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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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An institute held over 6 days throughout the school year for elementary and secondary mathematics educators with strong content knowledge who are working in positions that involve leadership and coaching.
Application Due: August 30, 2019
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We have some exciting news! The Utah State Board of Education recently created an Elementary Mathematics Specialist Endorsement as an option to earn in addition to the Elementary Mathematics Endorsement. USBE is sponsoring a cohort for elementary educators who have already earned the Elementary Mathematics Endorsement to complete the two new courses. The purpose of the Elementary Mathematics Specialist Endorsement is to prepare elementary teachers to focus on mathematics teaching as a special area of interest and for leadership or coaching responsibilities in schools and districts. Teachers, teacher leaders, coaches, specialists, and supervisors are welcome to apply; preference will be given to educators currently serving in leadership capacities.

Application Due: August 23, 2019

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An institute held over 6 days throughout the school year for elementary mathematics coaches and specialists who are new to their positions (serving in current roles less than three years) and are currently transitioning from the classroom to the role of a specialist or coach.
Application Due: August 23, 2019
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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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The passage of SB149 created the Teacher and Student Success Act (TSSA) for the purpose of improving school performance and student academic achievement. As one of the TSSA requirements, our JSD Board of Education has adopted a Student Success Framework with guidelines for each school to follow in developing a TSSA Plan. Plans are due on September 30, 2019. Your school allocation was sent to you as an additional item in the August 15, 2019 edition of the Jordan Administrative Memo (JAM).

To begin using your school’s TSSA funds, each principal will need to complete their TSSA plan Google Sheet created by the Teaching & Learning department. Completion of the School Planning Tool will ensure compliance with TSSA requirements. Here is a list with links to each school’s plan.

Each plan should include a goal using indicator(s) from the USBE Accountability system. USBE success criteria for the TSSA program requires schools to demonstrate a 1% increase in total points. Plans must address a school goal through at least one of the three priorities in JSD Board Framework:

  • coaching,
  • professional development, and
  • school-based initiatives.

You may use this checklist to guide your planning.

Optional work sessions will also be held to provide principals with support for the planning process. Bring a device.

Date Time Location
September 4, 2019 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. D.O. Room 129.
September 5, 2019 8:00 - 11:00 a.m. D.O. Room 129
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The Utah Council for the Social Studies annual fall conference will be held Saturday, Nov. 2 at South Jordan Middle School, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.  Registration is through Eventbrite at this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ucss-2019-conference-tickets-68293697287  Registration options include: Individual registration $30, You & a friend $50, Social studies department or grade level team $100. Lane change credit will be given and breakfast and lunch provided.

The keynote speaker is a former POW, held in a Vietnamese prison. For details on other sessions, see attached flyer.

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District level resources for Blended and Digital Learning will be provided to each school through a Google shared folder named "Blended Learning (school name)." Access to the folders will be sent to each school administrator within the next week. The folder will include resources to support your digital learning efforts. The Blended and Digital Learning team would like to support school efforts to build the technology capacity of teachers through the Center for STEM and Digital Learning, the Trending Classrooms Badging program, and the Digital Teacher Leader program. Information regarding these programs will be included in the folder.

If you have any questions please contact Ross Menlove. ross.menlove@jordandistrict.org

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DATE:   
August 20, 2019

TO:  
All Principals
All Special Education Staff

FROM:  
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Brian King, Principal, River’s Edge

SUBJECT:   
A.S.P.E.N. Training for all Special Education Staff 2019-2020

A.S.P.E.N. training will continue to be required for all licensed special education teachers, SLPs, school psychologists, elementary school counselors, and for all instructional assistants in SEB and Autism self-contained support classrooms during the 2019-2020 school year. A.S.P.E.N. is a positive, preventative, and proactive approach to managing aggressive student behavior.

Although not required, instructional assistants working in any other special education setting may choose to attend at the discretion of their building administrator.

Those who participated in A.S.P.E.N. training during the 2018-2019 school year do not need to take the full course, but should instead plan on taking an ASPEN re-certification class.

If you have more than one teacher or instructional assistant that needs to attend, please consider having them attend on separate days in order to maintain adequate coverage in your school. The Special Education Department will cover the costs of substitutes for licensed special education teachers under budget code 1292. Instructional assistants will be asked to use True Time to record their typical workday hours on the day of the training. Any additional hours spent in the training above their typical workday will need to be recorded on a time sheet. Staff should register for a training session through JPLS.

Mandt training will continue to be required at Kauri Sue Hamilton and River’s Edge School and staff at these schools will not need to attend A.S.P.E.N. Others wishing to keep their Mandt training current may do so; however, participation is not mandatory and teachers and instructional assistants will not be compensated for their attendance. A Mandt training schedule will be forthcoming.

A.S.P.E.N. training dates and times are attached to this memo.

For questions, contact:
Daveed Goodrich at daveed.goodrich@jordandistrict.org or
Cassidy Hansen at cassidy.hansen@jordandistrict.org

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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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Principals and Administrative Assistants:

Attached are the guidelines and revised payroll worksheet for Parking Lot Duty. As stated in the guidelines, please list each educator in your building and beside each name indicate the dollar amount ($0, $200, or increments of $400) the teacher should be paid. Please return this sheet along with your regular September payroll by September 3, 2019. If you have any questions, please contact your Administrator of Schools.

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DATE:    
Thursday, August 22, 2019

TO:   
High School Principals

FROM: 
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Superintendent of Schools
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT: 
Testing Updates and Reminders

Please see memo below.

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DATE:   
Thursday, August 22, 2019

TO:   
Middle School Principals

FROM: 
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Superintendent of Schools
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:  
Testing Updates and Reminders

Please see memo below.

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DATE:  
Thursday, August 22, 2019

TO:
Elementary School Principals

FROM:     
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Superintendent of Schools
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:    
Testing Updates and Reminders

Please see memo below.

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The Utah Literacy Association will be holding its annual conference on October 3rd at the Mountain America Expo Center. The theme this year is "Empowering Students with Literacy Super Powers." Our presenters will be focusing on teaching writing and using effective interventions for struggling readers through engaging strategies. See flyer below for more details.

 

 

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