Reminder: Principals’ Meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at the ASB. A light breakfast will be provided starting at 7:30 a.m. The meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. See you all there!
Category: Other Administrators
Important Payroll Dates for October 2018
Please see document below for important dates and reminders.
Adolescents and Pornography Use Forum – October 16, 2018
Adolescents and Pornography Use Forum
Presenter
Kendee Hamilton
Therapy Utah
Hosted by Student Intervention Services
October 16, 2018
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Jordan School District Auxiliary Service Building
Presentation Room
7905 South Redwood Road
West Jordan
All Administrators Invited
(Invite any staff you feel would benefit) - See flyer below
Clarification to ADD & TECC Classified Trainings Memo
Administrators,
In last week’s JAM, you received a memo regarding Avoid Deny Defend (ADD) and Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) Classified Trainings. The purpose of this memo is to clarify the intent of the JAM communication.
Training is not required for all classified employees by the end December as previously stated. At this point, there are three options for training classified employees:
Live Trainings:
There are two remaining ADD and TECC live trainings for classified employees. The first training will be conducted at West Jordan Middle School on Monday, October 1 from 2:30 – 5:00 p.m. This training is primarily for Nutrition Services employees, but is open to all classified personnel. The second training will be conducted at Elk Ridge Middle School on Friday, October 26 (grade transmittal day) from 8:30 – 11:00 a.m. This training is open to all classified personnel who would like to attend.
Online Video Training:
After the live training on October 26, the trainings will be made available online to classified personnel for the purpose of receiving the training at their school. It is our hope that the edited video will be between 60 and 75 minutes in length.
Possible Additional Training:
A number of options for providing additional training for classified employees are being explored, including suicide prevention training. No details are available yet, but we will be working with the classified employee group (JESPA) to create more professional development options for classified employees.
All full-time classified employees should receive ADD and TECC training, either by attending the live training or by watching the online video once it is available. Although training is not required for part-time employees at this point, you may ask your part-time classified staff to attend the live trainings or watch the training videos once they become available. Employees cannot be required to attend the live training or watch the video outside of work hours without compensation. Again, part-time classified employees are not required to be trained, but can be trained at the principal’s discretion if there is time to do so during work hours or funds at the school level to compensate them for the training.
Please contact your Administrator of Schools with any questions.
2018-19 14th Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate – All Schools
DATE:
September 11, 2018
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
14th Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate
All Schools, Traditional and YRE
Please see attached memo.
Free URS Retirement Planning Sessions
URS Retirement Planning Advisors offer free, one-on-one, retirement planning sessions. Call 801-366-7720 or visit www.urs.org to schedule your session.
Approve and Reroute for Electronic Check Requests – September 2018
Skyward has finally sent a release with the approve and reroute for check requests! As a result we wanted to send out some notification and instructions on what you will see and what you will be allowed to do now. Attached is a one page guide showing screenshots of the new reroute capability and some explanation of how it works.
We are trying to update and improve our processes and believe this will be a big benefit to everyone involved in the check disbursement process. If you have any questions about this please let us know.
Principals:
As you approve your check requests you will now see the third option to approve and reroute a check to another department. So, as you review your check requests please take note of the budget you are charging or notes your admin assistant may have put on the request as these will provide direction of where to reroute requests.
Admin Assistants:
This is great news as you will no longer have to send in paper NPOs for payments out of the Foundation, Special Ed, Title I, etc. We would ask that you work with your principal in some way (note in request, verbal reminder, etc.) to let them know where a given request should be routed to.
DO Departments:
This will change how you see payment requests coming from the elementary schools. Please work with your different department heads to make them aware that checks will now be coming to them through Skyward. As shown in the directions they should see the yellow exclamation icon notifying them of tasks needing to be completed. They will need to check this to review and approve any requests being charged to their respective areas.
ADD & TECC Classified Trainings – October 2018
Administrators:
The dates, times and locations for Avoid Deny Defend (ADD) and Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) classified personnel trainings are as follows:
West Jordan Middle School
October 1, 2018
2:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Elk Ridge Middle School
October 26, 2018
8:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Trainings will be announced via JEM and should also be communicated by Department Directors during their next staff meeting.
Please work with your school’s classified personnel to afford them the opportunity to receive the training while on the clock.
Principals are accountable to maintain appropriate documentation that all classified personnel are trained prior to December 31, 2018.
After October 26, 2018, the ADD and TECC presentations will be available online to be viewed at each school by the administration, licensed and classified personnel at their convenience. The online presentation will also be available to all new hires, personnel that were unable to attend the live trainings and for retraining on an ongoing basis.
2018 Learning Edge Conference Opportunity – Updated Due Date, October 17, 2018
https://education.byu.edu/cites/learning_edge
To register, contact Amanda Hansen (88319) by Wednesday, October 17, 2018.
Principals’ Meeting September 18, 2018
Reminder: Principals' Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at the ASB. A light breakfast will be provided starting at 7:30 a.m. The meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. See you all there!
2018-19 Most Commonly Used Budget Form
Please see the current forms below.
Administrator HR Training 2018-19 Revised 8.28.18
Please see revised schedule below.
Fall 2018 Administrative Assignments
The following are new administrative assignments:
- Bobbie Nixon, intern facilitator at Herriman Elementary School, appointed assistant principal at Bastian and Herriman Elementary Schools.
- Megan Cox, teacher specialist at Blackridge Elementary School, appointed assistant principal at Golden Fields and Rose Creek Elementary Schools.
- Jerri Mausbach, assistant principal at Oquirrh Elementary School, appointed assistant principal at Oquirrh and Southland Elementary Schools. .
- Amy Adams, assistant principal at Herriman and Riverside Elementary Schools, appointed assistant principal at Riverside Elementary School.
- Candie Checketts, assistant principal at Butterfield Canyon and Rose Creek Elementary Schools, appointed assistant principal at Butterfield Canyon Elementary School.
Important Payroll Dates for September 2018
Please see document below for important dates and reminders.
Assistant Principal Directory – High School 2018-19
Please see attached directory.
1st Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate YRE Schools – August 13, 2018
DATE:
August 13, 2018
TO:
District Administration
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
1st Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate
Year-round Schools, Tracks A, B, C & D (August 13, 2018 count)
Please see attached memo.
Hours Increase to Select Part-Time Classified Positions 2018-19
DATE:
August 16, 2018
TO:
All Principals, Directors and Supervisors
FROM:
Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
June LeMaster, Administrator of Human Resources
Brent Burge, Human Resource Administrator-Classified
SUBJECT:
Hours Increase to Select Part-Time Classified Positions
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.
Positions Eligible for 25 Hours/week
- Classroom Assistants
- Office Assistants
Funding
- Only approved funding sources may be used to increase hours.
- Classroom Assistants (i.e. In-Lieu Funds, Trustlands or Title I)
- Office Assistants (i.e. In-Lieu Funds)
Restrictions
- All hours worked must be in the same job title. Positions may not be combined (i.e. office/classroom or classroom/Special Education) to avoid pay discrepancies between positions.
- Assistants who work 25 hours/week will not be allowed to substitute teach.
Examples
- Classroom assistant (17 hours “0050” plus eight hours Trustlands)
- Classroom assistant (15 hours Title I plus 10 hours In-Lieu Funds)
- Office assistant (17 hours “0050” plus eight hours In-Lieu Funds)
Implementation
- Submit a change form to HR to increase hours up to 25/week (.625 FTE).
- The change form must indicate which budget(s) will be used and the percentage for each budget.
- All hours worked will be paid according to the budget percentage entered in Skyward, regardless of the percentage of time worked out of each budget during the month.
- Only one position will be used in TrueTime. TrueTime must be used to track all hours worked.
If you have any questions, please contact Human Resources at 801-567-8150.
Cc: Cabinet
Free URS Individual Retirement Planning – September 5, 2018 (Jordan School District Office)
Utah Retirement Systems will be available for one-on-one retirement planning sessions at the Jordan School District Main Office on Friday, September 5, 2018. Check in at the front desk. See the instructions below to register for an appointment. Counseling sessions are available at other locations that are also listed on the URS website.
- Go to www.urs.org.
- Log into your myurs account by clicking on LOGIN in the upper right corner of the screen.
- Click on the Education Tab.
- Click on “Individual Retirement Planning Sessions”.
- Find the session that works best for you. Select the session to reserve your appointment.
- Please be sure to bring your estimated annual salary, any retirement plan balances outside of URS, and your Social Security statement (get yours at www.ssa.gov).
Shift Differential 2018-19
DATE:
July 9, 2018
TO:
Secondary School Principals
Directors
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
June LeMaster, Administrator, Human Resources
Brent Burge, HR Administrator, Classified
SUBJECT:
Shift Differential
As part of JESPA negotiations for the 2018-2019 contract year, the shift differential was increased effective July 1, 2018 as follows:
Swing Shift – The employee’s shift must begin between 12:00 p.m. (noon) and 10:00 p.m. The employee must work a full eight hours. The additional rate of pay is $0.50 per hour.
Graveyard Shift – The employee’s shift must begin between 10:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. The employee must work a full eight hours. The additional rate of pay is $1.00 per hour.
Only classified, benefit-eligible employees are eligible for shift differential. Please follow the current process to submit for shift differential pay.
2018-19 “Need an Adobe Creative Cloud License?”
CTE has purchased licenses for the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite through an agreement between the State and Adobe. 2018-19 is year 3 of the agreement.
See flyer below for details on how to request licenses.