The GT Department is offering a stipend to assist with GT Special Programs and/or other GT materials. Please see the attachment for details.
Gifted and Talented Stipend – Middle Schools
The GT Department is offering a stipend to assist with GT Special Programs and/or other GT materials. Please see the attachment for details.
Preparing to Teach the New SEEd Standards (6th-8th grade)
Principals: Please pass the attached flyer on to the appropriate teachers in your building.
Become familiar with the new SEEd Standards while integrating the new 3D method of instruction using the current standards.
Middle School Testing Bulletin – August 2016
Middle School Principals: The Middle School Testing Bulletin for August is posted below.
High School Testing Bulletin – August 2016
High School Principals: The High School Testing Bulletin for August is posted below.
Elementary Testing Bulletin – August 2016
Elementary Principals: The Elementary Testing Bulletin for August is posted below.
6th Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate – August 2, 2016 Count
DATE:
August 2, 2016
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Administrator of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent of Schools
Luann Leavitt, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
6th Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate
Year-round schools, Tracks A, B, C
(based on August 2, 2016 count)
See attached memo.
1st Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate – July 26, 2016 Count
DATE:
July 27, 2016
TO:
District Administration
FROM:
Administrator of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent of Schools
Luann Leavitt, Consultant, Planning and Student Services
SUBJECT:
1st Day Enrollment vs. the Estimate
Year-round schools, Tracks A, B, C
(based on July 26, 2016 count)
See attached memo.
Lead Mentors and Touchstones for 2016-17
This year we will continue with touchstones and lead mentors to support provisional teachers at each school. Within the next few days you will be receiving a link to a shared document listing your lead mentor, touchstone, provisional teachers and mentors. Your lead mentor will also receive this link. Please work together to update the list.
The purpose of the touchstone is to provide an additional individual that can serve as a resource for your school’s mentor program. Your touchstone will contact your lead mentor twice a month. The touchstones can help find resources to support your mentors and provisional teachers or help make arrangements for coaching as needed. This does not mean to take the place of communication you already have in place. Please feel free to contact consultants directly for any assistance as well.
We hope the lead mentors and touchstones will collaborate to support mentors and their assigned provisional teachers. We also ask that lead mentors help to update the mentor/provisional teacher list, distribute and collect contracts, and attend lead mentor trainings. The curriculum department will provide compensation for one lead mentor per school. The first lead mentor/touchstone training will be September 12 for elementary and September 13 for secondary. The meetings will be held at the ASB from 8:00 – 11:00.
The District mentor teacher specialists are also available to provide support. Contact information and school assignments are included on a separate document. We look forward to working with each school to develop a mentor program that supports effective teaching and learning by building capacity among your staff.
Home and Hospital Meeting Schedule for August – September 2016
Administrator Home and Hospital Forums
Home & Hospital has moved to the ASB (Auxiliary Service Building) on Redwood Road. Mary Ann Erdmann is the Home and Hospital administrator. Her office is located by the ISC, ASB South Entrance, near Purchasing. Schools will continue to receive support and service for their home and hospital students.
Each site is asked to send an administrative representative to attend one of the following mandatory meetings to receive important information regarding home and hospital.
- Monday, August 29th @ 1:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, August 30th @ 9:00 a.m.
- Wednesday, August 31st @ 1:00 p.m.
- Thursday, September 1st @ 9:00 a.m.
All forums will be held in the Presentation Room C-100 (former Board Room) at the ASB and will last only one hour.
Civics Test for 2016-17
For the 2016-17 school year the Civics test will be given via paper and pencil/scantron (find tests here: http://learning.jordandistrict.org/resources) again this year. Individual teachers will enter the date students pass the test. A nightly process will copy the information from the testing module to the educational milestone module. Data for this past school year has all been loaded into the educational milestone module and is viewable in Skyward Family Access and shows on transcripts.Pathway for teachers to enter passing score date on Skyward:From Skyward page: "Teacher access"; "My students"; "Select students"; "Test scores"; "Civics test, yes"'; "Score"--teacher enters date test passed.Questions, please contact Pam Su'a at pamela.sua@jordandistrict.org or 88320
Superintendent Johnson’s PowerPoint from the Administrative Leadership Conference 2016
Attached is a PDF of Superintendent Johnson's PowerPoint. If you would like the PowerPoint version please contact Roxane Siggard at 801-567-8180 or roxane.siggard@jordandistrict.org.
Leadership Development Seminar Letter of Intent
You are invited to join the first cohort of the Jordan School District Leadership Development Seminar. Three sessions will be held during the 2016-17 academic year as noted below:
Thursday, November 10, 2016: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (ASB)
Thursday, January 26, 2017: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (JATC South)
Thursday, June 22 and Friday, June 23, 2017: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (ASB)
Please return the attached form to Teri Timpson, Administrator of Schools, no later than Friday, September 2, 2016
Important Payroll Dates for August 2016
See document below for important dates and reminders.
Administrative Assistant and Office Staff Alternative Language Services Training for 2016-17
For all administrative assistants and principals:
When you have new students who have diverse backgrounds and needs, what are the laws, identification procedures, and available service for these students? All office staff are invited to this ALS Secretary and Registrar Training. Choose from six possible times to attend. See you there!
Unclaimed Property 2015-16
DATE:
August 4, 2016
TO:
All School Principals and School Head Financial Secretaries
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Heather Ellingson, Director of Accounting, Budgets and Audits
Daniel Ellis, Accountant/Internal Auditor
SUBJECT:
Unclaimed Property
“The Utah Unclaimed Property Act (Section 67-67-4a) requires that a holder report to the State Treasurer property which is presumed to be “abandoned” or “unclaimed” after the stated dormancy period.”
For school purposes, unclaimed property is defined as property (checks, book refunds, lunch refunds, or other unclaimed balances, but not current school lunch balances) that is due to a payee but have never been cashed or collected and that are dormant for a period of one year as of June 30, 2016. Checks written BEFORE July 1, 2015 AND not cashed by June 30, 2016 are considered unclaimed property.
Every effort should be made to contact the student or payee and ensure that they receive payment that is due to them. If you cannot locate a student or payee, then the money must be sent to the State. It is preferable to void an old check and reissue a new one than to send the money to the State. Schools may not simply “write off” a check and add the money back into school accounts just because it was never cashed. Nor may a school take uncollected refunds and add the money back into school accounts. It is illegal. If an outstanding check should legitimately be voided, then documentation must be made as to why the check was voided. Otherwise, the State will consider a voided check without documentation to be unclaimed property.
Attached is a reporting form that must be completed and sent to Dan Ellis by September 30, 2016 along with a school check written to Jordan School District for the amount of reported unclaimed property. If you have no unclaimed property, report $0.00.
All individual items that are under $50 per item may be combined and reported in one lump sum. For example, if you have 10 checks and/or unclaimed book refunds individually each for less than $50, then you may have one line item on the report for the total of those items. You should put “aggregate” in the column requesting the owner’s name, the total aggregated in the column of amount due owner, and MS99 in the property code column. You do not need to report each item less than $50 individually.
Checks issued prior to July 1, 2015 that are currently outstanding should be voided in Skyward. You will need to write a check to Jordan School District charging the account(s) that were charged with the original check.
Please call Dan Ellis at (801)567-8389 with any questions.
Elementary STEM Endorsement
Principals please share with your teachers:
Teacher Application for elementary teachers interested in participating in a STEM Elementary Endorsement program in partnership with Southern Utah University.
SRO/Administrator Training – August 2016
All administrators, SROs and interested DARE officers are invited. See flyer below for date and time.
Jump Start Forums – August 2016
See flyers below for dates and times of morning and afternoon Jump Start Forums.
Surplus Reallocation and Auctions – August 2016
Welcome Back - Just wanted to let you know that Surplus Reallocation and Auctions are currently running on PublicSurplus.com. Please check to see if there are any items you may need at your schools.
Please remember to send in all your surplus paperwork as you get it so that we can continue to schedule pick ups as they are needed. All paperwork needs to be signed by the principal and then sent up to your Administrator of Schools at the District Office.
If you have any questions, please contact Kris Wishart (801) 567-8709 or Corie Fuller (801) 567-8717.