Please see document below regarding upcoming events and opportunities.
Elementary Parent Teacher Conference Report Form – Spring 2019
Research Project – Effects of a Peer-Supported Implementation of the Self-Determined Learning Model on Instruction
DATE:
Thursday, January 31, 2019
TO:
Middle School Principals
High School Principals
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Research Project
The Research Review Committee has reviewed a research project in which your school has been asked to participate.
Project Title: Effects of a Peer-Supported Implementation of the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction (SDLMI) on Students with Severe Disabilities and their Peers without Disabilities: Acquisition of Academic Skills, and Perceptions of Self-Determination and School Connectedness
Applicant: Carrie Eichelberger, University of Utah
The project has been approved by the District Research Review Committee. The applicant has been directed to contact you to discuss the extent of the project and to obtain your permission to conduct the study at your school. Participation in the study is at your discretion. If you have questions or concerns relating to participation, please contact Ben Jameson at 801-567-8243.
Thank you for your assistance.
Research Project – Educating Schools on Congenital Heart Disease
DATE:
Thursday, January 31, 2019
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Research Project
The Research Review Committee has reviewed a research project in which your school has been asked to participate.
Project Title: Educating Schools on Congenital Heart Disease
Applicant: Katie Barton, University of Utah
The project has been approved by the District Research Review Committee. The applicant has been directed to contact you to discuss the extent of the project and to obtain your permission to conduct the study at your school. Participation in the study is at your discretion. If you have questions or concerns relating to participation, please contact Ben Jameson at 801-567-8243.
The project will involve the administration of a 10-minute survey to teachers, administrators and specialists on a voluntary basis.
Thank you for your assistance.
2019 UEPC School Climate Survey – Preparation and Administration Details
DATE:
Thursday, January 31, 2019
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
2019 UEPC School Climate Survey – Preparation and Administration Details
Please see attached memo with details.
Utah Aspire Plus Updates and Reminders – 2019
DATE:
Thursday, January 31, 2019
TO:
Middle School Principals
High School Principals
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Utah Aspire Plus Updates and Reminders
In an effort to provide timely updates and reminders as we transition to a new state-mandated 9th and 10th grade summative assessment, we want to provide the following information to school administrators. Principals are asked to please pass this information on to test coordinators, ELA, math, and science teachers, resource teachers, and any other pertinent personnel who will be involved with the 2019 administration of the Utah Aspire Plus Summative test.
Updates and Reminders:
- School administrator, test coordinator and teacher accounts on PearsonAccessNext, the admin site for Utah Aspire Plus, went live on Monday, January 28th. If you did not get an account notification email, please call or email the Evaluation, Research & Accountability Department.
- Question samplers for each of the four subtests (English, reading, math and science) are now available on the Utah Aspire Plus resource website: http://utah.pearsonaccessnext.com/question-samplers/. It is strongly encouraged that every 9th and 10th grade student has had the opportunity to go through the question samplers.
- USBE’s new parental opt in policy where a parent, with signed permission, may opt to have their child’s Utah Aspire Plus score be used in place of a course requirement will not be available this year. We do not expect to see any scores for the Utah Aspire Plus test until the fall of 2019, rendering the opt in impossible.
- It is recommended that school administrators help parents, students and community members understand that the Utah Aspire Plus is essentially free practice for the ACT. Individual student reports will provide a predictive score for the ACT and their student’s college readiness. Like the ACT, parents will also have access to a parent portal where they can drill deeper into their student’s performance on the Utah Aspire Plus and access resources to help their student prepare for the ACT. ACT’s own research has shown that students perform better on the ACT if they take it more than once. Therefore, taking the Utah Aspire Plus, which is an ACT product, will have a positive impact on students’ future ACT performance.
- USBE has set the dates of February 4-8, 2019, as the week schools should test the new system and ensure the installed testing software is working. Details on how to do this system check will be available to testing coordinators and school administrators during the Utah Aspire Plus trainings (Jan. 28th and 30th). Please work with your school techs and test coordinators to accomplish this task.
- Please remember that once a subtest has been started, it must be finished in one sitting. School testing schedules should allow for this. If a student has to stop a test for any reason (they get sick, a parent checks them out, etc.), it is unlikely that he/she will be able to finish the subtest.
- The Utah Aspire Plus is a grade specific, end-of-level test, which means that all 9th grade students must take the 9th grade test and all 10th grade students must take the 10th grade test. For instance, an 8th grader in a 9th grade math class will not be eligible to take the Utah Aspire Plus test. In addition, the RISE and Utah Aspire tests cannot be taken in the same room.
- Blueprints for the Utah Aspire Plus test have recently been released. They can be found on the Evaluation, Research & Accountability Department’s website. They are also attached with this JAM memo.
- Middle School Principals: Because you will be implementing two brand new summative assessments with completely different admin sites, we are recommending that middle schools, where possible, have a RISE test coordinator and a separate Utah Aspire Plus test coordinator to help ease the learning curve and workload.
For more information and additional resources for the Utah Aspire Plus Summative test, please visit the Evaluation, Research & Accountability Department’s website: http://assessments.jordandistrict.org/assessments/utah-aspire-plus/
RISE Summative and Utah Aspire Plus Summative Help Sessions for Resource Teachers and EL Leads – February and March 2019
DATE:
January 31, 2019
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
RISE Summative and Utah Aspire Plus Summative Help Sessions for Resource Teachers and EL Leads
A member of the Evaluation, Research & Accountability Department will be available at the following dates, times and locations to assist resource teachers and EL leads as they input student accommodations into the RISE Nextera admin system and the Utah Aspire Plus PearsonAccessNext system.
In addition, school test coordinators may also come to these help sessions if they require assistance.
Date: | Time: | Location: |
Monday, Feb. 4, 2019 |
3:00 – 5:00 pm |
PDC 101 |
Monday, Feb. 11, 2019 | ||
Monday, Feb. 25, 2019 | ||
Monday, Mar. 4, 2019 | ||
Monday, Mar. 11, 2019 |
School principals and department heads are asked to provide this information to all school test coordinators as well as special educators and EL leads that will be involved in RISE or Utah Aspire Plus Summative testing.
Textbook Transfers 2019
DATE:
January 29, 2019
TO:
Middle and High School Principals and Administrative Assistants
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Dan Ellis, Director of Accounting, Budgets, and Audits
Jason Mott, Accountant/Internal Auditor
SUBJECT:
Textbook Transfers
This is a reminder that textbook fees need to be transferred out of the activity fee account and into the 9080 textbook account. The Financial Accounting Manual states on page 30:
“Because textbook fees are part of the registration fee, a journal entry must be made to transfer revenue from the activity account (program 2160) to the textbook account (program 9080) by debiting 21 R xxx 2160 1800 999 and crediting 21 R xxx 9080 1805 999 for the amount of the textbook fee times the finalized October 1 enrollment. In May, the accounting department will generate a memo to indicate the total dollar amount of textbook fees to be sent to the district by multiplying the textbook fee by the October 1 enrollment count. For convenience purposes, this amount is offset by fee waivers to be reimbursed by the district. Typically, the school will issue a check to the district for the net amount of these items. Any remaining balance (positive or negative) should be moved to the general account (program 2000).”
Also, attached are instructions to issue a check for the textbook fees when the billing statements are sent out in May. If you have questions or need assistance, please call Jason Mott at (801)567-8388.
Thank you.
2019 Mandatory Annual “School-Based Law Enforcement Training”
In 2016 the Utah Legislature passed HB460 which requires all School Resource Officers and School Administrators to attend annual training. The purpose of the training is to review and define the roles of disciplinary misconduct that is to be handled by school officials and delinquent offenses that should be addressed by the SRO's.
The State requires that one administrator and their SRO from every secondary school attend this training together. The training is free and will be provided in the Jordan School District on:
- Tuesday, February 12th from 8:30-12:30 in the Auditorium at the ASB
- Wednesday, February 13th from 8:30-12:30 in Room 129 at the District Office
Please click the attachment below to register for one of the sessions. If you cannot attend either of these sessions, please call Laneta Fitisemanu at 801-538-1044 to find a training at a nearby district to attend.
Important Payroll Dates for February 2019
Administrator of Schools Supervisory Assignments – Revised January 24, 2019
REAL Scoring for Schools Grant – Due by January 31, 2019
REAL Salt Lake has partnered with Jordan Education Foundation to provide a $250 grant for every full-time, licensed elementary teacher. All applications must be submitted through DonorChoose.org no later than Thursday, January 31, 2019. Please encourage every teacher to take advantage of this opportunity.
Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) – Classroom Kits Update – January 2019
As a follow up to the memo sent in JAM on December 20, 2018, we want to clarify that all schools have received their allotted classroom TECC kits. As indicated in the memo, the due date for distribution of classroom TECC kits and the submittal of Your School’s TECC Kit Assignment Sheet, which is sent to Judy Bird in Facility Services, was Friday, January 11, 2019. Thank you to those schools that have distributed the classroom TECC kits and have submitted the TECC Kit Assignment Sheet to Judy Bird.
In addition, you have also been asked to schedule and complete your TECC hands-on training with your local fire agency. Schools should not be holding classroom TECC kits until the training has been completed. Contact information to schedule hands-on training is provided below.
Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.
Fire Department Contacts for Hands-on Training:
Bluffdale, Herriman and Riverton:
Unified Fire Authority - Bret Fossum, 801-310-6262, efossum@unifiedfire.org
South Jordan FD - Jim Ladle, 801-842-4097, jladle@sjc.utah.gov
West Jordan FD - Wyatt Jones, 801-652-4054, wyatt.jones@westjordan.utah.gov
Jordan Parent University – Legislative Forum – February 7, 2019
Principals’ Meeting – February 5, 2019
Extended School Year (ESY) Qualification Procedures and Timelines – January 2019
DATE:
January 17, 2019
TO:
Principals
Special Education Staff
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Kristin Norris, Teacher Specialist-SLP/A, ESY Coordinator
SUBJECT:
Extended School Year (ESY) Qualification Procedures and Timelines
Attached are the guidelines for determining a student's eligibility for Extended School Year Services. Please review these Time Sensitive documents carefully.
Mandatory 2019-20 Middle School Registration Card Wording
Middle School Principals:
As decided in the Middle School Credit Committee and Middle School Principal meetings, and approved by the JSD Board of Education, the following wording must be included on your registration cards:
*For alternative options to these courses, please see your counselor by (date).
For any questions please contact Mike Anderson at 801-567-8167. Thank you!
Schedule for February 2019 JELL Sessions
We are looking forward to our next JELL Sessions. The attached document includes the updated schedule.
Important Notes:
- Sessions will be full day and will include planning time for you and your leadership team.
- An optional half-day session will be offered for Administrators. February 7, 8:30-11:30 OR 12:00-3:00 -- "Ensuring your PLCs Improve Teaching & Learning". Complete this form to register.
Please contact Shelley Nordick for questions.
Toner Replacement Cartridges and Other Supplies for All Copy Machines and Printers – January 2019
I would like to bring to your attention an issue my staff has discovered in our efforts to repair copy machines throughout the district. Many after-market toner cartridges and supplies are causing significant damage to copy machines and printers. As a result of this problem, we strongly encourage all schools and district facilities to purchase toner cartridges and supplies from the following vendors only:
- Canon Solutions America, Inc
Contact: Gisselle Stephanie Romero Delgado
847-706-3423
gromero@csa.canon.com
- Innovative Print Consulting
Contact: Chalise Wall
801-999-4529 or 801-688-7402
chalise@iprintc.com
- iPrint Technologies
Contact: Mark Warnell
818-700-7400 or 818-700-7451
mwarnell@iprinttechnologies.com
- Fowler (for Riso Machines)
Contact: Paul
435-723-7175
Paul@fowlerservice.com
- Precision Roller
Contact: Michael Pratt
800-323-9523 ext. 2230
michael_p@precisionroller.com
- Supply Link
Contact: Jerry George
801-294-0080
jerry@supplylinkusa.com
Please feel free to contact Tonya Hodges, Senior Buyer in the Purchasing department at 801-567-8706 with questions related to purchasing and/or state contracts. You can also reach me at 801-567-8893.
Best regards,
Robert Conder, A/V Senior Technician