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Thursday, October 19, 2023

TO: 
Elementary School Administrators

FROM:  
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:  
2023 BOY Acadience Reading Dashboards in Tableau

Beginning of the year Acadience Reading data and results are available in Tableau Viewer accounts. Administrators may view aggregate student participation, benchmark proficiency, and measure proficiency by school and grade level over time (2015-present). In addition, school administrators may view individual student and teacher data for the fall of 2023. New this year is a dashboard that will allow viewers to look up students’ historical Acadience Reading benchmark, pathways of progress and individual measure performance. Demographic filters are also available to help school administrators drill down to the data they wish to see.

All of this information may be found in one dashboard location:

Acadience Reading, 2015-Present

Explore > Assessments > Acadience Reading & Early Literacy > Acadience Reading Analysis, 2015-Present

Please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability for more information about this tool and to obtain login credentials.

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October 17, 2023

TO:  
All Principals, Directors and Supervisors

FROM:    
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Sarah Palmer, Director of Payroll

SUBJECT:  
DP375 – Vacation Schedule for Administrative Personnel

Clarification of administrator vacation days carryover:

  • Administrators receive 20 frontloaded vacation days on July 1st of each year. These frontloaded days are earned throughout that current year.
  • Administrators may carryover up to 20 earned vacation days from the previous year. Any earned days over 20 not used by December 31st of each year will be forfeited.

Therefore, as of December 31, 2023, any unused vacation days above 40 days will be forfeited. These 40 days consist of the 20 days that were frontloaded on July 1, 2023 for the 2023-24 year, as well as up to 20 unused earned days that are allowed to be carried over from the previous 2022-23 year.

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The November Assistant Principal meetings will be held on November 14 (8:00-11:00am) and November 16 (8:00-11:00am). All meetings will be held in-person at the JATC-S. All assistant principals and intern assistant principals are invited. A beverage service will be provided, beginning at 7:30 am at each of the meetings. As a reminder you only need to attend one of the sessions offered. Both sessions will provide the same information. Please CLICK HERE and it will take you to the Google Doc to sign up for which day you would like to attend. If you have any questions please call Nadine Page at 801-567-8182 (x88182). Thank you!

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This is a reminder to all principals that you may grant up to 2 credit hours of salary level change credit to any teacher for work done outside of contract time to support a school goal that addresses student learning. (AA421) This is a way to incentivizing extra work in your building. Inservice credit may or may not include a stipend. To set up principal directed inservice credit please contact Chris Westra in Teaching & Learning at 801-567-8657. See attachment for additional credit details.

Guidelines for Principal-Directed Inservice Credit

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The Office of EDI is excited to offer a PD series on 'Understanding your Diverse Students.' Our first PD is on November 2nd, 2023, at the JATC South from 4-6 PM, focusing on our McKinney-Vento (Homeless) students. All licensed employees will receive 2 hours of in-service pay. The administrators are encouraged to attend.

Register for the PD HERE.

Please see the flyer for additional information on future PDs.

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Please save the date for permit trainings in November! This training will be for anyone with responsibility for processing permits, from brand new to veteran to administrative assistant or administrator!

When: Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Where: ASB Presentation Room
Time:
*Secondary Schools, 9 AM to 11 AM
*Elementary Schools: 1 PM to 3 PM

Watch for additional information after Fall Recess!

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Take note of the following information. There are links to a training invitation and two monthly Newsletters with important communications about the School LAND Trust (SLT) Program.
Please forward the District School Community Councils newsletter and training invitation to all council members.
The newsletters are also accessible online on the USBE website with different language options.
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DATE:  
October 11, 2023

TO:   
All Administrators and Financial Administrative Assistants

FROM: 
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Superintendent of Schools
John Larsen, Business Administrator

SUBJECT:
Staff Appreciation Funds (formerly known as Staff Discretionary Funds)

Please see the attached, revised, document for updates to the Staff Appreciation (Discretionary) memo.

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Digital Citizenship Week is October 16 - 20 and the Digital Teaching and Learning team is excited to share some resources with you to celebrate six areas of Digital Citizenship mastery.

Positive Online Behavior
Using Technology Responsibly
Protecting Private Information
Using Reliable Sources
Passwords that Protect
Understanding the Impact of Digital Interactions

DTL has created a new page of resources to help your teachers and students demonstrate appropriate digital citizenship skills. On our site, you’ll find a level-specific list of short lessons and learning activities that teachers can use each day as part of Digital Citizenship Week. Click HERE to check out all of the available resources.

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All licensed administrators are invited to complete the following questionnaire by November 3, 2023. This formal process of gaining your input will serve as a conversation starter with your Administrator of Schools about work assignments for the coming school year (2024-25) in Jordan District. Personal preference is one of many factors considered when determining administrative assignments. This does not take the place of the need to sign up for a formal Principal interview. Please use this link to access the form: Licensed Administrator Assignment Questionnaire

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Please submit concerns to be discussed by JAESP committee and cabinet by October 18, 2023. Send items to be discussed to Nick Hansen at Golden Fields, Ann Pessetto at Silver Crest or Kaleb Yates at Jordan Hills. All items are discussed anonymously as we work to provide clarification and solutions to concerns of elementary administrators. Notes of the discussions will be published following the meeting.

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Elementary principals, please consider joining UAESP/NAESP! You can find all the details at this LINK. Please don't join NAESP directly on their site. You can use your school p-card and code the expense to your school's checkbook. Please see the attached document with all the benefits of joining this professional organization.

Join Jordan Association of Elementary Principals (JAESP) by sending $35 to JAESP treasurer, Kaleb Yates at Jordan Hills Elementary. These funds are used for the annual JAESP Principal and Assistant Principal Awards and the annual JAESP Administrative Assistant Luncheon.

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DATE:  
Thursday, October 12, 2023

TO:  
TSI School Administrators

FROM:   
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:  
Root Cause Analysis and Goal Setting with TSI Schools

In preparation for the state’s annual resource allocation review (RAR), teams from schools that have been identified for targeted school improvement (TSI) are invited to a series of workshops that will assist school teams in examining current instruction, conducting a root cause analysis, and then setting strategic goals to address those problems of practice. Thus, schools will walk away from the workshops with a viable, strategic, and robust plan that can be implemented as part of future RAR, LAND Trust, and TSSA plans.

The workshops will address both qualitative and quantitative data from four categories: Achievement, engagement, access, and attendance. The data we will analyze will come from various sources, including Tableau, ELLevation, and Panorama. The workshops will be highly collaborative, so principals are encouraged to bring a team. Besides the principal, team members could include an assistant principal, instructional coach, lead counselor, special education team lead, ELD lead, etc.

The workshops will be offered in a series of three half-day sessions. Tier 2 and 3 TSI schools will attend their own sessions separate from Tier 1 TSI schools. For a list of Tier 1, 2 and 3 schools, please click here. School teams need only attend one half day per session.

Tier 2 and 3 Schools

Session Date Time Location Topic
Session1

JPLS Course #101974

 Nov. 6, 2023 12:00-3:30 pm PDC 103 Overview of TSI changes, Achievement and Attendance Data
Nov. 8, 2023

 

 8:00-11:30 am PDC 102
12:00 – 3:30 pm
Session 2

JPLS Course #101975

 Dec. 12, 2023 8:00 – 11:30 am PDC 113 Engagement and Access Data
12:00 – 3:30 pm
Dec. 14, 2023 8:00 – 11:30 am PDC 102
Session 3

JPLS Course #101976

 Jan. 4, 2024 12:00 – 3:30 pm PDC 103 Summarize problems of practice, root cause protocol, goal setting with district departments
Jan. 23, 2024 12:00 – 3:30 pm
Jan. 30, 2024 8:00 – 11:30 am

 

Tier 1 Schools

Session Date Time Location Topic
Session 1

JPLS Course #101977

 Nov. 16, 2023 12:00 – 3:30 pm PDC 113 Overview of TSI changes, Achievement and Attendance Data
Nov. 17, 2023 8:00 – 11:30 am PDC 103
12:00-3:30 pm
Session 2

JPLS Course #101978

 Dec. 13, 2023 8:00 – 11:30 am PDC 113 Engagement and Access Data
12:00 – 3:30 pm
Dec. 14, 2023 12:00 – 3:30 pm PDC 102
Session 3

JPLS Course #101979

 Jan. 8, 2024 12:00 – 3:30 pm PDC 103 Summarize problems of practice, root cause protocol, goal setting with district departments
Jan. 29, 2024
Jan. 30, 2024

For questions about these workshops, please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability.

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DATE:
October 10, 2023

TO:
District Administrators

FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Scott Festin, Planning Consultant, Planning & Enrollment
Caleb Olson, Enrollment Consultant, Planning & Enrollment

SUBJECT:
Fall Enrollment as of October 1, 2023 - REVISED

Please see the attached memo.

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The Health and Wellness Team has worked very hard with principals over the past couple of years nominating a wellness representative at each school that is interested.  We wanted to make you are aware of some resources that they have access to.  They were introduced to each of these during the recent Wellness Representative Retreat.

PEHP Wellness can help JSD Wellness Reps by offering grant money of up to $400 every 2 years to help with wellness initiatives to benefit all employees. They have customizable pre-made wellness challenges (Grab & Go Guides) on a variety of topics you can use to implement monthly challenges. They have over 50 webinars available for employees to view on their own time or as a group. They are available to brainstorm wellness ideas or activities.

Blomquist Hale is a confidential and free mental health benefit provided for the employees and family members covered by the medical plan. This resource helps address a broad range of personal difficulties that may be causing distress. Most services are available by appointment. Assistance is available for life threatening emergencies 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. They are happy to provide the wellness representatives with marketing supplies (flyers, business cards, posters, magnets, etc), benefit presentations and any other support needed. In addition, wellness representatives have access to their Blomquist Hale app (available on all iOS and Android devices) and their online webinars that can be found by searching Blomquist Hale on Youtube.com or by clicking HERE.

The Moreton & Company Population Health Team can help them create a comprehensive wellness strategy that improves your employees’ overall health and well-being. They can help provide educational campaigns on relevant health topics, coordinate wellness initiatives with community partners, create wellness challenges, and more. If our Wellness Representatives have any questions, they can reach out to populationhealth@moreton.com.

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DATE:  
October 12, 2023

TO:  
Principals
Assistant Principals
School Safety Specialists

FROM: 
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Matt Alvernaz, School Safety Coordinator

SUBJECT:  
Standard Response Protocol (SRP)/Incident Command Training

Training for the Standard Response Protocol (SRP) and Incident Command will be held at the JATC South on the following dates (choose only one date and one time):

  • Wednesday, November 15, 2023
    • 11:00am – 1:00pm
    • 1:30pm – 3:30pm
  • Friday, November 17, 2023
    • 8:30am – 10:30am **UPDATED**
    • 11:00am – 1:00pm **UPDATED**

This training is for any who have responsibility within the Incident Command system (including schools, District Office, ASB, Transportation, or other location). Administrators assigned as the school safety administrator and all School Safety Specialists should attend.

The training will be focused on SRP and Incident Command as well as the roles/responsibilities of the School Safety Specialist and school administrator. School-based safety administrators and specialists will receive materials and information to conduct SRP/Incident Command trainings in schools.

No sign up required to attend. Please mark on your calendars the date and time that best works for you and your school.

Please forward this information to your School Safety Specialist or others you deem appropriate.

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Happy October!

Apple Crunch Day is coming up on Thursday, October 19th. This is a great opportunity for us to increase our students’ exposure to local produce here in Utah. We have purchased fresh apples from Pyne Farms in Payson to celebrate this day and share apples district wide.

As part of the promotion, in addition to fresh apples, our department will provide your kitchen managers with activity pages, fun nutrition facts and a video that can be shared with your teachers and school community. Take this opportunity to make the most of Utah's Apple Crunch Day!

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The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimates that every year more than 90,000 people receive emergency room treatment because of ladder accidents.

Falls from ladders at any height can result in serious or even fatal injuries.

See the attached document on ways to follow safe work practices when using a ladder.

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