Jordan School District
DATE:
October 8, 2018
TO:
Principals
All Special Educators and Related Service Providers
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
SUBJECT:
Important Deadline--Please Read Immediately
SCRAM Data Due by the end of day Friday, November 2, 2018
Returning D Track Clusters are Due no later than Friday, November 16, 2018
Updating SCRAM for December 1 Funding Count
Please see memo below for important information.
October 17th is Utah's Annual Apple Crunch Day! You are already providing a fruit to the students, why not make it a local apple and all crunch together?!
Please see attached Apple Crunch Guide for information and ideas.
DATE:
October 1, 2018
TO:
Principals
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
Fall Enrollment as of October 1, 2018
Please see attached memo and enrollment numbers.
Elementary Principals: The elementary testing bulletin for October is posted below.
Middle School Principals: The middle school testing bulletin for October is posted below.
High School Principals: The high school testing bulletin for October is posted below.
Please see document below for important dates and reminders.
JSD Digital Learning Specialists invite you to introduce Common Sense Media to your school community, by selecting a Teacher Leader who will become a Common Sense Educator and then guide 5-10 additional teachers through certification.
Common Sense Media is one of the major providers of digital citizenship training in the United States.
The JSD Digital Learning Specialists, funded through the Digital Teaching and Learning Grant, are offering training for a team of 5-10 teachers at each school. Upon completion of the training, a team leader from each participating school will receive $500 and each team member will receive $100 to become Common Sense Media certified.
If you would like your school to participate, complete the Common Sense Media Introduction Form by providing the name of a teacher at your school who will serve as the team leader.
For planning and budgeting purposes, we ask that schools complete this form before Friday, October 12.
Attached is a document containing more information.
The Department of Facility Operations is receiving a large volume of patron calls requesting to view video footage which is not permissible. All security camera/video surveillance is property of Jordan School District. Surveillance recordings are confidential and protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and the Utah Governmental Records and Management Act (GRAMA). In addition, recordings may contain information related to accidents, investigations, insurance claims, and potential litigation. Surveillance footage cannot be freely shared with students, parents, personnel, the media, or others.
Please find the attached Security Camera/Video Surveillance Access Guidelines, that apply to the responsibility of administration in order to access, view, download, export and/or share security camera/video surveillance.
DATE:
September 19, 2018
TO:
School Psychologists
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Kim Lloyd, Special Education Director
Fulvia Franco, Program Specialist – Guidance
SUBJECT:
October School Psychologists’ Meeting
A school psychologists’ meeting has been scheduled for Friday, October 12, 2018, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Jordan School District’s Auxiliary Services Building (7905 South Redwood Road). Stacee Worthen, Secondary Guidance Specialist and Lead Counselor, will provide us with a presentation on Aggression Replacement Training.
Part-time Staff: I would appreciate it if you could adjust your schedules in order to attend this meeting.
cc: Principals
DATE:
Thursday, October 4, 2018
TO:
Middle 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: "Homework Solution Study"
Applicant: American Institutes for Research – Dr. Kirk Walters and David Miller
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 testing out a new math tutoring platform over the next two years. Participating schools will receive ASSISTments and its accompanying teacher training for free.
Thank you for your assistance.
Please see flyers below for information regarding the "Instead Opioid Solutions Summit".
Each middle school is expected to send a total of 12 participants, including students and chaperones.
Each high school is expected to send a total of 25 participants, including students and chaperones.
One bus has been arranged to be at each of the five high schools on October 12th at 7:45 a.m. Students and chaperones need to arrive by this time for boarding. The buses will leave at 8:00 a.m. Middle school students and chaperones should meet at their feeder high school.
Please share flyer with faculty members. (Limited spaces available.)
Common Sense Media is one of the major providers of digital citizenship training in the United States. JSD Digital Learning Specialists invite you to introduce Common Sense Media to your school community, by selecting a Teacher Leader who will become a Common Sense Educator and then promote the program by involving additional teachers. Funding for this program is provided this year through the Digital Teaching and Learning Grant. Details are included in the attachment.
DATE:
September 17, 2018
TO:
Principals
Special Education Teachers (Resource & Cluster)
FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Courtney Titus, Program Administrator Elementary
SUBJECT:
Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) Testing Checklist
Attached is the DLM checklist for all special education teachers who are administering the DLM assessment to any of their students for the 2018-2019 school year. You are required to complete and return the checklist to Jen Birrell at the District Office by Friday, December 21, 2018.This form is also available online at specialed.jordandistrict.org/staff/forms on the Special Education website.
If you need help with any portion of this checklist please contact your schools assigned Teacher Specialist.
Please direct any questions or concerns to Jen Birrell at 801-567-8905 or jennifer.birrell@jordandistrict.org or you may contact Courtney Titus at 801-567-8904 or courtney.titus@jordandistrict.org.
Middle School Principals:
Please return the attached form to Nadine Troxel (nadine.troxel@jordandistrict.org) within two weeks after your conference dates.
Please return the attached form to Marilyn Smith in the High School Area Office within two weeks of holding conferences.
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
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 are being considered, the area library media specialist should first be contacted to provide an assessment of the library program to determine if the library program is functioning well enough to allow the library assistant to take on additional responsibilities.
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).
Please contact Norman Emerson at 801-567-8364 if you have any questions about these guidelines.
Please see flyer below for information on how to sign-up your school!
Deadline is October 5, 2018
