Attached are all forms distributed at the Annual Administrative Leadership Conference.
Administrative Leadership Conference 2016 – Middle Level
Attached are all forms distributed at the Annual Administrative Leadership Conference.
Administrative Leadership Conference 2016 – Elementary Level
Attached are all forms distributed at the Annual Administrative Leadership Conference.
Quarterly Training Meetings for Elementary Media Assistants
DATE:
August 2, 2016
TO:
Elementary Principals
Elementary Media Assistants
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Laura Finlinson, Administrator, Curriculum/Staff Development
Norman Emerson, Instructional Support Services/Fine Arts Consultant
SUBJECT:
Quarterly Training Meetings for Elementary Media Assistants
In order to prepare and train elementary library media assistants to effectively provide services to elementary schools and to build consistency across elementary library programs, several training meetings have been scheduled for the 2016-17 school year. The participation of both of your library assistants in these meetings is expected and appreciated. The meetings are to be included in the assistants' allotted 17 hours and are scheduled on Wednesdays, the day recommended for their scheduled overlap time.
The meetings will be held at the venues shown below from 9:30-11:30 a.m.:
- September 14, 2016-JATC South
- November 9, 2016--School visits (venues TBA)
- February 1, 2017--Viridian Event Center
- March 22, 2017--Auxiliary Service Building
Please feel free to contact Norman Emerson (801-567-8364) if further information is needed. Thank you for your continued support of the library media programs in Jordan District.
Classroom Grant Announcement for 2016-17
Jordan Education Foundation (JEF) CLASSROOM GRANT applications will be accepted Monday August 15 through Friday October 28, 2016.
See attachment below for more information.
JPAS Training Dates for 2016-17
Administrators:
Every year JPAS trainings are made available to all new hires to help them prepare for their evaluation. This training is designed to help educators understand the effective practices measured by the UETS-based JPAS and to prepare for the evaluation. Please remind your new hires to register for the training that best fits their schedule on JPLS. Also, attached is an additional copy of the flyer sent out to each school. Please contact the JES office with any questions. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
2016-17 Department Head Meetings
See attachment for a list of department head meetings for the month of August. Please remind your department chairs about these meetings.
Extended Year Special Educator Stipends 2016-17
DATE:
July 22, 2016
TO:
Principals
Special Education Teachers (Preschool and School-Age)
Speech-Language Pathologists
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curric./Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Julie Brown, Program Specialist
SUBJECT:
Extended Year Special Educator Stipends 2016-17
See attached memo and documents outlining changes for the 2016-17 school year.
Administrative Leadership Conference TopGolf Teams for August 5
JSD-Arts Representatives for 2016-17
DATE:
July 22, 2016
TO:
Elementary Principals
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator, Curriculum/Staff Development
Norman Emerson, Instructional Support Services/Fine Arts Consultant
SUBJECT:
JSD-Arts Representatives for 2016-17
This year we will continue to have two Arts Representatives (DARTS) represent your school throughout the 2016-17 school year. We have appreciated the work of past DARTS representatives and how they have helped strengthen arts instruction in your schools. Meaningful progress toward a greater level of arts integration has been made, and we wish this to continue.
The newly revised Utah Fine Arts Core Standards will be the focus of our JSD-Arts work this year. The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) adopted the final revision on April 15, 2016. The USBE designated the 2016-2017 school year for partial implementation with full implementation in the 2017-2018 school year. It is important that teachers become aware of the changes in the Fine Arts Core Standards.
Please assign at least two teachers to serve as your school’s DARTS representatives by either selecting a grade-level team, or two (or more) teachers from different grade levels. The DARTS representatives will meet once a month for two hours to learn and collaborate. Teachers will be paid at the inservice rate.
Please provide the names of your choices for your JSD-Arts Team for the 2016-17 school year by September 2, 2016.
Please fill out and return the information below (or send via email) to Verlene Jensen in the Instructional Support Services Department.
School:______________________________________________________________
Principal:____________________________________________________________
DARTS Team Member #1: ________________________________________________
DARTS Team Member #2:_________________________________________________
September Attendance Awareness Month
Principals: I have prepared some helpful information that you may choose to use to help improve attendance in your schools. Please use these materials according to your community’s needs. Additional information is also available on the website. If you use these materials in your Newsletters, Social Media, marquies, etc., please give credit to the Attendance Works website. All of the information attached to the site is research based.
I have also included some Facebook and Twitter posts from the same site that may be helpful.
Thank you.
Luann Leavitt
Planning & Student Services
Jordan School District
Click here for the AttendanceWorks website: http://www.attendanceworks.org/
See attached document for ideas and information. Also find the permission form from AttendanceWorks to keep on file at your school.
Reporting for Required Emergency Drills 2016-17
Administrators:
As JSD continues to transition into the digital age, we are pleased to roll out the new process of reporting required emergency drills, which you conduct throughout the year. This process will no longer require you to make multiple copies of the drill conducted, then send a copy to your AOS and the Risk Management Coordinator, as well as retaining a copy for your file. Rather, this process will do all of that electronically when you hit the "submit" button once the form has been completed. Steps for accessing and reporting emergency drills are provided for you.
Remember, you are required to conduct a fire drill within the first 10 days of the start of school, then again within the first 10 days after winter recess. For questions, please contact Peggy Margetts at 801-567-8753 or atpeggy.margetts@jordandistrict.org.
Special Education Budget Allocations 2016-17
DATE:
July 1, 2016
TO:
Principals
Head/Financial Secretaries
Special Education Teachers (Resource and Cluster)
Speech-Language Pathologists
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curric./Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Julie Brown, Program Specialist
SUBJECT:
Special Education Budget Allocations 2016-17
See attached memo and budget guidelines.
Literacy / Curriculum Information Items for 2016-17
- We will hold a beginning of year information meeting for your 17-hour Literacy Assistants. Please remind them they may attend whichever meeting best fits their schedule.
July 28 - 9:00 a.m. - PDC 102
September 1 - 9:00 a.m. - PDC 102
- JSAS will no longer be used to record Guided Reading Levels. Beginning in August, we will ask teachers to record GRLs in Skyward. We will hold several trainings over the next couple of months to demonstrate the process and provide detailed instructions. The process is very simple and will allow teachers and Administrators easier access and more report options than JSAS. Please watch for more information coming soon.
- As a reminder, the ELA Pre/Post and Benchmark assessments are optional. Please remember if the Reading and/or Writing Pre/Post tests are not administered, teachers must use the Math Pre/Post assessment for their SLO.
- If you choose to use them, the 2016 – 2017 ELA Pretest (SLO) and Benchmarks are posted on the CBL website, along with several resource items. Teachers may use these materials to prepare before school starts. The tests will be posted to Mastery Connect on July 26 and pushed out again for traditional teachers later in August. In order for teachers to see the assessments (applies to Math, too) in MC, they must create a Language Arts tracker (and a Math tracker). If their tracker is created after the test is pushed out, please have them contact one of the Literacy Specialists, or myself, to manually add the test to their tracker.
- Grade level specific literacy professional development will be held again this year. There will be three dates per grade level (October, February, and April). The Curriculum Department will pay for substitutes (or time sheet off-track teachers) for 1 teacher per grade per school. Once locations have been finalized and meetings entered into JPLS, you will receive a notice with all the pertinent details to share with teachers. Please watch for more information coming soon.
- Thank you for encouraging teachers to attend our Summer Literacy Conference! The first day was a great success and teachers seemed to be very appreciative of the information shared in each class. We will be repeating the Conference in its entirety on August 8 and again on August 9. The program schedule is posted on the CBL website and registration through JPLS is still open. Please feel free to send all who might be interested.
Changes to the SLO Process for 2016-17
Principals:
Please share this information with your teachers. Because of changes to the law, SAGE scores may no longer be used as the SLO rating for teachers. Therefore, all classroom teachers will need to use SLOs. Preliminary guidelines are described below. Expect more details in the coming months.
Elementary teachers will have the option of using math or reading to measure student growth. Teachers may select their SLO subject now and give the pre-test for only that subject. Teachers also have the option of giving both pre-tests and reporting the one with the highest rating. It is recommended that pre-tests be given within the first three weeks of school.
The process for reporting SLO ratings will be similar to last year; however, teachers will not be required to turn scores in to folders. Details and instructions for completing this process will be available at a later date. For now, please make sure that pre-test scores are recorded in Mastery Connect.
The 2016-2017 Secondary SLOs will be available to teachers throughout the year and can be administered by quarter, semester, or unit. Scores for both pre-test and post-test should be entered into Mastery Connect as soon as students have completed the tests.
Administrative Leadership Conference Activity Update
All administrators will be assigned to a 6-member team for the TopGolf activity on Friday, August 5th, at 9:45 a.m. If you are unable to participate due to health or other issues, please call Anthony Godfrey at 801-567-8316.
Although all equipment will be provided, you are welcome to bring your own clubs.
Team assignments will be sent out next week.
School Community Council Poster and Flyer for 2016-17
Principals:
In an effort to increase participation in School Community Councils the Jordan School Board School Community Council committee has created a flyer and poster to provide information to those interested in learning more about School Community Councils. The flyers are to be distributed at your Back-To-School Night and other activities at the beginning of the school year.
The poster, in both English and Spanish, is attached to this JAM. Please post in prominent locations in your school.
You will receive your school specific flyer and instructions of how to distribute it to your patrons through email.
SCRAM for 2016-17 School Year
DATE:
July 18, 2016
TO:
Principals
All Special Educators and Service Providers
FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curric./Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Julie Brown, Program Specialist
SUBJECT:
SCRAM for 2016-17 School Year
See attached memo for guidelines and multiple deadlines.
Negotiations Letters to Licensed Employees 2016-17
The attached letters will be mailed to licensed employees who will begin the 2016-17 school year on step 1, 2 or 3. Employees on these steps qualify for additional supply money and additional hours for preparation at the start of the school year. The principal may use up to one half day (4 hours) in required meetings with these employees. Direct questions to your Administrator of Schools.
Administrative Leadership Conference Memo 2016-17
DATE:
July 7, 2016
TO:
Jordan School District Administrators
FROM:
District Administration
SUBJECT:
2016 Annual Administrative Leadership Conference
You are invited to attend the annual Jordan School District Administrative Leadership Conference scheduled on Thursday and Friday, August 4 and 5, 2016 at Sunset Ridge Middle School (8292 S. Skyline Arch Drive) in West Jordan.
A program agenda is enclosed for your reference. The conference will follow a full-day format on both days. We will begin in the auditorium at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday after a light breakfast. Lunch will be provided, and meetings will adjourn by 3:30 p.m.
At the start of the day on Friday, time has been set aside for you to take care of any business items before our conference resumes. Our activity will begin that day at 10:00 a.m. at TopGolf (920 Jordan River Bldv.) in Midvale. A flyer explaining TopGolf has been enclosed. The vast majority of TopGolf participants are non-golfers, and all equipment is provided on site. Each administrator will be assigned to a team of six. If you are unable to participate due to health or other issues, please call Anthony Godfrey at 801-567-8316. We are very grateful to Doug Young and Lifetouch for sponsoring this activity.
As noted on the agenda, Craig Zablocki will be our keynote speaker on Friday afternoon. Interns assigned to your building are invited to attend all day on Thursday and in the afternoon on Friday if they wish to do so.
Appropriate dress for the conference is business casual. We look forward to seeing you then!
