool with team members.

See agenda below.

 

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For three days, Z104 Utah's "Dave & Deb" will sleep in a school bus to raise awareness and gather donations for kids in need along the Wasatch front. Jordan Education Foundation and Jordan District are one of the 9 school district beneficiaries sponsored by Utah Board of Realtors & Z104 Radio.

Needed Supplies can be donated August 7-9 at the Southtown Mall Parking Lot or at any local Les Schwab location. Please see list for needed items.  

 

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All Administrators/Directors:

Please personally invite your entire classified staff to this event. This would include your administrative assistants, all aides, custodial staff, nutrition services staff, maintenance, any other employees that are classified.

If you have questions, please contact a Cabinet member.

Thank you!

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The following are new administrative assignments effective August 1, 2019:

Allyson Stovall, teacher at Terra Linda Elementary, appointed administrator on special assignment in the Teaching & Learning Department.

Mandy Thurman, currently assistant principal at Hayden Peak & Bluffdale Elementaries, appointed consultant in the Teaching & Learning Department.

Elizabeth Felt, teacher specialist in the Teaching & Learning Department, appointed assistant principal at Blackridge & South Jordan Elementary Schools.

Ami Shah, teacher specialist in the Special Education Department, appointed assistant principal at Riverton & West Jordan Elementary Schools.

Nicole Johnson, currently on a leave of absence, appointed assistant principal at Columbia, Copper Canyon, Rosamond, Westvale, Jordan Hills & Westland Elementary Schools.

Cathy Ford, currently assistant principal at South Jordan & Blackridge Elementaries, appointed assistant principal at Hayden Peak, Falcon Ridge & Mountain Shadows Elementary Schools.

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DATE:   
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.