Jordan School District
Principals, please share with the appropriate people:
Note the attached two flyers for the EL Cultural Task Force meetings. Secondary meetings are on September 12th at either 7:30 or 11:30. Elementary meetings are on October 3rd at either 9:00 or at 12:00. All meetings are at the ASB auditorium. ALS will pay for substitutes. Come and get it while it's HOT!
DATE:
Thursday, August 15, 2019
TO:
High School Principals
Middle School Principals
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Superintendent of Schools
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
2019 AP Data Available on Principal Tableau Viewer Accounts
2019 AP performance data are now available on principal Tableau Viewer accounts. School administrators will be able to see AP exam participation, average scores, score distribution and pass rates for the district and school as well as student groups for the past three school years. In addition, school administrators will be able to see AP performance by AP teacher for the past three years as well as student-level performance for the 2018-19 school year.
To access the Tableau login page, please follow this link: https://sso.online.tableau.com/public/idp/SSO
As a reminder, principals may share their Tableau login credentials with their assistant principals. If principals or assistant principals have questions about how to navigate Tableau or their AP data, they are encouraged to contact Ben Jameson at 801-567-8243 or via email at ben.jameson@jordandistrict.org.
See document below.
DATE:
August 12, 2019
TO:
District Administration
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Anthony Godfrey, Superintendent of Schools
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
10th Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate
Year-round Schools, Tracks A, B, C
(based on August 8, 2019 count)
Please see attached memo.
DATE:
August 12, 2019
TO:
All Elementary, Middle, and Traditional High School Principals
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Derek Anderson, Director of Accounting, Budgets, and Audits
SUBJECT:
School Year 2019-2020 Estimated Budgets
Attached is a schedule of your annual school allocation budgets. Please look over them and let Derek know if you have any questions. Budgets will be revised once the official October 1 enrollment counts are available. Budget transfers will be sent out in December and June.
When scheduling Field/Activity Trips for the 2019-2020 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 - the only revised date is the ACT date of March 3, 2020)
Please contact us with any questions: Kitt at 801-567-8809 or Michele at 801-567-8804
This year CNS will be our preferred provider for Flu Shot Clinics in your school. Two FLu Shot Clinics have been schedule already:
District Office
September 25, 2019
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
ASB
September 19, 2019
3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
If you would like to schedule a Flu Shot Clinic, and receive preferred pricing, please contact Cheryl Matson in the JSD Insurance Office and she will help facilitate setting up the clinic for your school. Dates and times are filling up fast.
Please see attached flyer.
The NSTA Conference will be held in Salt Lake City Utah this year on October 24-26 during the JSD fall break.
Please see flyer below for the details.
Early bird registration ends on September 23 and advance registration ends on October 4.
For questions call or email Jane Harward, jane.harward@jordandistrict.org
DATE:
July 30, 2019
TO:
Elementary School Principals
FROM:
Paul Bergera, Director of Transportation
Kathy S. Jones, Trainer/Risk Coordinator of Transportation
SUBJECT:
“Safety in the Schools” – Bus Safety Video
Utah State Standards for school buses require students to receive annual bus safety instruction.
Bus safety instruction and awareness for students in grades K-1 will come in the form of an assembly entitled “Safety in the Schools”. The assembly is typically conducted in the auditorium followed by an exercise conducted on a school bus. Jackie Ontiveros (801) 567-8856 will be contacting you in the near future to schedule your assembly.
Bus safety instruction and awareness for students in grades 2-6 will come in the form of a video. This video is available via YouTube for each individual teacher to present to his or her class. The link to the video is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd-Z-8OOWOA. When every teacher in grades 2 to 6 has shown the video to his or her students, please send a quick e-mail confirmation to jacqueline.ontiveros@jordandistrict.org indicating that your school has completed this process.
Feel free to contact the Transportation Training Department (801) 567-8856 with any questions you may have.
We would like to have this completed and turned into the Utah State Office by October 31, 2019.
Thank you for helping Jordan School District achieve “Safety in the Schools”.
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.
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.
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!
Principals:
This year we have made a change to the format of the pretest and benchmarks for first-grade. Rather than a traditional paper/pencil assessment, the new format will allow teachers to give the test as a series of tasks where the teacher will ask students to give oral responses to questions. The reason for this change is that the core specifies that students will demonstrate their knowledge by reading words, responding orally, and producing words and sounds. A paper/pencil test does not lend itself very well to measuring these important standards. There are a variety of ways teachers could choose to administer the test to students. Teachers could give the tasks in a small-group setting or individually and they could choose to give a task each day or complete several tasks in a day. Each task is designed to take a very short amount of time and should be easy for teachers to administer. We are asking the coaches to meet with the first-grade teams at their respective schools as soon as possible in order to give the teachers the information they will need to make this a smooth transition.
Our kindergarten teachers will give the KEEP test as required by the state the same as last year. However, the kindergarten benchmarks will also be in the new format.
We appreciate your help and support and we are excited about this school year. Please let us know if there are ways we can support you and your teachers.
Form link: https://forms.gle/dxGLSPtDUBzBrpcC8
All individuals expected to be on the SafeUT Dashboard need to complete the electronic form found at the link above. Due to the high volume of administrative and personnel changes at each school, all SafeUT Dashboard changes will be made to match this electronic form. REGARDLESS of the information that is currently in the Dashboard, please fill out this form.
Please have ALL school personnel (including administrators) that you would like to be on the SafeUT Dashboard complete this form by 8/9/2019 so that tips will be sent to the right people on the first day of school.
Form link: https://forms.gle/vptSt97cXeYwZhHt8
Please fill out the electronic form found at the link above if you would like to request funds to implement evidence-based practices and programs for preventing suicide through USBE's Suicide Prevention Grant. There is no guarantee that each school will be awarded funds, but all requests that meet the grant requirements will be submitted for approval to USBE.
Secondary schools may request a minimum of $1000 per school.
Additional instructions are included in the form. Requests are due by 8/9/2019.
Form Link: https://forms.gle/tFsKUJbu2yJvaxuU6
Please fill out the electronic form found at the link above if you would like to request funds for peer-to-peer suicide prevention, resiliency, or anti-bullying programs at the elementary school through USBE's Grant. There is no guarantee that each school will be awarded funds, but all requests that meet the requirements will be submitted for approval to USBE.
Fund requests cannot exceed $500 per elementary school.
Additional instructions are included in the form. Requests are due by 8/9/2019.
DATE:
September 18, 2018
TO:
Elementary Principals
FROM:
Shelley Nordick, PhD, Administrator, Teaching & Learning
Norman Emerson, Instructional Support Services Consultant
SUBJECT:
Elementary Media Assistants Guidelines
The top priority of elementary media assistants is to administer the school library. Under normal circumstances, they should not be given additional responsibilities outside of the media center. If additional responsibilities or changes are being considered, the Instructional Support Services Consultant should first be contacted to provide an assessment of the library program to determine if it is functioning in a manner that will allow the change without compromising the library program.
All Jordan School District library schedules should be arranged to deliver the following:
Also, please be aware that assistants who are scheduled to work more than five (5) hours per day are entitled to a 30-minute duty-free lunch (not included in the 17-hour paid schedule).
During the school year, four training meetings for the media assistants are held. Please work with your assistants in making arrangements so that both of the assistants can attend each of these meetings.
Please contact Norman Emerson at 801-567-8364 if you have any questions about these guidelines.
DATE:
August 1, 2019
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Human Resource Administrators
Administrator of Schools
SUBJECT:
Guidelines for Classroom Observations or Student Teacher Requests
Principals are directed to follow the guidelines below when receiving requests for classroom observations or student teaching assignments at their school locations. College/University students will have received and cleared a background check during their post-graduate institution program prior to beginning their classroom observation or student teaching experience. All concerns regarding college/university student assignments should be directed immediately to an HR administrator.
Classroom Observation Requests
Requests for short-term observations from college/university students or advisors must include a written request to the school principal from the college/university advisor. Such requests are approved at the discretion of the principal and the written requests are to remain at the school location. Students approved to observe in the classroom are to be supervised at all times.
Student Teacher Requests
During the student teacher assignment, an HR administrator will serve as a liaison between the principal and the college/university advisor; however, the advisor will work directly with the principal and the cooperating teacher.
Requests to student teach are approximately two to three months in duration and are made through the HR Department by the college/university advisor. An HR administrator will contact interested principal(s) who will then identify a cooperating teacher meeting the following criteria and expectations. The cooperating teacher must:
Please feel free to call an HR administrator with any questions regarding this process.
DATE:
Thursday, August 1, 2019
TO:
All Schools
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Superintendent of Schools
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Earbud Orders for the RISE Summative and the Utah Aspire Plus Summative Tests
Students will have the option to have text read to them on the RISE Summative and Utah Aspire Plus Summative tests once again this year. Principals or their designee are encouraged to place an order for student earbuds. Please place your order by Friday, September 27, 2019.
To place an order, please click here.
Earbuds may be used for other district- or state-mandated tests, but schools will need to devise a system by which the same student uses the same earbuds throughout the year as there is no additional funding to purchase more than one pair of earbuds per student in grades 2-10.
If schools wish to purchase additional earbuds for other uses, school administrators are welcome to contact Gaylene Miller in the Evaluation, Research & Accountability Department at 801-567-8185 who can share the purchasing information obtained in the purchasing procedures and quotes used to acquire these earbuds.
DATE:
Thursday, August 1, 2019
TO:
All High School Principals
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Superintendent of Schools
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Fall AP Exam Registration Information
The College Board is now requiring that students register for their AP exams in the fall. AP School Coordinators should receive an access code by email (on or about August 1st) and by mail near the start of the school year. If AP School Coordinators have not received their access code, they will need to call 877-274-6474.
Once the access code has been received and before the start of school, the AP School Coordinator will need to sign into myap.collegeboard.org to enter the access code and complete the initial setup steps for AP registration and ordering. The AP School Coordinator will also need to enter all AP class sections in the system and then notify AP teachers when their class sections and join codes are available.
AP teachers will need to log onto myap.collegeboard.org to access those join codes and provide them to their students. On the first day of class, AP teachers will need to copy and distribute the join code assignment for all AP students and have them register.
Please see the attached documents for more information for AP School Coordinators, AP teachers, and AP students. In addition, please see part 1 of the AP School Coordinator Manual. School administrators are encouraged to share this information with their AP School Coordinator and AP teachers.
For questions about this new registration process or any other AP exam-related issues, please contact the College Board directly at 877-274-6474 or fill out an inquiry form at this link: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/ap-services-inquiry-form
