All elementary principals, you are invited to a brief, fun BTS Arts meeting that will feature a delicious lunch!
Jordan School District
As per the requirement of Senate Bill 55, Jordan School District is pleased to invite teachers and administrators of grades kindergarten through sixth grade to an open house to review the Wit and Wisdom language arts curriculum that is being considered for adoption. The intent of the adoption is to provide teachers and students with a strong curriculum that will help students build strong vocabularies, deep thinking skills, literacy knowledge and to become fluent writers and communicators. It is necessary for a new curriculum to be considered due to the current Journeys curriculum being out of print.
The open house will be held on the following dates:
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Jordan School District Auxiliary Building (Entrance D)
7905 S. Redwood Road
West Jordan, Utah
The Jordan District School Board may make final decisions regarding this proposed curriculum in the August 8, 2023 board meeting. Public comment in person or via email will be taken at the July 18th and August 8th board meetings at 6:30 pm at JATC South. Public comment may also be emailed to board members. Email contact information may be found at jordandistrict.org.
School/Department Administrators and Administrative Assistants:
Are you a new administrator or administrative assistant and need Frontline Recruiting/Hiring training? Would you like a refresher course? Human Resources will be providing additional Frontline Recruiting/Hiring training classes in July to prepare you for next year.
All in-person trainings will be at the District office room #129. Please bring your laptop. As an option, a few of these trainings will also be on Zoom. Zoom links will be sent to those who register for this option. For available dates/times and to schedule a training session, visit the link below.
Frontline Training Schedule for Appointments
Also available on HRConnections and HRAdminOnly are the training videos and tutorials. Contact Brent Burge at #88224 or Brittany Bauer at #88214 if you have any questions.
DATE:
Thursday, July 6, 2023
TO:
All School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
2023 Growth Measure Results Now Available in Tableau
The summary Growth Measure dashboard in Tableau has been updated with 2023 end of year results. School administrators and instructional coaches will be able to see the following 2022-23 results for each testing window:
District results may be found here.
All of these dashboards are equipped with various demographic filters to help you analyze and interact with your school’s data.
Please direct questions about these dashboards to Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability.
DATE:
Thursday, July 6, 2023
TO:
Elementary School Administrators
Middle School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
2023 Unofficial RISE Results Now Available in Tableau
The summative RISE dashboard has been updated in Tableau with the unofficial 2022-23 proficiency results. RISE results have been downloaded from the RISE reporting system, the data was cleaned, and demographic filters from Skyward were added. Growth scores will be added after the state completes growth calculations and provides Evaluation, Research & Accountability with the official RISE data. At that time, Tableau will be updated again.
In the meantime, school administrators and instructional coaches will be able to see the following 2022-23 results:
District RISE results may be viewed here.
All of these dashboards are equipped with various demographic filters to help you analyze and interact with your school’s data.
Please direct questions about these dashboards to Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability.
DATE:
Thursday, July 6, 2023
TO:
Elementary School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
2023 EOY Acadience Math Results Now Available in Tableau
The Acadience Math summary dashboard has been updated in Tableau with end of year benchmark results. School administrators and instructional coaches will be able to see the following 2022-23 results for each benchmark period:
District results may be found here.
All of these dashboards are equipped with various demographic filters to help you analyze and interact with your school’s data.
Please direct questions about these dashboards to Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability.
This is a reminder that the Botvin LifeSkills Training program must be offered to 4th, 8th, and 10th-grade students each year in Jordan School District. The Botvin LifeSkills Training Program is currently the only approved program to meet the requirements as outlined in UCA § 53G-10-406 and R277-910. The middle school and high school implementation takes place in health classes. Please share the training information with any new 4th-grade teachers and health teachers at your school who have not been trained. Administrators should ensure that all Botvin materials needed for the 2023-24 school year have been ordered.
Jordan School District Employees are responsible for knowing and adhering to all District policies and procedures. The crucial policy review is now available to District employees in Skyward through “Online Forms.” As a condition of continued
employment, all employees (i.e. Licensed, ESP, Substitutes, Coaches, Miscellaneous adults, etc.), with the exception of minor students, will be required to complete this training. We ask your assistance in notifying your employees of this required training and ask that this training be completed by November 1, 2023.
A message will appear upon login of Skyward Employee Access for the employee to complete an “Online Form.” Employees can complete the steps at that time or can return to the review at another time by selecting “Online Forms” under “Employee Information.” Attached is a tutorial to assist in completing the review.
Reports of completion will be available through Skyward so you can verify that your staff members have completed this process. A tutorial is attached for your reference. If you or any staff members need technical help, please call the help desk at 801-567-USER (8737).
Legislative Supply Fund Clarifications
See below for clarification on the following common questions about legislative funds:
IMPORTANT Changes
There are some licensed positions that do not qualify for the Classroom Supplies Appropriation per State Board rule R277-459, but were mistakenly funded in the past by the District. As a courtesy, these positions will receive legislative funds for one more year (2023-24). We are asking principals to inform anyone with a following job description, that beginning in 2024-25, they will no longer receive legislative classroom funds:
Clinical Support Specialist
District Home & Hospital Instructor
Instructional Coach
Intern
Library Media Specialist
Occupational Therapist
Physical Therapist
School Counselor – Intern
School Psychologist
School Psychologist – Intern
School Social Worker
Special Ed Itinerant Services
Speech Language Technician
Speech Therapist
Teacher Special Ed Associate
We appreciate your help in making sure these guidelines and upcoming changes are shared with the licensed educators receiving these funds at your school. For your information, attached is State Rule R277 and the legislative funds guidelines sent out each year.
A friendly reminder for the Employee-Funded Sick Bank Policy,
More information regarding the Employee-Funded Sick Bank can be found in policies, DP326NEG -Sick Leave-Educational Support Professionals and DP 324NEG -Sick Leave-Licensed.
For those who wish to opt out of participation in the Employee-Funded Sick Bank see the tutorial below that includes information on how to opt out, along with the deadlines that must be met.
*First Year Educational Support Professionals and hourly employees are not eligible for sick bank, therefore, a sick bank day will not be deducted (if applicable).
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Byron McClure will be joining us for our first annual Wellness Welcome on August 10th, at JATC-South. Dr. Byron McClure is a nationally renowned educational leader and author.
Also, due to popular demand, there will now be two sessions offered on 8/10.
Please review the attached flyer for details.
Heggerty training is now available in a Canvas course for new teachers in grades K-2. New teachers will receive an email with instructions for accessing the course. This training can be taken when it is convenient for teachers and they will be paid a $200.00 stipend for completing the course. Please see the attached flyer.
The following are new administrative assignments: